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Show THORNWELL MULLALLY, MONOLOGIST. Thornwell Mullally made a speech at the Eagles' banquet. His subject was "The Ladies'' and everybody who heard him says that he handled it very well. Among those present was John W. Considine of the Sullivan and Considine vaudeville circuit and Considine liked the speech so well that he asked Mullally for a copy of it. It has leaked out that Considine considered it one of the best monologues he had ever heard. THere is a rumor that he offered Mullally inducements in-ducements to make the swing around the circuit delivering the speech, but this rumor must remain re-main a rumor. Mullally will neither affirm nor deny it. Being a bachelor, though not a confirmed con-firmed one, Mullally handled "The Ladies" with that temerarious jocosity which makes married men laugh. Listen to Mullally, monologist: It has been said regarding woman's creation from the rib of man that when the rib was extracted, ex-tracted, man was placed in a profound sleep; then woman was created and as a result, man's first sleep became his last repose. Man is jealous of woman because she is excelling ex-celling him in everything. She soars with him, however high he flies, either as an aviator or an Eagle. She is in the swim with him, for she now holds the record across the Golden Ga.a. She can find her husband's pockets in the dark (so I am told). I understand a pick-pockot or a burglar would starve to death in a Mormon town. But although she is so adept at finding her husband's pockets, strange to say it takes her hours to find her own. Women have been getting the best of men from the time Eve stole Adam's best piece of spare rib out of his inside pocket and Delilah trimmed Samson. In short, the hand that rocks the cradle spanks the world. Men complain of women working and taking away their jobs from them. I see no. objection to this if the women marry the men and look after them. You have heard also that unkind reply made by a man about to get married. A friend said to him, "So you are going to get married. "Well, you are now at the end of your. troubles." The man who was about to get married repliod, "Which end?" Now, my opinion is, there was no doubt as to which end of his troubles he was at. The man who talked that way was near his finish. I rather like the sentiment of the husband who, when hie wife asked him if she was just as dear to him, now that she had lost all her money, replied: "Yes, darling; when you were spending your own money I nevex fully realized how dear you were." , - i You talk about men ruling. The power of the 'petticoat will remain until women wear trousers. 1 Even then the seat of power will only be trans it f erred. Men will give women their fortunes, they will give their lives for them, in factthey will give them anything except their seats in the street car. I You may think I am afraid to speak tonight of woman's suffrage. I am not at all afraid to do so. I believe in giving the dear things any-'t any-'t thing they want, for, if we don't, they will take f it anyhow. When they hold us up with the arms 5 they carry at their sides, they can have oui money or our lives. I do not believe that woman wo-man suffrage will cause any family distriubances I believe the women will see to it that there are none. Town Talk. I |