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have been here long enough to understand the
general status of Italian women, which is ex-
tremely backward in many ways compared to
that of women in Northern Europe. There are
also other drawbacks to the suffrage movement
here. The laws for women are unjust and
uncivilized in most respects" Signor Barziha
said, but she can own and dispose of property
by will through marriage settlement, and
working won1An's wages belong to herself. 1t is
the intention to improve the laws" Answering
the question whether the ideas of men in regard
to women had changed in recent years, he said
they had very much since she had been forced
by social conditions into Offices and workrooms,
professions and trades, and was adding to the
economic wealth of the country They had an
increased respect for her ability and were be-
ginning to feel that she should have voice in
the administration of city and state
l inquired of Signor Barzilia, as 1 have of
several other prominent men, if he thought the
Pope expected some time to regain the temporal
power if the people wanted him to have it if
it would not be better in every way for him 70
go about the city instead OF remaining like
prisoner in the Vatican. The answers have been
very similar, one man saying the Pope told him
that he did not want temporal power; that t
would be impossible for him to maintain it.
When the rule OF the church ended Rome had
900 inhabitants; there are now over 100000.
The church dignitaries and a small circle of
the Catholic arstocracy would welcome the re-
turn OF the old authority but the masses would
object strenuously. 1t has passed for ever and
is beyond discussion. A few have said that if
the Pope should drive about the streets the de-
vout would fall on their knees, and this would
anger the Socialists and Free Masons and cause
trouble. The more reliable opinion seems to be
that he would receive the same loyalty and de-
votion the King, and it would be much bet
ter for the church. The Pope has no more real
independence, however, than a constitutional
monarch who must conform to the mandates OF
his cabinet, and he must yield to the wishes of
the church officials surrounding him. Some
time, it is said, Pope will be elected who will
follow his own judgment and 60 outside the
Vatican whenever he chooses.
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fortunate in having call from him and long
interview. He is among the few hght-haired,
blue-eyed men one sees here, is in the prime OF
life, and has an engaging personality. His fam
lily belonged to the unconquered Italians of
Trieste, but he has lived many years in Rome
where he is prominent lawyer, and he has been
a member of the House of Deputies for more
than twenty years. For even longer time ne
has held the honorable position of president of
the Associations della Stampa, or Press Club,
of Rome, possibly the most important organiza-
ton in the city. 1t has for more than quarter
of century occupied its present home of
dozen rooms facing the Column of Marcus
Aurelius, in the Piazza Colonna, the center of
Roman life. Here correspondents from the
whole world gather, and lectures, banquets, and
balls are given in its large salons.
Signor Barzilia is liberal Republican, look
ing forward to time when Italy shall be re-
public but believing that in the present state of
development among the people benevolent
monarchy is advisable. United Italy has been
most fortunate in her three kings, who have
been constitutional monarchS in the broadest
sense of the term, and the present King EN-
manuel III is more popular with the radical
elements than the conservative because OF his
democratic spirit. To the question whether there
had been any general demand among men for
the enormous extension of the suffrage a few
years ago, making it universal, he said Al
most none; the masses of them were not pre-
pared to exercise it wisely, but the best way to
prepare them was to give it to them" Then"
| asked quickly, ARE you going to wait till the
majority of women ask for it before YOU grant
it," No." he said smiling. Parliament will
confer it on them in the same spirit OF justice
and generosity as it did on men. We have al
ready formed committee of sixty deputies, of
which | am chairman, who will work to bring
this about Will it come soon:" said. Not
through this Parliament" he answered, which
has four more years to run but it is probable
that the next one will grant it" whether it is
Conservative or LIBERAL" Yes; it will doubt
less be limited at first to women OF education,
property owners, and those in trade or business
OF various kinds, and gradually extended"
This does not seem unfair to those who
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to pay their employees full wages or have an
other strike on hand. The street car men, cab
drivers, and many other classes, however, lost
their scanty earnings, and there was great suf-
fering. 1t required the constant watchfulness
of the soldiers to prevent the lawless elements
from getting control In Rome and elsewhere
they tore up trees from the public parks, which
are for the direct benefit of those who have no
gardens, and pulled down the awnings and shut
tiers of innocent shopkeepers to build barricades,
so that troops were everywhere kept in readi-
ness
Finally on the evening of the second day the
law-abiding citizens asserted themselves They
carried no arms, they showed no warlike dispo-
sition, but simply assembled under leaders,
marched to various centers of state authority,
declared their loyalty to the government, and
demanded the cessation of the strike. Here in
Rome there were over 10000, and they were an
inspiring sight as they marched cheering
through the streets under the Italian flag to the
palace of the King to show their allegiance.
