Let me direct your attention to some extraordinary facts.

Statistics tell us that in the entire population of the world there are one-fourth more women than men.

In this country the proportion of women to men is slightly larger.

In this State there are two and one-eighth women to every man.
Now, this outrageous condition of affairs--" "Excuse me for a moment, madam," said the colonel.

"Really, the Legislature can do nothing to improve the matter.