The Van Buren press., 1895-06-22

let "a her stockiues. while her hus
band can't stretch mose than hv'
feet two, were Of the opinion
Of MrA Scott. Accordingly the So
Sority Of Progress invited the Mar
ried woman's BloomeF brigade Il
an Indignation meeting. though
hitherto these two associations hat
been about as friendly ~ two rival fsl
women At this conference it was de
csdcd .ha. tho husbands should be CT
listed in the struggle, - the most ef
fcctual means to bring the recreanl
bachelors To see the error OF theil
ways 1t was, as result. then, Of thi'
combination Of female spartan viii
female Athenian aRainst ma1e Persian
that the announcement sppssrad Il
the Gazette a week later that Mar
ricd Mans league had been formed foi
the purpo1e OF promoting and dis
semfaating true knowledge corcern
/ ing the God-Giren and God-honorel
institution Of rnatrimony, and to offset
II possible, the dcplorsble tendency
that had recently manifested itseli
among the young men Of Welhsm
Mrs Hathaway, to be sure. sneeringly
pointed eat In the article several
peculiar uses of propositions which
proved IL indisputabIy to be Of Mrs.
SCOTS composition; but .ho evel
listens to Cassandra when there il 4
free show with big wooden horse q
chief attraction
The Baenelors' club. with weekly
meetings, and the Married Man.
league. with semi-weeklT meetings,
were now in full blast, several satiriE
ones Implying that in the ease of the
latter organization IL was a sort Of
forced blast, when an idea popped
spontaneously into the heads Of the
edilcr. proprietew and manager Of the
Gazette The evoEut1oa of the idea
would be suggested by the following
headings WomaH1s suffrage, popu-
iarity. circulation. no outlay. marriage
question. and when the three fndfvid-
sals took counsel together, and the
idea had seemed decidedly advan-
tageouss Col Quiller had requested Nr.
Fauchard, secretary of the Married
Mans league ITO call round at his cffice.
And cow the secretary Of the Married
Mans league was talking with Col
Quiiler IN the general waiting room,
but by this time sii the ink hsd iYied
off the enioneI's pen. and the islands
dimensions were fixed.
..wili you do 1t. Them the colonel
asked in closing. .'Of course all ar
ticles will be under an assumed name,
80 no one need fear too much pub
licity."
Yes answered Fanchard, rising.
"Scott and will write for the first
week, and get some OF the other boys
TO keep II mp afterward."
"Thank you, feel certain the whole
city will rise up and call you blessed
when our articles appear" and Quiller
bowed Fanchnrd out Of the room.
After the secretary's departure Col.
CUTLER wrote 70 Rob Grant, asking
him II his club would be willing to
take part in an open discussion through
the columns Of the Gazette upon the
question OF all-absorbing interest, and
when few days later he received an
Onswer In tho affirmative his venture
was we'll on foot. Up to date his ac.
count was debit one postage stamp on
letter to Rob Grant, credit, nothing
actual, but much probable.
II would be wcarisome to narrnte In
detail the story Of the memorable con.
troversy that began In the Gazette
columns week after the colouel's
receipt Of Rob Grants letter. Suf'
hcc to say It was a battle of the
giants With characteristic fairness
Col. CUTLER had tossed up a penny to
decide which side should be given the
first column on the page, and as for.
tune smiled upon the bachelors, the
honor Of opening the discussion was
awarded TO fiery article over tho sig.
nature Patrick Henry" 1t was an
eloquent appeal for masculine indie.
pendence, for revolt against the
tyranny Of the petticoat and the thrall.
dom Of the apron string; and in It all
men who loved the name Of freedom
were brought TO grid on their armor,
and like Joshua OF old be strong and
very courageous. s
But feryid As was this phllippic. II
became an Ice when compared with the
spirit Of the second article, which, over
the signature ''Justitia," opened the
csss for ths married nen. In hurtling
bolta VI inveetive and ghtaine flashes
OF satire the Bachelors were denounced
a. traitors, soulless apologies for men,
presuming TO set themselves like Satan
and his angels sin. opposition to the
Power who had Instituted marriage
and stamped 1t with His Divine ap
proval. Ann Hathaway told her
friends that "Justitia" and Mrs. Scott
both said preferable than" but
probably Ann was Jealous. Next
''zanthipw" talked for the Bach.
clors, dragging in divorce cour,
statistics TO show that woman
was the root Of all matrimonial
infclicity; and Cupid" rctorted for the
Married Mans league, directing -atten
tion 70 the bencfcent effects OF love
upon mankind, and introducing into
his article several sweet and toudxine
pictures Of domestic comfort.
4 Now, sthongh in this discussion Ill
fulminations appeared over . pen name
1t was an open secret who the rea
writer's OF the several articles were
Patrick Henry was better known tc
Welham as Mr.. Robert Grant; "Justi
tia" as Mrs Scott; "Xanthippe' as Q
Mr.. Andrew lIarris, who had himself
been cast off by his wife, and Cupid" a,
Mr.. Fanchard. In successive issues oi
the Gazette there were other article.
by other men over other signatures
but somehow, when eight or nine gos
sips gathered to discuss the latest In