At midnight the strike was ended, its lead
ers recognizing that the great body of the people
would have no more of it. They had, however,
demonstrated power sufficient to terrorize
whole country, for the merchants and dealers
everywhere believed that if they opened their
shutters the windows would be smashed Car
conductors and cab drivers felt that they would
risk their lives by attempting to work; coach
men did not dare go out on private carriages,
and even those OF the embassies and legations
had to remain indoors. A government is either
cowardly or weak that cannot afford its citizens
protection from such conditions, which were in
no sense the result of revolution among the
people, and these municipal elections coming less
than week after this strike, gave them an op-
portunity to express their desire for a change.
The vast majority of the Italian men care little
for politics or the right of suffrage. The people
as whole are enjoying such prosperity as they
have never before known, and all they want is
to be let alone TO attend to their business, but
they have just shown that when the occasion
demands it they know how to use vote.
One of the most influential men in Italian
politics is Salvatore Barziia, and | was very
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Member Of House Of Deputies, in Inter-
view, Sheds Light on Woman Suffrage
and Condition of Wage-earners-
Lauds Public School System.

One of the most encouraging features in
Italy is the excellent public school system and
compulsory education. Throughout the coun-
try monasteries and converts have been con-
verted into secular schools, and there are manv
in big modern buildings, while from the Mon
tessori nurseries up to the oldest universities
they are open to boys and girls alike When we
were in Perugia and gazing in speechless ad-
miration at the splendid facade OF Oratorio di
San Bernardno, constructed in 1457, hundreds
OF bright-eyed, well-dressed boys suddenly
poured out from behind the church, and upon
investigating we found an apparently new and
up-to-date large school building. One Afternoon,
in Rome we went to visit what was a cardinals
palace OF the sixteenth century, which he left TO
be used as a school for orphans but it finally
tell into ruins and was tenantcd by a few nuns
Some years ago, under the influence OF the noted
Premier GiOetti, it was restored BY the govern
ment, and now, under the patronage Of his cul-
tured daughter, Nine. Chiaraviglio, $50 orphan
girls are being educated there, trained in the do
mestic arts and prepared to be self-supportinC
We had there one OF the delightful surprises
one constantly meets in Rome. We had driven
through 50 many crooked streets that we had no
idea in what part OF the city we were After
tea we were taken up long flight OF steps and
through an extensive garden, when all at once
we found ourselves standing directly under the
top OF the immense Basca OF Constantine and
looking down into the Roman Forum, We had
come, it seemed, to watch the sun set on TN,
most marvellous and fascinating spot in the
whole world. The splendid columns, the bead
tiful fragments of poricoe>, temples and
churches, the massive background OF the ruined
palaces OF popes and enrcro-s. all sorihed by 4
golden sunset-no pencil. even though tipped
with divine fire, could describe it in picture or
in words.
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WARE OF ANTIQUES"
MADE few DAYS Ago
All Sorts of Fake" Relics Being
Manufactured These Days
in "Ole Lunnon.
WITH OLD MSCRIPTION-NOT!

STer1aI Cable to TIE Wsshincron Herald.
London. July flowing to the eNtraor-
dinary craze for the purchase OF antiques
the willy fabricator is busy manufacturing
all sorts OF fake articles. For this rea-
son Americans who are on I'll" lookout for
relics of England's picturesque past are
warned not to allow themselves to fall
into the many traps that are being pre-
pared for them, as thousands Of these
relics will change hands between now
and the early fall.
Just at present the boom has been Un-
Willingly fostcred by the example of
Queen Mary. who claims To he quite an
amateur expert on ChippendaIe furniture
and Wedgwood china. Tho result is that
visitors to various show ccntcrs are
wildly hunting for antiques. among
whom. of course. are many Americans.
