New Britain herald., 1919-10-24
|OUEEN ELIZABETH
 ! ON WOMAN'S RIGHTS
Thinks They Ought to Vote, Es- l peCially on School Questions

On Board King Albert's Train in &Pennsylvania, Oct. 24 (By The Asso- ciated Press ,)-Queen Elizabeth, Of the Belgians, advocates votes for women, but she does not believe in < the equality of the sexes any moro than m employing militant methods to obtain suffrage. She said so today Tn the first interview she has given in { America
 ou ask if l have gained any im- #presslons from the factories I have Vlsited,' her majesty sad. Il have peen\ very much impressed with the Mclear-eyed, red-cheekcd girls I have $seen ln your Worl<rooms. l think &their evident happiness is due to the &pure alr, the cleanliness and the gen. &erally splendid surroundings It is my hope that employers of working people in Belgium and all over Eu- &rope will model their factories after those in the United States. We have lost so many men in #war," she added, sadly, that tho #women must work, and, as women Fare the mothers Of the race, every thing possible should be done to 3protect them."
  ideas upon the education of girls, it #developed. She does not believe in 1.-the separation of the sexes in schools although she advocates educating girls along one line and boys along quite another.
 No Equality of the Sexes.
 The war taught me-" she said, "that there is no equality of the sexes, My husband was a soldier and l was Ia nurse. So it was with all women. The future should see work divided along the same lines. When women are forced to earn their own living, l have no objection to their doing that for which they are pest fitted; but those who do not need to work should learn hygiene and general hospital work. They should be social workers, librarians and playground Instructors"
 Her majesty explained, however, that lack of equality between the sexes should not prevent women from voting.
 "I know they are best qualified to select school trustees" she said, ''for they know more about school affairs hnd their intuition will tell them what men are best qualified for office in the general elections"
 Asked how best the women of America could aid in the reconstruc- ton of Belgium, aside from gifts of money, she replied:
 "It is difficult to bring about a close Understanding between two peoples who speak different languages. One way would be for us Belgians to learn = English and you Americans to learn French"
 As a means to this end, she sug- gested exchange of professorships not only in colleges but in high schools.
 Herself student of medicine and the daughter of a world famed oculist, the queen has been fascinated by the hospitals in the United States, Pn3 she has lost no opportunity to visit them. Her greatest ambition is to have established in Belgium an Institution similar to the Rockefeller institution for medical research.
 On Modern Fashions.
 Her majesty wore a gown of yellow charmeuse silk cut in long and flow ing lines and admitted it was of hcr own designing.
 "What does your majesty think o1 the trend of modern fashions fol women?" she was asked.
 "Thcy change so often I cant keel 4 track of them,' was the laughn: reply. What are they?"
 Short skirts came first to mind.
 "I do not wear them," she re spondcd, with a shrug of her shou ders. T am always behind the pro cesson."
 The prediction was made that he preference for turbanS would estab lish a new millinery mode in thi! country, and the queen explained why she always wears close-tittinf hats. She originated the style durin: the war, when she found it so con venient to wind a simple piece of sill around her hair when she visited th' trenches or the hospitals. She ha become so attached to the idea thn she positively refuses to abandon it