The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1896-01-07
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THE VOLUNTEERS A,...

LOU Noniu eApeuite things for
You would hurry along m. y
Send Brewer and Alvey on a, ast
Punch up Gilman and 60
White. s0si
lnnocuous desuetude tires us
Were eager TO mix In the ~.
Your message with courage in...
We do nothing but talk n .n
Our wives are sll taking In "
Our children are crying n, ny. .,ail
Our homes with hot soapsuds ~
ing:
Our mother-in-law turns I'M -.
Though were ready to die fo- a,
Our landlords demanding b,s
II things do not change we ~.
run,
Ana live In a dugout or ten.
The saloons have our nanss -
full
Our grocer has booted II.
our creditors make our ufe 49,.
They chase us like cats af.st -
oAAcI DIN
our wives call US loafe-s an, -.
ANA say that our duties We ~.
We will make you ulagnihcen, ~.
We will die. but we never vii,
We hereby our swords TO Va, W.
And hope that the war vii, a.
Wen make It one long. hapnv ~
We're for war to the very lss. q
New Reporter-''I have an ac,,,., I.
accident on Washington stree, ~s,s]
partment does It 50 in7" "uss|
Houston Editor-"It goes uns., u
time intelligence of course.
a Houston man has wife whot
airy. She belongs to a li,erarv
mat meets once week AZ thsks1
one Of its members.
The man referred to had a cns...
know what kind of q circus ,hss i.
their meetings. and one evsn,,,
the society was billed to meet at ~
he got a photograph and placed ~
room where they were to hold "a, y
Ing. He concealed IL where II NJ, B
be noticed. and then went dov !
smoking dark cigar and smiths.
bolicai smile He came nome ,6r ?
meeting was over ard took ne ~
graph out and hid it in the barn
The next day he went ont there h, y
sali and set Il running.
THIS Is some thing like what he h.a..]
i first gave several faint rings :
cession and a CONFUSED murn., n
the man took to be the door ben nj
greetings Ia the hail. Then. snpps]
after wraps had heen laid aside III n
became palmer, as the members esrs1
the parlor. Owing to the fact tn,
ladies all talked at the same lin.
photograph was able 70 register oo,
jointed fragments Of sertences rraI
the following: Il
ap-rap."
Noice-''The meeting will please co..
order. Mrs. Colonel Smith will nov
an essay on The E,mancipated wonx
Mrs. Colonel Smith Ladies, an
tie prepared 10 discuss the subject xis
by me tonight. as I have rad no prsI
ZION, and -
Another yoice-"Oid story teller, I
been working on it the whole week i.
certain knowledge. Well, as I was
ing, l rubbed the place good with tuT
tine, and the pain rea ched clear al
to ~
Mrs. Colonel Smith-"Woman Is no
er the toy and plaything OF man.
has arisen IN her richt and asserted
She is equal IN mind. endurance andl
ity 20 cope with the world. The srl
pated woman is -
Another voice-"Grisly. dried up
thing; nothing but bones and u1
Hereafter I in;esi 10 do my own mai
ing"
Mrs. Colonel Smith-"History ret
the claim Of man that woman is an ID
tor, rather than a creator Look 1t
brilliant array OF women that have e.
their name in the temple Of fame y
at Boadicea, Jare Eyre. George !
Florence Nightingale and Becky "
Woman was once the inferior OF
but where shall we find her todayT
Another vaice-''-ln saloons hai
time. and comes home too full pl
the keyhole 1 wouldn't tell anyc'sl
the world about 1t but you. -
Sharp Voice-"Well. you know. "
not mention it for the world"
Mrs Colonel Smith-"Woman dos
claim that She can exist without :
The sexes should be each dependent
the other. and preserve a neutiahs
everything. What woman needs
Another Voice-"A good sps''
every time she cries for something
oughtn't 70 have. Snes the woFs
l ever saw - /.
Mrs. Colonel Smith-"It Is one q
false. lying claims CT man that ".
can not keep a secret. ! brand 'In :
ment as malicious lie. Woman
above man In honor. and is vasu!
10 be trusted with conhdenuai =
than man" "A
Sharp voice (confdentially)-"fes,m,,
II hasn't been Eve minutes sihse
Jones told me that her hnseahy
saloons half the time and comes n u
full to find the key hole wou,as'
anybody in the world about II pu'
as l know -" IN,
Mrs. Colonel Smith-"Woman v.
remain the vassal Of man, Ins =,
higher things in store for her. 81
bound 10 rise II she Will -
-NtAtiAANl NhlA.-~- RNtA NNt -
I'll I, is brown on the -" -,
Another voice-"pressss inner ms l,
body here and her husband nouhus
clerk. Goodness knows how she
Mrs. Colonel smith--"A glanc.,
colleges our theaters, our ihsu Nh
both public aud social, and you -
that woman stands p" a.,
Another voice-"Without q rag u h
dressed her myself and pm IN :
stocking. II was such lovely ~. .aul
Mrs, Colonel Smith--"WhN j. q,
sphere? What Is the true hsio ~, IN
she Is destined TO lahore ! WI I'll
Ere long. throughout the Whole W.
VIII see woman getting -
Voice OF cook" supper! .ras
Here the photograph ceased Gu IN,
supposed that the society went ~ ,,d
After an interval Of time II SIN 80 Il,
again. ana at such n terrlpie In,.esa.
must have been recording the Ia, i
OF the society. as the members oS rs
other farewell at the door. IN and