That Polyandry Is Desirable

Aff.: Mr. Collins. Neg.: Mr. Saker. Mr. Collins explained to a slightly bewildered audience that polyandry is the holy or unholy state in which several men share one woman or one woman shares several men. Hereupon some of the lechers in the audience burst into "Salome." Mr. Collins referred to the traditional air "A Soldier Told Me Ere He Died" to prove his point that one man might not satisfy a woman after "the first fine careless rapture" and that it might be necessary to introduce the spirit of competition into such an absorbing pastime. Mr. Saker quoted de Maupassant on the threefold character of women—in the kitchen, in the drawing room, and in bed. In reply to an inter jection to the effect that one woman was capable or satisfying twelve men Mr. Saker asked the interjector if he would be agreeable to one night in twelve. Finally the speaker appealed for support from the men in the audience by a touching reference to "Twelfth Night."

The motion was lost.