The Washington times., 1915-10-20
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In France To
Win the Vote
Indirect Method of Smiling
Instead of Smashing En-
ployed to Advantage
by Women of
France.

LTHOUGH there mas Deen ittio
N said over the suffrage fight In
~ France. It Is no sign that the
Frenchwomen are tagging be-
hind their sisters in the struggle for po-
hucal recognition. A..
moN quiet method Of all-the Indirect,
Mabie Potter Daggett tells about II In
Pictorial Review. Concrete examples
of this Smiling. not smashing cam
Louise Bailleventure has it.Louise
Bsilleventure who ran the little shop
in the Rue du Bac wherc ! bought
gloves. I say she ran the shop, ana
she did. NJ. Bailleventure waited on the
customers. Madame sat always at the
cash drawer. From that place OF pow
err her advice in all affairs domestic
and commercial was listened to with re-
spect. Louise Bailleventure. YOU might
say, Is the reaAon for the little that
the world hears Of a suffrage move.
mont In France. II Is the land of all
others where the indirect influence Of
femininity Is worked for ell II - worth.
And It has been well worked. Why
ter be slow? The direct influence OF
the ballot would be. It is true. a new
and q powerful force. But the witch-
eery Of flashing glance. the enchant.
n one must resort to 1t, the compell-
ing resource OF a storm OF tears, an:
they are old and tried feminine tactics!
And one In France knows so well the
art Of using them.
every gentleman of France is familiar;
'Ce que femme veut. Dieu lie veut'
(What woman wills, God wills). 1t is
the national point Of view yis% ,bs rrGm FnsnnS ,nS
armies and the Nine; Recamiers who
ruled their salons and the Mime. de
Pompadours who ruled their kings: to
the bourgeois wives who sit at cash-
drawers in the butcher, shops and the
bake shops and the glove shops ana
rule their husbands. woman has al
ways occupied an important place IN
France. Action and reaction are equal.
There is a woman movement in France
that Is coming on without any SMASH
Ing. But there is plenty of smiling.
"Your French woman knows how 70
still! h Feel the subtle undertow in femi::
then a man is swept off his feet to be-
come a powerful pleader for the cause:
Brieux and NJ. Maurice Donnay. all
members Of the French academy. es-
poused 1t in literature? Liberty, equal,
1y and nsxsrses on the everS pns
lie building that you pass In the city
Nine. Aliropolsky e the Leading d; a.;
siso il a lawyer. She is a brilliantly
beautifui woman of striking brunette
type. When she entered the profes.
woman to be admitted to practice at
the Palais de Justice In Paris. NOW
there are some twenty-hve Nine.
Miropolsky is an ardent feminist niss,!rs. Es.
gist could accuse her OF being other-
wise than altogether feminine. In the
inner office Nine. ravocat herself re-
Ssssd %tS %s lace In ehS SGwR draped Aof5
the long line Of her beautiful throat,
like Marie Antoinette. painting, She
was interpreting to me the divorce law
Of France in Wh,Sn she IS 30 nSase ap
peared at the dwoor with cooing hve;
months-old baby in her arms. And
madame, whose oratory at the Frencn
self for a period to attend to domestic
'The Duchesse Daisy is the wife OF
n diplomat who has served his country
in this capacity with Ioreisn n hs,,Ons s,osr'
yiees her household and her servants
and her children. and with the Other
she ia ready to assist her husband IT
matters of state. When the butler mas
reported for the lay and the ehildrer
ore with their govcrness. the Duchess
palsy every morning is reading the
newspapers in three languages. 1hcrt
II no question Of politics or OF econom,ct
that she will not be ready to discuss
with her husband at dinner: indeed
when secretaries fail him he know
where To turn for authentic informa
tion. Over the threshold OF pink satiI
homdoir there always awaits him
prompt reply to an inquiry about the the
date of an international treaty or th'
SIstorv Of n cause celebre." Now they
are ali like that. from the dukes lady
NJ aristocratic lineage to the shopkeep
er's helpmate. They never neglect to
suomen. And go they have been able tc
manipulate to advantage the unwrittcr
law OF France: What woman Wills
God Wills"