A BASH STATEMENT.At the Working Men’s Institute there rose a fierce discussion as to whether women should be given a chance of filling the high appoint* ments.“ ’Twouldn’t do!” said a youthful and newly married firebrand. *1 Just think of a woman as a secretary of the treasury. What do they know about finance, anyway?”His effective pause was spoiled by an older man, who said solemnly: “You just go home to the missus next Friday night $5 short in your pay, and you’ll soon find out!”— Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.-o-