The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-03-10

:" A vote,' said Mr.. Dooley.
: 9Th shameless viragoes," said Mr.. Hennessy.
!" What did they dop"
"Well, Sir" said Mr.. Dooley, "an immense
concoorse iv forty iv thin gathered in London
an marched up to tn House iv Commons, or
naytional dormytory, where loud an almost
universal snore proclaimed that q debate was
ragin' over tn bill to allow English gintlemen
to marry their deceased wifes sisters befure tn
autopsy. In tn great hall iv Rufus some iv tn
mightiest male intelecks in Britain slept undher
their hats while an impassioned orator delivered
hem-stitched speech on TIL subjck iv tn day
to tn attintive knees an feet iv tn minsthry
1t was into this here ASSEMBLY, v tn first gintle-
men iv Europe that We see on yc'er way to France
that thu FURIOUS females attimpted to enter. I'm
daunted be TIL stairs iv tn building or tn rude
ieers iv til multichood they advanced to tn very
outside dures " tn idifice. There an over
whelmin' force ivsthree polismen opposed thin.
what dye want, mum?' asked the polls. We
demand tn suffrage says tn commander Nv tn
army iv freedom.
Th brutal polls refused to give it to thin
an desperate battle followed. Th' ladies fought
CALAMITY hurlin' cries iv Brute,' Monster,
Cheap ct cethry, at tn constablry. Hat pins
were dhrawn. Wan lady let down her back hair;
another, boldcr thin tn rest, done fit on tn
marble stairs; third, p'raps rendered insane be
sufferin' f'r vote, sthruck burly ruffyan with
japanese fan on th' little finger iv tn right
hand Thin tn infuryated officers iv tn law
charged on tn champions iv liberty. A scene iv
horror followed. Polismen seized ladies be tn
arms an led thin down th' stairs; others were
carried out faintin' be tn tyrants. In few
minyits all was over, an nawthin' but three hun-
dhred hairpins remained to mark tn scene iv
slaughter. Thus Hinnissy, was another battle
f'r freedom fought an lost"
1T sarves thin right" said Mr.. Hennessy.
They ought to be at home tindin' tn babies"
g "A thrue statement an sound argymnt
that appeals to ivry man. P'raps they havn't
got any babies. A baby is good substichoot fr
ballot, an tn hand that rocks tn cradle sdom
has time f'r amy other Injuries. But why shud
we give thin a vote, says l. What have they
done to njye this here mpeeryal suffrage that
we fought an bled f'r? Whin me forefathers
were followin' George Wash'nton an sufferin' al
tn hardships that men endure canpin' out il
vacation time, what we're tn women dom ? The,
we're back in Massachusetts mlkin' tn COW
mendin' socks, followin' TIL pillow, plantin' corn
keepin' store shoein' horses, an pursooin' tn
other frivolous follies iv tn fair but tickle sect
Afther tn war our brave fellows come back tt
Boston an as reward f'r their devotion got
vote apiece, if their wives had kept tn pilgrim
fathers that stayed at home firm foreclosing' tn
morgedge on their property. An now, be hiven'
they want to share with us what we won.
" Why, they wuddent know how to vote
They think it's an aisy job that amy wan can d.
but it amt It's mans wurruk, an a sthron
mans with sthrong stomach, I don't kno,
anything that requires what Hogan calls IL
exercise iy manly vigor more thin votin'. 1t
TIL hardest wurruk do in tn year, | get u
befureadaylisht an thramp over in tn cold t
tn Timple.iv Freedom, which is also tn offic
iv livery stable. Wan ~ tn judges has col