Connecticut western news., 1884-02-06
THE LIME-KILN CLUB.
wONTAN'S INFLUENCE AND CoNNEC- TION WITH LIBERTY AND PULITICS.
The Members of the Club Express their
 Opinion in n Bold and Open Way.
From the Detroit Free Press


 'I hold heah letter." said the Presi- dent as the meeting opened, ''axin' dis club to report it's observashuns on de in- | flooance of de female sex on liberty, pollyticl1s, art, progress and bizness. Brother Bebee, what do you know of the infooence of females on de matter of lib- erty?"
 Brother Bebee replied that he had of late years observed disposition on the part of the female sex to do as they pleased, go where they pleased and carry bundle of liberty under each arm day and night. One hundred years ago lib- erty was persimmon on the highest limb of a tall tree. To-day it wns a pumpkin which anybody could roll along the ground. Everybody brenthed it, ate it and walked arm-in-arm with it, and the masses could no more be deprived of liberty than bobtailed cows could take the first premium at the State Fair
 "Brudder Pickles Smith, what do you know of the inflooence of de female sex on pollyticks ?" asked the President.
 Brother Smith replied that he knew of several wives in his neighborhood who bossed their husbands votes. He could also recall three or four cases wherein women had exercised a power ful influence after their husbands got home from a convention.
 "Brudder Penstock, has you noticed any pertickler inhooenco of de female sex on de matter of art ?" asked the | President.
 Brother Penstock had. Such thing as making an old, yellow, four-gallon jug q thing of beauty and a parlor ornament would never have been thought of but for the gentler sex. A man would pass an old tomato can in the back yard a hundred times day without q second look. A woman would seize upon it at the first opportunity md transform it into Greeian vase of exquisite beauty. Twenty years ago an omnibus with a landscape on the side would be followed around the street by n crowd. To-day six-gallon crock, to be used as an umbrella-holder, with a view of the Yosemite painted all around it in nine different colors, could be drawn all over ' tho city on a handsled without exciting remark. Art had become part of our every day lives. A stout woman couldn't even fall down on an icy corner without displaying more or less genuine talent for the artistic.
 ''Brudder Pullback, has you noticed any partickler infooence of women on de matter of progress ?" inquired Brother Gardner.
 PulIback thought he had. Women had discovered most of the comets, pro- jected the grandest bridges, engineered the greatest tunnels and wrested the most secrets from science. If it hadn't been for the progressive ideas of women, stage coaches would yet be running be- tween New York and Chicago.
 Judge Cadaver was asked what in- fuence women had on business, and he drew long breath and replied that if it wasn't for the female sex the business of the world would drop one-half; one dry goods store ia a city could supply all the men, but the women supported two or three hundred of them. Women not only maintained business, but estab- lished new manufactures. For instance the decoration of femalJ hosiery gave employment to 5000 persons the year round. It was all out of sight and utterly useless, but it circulated millions of dol lars. Pads, bustles, paints, cosmetic and false hair were of no real service, convenience or ornament, and yet $50 1000, 900 and the labor of 200, ,000 peo. pie were the annual results. Woman was straight business. When q wife whose husband earns only S25 per week can keep a carriage, wear S100 bracelets and put on S250 sealskin saeque, the man who contended that the female sex had no financial abilities had better hang up.