The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1895-06-07

for a week the matter was at lengt
definitely settled by the appearance Q
the next Gazette, which contained tn.
notice:
"A Bachelors club was organized o.
Friday evening last at the home of Mr.
Robert Grant The platform of prin
ciples declares that we are solemn.
of the conviction that the suprem
bliss of living can be enjoyed only II
the bachelor state, and we therefore
agreesnot only ourselves to live live
consistent with this belief, but also t.
strive in every way possible to make
converts to our way Of thinking from
among our unenlightened and deludet
brethren"
Had a meteor struck the public
square of Welham it could hardly have
aroused more excitement than did this
announcement among the feminine
portion of the community. 1.-THE Lex
| ington of our matrimonial liberties has
come" is the way one war-loving dame
| expressed it. The Young Ladies' Mis-.
sion band held several special meet.
ings, though the annual report few
months later failed to indicate that
any work was accomplished at them, at
least in missionary lines. Everybody
talked and coniectured about the new
organization. The story even went the
rounds that Ethel Davis, who was
nothing more anyway than bundle of
affections tied together with sentiment,
when she heard that Rob Grant had
been chosen president of the club,
gasped out: What! such beautiful hair
on bachelor and fell in dead faint.
Indignation, however, rose to white
heat only when it leaked out that on
the front wall of the room in which the
new club held its meetings there was
hung an immense banner picturing a
man PROSTATE upon the ground, while
above him, with her foot upon his
neck. stood a woman, and underneath
the picture the legend in great red let
ters: Give me liberty or give me
death"
TITS an insult to our SEX" cried Mrs
Scott, president of the Woman's Soror-
ity of Progress, and all the other mar
ried women who comprised that estim-
able organization, with the exception
of Ann Hathaway, who measures six
feet in her stockings, while her hus-
band can't stretch more than five
feet two, were of the opinion
of Mrs. Scott. Accordingly the So
rority of Progress invited the Mar
ried Woman's Bloomer brigade to
an Indignation meeting, though
hitherto these two associations had
been about as friendly as two rival fish
At this conference it was de-
,ided that the husbands should be en-
listed in the struggle, as the most eff
Fectual means to bring the recreant |
bachelors to see the error of their |
ways. 1t was, as result then, of this |
of female Spartan with |
female Athenian against male Persian,
hat the announcement appeared in
he Gazette a week later that Mar
led Mans league had been formed for
he purpose of promoting and dis
eminating true knowledge concern
ng the God-given and God-honored
Institution of matrimony, and to offset,
f possible, the deplorable tendency
hat had recently manifested itself
mong the young men of Welham.
lrs. Hathaway, to be sure, sneeringly
,ointed out in the article several
peculiar uses of propositions which
'roved it indisputably to be of Mrs.
'cott's composition; but who ever
listens to Cassandra when there is a
rec show with a big wooden horse as
hief attraction?
MEETINGS, and the Married Mans
eague, with semi-weekly meetings,
we're now in full blast, several satiric
mes implying that in the case of the
after organization it was a sort of
Orced blast, when an idea popped
simultaneously into the heads of the
ditor, proprietor and manager of the
azette The evolution of the idea
'ould be suggested by the following
eadings: Woman's suffrage, popu-
irity, circulation, no outlay, marriage
uestion, and when the three individ-
ais took counsel together, and the
lea had seemed decidedly advan-
igeous, Col. CUTLER had requested Mr..
anchard, secretary of the Married
Ian's league, to call round at his Office.
nd cow the secretary of the Married
ANS league was talking with Col &
uiller in the general waiting room,
ut by this time all the ink had dried
I the coionel's pen, and the islands '
mensions were fixed.
xviii you do it, then?" the colonel q
ked in closing. "Of course all ar c
cles will be under an assumed name,
no one need fear too much pub I
city,"
Yes" answered blanchard, rising.
Scott and will write for the first a
eek, and get some of the other boys b
keep it mp afterward." a
Thank you, / feel certain the whole l
mill nj L1ae.oI | 4