LADIES AND CHILDREN NOT ADMITTED. "There," says he, "if that line don't fetch them, I don't know Arkansas!"

Then at the bottom was the biggest line of all, which said:
LADIES AND CHILDREN NOT ADMITTED.
“There,” says he, “if that line don’t fetch them, I don’t know Arkansas!”

– Mark Twain

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Chapter 22. Twain shows the sexism that was practised by people of the time, with this description from a poster by the Duke and King for their new show.

Mark Twain Quotes