The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-12-28

en, from all posts of real authorit, except, perhaps, minor ones, such men are capable of filling"
 Thus characteristically replie George Bernard Shaw when aske (somewhat belatediy) by the write today for an expression of opinio on the outcome of the recent gubn torial elections in the Lone Star al Equality states. And he added:
 "It must be perfectly evident anyone who has studied history ( appreciates the differences in mel tality of the sexes that women mal the best rulers. They are infinite better qualified by nature than me to be at the head of things"
 "Do you believe that it would b. even as president of the United St
 Undoubtedly it would be pref if the presidency were a-iife office, ."tBut as it is commonly held only difference"
 Writing Book For Women. Ever since it became known here that women, for the first time in his tory, had been elected governors of two American states-Mrs. Miriam Ferguson of Texas and Mrs. Nellie Ross of WyemingAthe writer has been seeking an opportunity to ask the au- thor of Saint Joan" and Great Cath erine" what he though of this latest triumph of feminism, but until today he proved unapproachable. He is hard at work, he explained when at last succeeded in passing the wrought iron portcullis at the bottom of the stair case leading to his flat in the Adelphi. Not, unfortunately, on a new play, but upon what he described as a "very dull book'-a book designed, as it happens, for the political enlightenment of wom' en and entitled "The Intelligent Wom- ans Guide to Socialism" Accordingly he is strongly disinclined to be both cred by anybody or about anything. For this reason there are presum. ably few subjects on which Shaw would let himself be interviewed at present but the suitability of women to be heads of states proved luckily to be one of these.
 The Superman, I discovered, knew quite lot about Ma Ferguson, whom he had already recognized as Super woman. He listened with evident in terest to as much more as it was pos sible to tell him about, "Ma," and de clared that he would be surprised i she and her sister governor-elect failed to justify the confidence shown in then by the voters.
 Do you honestly consider" asked him, "that women make better rulers than men?"
 "NIuch better! Among other things woman can manage men much more effectively than a man can, and get! them to work more intelligently ant more Loyalty. The majority of mal' sovereigns or heads of republics pick thu most obviously unfitted persons for of fices of state. As a rule women dt their choosing much better. And me1 work under a woman with much lesi friction; the relations between woman and man are never quite so strained ai between man and man. Administra worked smoothly under Queen Victoria and it does today under Queen VII helmina.
 "For sheer ability Queen Elizabetl was by far the best sovereign Englant ever had. In point of fact, she mad' mischief, because she was so auto cratic and so intelligent that she lef the throne too strong; with the resul that the stupid men who came afte her-James l and Charles-and triet their hand at ruling, made an unhol! mess of things. Queen Elizabeth reigne' by the sheer force of her wits ant personality. Any competent would-b usurper with 500 men behind him would have busted her at any time. She ha' nothing to go on with but her owl wits. But she was as safe as houses. You Get Them Too Clever"
 "Of course one disadvantage abou having women as sovereigns and presi dents," Shaw went on, lis that you ar sure to get them too clever. You woul' be sure to get more queens like Chris tina of Sweden. She was much to- clever and lived like man. She wa a good deal like Joan of Arc.
 ''The fact is that women are neVe quite as big fools as men. Whateve their defects may be, they are neye handicapped by mans impracticabllt! and sentimentality. Women have t' have common sense., They must nav it because it is they who are responsi ble for the bread and butter arrange ments. They get practice in managln things by having to keep their home in order. Men leave it all to them and go and amuse themselves. The have turned a job into sport. It ha passed into a prOverb-'playing tn game.'"
 "Now that women have been electe governors of two American states, Shaw was asked, ''dO you expect to' SC the movement spread? Do you expeC to see more and more women selecte for high office?" ( q can't of course tell what wi happen in America. But it is Obviou to everyone that all over the world tn tendency toward feminism is marked Everywhere women are being electe members of parliaments and legisls lures and appointed to responsible ao ministrative posts. And they have 8 far justified it by nearly always dc ing their job we'll. It is significan that they have a way of continuing i office; whenever a woman is electe mayor here in England, she is almos invariably elected again."
 Do you consider that there would b less political corruption if women wer at the head of things than there under men?"
 q don't know about that, but ar certain that any corrupt woman woul get better value for her money tha corrupt men succeed in doing. Il America. where there is a great dea of corruption, certain men acquire reputation that is entirely undesefVe for their ability in buying services fror other men. More often than not thes men are the greatest fools in the wa they practice corruption. They are al ways bribing the wrong people. / woman would get her bribes to the righ people; she would see that her bribe LuOf fo ha ,,;ohk aIdracc O