The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-05-14
Scene; The movies.

scene; The movies.
 Persons: Mable and Myrtle. +
 Mabel: That's that Lady Astor that got elected to Congress in London. gress in London. Londons a king dom.
 Mabel: Well, she got elected to whatever they have.
 Myrtle: 1 'spose she got elected to the royal family or somethin'.
 Mabel: Don't try to be so funny. They got a place over there where they make laws and all. just like Congress, an she got elected to It.
 Myrtle: How could she be over here if she was in Congress? She'd have to be over there and object to the things. wouldn't she?
 Mabel: She's come over here at the orders of the. queen to prove that men are weaker than women. l saw where she said that in the papers,
 Myrtle; Swell chance she's got of provin' that! If men was weaker than women they'd be bossing the country, wouldn't they7
 Mabel: Well that's what this now Lady Astor wants 'em to do. She says as soon as they know their strength they'll be bosses of every thing.
 Myrtle: Sounds silly to me-men stronger than women? Ja ever see Mary Pickford standn' on her hands on a cliff and throwin' desperadoes off railroad engine like Doug Fair banks?
 had no practice yet.
 Myrtle; Lotta good practice II do em! Just imagine yourself gettin' into the ring with this here Jack Dempsey an tryin' to bust him on the jaw. You could practice 1000 years and never do that
 Mabel: Oh. well, she don't mean just physical strength. She means they got more courage. An 1 see where a editor says she's right about 1t.
 Myrtle: I don't care what no editor says. They ain't got half the cour- age a mans got. Just imagine a big, husky man lookin' under bed to see if they was a burglar there. or climbin' up the bureau when mouse come into the room Women aint got no real courage an If they had they'd be ashamed to show 1t. for the men wouldn't think they could pro- tect 'em an feel so brave when they was around.
 Mabel: That's just the idea. Lady Astor says that women is stronger because they know enough not to make the men think that the men are stronger an get swelled up and look down on 'em an pity em and be kind to 'em.
 Myrtle: That's too deep for me. I know I ain't stronger than Tommy, an if I was to tell him I was in- stead of maxim him think was lookin' up to him all the time he might get sore on me an wallop me somethin' fierce.
 Nal ell: Gee. but ou're dumb You're just provin' what Lady Astor is tryin' to prove-that men are a lot of saps. and if 1t wasn't for us women handin' 'em the ear oil all the-time they'd never have the nerve to be movie actors or floor walkers or presidents or kings or nothin' She says women is really runnin' the world an the men don't know it.
 Myrtle: We'll. if women is runnin' the world already. what does she want to take a vacation an come over here an make 'em run 1t for they're run in it. and to git the credit for 1t an hold the jobs. and make the money an all
 Myrtle: Say, look-a-here! I been lookin' for chance to let go the job got for three years now, an when can find the guy that will pay the meal checks. I'm gonna do it. They ain't no London woman from Con- gress going to make me think that l oughta be holdin' to any job. That's a mans business
 Mabel: That's what you say! But men don't run nothin' right. Looka