Evening star., 1908-01-26


do now is TO vote on the salaries they
want to give themselves. Isn't it splen-
did,"
rs 1t true that women have asked for
appointments on the police forcec" A
woman all smothered In ruffies of lace
and furbelows and soft, fluffy furs, ad
dressed the president of the club
...No. it is not true" said the president.
Remember. that just because lots o.
us voted for William Jennings Bryan for
President of the United States today in
his tenth campaign. suffrage has not
changed the nature of woman a particle.
1t is woman's inclination to want the soft
places Of life. and tell me. what woman
would banker after a policemans job?
Gracious." The president. superbly dress
ed in handsome Partisan gown. shrug-
ged her pretty Grecian shoulders at the
dreadful thought.
Suffrage has been a big boon to bus-
ness reflected the chairman of the study
circle OF economics.
"Of course 1t has" said Mrs. Lock-
wood. .'Since women have had a voice
in the government affairs things are
quite different Instead of spending
S30OOo,O0O for warships to sail around
The Horn to the Pacific with crews OF
10000 men to intimidate our neighbors.
the government is now spending this
money of the people for good roads and
the improvement of necessary waterways
to increase the commerce of the coun-
try. And this. as you know, has given
work to thousands OF the unemployed.
The bread lines of the big cities have
been wiped out and the women have
put the men on a more self-respectinE
basis. And, let me tell you. the men
are showing a great deal more respect
toward the women. too
What are we going to do about the
divorce problem?' asked woman ex-
citedly of Mrs. Lockwood.
"Well." said Mrs. Lockwood. suffrage
has brought men and women TO better
understandable position regarding life,
now that women are equals and not ap-
pendages of our national existence. and
the situation is improving very much
has already improved great deal. Let's
be happy now for while and just enjoy
our hard-earned rights"
Here we've been talking all after
noon and forgot all about the returns. I
wonder if Bryan has been elected at
last" and pretty little woman gathered
up the folds Of her silken gown and hast
ened down the hall OF the clubrooms,
where an overworked operator sat taking
and counting the returns. II am sure
my husband will be furious when he
| learns voted for Bryan! but heard him
talk once and he made such beautiful
| speeches. I hope he Is elected. because he
has worked almost as hard for IL as We
| women have worked for suffrage"
All about the election booths. in spite
of the heavy vote cast, all was as quiet
as Buddhist funeral. Women election
clerks divided honors with the male cleo
ton judges and nibbled chocolate creams
which the thoughtful Judges had silly
passed to them, just to show their friend
ship and cement their interests in the
new movement.
It's been a big success declared the
| women on all sides. as the booths closed
for the day and all the street cars and
carriages and sidewalks were filled with
happy. smiling women. The men said
nothing. THE women are satisfied
said they. with an air of contentment. as
| their views on woman's participation for
| the first time in the presidential cleo
| ton, "and." said they to a man, isn't
1t our mission in life to make the women
happy?" H H.