The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-10-29
is being case, what with vote?

eral of her old-time letters, and be-
ginning to feel her feet as well as her
wings, just now wants a word in poll
tics. AS one of her cursed daughters,
confess wonder that she should
wish to put herself to so much unnec-
essary trouble, seeing that she has the
whole game in her hands. Politics
are generally hustled along by Cow
ard Adam,-unless, by rarest chance,
Brave Adam, his twin brother, sud
denly steps forth unexpectedly, when
there ensues what is called a "cOl-
lapse of the Government" In any
question, small or great, Accused
Eve has only to offer Coward Adam
the apple and he Will eat it. Which
metaphor implies that even in politics,
If she only moves him round gradu-
ally to her own views in that essential
~ WOmanIy way which, while perSuad-
ing, seems not to persuade, he is bound
to yield. Personally speaking, 1 do
not know any man who is not absO-
lutely under the thumb of at least one
woman. And I will not believe that
there IS any woman so feeble, so stu
pid, so lost to the power and charm
OF her own individuality, as not to be
able to influence quite half a dozen
men. This being the case, what does
Accused Eve want with a vote? If
she IS so unhappy, so ugly, SO repul-
sive, so defOrmed in mind and man.
any creature of the male sex whatever,
neither father, nor brother, nor uncle,
nor cousin, nor lover, nor husband nor
trlend,-wOuld the opinion of such q
one be of any consequence. or her vote
OF any Value2 I assert nothing
only ask the question.
Speaking personally as a woman, I
have no politics and want none. 1 only
want the British empire to be first
and foremost in everything, and I ten
der my sincerest homage to all the
men of every party who will honestly
work toward that end. These being
my sentiments, I deprecate any
strong separate parliamentary attitude
on the part of Accused Eve. I say
she has much better wider work to
DO than take part in toW-rOws with
the rather undignified persOnages who
nave recently been making somewhat
/ OF bear-garden Of the House of Com
mons. That she would make a good
M. F. were she man, 1 am quite sure;
but as a woman 1 know she goes one
better in becoming the wife of an
NJ. P
Accused Eve! Mother of the
( World! What high thing does she
seek2 Mother of Christianity itself,
/ she stands before us, a figure symbolic
/ OF all good, her Holy Child in her
arms, her sweet, musing, prayer
Iul face bending over it in gracely ten
/ ger devotion. From her soft breast
humanity spring renewed, repre-
/ sents the youth, the hope and love of
all mankind. Wronged as she has
/ been. and as she often still is, her pa
/ uence never fails. Deceived, she
! mends her broken shell with pearl,
( and still trusts on Her sweet credu-
! lousness is the same as ever it was;-
! the 'subtil one can always overreach
/ her through her too ready confidence
/ IN the idea that all things work to-
/ gether for good. Her curse is the
/ crime of loving too well,-believing
too much. Should a 'subtiI' one say
! he loves her, she honestly thinks he
/ does When he turns out. as often
/ happens in some cases, to be looking
after her money rather than herself
{ she can scarcely force her mind to
realize that he is not so much a. hero
i as cad When she has to earn her
own living in any of the artistic pro-
/ LESSONS. she Will frequently tell all her
/ plans. hopes and ambitions to 'subtn
/ ones with the most engaging frank
ness. The 'subtil' ones naturally take
every advantage of her, and some OF
4 them put a stopgap on her efforts il
/ they can. good many people in
/ London know privately the story of q
/ certain beautiful woman in society
who composed an admirable opera
ana played the melodies of it over tC
a thlrd-rate musician who professed tC
be her lover The third-rate rasca
stole all her music, and produced tbs
opera as his own. She had no rem