The San Francisco call., 1906-08-05


born clairvoyants' (mind-readers, any
howl, he used to say. They beat us
for tact and presence Of mind, and.
above all, beat US hollow In the fine
art Of impromptu lying"
His lady friend, Countess Koenigs-
mark. pulled him out OF all sorts %
political scrapes, till she struck a snag
at the headquarters Of Charles XII,
the unkissed and unconquered SwedS-
''Half-past ten." said he. taking out hss
watch, Give her just ten minutes to
get out of this with whole skim
Improper female?" inquired the Brit
ish envoy.
Not half as improper as her en-
ployer." laughed the King, but. blame
the luck, she'd coax me out OF thirty
border towns in twenty-five minutes"
In Germany experienced litigants ara
very apt to send their wives to court
For noncommittal witnesses they could
give points to a diplomat OF the Tall
leyrand school. and win out by we'll
timed tears where title deeds fail
And just there experts foresee in
convenient consequences OF universal
suffrage.
There is no need to be afraid Of de-
sexuaizing women by politics." says
the Saturday Review, but there is a
risk that the process would be the
other way, and that they would sexual
ize politics II we were asked what we
mean by that we should refer for illus
tration to that section Of women now
clamoring for equal suffrage who are
known as 'Suffragettes.' They present
striking points of comparison with the
lady Htigant who treats legal questions
from a standpoint OF Mysteries, and we
imagine If they got voting power pol
iticS would be for them no more what
men understand by politics-than law
h. Ios1
what a lawyer or even a juryman
means by it. When the lady litigant is
In court there is too much sex; and IL
would be the same with politics, so far
as the intrusion of an unframed and
uEintelligent mass Of women could have
any effect on them at ALL
But what about intelligent women?
1t is an open secret that the influence
OF Mime. de Stael would have prevented
the blunder of the Russian campaign.
As soon as she got wind of that project
she forgot her personal wrongs, be-
came a French patriot and moved
heaven and earth TO stop the imperial
madman in mid-career. Not because
he is rushing to sure destruction. but
because he would drag France after
him." By liberal expenditure OF
bribes she smuggled letter to the ad-
dI esS Of the Duke de Obranto (Fouche).
made his French soul catch fire and
came within one step Of accomplishing
her purpose when the foxy courtier
took his life in his hand and presented
a memorandum of her arguments In his
own name. The Emperor stared. stam-
mered thanks and promised to read, but
in stress OF dispatches put the MS. aside
and thought of 1T only when the ire
vccable step had been taken. Then he
did read, and was impressed so much
that he fingered at Dresden for six
weeks in the vague hope OF reopening
negotiations. But the Muscovites, by
that time, were ready for him. and for
the fun of the thing. II for no better
reason, provoked him to enter a death
trap.
Nine. de Stael. the supposed nemesis
Earth has no rage like love to hatred
turned,
Then could have rioted In the sweets
of revenge, but flew east and west In
desperate attempts to raise help for the
man who had kicked her out like
troublesome cat
Recrudescence Of an old passion?
No. politics in the noblest sense. COM
pletely divested Of personalities, Wom-
en- and mothers of pIaymates would
never have voted for the inhuman bisot
laws that closed the gates OF mercy
against sport-loving youngsters on the
day when the children Of the poor fnd
their only chance for leisure.
Nor would the housekeeper sex have
sanctioned the expenditure OF a million
a day for the perpesuation OF Philip
pine manhunts. There are cases WAero
universal suffrage would hlnanlas Dol
itica