ten o'clock
This year the women proposed to disprove that assumption . Every woman 's literary , social , art , and economic club in the State sent two delegates . The State was raked for women , even the schools were ransacked . At ten o'clock in the forenoon the State House was packed and women were still crowding in . The galleries , aisles , and standing-room of House and Senate were choked with silks , furs , and feathers which decorated the beauty and brains of the State . The routine was hurried through . Callous man , gasping for breath , wanted to escape .