A London dealer. talking to The Wash
inEton Herald correspondent. said:
preparations are being made to grat-
ify the tastes of all in antiques 1t may
safely be said that nearly all these
charming relics have now been bought up
by people in the trade.
"On the other hand. clocks and gate
leg tables are being faxed by the hun
dred. Sheffield plate. which was itself
originally a counterfeit of Queen Anne
silver. has also come in for much attcn-
ton. Stahordshire figures and ouaint lit
tie Old World cottages are being repro
duCed.
Toby jugs-madC a month aCo-Baxter
prints and scores OF other interesting rel
les OF bygone time are growing up around
US like mushrooms, all for the Consump
ton of the uniformed collector.
Many OF the sUndials are composed OF
lead and brass. complete with old Eng
lish inscription"
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this makes 1t historically true that wom-
an has raised her voice in behalf Of the
liberties OF her sex in every high place
in England.
On the following morning the arrested
leaders were placed in the dock, and Is
soon as the court was opened Christabel
asked that the case should not be dealt
with by police court officials but by judge
and jury. This was denied and the Jrial
proceeded. The prosecution explained
that the inspector mad called at the Of
fees OF the union and had been shown
the bill in question, and also that a
meeting in Trafalgar Square those pres
ent had been urged TO carry out the pro
gram OF rushing the House Of Com
mons The superintendent testified that
he also had visited the Offices and NJ
Pankhurst had shown him a letter she
had sent to Mr.. Asquith calling upon the
government to adopt the womerS on
franchisement bill, and that she n Mr.
Asquith returned a satisfactory reply
nothing would take place IN October IS
but a great cheer for the government. II
he did not. the women would get into
the House of Commons. and Mr.. AsGulth
would be responsible il th'-e was any
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Chairman. Organizing Committee, Penn
sylvania Association Opposed to
Woman Suffrage)
At first sight. some of the arguments
that the suffragists advance as TO why
women should vote seem rather ConvinC-
ing. For instance. when we hear that
because a woman is responsible for the
cleanliness of her house. the wholesome
ness of the family food. the children 3
health and morals, and because. however
well she may clean her own home. COOK
her own family's food or care for her
own children. she cannot protect them
from dangers of infection. uncleanliness
and physical or moral injury unless she
has the ballot, some are inclined to admit
that the vote is desirable.
And when we are told besides that all
women in industry are Slaves" forced
to work under laws which they cannot
take part in framing. sympathies are at
once aroused. and unless some deep
thinking is done, some will say that she.
at least, who earns her own living is
badly in need of the vote.
As Regards Sanitation.
In regard to pure food and sanitation,
it is everywhere admitted that educa-
tion is a greater factor than legislation
The woman is the consumer. and buyer,
and no vote or legislation can give her
the pIOltCllOI SUe mas IN neT own IN
telligenCe. If we pick up any of the
womens magazines. We will find them
setting forth numerous ways in which
women may assure their families clean
food and wholesome living conditions
They are not advised to wait until they
can vote for some politician, who prom
ises to appoint an inspector. who in turn
promises TO conduct a lengthy legal in
vestigation Of the unclean butcher shop
or unsanitary dairy; but on the other
hand, they are told how they can use
their power as consumers and intelligent
buyers to compel Improvement at once. In
the household hints that are daily given
in our newspapers, little or no attention
is paid to pure food legislation, because
informed persons know that dishonest
manufacturers flourish on ignorance rath-
er than on inadequate laws. And the
honest manufacturer depends on adver-
tising the purity Of his product; on in
telligent public opinion. to keep hls
goods in demand Practically every ar
ticle OF manufactured fod is guaranteed
under the food and drug act" Yet every
housekeeper knows that the brands In
each class that are standard. are those
which are most advertised, and have the
best reputation for quality.
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TO TAKE DEPEWS
ON COURT TOUR
Chevalier De Fouquieres VIII
Cicerone Party on Lux
urious Yacht.
WILL VISIT SIX RULERS
Host Is a Nephew of the Former
Senator from New York
State.
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--o~ral Ha-." % The Washington Herald
Paris. July u-Ch-vaAr- Andre ce
FouG1ie,|s. society lecturer. dance sne-
'laii>t. c'tn!on king and most popular
1au in Paris. has this week taken IN I
new Vocation @: his own dIs,uvyry-ihut
Of society civ'rone Tor th- IntrUG.Stloa uS
Ar, r.,gas Of good family t. E.ropc4u
count CIRCLES.
