The Washington times., 1913-10-10
BELOST0MAT|DA-
SUFFRAGETTEB BUG
Father Stays Home and
Hatches the Eggs While
/ Mother Hits High Spots.

Now let the suffra gette pause and gaze
upon Mrs. Belostomatida, known among
her famiIiars as the ''suffragette bug. y
The entomologists. or bug men, as they
are commonly called over at the Ma
tional Museum, have recently disclosed
to an astonished humanity the frightful
results of suffragette principles when
pushed to the limit IN the bug world.
Mrs. Belostomatida, according to the
bug men. is a large, Independent bug
lady who. having thrown OF the yoke oi
dependence upon her bug hubby, las
carried the woman's rights principles to
an extreme that would shock even Mrs.
Pankhurst and her militant suffra-
gettes.
After declaring her independence. she
proceeded to take on flesh until she
waxed twice or thrice as large as her
submissive hubby. as can be seen from
the family photographs. published mere
with as evidence of these astounding
facts.
.. She Does the Gadding
Arriving thus at a state Of physical
preponderance that compelled poor Mr..
Belostomatida to say meekly, yes
dear" to every proposition his better
and very much larger, half advanced
she proceeded to assert herself by tax
ing away his latch-key and doing the
running around of nights herself
In other words, Mr.. Belostomatida,
poor thing, has to remain meekly after
n:ghtfall In the pool OF water that, IN
the bitterness of his soul, he feels II is
an irony to- call home, while Mrs. E.,
putting on her x-ray gown, as shown In
fhe photograph, goes gadding about
through the midnight cafes looking Tor
excitement Like ell dissolute FOUNDERS,
she seeks the garish glare Of the cleo
trio lights, and 80 persistently does enc
haunt the great arc lamps of the city
that she has been nicknamed the "elec-
trio light bug"
But a humiliation far greater than
merely being compelled to stay at home
while his wife goes out on, frolic has
been heaped by this up-to-date spouse
upon herswretehed hubby. Nature COM
pels her to lay eggs. but she has eman-
cipated herself to the point where she
fancies the time and labor essential
to their Matching might interfere with
her lifework and selfhood and career,
and all the other things that the new
female has to attend to. instead of
babies. Also; she wants to assure her
she is out seeking the greater selfhood
at O'Clock a. m.
She~Lays the Eggs.
So she makes hubby hold still while
she lays copiuus ''settin'' - of eggs
upon his back and CLUES them down
tight upon the wings of the miserable
Benedict. -. s.s.s= /.
Thus burdened, as shown in the fam
fly photograph, he cannot fly, and must
perforce, remain home through the long
and dreary watches of the night, wait
ing vainiy for the footstep of his errant
helpmeet.s
Thus he mppes sadly at home, fur
nishinSrtAs-n -nseesS to hatch out
theix-1a6spking,sS Sthes-tshife Mrs. B. is
attendizy Yen,aie meetings and develop
ing the higher selfhood around the mid
night lights Of Pennsylvania avenue.
And, after the pa atient soul has Matched
out a Numerous brood, do you think
Mrs. B. bothers herself about nursing
them? Not bit of it, She leaves him
TO look after about 500 little Belostoma-
tidae and rustic the grub for them-no
easy thine with this high cost of living
while shets exhorting a lot of other
Mrs. BIS about striking off shackles and
attaining the fulfilment Of their nobler
destiny.
Solomon pointed to the ant; LET the
anti-suffragette point to wretched Mr..
Belostomatida-