The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1884-07-17
hand, there are demi-mondaines who
never paint ct all. Exchange.


Il hold heah letter." said the Pres
ident as the meeting opened, "axin' dis
club to report its observashuns on de
inhooence Of de female sex on liberty,
pollyticks. art, progress. and bizness.
Brother Bebee, what do you know Of
the infiooence Of females on the matter
of liberty?'
Brother Bebee replied that he had Of
late years observed O disposition on the
part of the female sex to do "a they
pleased, go where they pleased and
carry bundle of liberty under each
arm day and night. One hundred years
ago liberty was persimmon on the
highest limb of tall tree. To-day it
was pumpkin which anybody could
roll along the ground. Everybody
breathed it. ate it, and walked arm-in-
arm with it, and the masses could no
more be deprived of liberty than bob
tailed cows could take the first premium
at the State Fair.
"Brudder Pickles Smith. what do you
know of de infiooence of de female Sc
on pollyticks?' asked the President.
Brother Smith replied that he knew
OF several wives in his neighborhood
who boesed their husbands votes. He
could also recall three or four cases
wherein women had exercised power
full influence after their husbands got
home from a convention.
"Brudder Penstock, has you noticed
any pertickler intlooence of de female
sex on de matter of art?" asked the
President.
Brother Penstock had. Such thing
rs making an old, yellow, four-gallon
Jug thing of beauty and parlor or
nament would never have been thought
of but for the gentler sex. A man
would pass an old tomato can in the
back yard hundred times day with
out second look. A woman would
seize upon it at the first opportunity
and transform it into Grecian vase
of exquisite beauty. Twenty years
ago an omnibus with landscape on
the side would be followed around the
streets by q crowd. To-day six
gallon crock, to be used as an umbrella
holder, with view of the Yosemite
painted all around it in nine different
colors, could he drawn all over the city
in hand-sled 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 dis
playing more or less genuine talent for
the artistic.
"Brudder Pullback, has You noticed
any partickler inhooence of women on
de matter of progress?" inquired Broth
er Gardner.
Pullback 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 wom-
en-, stage coaches would yet be running
between New York and Chicago.
Judge Cadaver was asked what infiu-
ence women had on business, and he
drew long breath and replied that, if
it wasn't for the female sex, the bust
ness OF the world would drop one half !;
one dry-goods store in city could sup
ply all the men, but the women sup
ported two or three hundred of them.
Women net only maintained business,
but established new manufactures. For
instance, the decoration of femsle
hosiery gave employment TO 5000 per-
sons the year round. 1t was all out of
sight and utterly useless, but it circu.
lated millions of dollars. Pads, bustles,
paints, cosmetics, and false hair were
of no real service, convenience, or orna-
ment, and yet $50, 600, 600 and the labor
of 200, 900 people were the annual re-
suits. Women are straight business
When o wife whose husband earns only
$50 per week can keep carriage, wear
500 bracelets, and put on a $3.50 seal
skin sacque, the man who contended
that the female sex had no financial
abilities had better hang up.-Detroit
Free Press.