His first venture in this direction will
take place this month when h. Will en-
GeavOr tD present Mr.. and Mrs g
Mitchell pepew. 2nd. OF New York and
Paris, To SIX crowned heads, as many
grand dukes ana innumerahIe princes.
Ms DvTew has chartered the Yacht
NarisSus 70 rthis purpose and with Jne
Ch,va!ieE aboard will set oui from Havre
on Wednesday. The first port OF call IS
kIe. where the elegant FrenChman hopes
u induce the Kaiser 10 board the Mar
Cissus. Then the party expects to pay
homage TO Queen WiIhelmina II The
Netherlands King Christian. Of Dennark.
King Haakon Of Norway. King Gustav
OF sweden. the Gar Of Russia. and sew
eraI grand dukes.
With no more northern courts to cnu-
Guer. tn party will thCn proceed south
waru 10 the Isle OF Wight where they
VIII pass Cowes week, entertaining the
English ariStoCraCy lavishIy.
In preparation for this elaborate nro-
gram dc FouquiereS mas devoted the last
fortnight 10 assembling a magnificent
outfit for himself and advising members
OF the party as TO what SartO-ial feat
Ures are de riEeur in the courts Of North
eTn europe. TIE men in the party will
carry in their wardObes the latest Cea-
ii"nS in silk shirts and fancy waistcoats
interviewer with artistic motifs which Will
hC revelation to the dandies of Russia
and Scandinavia.
TIL" yacht is lUxuriousIy fitted out be-
cause il is planned to give tango parties
aboard for the dukes and princes at each
port o. call At Copenhagen. King Chris
tan. who is an Unsuitable tango fan. IS
cNpt Cted TO join the dancers
In Exclusive society.
TIE Mitchell Depews belong to the most
exclusive society circles OF Paris hut
they do more entertaining among the
French people than the other Americans.
The composition Of the yacht party faith
fully reflects this preference. In addition
to de FouGuieTes. Mrs. Mitchell Depsw IS
taking Prince CTOy and his cousin. Duke
Croy. who married Miss Nancy Leishman.
Count DurfOrt, Mile. de FaiIly, dauShtpr
OF the Countess de Failly, who was form
erly Miss Curtiss. of New York. and Miss
kinen, daughter of Mrs. George Kinen,
formerly Miss Eustis, of New York.
Mitchell Depew, who is a nephew nf
former Senator ChaUnCey NJ Dspew. Is
Mrs. Depew's second husband She was
Miss Julia CatIin and her first husband
was TrenOr Park. The debut of her
daughter. Miss Frances Trenor Park AZ
the Ritz on June l Was the occasion ~
one of the most brilliant balls in Paris
this season.
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Sufragist Reveals How Socialists Stopped
Wheels Of Industry Throughout Italy
and Then Tells How Men Showed
They Knew How to Use the Ballot.
By IDA Hustled HARPER.
No TX

Rome, June 27-The recent elections here
have offered a striking illustration of the reac-
ton which always follows revolutionary meas
ures The first general elections which took
place after universal male suffrage was granted
resulting in increasing the Socialists in the
House of Deputies from 100 to $50, but still
leaving $50 members divided among the other
parties. At the first municipal elections how
ever, the Socialist government has been entirely
overthrown in Rome and in every city or town
where it existed and their vote everywhere di-
mnished except in Milan. This was unques-
tionably the revolt of the people against the
strike of the preceding week 1t seems that
when soldiers are insubordinate they are put
into a regiment which is isolated from all others
and disciplined in various ways. Ancona, on the
Adriatic Sea- is the principal center of the anar
chists, who are under the leadership of Mala-
tesla, for a number of years banished from
Italy. They determined to hold meeting to de-
nounce this punishment of soldiers; force of
police was sent to disperse them, and it was not
until they had attacked and wounded seventeen
policemen that the latter fired and killed two.
Wheels of Industry Stopped.
