The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-11-19
suEFgAGE1TE HUSBANDS.

SNET1kAOEIIE uNSbANbS.
onexed assaults by the militant suffra-
NJ. upon the Houses of Parliament:
oand women in screaming mob battling
\ the longsuiYeripg English Boobies torn
-. scratched faces, disordered hair: police
f1f0us crowded with arrested women: hood.
- In the seventh heaven of excitement and
eftcan Jaekics packing the galleries and
<1orfng an at bulthght--what pleasing scene
the greatest city OF the world. at the moment
IN the English nation is on the eve of deeid
- fUr good and all the fate Of one of It's oldest
Kd most cherished constitutional bodies,
~ does the campaign for the suffrage lend
III 10 hysteria and prejudice the sustice OF its
(teal by the frenzy of its champions. We learn
II Premier Asquith had narrow escape:
k Mrs. pankhurst was on the firing line; that
I heiress from Reno the scene OF the John
triumph. was prominently engaged: that
e the battle the ground was Uttered with
Eo.AaE accessories Of beauty, All told, the
aGfr1tion was a success Parliament. OF
oo was impressed chiefly with the belief
Snarage for women s impossible under the
stances. But Mrs. Pankhurst and the
- fr0m Reno and otherwhere will gain the
nty OF the Bow Street police court There
renewed opportunities for the pose OF
MOOD. The papers will. perforce. play
o51etails OF the battle and the names Of the
I'D generals. There In JOY among the
4ime, the Premier may not escape. Ten
- women, their finger-nails sharpened
his nose. will wait and suffer, IL so be
I'll they may let his blood
I'VE: this assault was led by Mrs. En-
~ P1nkhurst. Where was Mr.. Pankhurst?
~ IL, and WHAT Has a kind fate set him
~ aUart in green spot whence no rumble
= activities OF his spouse filters through
Sn0ld to plague his ears? Or. perchance,
she hit at home wondering. oh, sadly!
Ii his wandering wife tonight? Is his
Srced BY Mrs. Pankhurst's militant opera.
Into routine composed OF equal parts Of
y Housekeeping and trudging to police sta
&o give bail? How does he carry the
shout the streets, does he labor under
z{ae or, like hero. does he brazen 1t out
himself engage in personal combat all who
gpresence reflect upon the active lady with
his life is pitched
- matter of the husbands is one that. it
70 u.s. does not receive it's proper con-
6alon in view OF militant womanhood. Sure
~ rights Of women do not preclude certain
q men as individuals. Something ought
aaid for the husband who stays at
~ and forgotten in all this glory of war
Inat of disaster, hut even he has feelings
AZ, despised superiority ON the stage Of
NJ suffrage. makes appeal to the humani-
Instinct. Under the burden OF the in
once OF men in the mass. who cling to their
80 title OF master through the false pres
ok the ballot. the sufYragette may feel her.
p oppressed that she will tear out the eyes
1 minions OF the law in her resentment:
- Of bitterness might be sweetencd. did
N1op to think OF the grinding oppression
- her activities carry to the poor. UNI
NJ, but proud and sensitive male she leaves
80.
&Ene tragedies with which life and manners
Nd, none are SO appealing in their hum.
14hos as those OF the Mr.. Pankhursts. the
orrie Nations the husbands everywhere o:
! who. in rage at the effort to keep them
6o Background. force themselves vocatiyely
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