New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-08-07

AIona With Other Troubles Alfonso's Realm
Has an Iusursent Female Population
sv Andre Tridor.

said was the only power legally capable o.
dealing with these questions
Ru, for those two hundred thousand con-
.cr,stives there are millions OF WORKING
class women who take q more radieai view
Of the situation During the last spah'-h
election body OF women calling thehi
selves very melodre ma icall! Inc heo
Women" rendered appreciabie services u
the carse OF Republcanism. 1t may DC
doubted whether the Republican parry
would have scored as complete Nic'olS
A. il xained in Madrid if it had not -oeen
for the pressure exerted by adVahceu
women on the electorate. Not only. 90
snsnish women NEEDLE good oeai WIZ"
notifies. but they manifest their opinion OH
timely topics in q way which Vouio s'aI ne
IN. inclo-saxon womer. Factory sHls'
especially those employed In cigar rae
,oris. and so deliehtfr.:y misrepresehted
-, R,,ef's opera are ever ready 10 slop
u.ork and descend into the street 10 mani
fest for or against something
Sam. time ago, for instance, hear'less
,aren.s' opposed the marriage OF an IRE
s,stin,. youth with a tender hearted maiden
This modern Romeo and Juliet decided 10
die rather than forsake the bliss or each
,tbAr.s company: Also, they left poeucal-
,y worded note expressing the desire TO
he buried In the same grave mere
again the heartless parents ran counter 10
-, I,ys,s, Intimate wish. On the day set
Co. ,h. tuo funerals thousands OF factory
rsr,s bent on making romance prevail
deserted the working bench, betook them
se,vrs 70 the residences OF the oefeaFed
families urhitched the horses harnesseo
80 one NJ the hearses took both cofflns in
one carriage TO the burial ground ana
scratched policemens faces untl they
made sure that one and the same grave
would shelter the mortal remains OF the
xoutbfuI suicides. The satisfaction they
6eriyed out OF that Quixotlc prank was
worth more TO them than the half day
nay they we're losing.
Whenever In the course or strike
conflict becomes imminent between Work
insn,en and soldiers the factory women
make il 4 point to throw themselves be-
tween the combAtants, knowing very well
that police or regulars would be ioath 70
Srar their swords against women or
shoot 1t them and last week the Deputy
Dnlmatto IGlesias-ho relation OF the Rad
icaI Pablo Igiestas-berated the labor ieac-
ers calling them towards. who hid oenlnd
vonen's p<tticoats. 1t was vicious his
representation OF the situation. as the al
vaneed" need not to be told to go where
trouble j. brewing. During the Cuban war
and during the Moroccan diff1cuities thou-
sands OF women who did not relish the
Thought Of vaee-earners being sent to the
front did their best to prevent mlltar'
train. from being rushed to the ports
In it's nxft against the congregations the
government has no more jealous ailieS
than the working women. who are beconl-
Ing more and more incensed at the COM
petition Of the trading" religious ORDERS.
few DAYS ago the advanced heid
q meeting at the Theatre Barber, IN
Madrid Many women. some OF them
mothers Of families, went to the platform
ACCOMPANIED by their children to denounce
the competition Of the congregations with
the working man and woman. Flashlights
taken during the meeting show baby Bo-
nfI,a playing peacefully with his doll while
his mother was explaining how the nuns
had demoraiEed the corset making indus
try by undertaking the regular retailers.
The feminist movement of Spain is thus
far unorganized and the advanced" women
are scattering their efforts on various ques-
tions-the labor problem. the emancipation
OF woman, the education OF woman ana the
deItverance Of woman from prejudices
which have to this day glorifled iiiiteracy
and submission as the highest feminine
achievements A change In methoos, now
ever, is becoming noticeable In Madrid and
Barcelona Five years ago the question OF
woman suffrage was not even mentioned IN
tho napers. The red women are mention
ing it more and more frequently nowadays