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B o d k i k s .— I’h ey have: actually elected wom en to serve 011 th e school
com m ittcc,
Drrro,— -Enough! Enough 1 I have supped full of horrors.
M ofivk.-— O h . th at’s nothing to w h at we shall have to swallow.
D r i i 'O.— T h u s bad begins, bu t w orse remains behind.
B o d k j n s .— I had a brother— -
D itto .— I had a brother once— a gentle boy.
B o d k i n s .-— M ine w ent into a printing office to learn to set type.
H e h ad n ’t been there a week when a girl w as adm itted; and now-— -
i.o w — ju st be cause .she can set typ e tw ice as fast as an y o f the men,
she is allow ed equal w ages.
D i t t o ,— There it is again ! The irrepressible w om an ! Why didn't
they tear down the printing office? Equal wages indeed !
B o d k i n s .— W ell, m y brother, w h o is a brave little fellow, did the
best th in g h e c o u l d ; he helped snow-ball the girl, and succeeded
111 hitting her 011 the h ea d with a piece o f ice.
D itto.— lie shall have a pension. Served her right. Equal wages
indeed!

T i n c t u r e ,— A nd yet there are men— fiends, rather, in humat?
shape, libels on their sex— who pretend to see no reason w h y womeri
sh o u ld n ’t b e doctors, ministers, lawyers, architects, builders, merchants,
m anufacturers— in short, w hatever th e y please or chance to have
a faculty for.
B o d k i n s .— See how they are crowding us men out of the paths o f
literature and art! Look at Mrs, Stowe! She is paid more for a
single page than my friend Vivid, author of “ The Beauty of Broadway/’
gets for a whole volume.
T in c t u r e.— Look at Rosa Bonheur, painter of beasts I
D itto.'— L et's all go and have her take our likenesses.
T i n c t u r e .— S ec her rolling in wealth, w hile m y friend Daub, with
a fam ily to support, sees his splendid productions, so rich in alt the
colors o f the rainbow, unsold in the auction rooms !
Mo per .-— What are we going to do about it? That's the question.
D it t o ,— Awake, arise, or be forever fallen.