The Irish standard., 1912-07-27
THE McGINNIS CLUB.
The Question Of Woman Suffrage Causes Laugh at the
Majors Expense.
NOTES BY THE sECRETARY.1

NOTES BY Til.
1t was we'll known fact among the
members of the McGinnis Club that
the Major was in favor Of woman
suffrage. Try as that great man
would to maintain the philosophic at
titude of a non-partisan which was
generally SO characteristic of Ills
bearing at public meetings, he was
utterly unable, when this perplexing
question was up for consideration, to
restrain himself from voicing well de-
fined views on it.
Yet the Major was not always
pro- suffragette. His conversion to the
cause came about in this way: He
was visiting an aunt up in the coun-
try one summer when one day he
CHANGED, in his perusal of the maga-
zines, to come upon an article which
pleaded the cause of the extension Of
the franchise to the weaker sex. The
Major weighed the arguments in his
mind for some time, but, not being
wholly satisfied with the case the
writer of the article had made out,
he thought to go into the kitchen to
discuss the question further with his
aunt. Now, as it happened, the day
was very hot and the Majors aunt
(whom, since he refuses to divulge
her name and since she was an un-
known quantity at the time, we will
call Mrs. Ky was very hot as we'll
She was frying doughnuts in lard
which was very hot and suffering:
and perhaps it is no exaggeration to
say that she was as hot and ready
to sputter as the boiling lard.
The Major walked into the kitchen
where the aforesaid Mrs. x was bus
lily engaged in her aforesaid hot do
nestle duties, when ne broke in on
her-"What I would like to know is,
how would women enforce the laws
if they were permitted to make
them?"
"I'll show you how" said the aunt
and, suiting the action to the word,
she lifted the rolling pin from the
fresh dough and brought it into con-
tact with the apex of the Majors in
tellectual Uranium with such celebrity
and precision as to completely rear
range the ideas of that great political
scientist and give him new and I'M
mistakable light on the problem of
Votes for women.
This knowledge of the attitude Of
the Major on one of the important
questions of the day had prepared
the members to expect him to dis
cuss it at an early meeting of the
club. They were, therefore, not sur
prised when it was announced that
at the second meeting he would ex-
press publicly and in his official ca
pacity his views on the question. At
the appointed hour he walked into
the hall accompanied by a group Of
his associates. He stopped on his way
up the aisle for few words of greet
ing with some of his friends. A knot
Of eager listeners crowded round him
and an animated conversation ensued.
When he extricated himself from the
group and proceeded to his desk it was
seen that large white banner was
pinned to his manly back bearing this
inscription in huge black letters: II
Believe in Votes for Women-Kick
Me-" A litter swept through the hall
| as the members noticed it, but the
| Majors stern, commanding dignity
soon brought the assembly to order.
The Majors speech was conceded by
all to be remarkable presentation
| of the arguments in favor of the ex-
| tension of the franchise. Since the
time of his almost miraculous con-
version to the cause he had directed
the tremendous power of his remark
| able intellect to the task of putting
his arguments in shape. He had his
subject well in hand. He was in fine
| fettle and high spirits and his voice
rang clear and loud through the hall
| The closing sentence was sublimely
earnest and convincing. The language
was simple enough, but the delivery
was inimitable in its impressiveness
THE weary world is waiting" said
| advent Of a generation that will be
| gallant enough to hand the ballot to