The San Francisco call., 1896-07-02

barous Moors to regard women as infe-
riors. One of the arguments used against
letting women have voice in the conduct
Of affairs is that they would soon be usurp-
ing the work done by men. People who
reason in this way seem TO forget that it
is always among barbarous nations that
women perform most of the labor that in
civilized lands is done by men. The Arab
feels no shame at sitting at his ease while
the women toll.
Il believe as women are naturally more
conservative than men. women would form
in public life sort of barrier against the
modern tendency to overthrow existing
institutions. They are also more religious
than men, more attached TO the home and
are more interested than men in maintain
ing everything that supports and upholds
1t. Women are also more economical
than men, and believe that they would
carry into the administration of municipal
affairs the same prudence and economy
that they show in managing their own
domestic affairs.
1T is absurd to talk as if giving women
the franchise would cause the whole
female population OF the country to attend
to nothing but politics. A few might be
but they would form small minority.
Ii my wife were given the right to vote
should not expect to see her sent at once
TO the Senate or TO Congress.
Women find time to GO to balls, con-
certs, theaters and other amusements;
they even find time to go away on q sum-
mer vacation, and no one laments that the
home is being neglected. Surely they
could spare an hour to register vote, and
a little time devoted TO the study of cur
rent events would not be any more time
taken from the home than If they were
reading novels or attending receptions.
"There is SO much prejudice in these
ia ~ 49, 7
"A few centuries ago it would have been
considered an unwomanly thing for a
female to appear upon the stage. She is
not considered now to lose her womanly
dignity by doing SO. Even fifty years ago
a female lawyer or doctor woulc have been
looked upon with horror. She is taken as
a matter OF course now."
Mr.. Almagia said that it was far from
him to desire to see women aping men IN
dress and trifiing externals OF manner; he
believed that the most truly feminine
woman, who seriously and phiIanthropic-
ally devoted herself to public affairs, would
have the most influence. He also said
that he would like to see the noble, self
devoted women, who in Italy and else
where shut themselves up in converts,
turning their coDsecrated lives instead to
entire devotion TO public affairs.
''If women had had a voice, Europe
would have acted more nobly on the Ar
menian question. 1t is my belief that the
day in which woman enters into her share
of the Government the abolition of war
will no longer be dream, but will be
possible as q reality"
E. Patrizi, joint editor of L'Italia, has
always been an ardent suffragist, and in
Milan was prominently connected with
the movement.
L'Italia publishes weekly supplement
La Vita, and in that paper series of
special articles will appear on the suffrage
both here and in Europe The
suffragists are enthusiastic over the action
of LItalia, and at headquarters it is in
tended to follow it up by the organization
OF North Beach Woman's Suffrage Club.