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**The "Modern Woman" Column:** This satirical piece features "Betsey Burrows," a rural suffragist, debating voter Seth Binns about women's suffrage. Binns claims men "protect" women and they need no more rights than "rat poison." Betsey counters that men only protect women of their own social class; poor or working women receive no such protection. She cites a recent female speaker at the Grange who demolished these paternalistic arguments. The cartoon questions whether men still operate under "Stone Age" thinking regarding women's equality and voting rights. **Context:** This reflects the pre-1920 suffrage debate, when opponents argued women didn't need voting power because men naturally protected them. Betsey's response exposes this logic as classist—protection extended only to socially respectable women. The page also contains a Schlitz beer advertisement and a book advertisement for Chauncey M. Depew's speeches.

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THE MODERN WOMAN Curbside Comments By OREOLA W. HASKELL Betsey Burrows—Suffragist Pertection HEN I see Seth Binns downstreet yis- terday, I up and asked him was he going to vote for the suffridge amendment in the fall. “No, sirree,’’ says he, emphatic. ‘‘I dunno what’s come over you wimmen to make you foam at the mouth over sumepin’ you don’t need no more’n rat pizen. Why,’’ says he, swelling up his chist, ‘‘men—real men—pertects wimmen, they allus has, and they allus will.’” “Wall,” says I, meditative, ‘‘the crop of real men must be awful scerce, then, Mebbe some men does pertect some wim- men—the wimmen of their own famblies and of their friends’ famblies—the females that was lucky enough to be born in good circles. Men pertects females of their own particular class. Yep—if my husband was to be tucked inter the tomb, and I got inter trouble with a sick horse or sumepin’, or a ARE YOU STILL CONTROLLED BY THE STONE AGE? lunatic was to chase me round my own cab- bage patch, and you was passing, I know teal well, Seth Binns, that you'd give Bet- sey Burrows a lift. Certain you would. But at the same time, if I was to sell you some stock or a piece of land that I needed the money fur, I'd hate to have the scram- bled-egg business brains some females have. It would be awful bad for my bank account. Yep, you'd be good ter me, mebbe; but how much pertection do you or other men feel fur gals and females that’s below you phys- ically, mentally and socially? Of course they’s good men and true what ‘ud do the Tight thing by every petticoat they met, Praise be to heaven! But ain't them men blessed minorities in this here vale of tears? “Lately they was a speaker come to the Grange, and she kinder smashed the pertec- nde tasty and delightful by wing Abbott's Two Kinds of Beer that’s all. Beer in Brown Bottles and beer in light bottles. One is known to be pure; the other is known to be impure and unfit for use if light reaches it— and once the cover is off a case of light bottle beer, it is exposed to light. Schlitz in Brown Bottles Kept Pure is until it is poured into your glass, The light bottle brewer hides behind a paper lid and refuses you that one guarantee within his power — purity. Get Schlitz in Brown Bottles, and you get pure beer. Its quality has been famous for years: the Brown Bottle perpetuates its fame. See that crown is branded “Schlitz” The BeerThat Made Milwaukee Famous —— 4 Illustrated with a EES Orations, Addresses, Speeches Siizy"s Fas f 4 cane orgenonss CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW *~: 2.21 2 Lj Edited by JOHN DENISON CHAMPLIN Each i Copy’ Aue. SS Wik tesedeiee by Hon. HENRY CABOT LODGE ees aad ‘These volumes cover more than fifty years of the political history of the United States. As an orator Mr. Depew is vedly famous all the world over. His English is perfect and his humor of the highest quality. Both in the political matter and in his memorial addresses on the lives of famous Am these writings take an authoritative place. The present edition, offered at the reduced price, is strictly limited in number. No more copies will be procur- able after it has been sold. Original price, $50 net. Brentano's price, $17.50 net. BRENTANO’S Fifth Ave. & 27th St. New York comicbooks.com