The Socialists thereupon ordered general
strike throughout Italy, and for forty-eight
hours not a wheel turned, all manufactures
closed, and all shops, except that occasionally a
side door was opened. There was no street car
or cab service; tourists left the country by the
thousands; no newspapers were published; the
public schools were closed; the dirt and garbage
were left in the streets. AS these are the play
ground for the children of the poor, and as the
bakers stopped work, and the meat shops were
closed, it was the working people on whom the
strike fell hardest Shopkeepers not only lost
their trade, but they and other employers had
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influence public opinion. whether man or
woman, wields a power greater than any
ballot or party can give without it?
Wherever a man or woman can touch
the chords of fellowship, OF humanity,
or common knowledge, civilization re-
spends at once, regardless of the crowd,
party or sex of the originator.
The suffragists have been working for
votes for women" sixty-five years with
out impressing one-tenth of our popula-
ton that the majority of women need or
want the ballot. They have nine expert
ment stations in the great, new, rich
Western county. and that ought natur-
ally to excell all our other States in ad-
vanced legislation. And yet they find
themselves bale to make any honest
plea. on the record of their achievments
in any OF those States where women have
voted for from twenty-one to fourty-
four years? Instead. they seek to be-
cloud the issue by asking US to dream
of past and current history, prove their
agitation has no connection with reform,
and has never been a popular demand !;
while single-handed reformers, and or
ganizations with definite plans for real
progress are continually demonstrating
that nowhere else on Gods footstool Is
sincere work for human betternosnt more
speedily appreciated and rewarded than in
America
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According to an Italian physician. love
causes an intOXication of the nervous
centers, producing a disease that. II not
insanity.
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Clean Milk and NIent.

In the current issue of one Of the mag
azines, one of the staunchest supporters
Of feminism and the necessity of the bal
lot Winifred Harper Cooley, is telling
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London consumes eggs valued at 'l1.-
$4,000.
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Many Years Ago,

Another book, by a woman. written so
many years ago that Uncle Toms Cabin
Is forgotten except in the rural commu-
mites, Is claimed to have done more to
abolish slavery than all the organized
efforts Of the abolitionists How are
these things possible? Is it not because
public opinion in our country is stronger
than politics. and that anyone who can
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I.auded by Press.

1t was was by this machinery that the
election had been long before secured Of
40 members positively pledged on their
platforms to woman suffrage. but who
were powerless to carry out their pledges
because Of the opposition of the govern
ment OF the election tactics a Scotch
paper said: The women are doing won-
derful election work and are not getting
half the credit for II they deserve. Our
wayward Winnie winston ChurchilD
does not understand them as a fighting
force. The war song of the conquering
Christabel to the worsted Churchill is
Bonnie Dundee"
And tremhle false whiE. IN the midst Of your see
You have not the last Of my bonnet and me.
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BIG
rush" OF 1908
Trial Of Arrested Leaders Is
Dramatic Chapter in
English History.
FIRST NOTE OF VIOLENCE
Clara Bewick Colby Describes Famous
House of Commons Incident
and Results.
BY CLARA BHwICk COLBY.

The great professions of both the nom
militant and militant organizations in
June. 1875. not having convinced Mr.. As
quith that votes for women was a liv-
ing question, the suffraGists began those
political activities which have so often
reduced Liberal majorities or defeated
the Liberal candidates at by-elections.
which IL may be explained are elections
to I'LL vacancies. During this autumn at
one election the Liberal majority OF 6.iSI
became a majority OF 21B for the Con-
servatives. and at several others the in
fluence Of the suffraEists was plainly felt
To understand how this is possible one
must remember that women have always
taken great interest in politics in Eng
land. Formerly 1t was only a personal
interest, and the fate of many a man
was sealed by the decisions OF the salon.
or by the personal appeals at the hust-
ings But after Disraeli organized the
Primrose Danes and Gladstone the
Women's Liberal Federation. the efforts
Of the women to influence elections were
highly appreciated by their respective
parties.
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PUTS EDUCATION
ABOVE SUFFRAGE
Training More Effective in
Home Than Legislation,
Say Ants.
''VOTES" VERSUS LABOR
Claim A. F. L. Has Not Placed
Faith in Ballot to Get High
Wages.
By MRS. GEORGE p. WHITE.

Chairman. Organizing Committee. Penn
sylvania Association Opposed to