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This page presents **pro-suffrage advocacy** disguised as satirical humor. Anna Cadogan Etz's article argues that women's interests are distinctly *separate* from men's, contradicting anti-suffrage claims that women need not vote because men represent their interests equally. The argument proceeds historically: women were treated as property and drudges while men enjoyed leisure and power—yet anti-suffragists claim shared interests. The cartoon "The Open Door" (left) visualizes this: a woman escaping bonds labeled "Universal Suffrage Work," suggesting suffrage represents liberation from male-imposed restrictions. The piece sarcastically demolishes the premise that men naturally protect women's welfare, using history to show systematic exploitation. By 1910s standards, this was **genuinely radical feminist rhetoric**, framed as common-sense observation rather than revolutionary demand. The page includes unrelated telephone company advertising, typical of magazine layout.

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THE MODERN WOMAN Suffrage Facts and Fancies By ANNA CADOGAN ETZ Women Have No Interests Apart From Men 66°THE interests of men and women are not distinct, in the sense that other social classes have separate inte nd therefore women can trust their class inter- ests to men.” It sounded good and a mighty statesman said it. But just to make sure, | took down the history book to sce how it had worked out in the past, and these are the facts 1 found: In the beginning society knew but two classes: men and women. To be a woman 7s N THE OPEN DOOR was to be a drudge. ‘To be a man was to hunt and fight. Evidently man was always a sport. When slavery was introduced, slaves were women. When property appeared, the first thing a man owned wa woman. At the first market place she was the first thing sold. Those celebrated Homeric maidens were but coin of the realm. If food was nen ate and women tightened their be The modern woman as a non-tobacco and non-alcohol user is not the fine fruit of generations of self-deny- ing women, but the survival of times when men did not let any luxuries get away from themselves. Surely the interests of men and women hav s been the same, and yet men did these things to women—so ran the history book. Hence and therefore, Mr. Modern Man, if it all the same to you, The Modern Woman will take a little try at pro- tecting her own interests. the first Anything But Anarchy ECAUSE the law referred to Sunda “the Lord’s Day,” the grocer who violated the Sunday closing law in Oregon went scot free and the law was scrapped by Anticipating Telephone Needs When a new subscriber is handed his telephone, there is given over to his use a share in the pole lines, under- ground conduits and cables, switch- boards, exchange buildings, and in every other part of the complex mech- anism of the telephone plant. It is obvious that this equipment could not be installed for each new con- nection. It would mean constantly rebuilding the plant, with enormous expense and delay. Therefore, practi- cally everything but the telephone instrument must be in place at the time service is demanded. Consider what this involves. The telephone company must forecast the needs of the public. It must calculate in- creases in population incity and country. AVOID THIS AD! TUDYY unless you have talent for drawing. Send four cents in stamps for full information, ZIM’S Correspond- ence School of Cartooning, Comic Art, and Caricature, Box R, Horseheads, N.Y. One System It must figure the growth of business districts. It must estimate the number of possible telephone users and their approximate location everywhere. The plant must be so designed that it may be added to in order to meet the estimated requirements of five, ten and even twenty years. And these additions must be ready in advance of the demand for them—as far in ad- vance as it is economical to make them. Thus, by constantly planning for the future and making expenditures for farahead requirements when they can be most advantageously made, the Bell System conserves the economic interest of the whole country while furnishing a telephone service which in its perfec- tion is the model for all the Sey AND ASSOCIATED COMPANIES Universal Service Wwear fori fultdare: tyes ean can tell Wt Ete eeee eve cerh HENRY LINDENMEYR & SONS PAPER WAREHOUSE Nos. 32, 34 and 36 Bleecker Street Branch 20 Beekman Street, New Vork, a ALL KINDS OF PAPI ‘Clinton Street. Newark, N. J MADE TO ORDER simple thing to patent. you wealth. Write for “) Get Your Patent and Your Money.” Patent Attorneys, Dept. 129, Washington, D.C. comicbooks.com