Judge, 1916-05-13 · page 21 of 28
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This Judge magazine page satirizes opposition to women's suffrage and professional rights through two articles by Anna Cadogan Etz. **"Woman's Rights in Quebec a No Thoroughfare"** critiques Quebec's defeat of a bill allowing women to practice law. The article exposes the logical contradiction: married women cannot legally make contracts under provincial law, so lawmakers rejected female lawyers—not on merit, but because married women couldn't collect their own fees. The satire highlights how one legal disability becomes justification for denying women all professional rights. **"How Not to Make a Man a Suffragist"** mocks a newspaper editor who sarcastically praised a man as a "suffragist" merely for babysitting while his wife attended a suffrage meeting. The satire suggests the editor inadvertently exposes male absurdity: he considers basic childcare by a husband as noteworthy male sacrifice, implying men deserve credit for minimal domestic participation—while women juggle activism and family responsibility. Both pieces use irony to expose anti-suffrage arguments as circular, discriminatory, and rooted in convenience rather than principle.
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THE MODERN WOMAN Suffrage Facts and Fancies By ANNA CADOGAN ETZ Woman's Rights in Quebec a No Thorough- fare IF ONE has had no breakfast, is that a reason for being refused dinner? So it seems in the province of Quebec. A bill introduced into the Quebec Legisla- ture to permit women to practise law was overwhelmingly defeated in committee the other day and not a word was said as to whether 2 woman knew cnough; as to whether it was just to let her try; as to whether it would cause her to neglect her family. Just one point was mentioned and the die was cast UNDER TWO FLAGS A woman, so they said, might wish to be rand be at the same time a wife according to the civil law of the province, cannot make a contract. There- fore this married woman lawyer could not even collect her fees. And so because mar- ied women in Quebec are denied the most primitive human rights, all women shall in consequence be denied any other rights. Under this method of procedure, the wom- an’s rights movement becomes a no thor- oughfare How Not to Make a Man a Suffragist HERE were the men?” commented the local editor on a suffrage meeting held in the town the night before. “I will tell you where one of them w: He was tending the baby while his wife was at the meeting.” And the editor thought and no one said him “nay” that he had won his spurs as a suffragist by his service as a nursemaid. “Election is over and the ‘voice of the Wise Jelly when flavored with Abbott's Bitters is made BR deluant, healthful. Samples of bitters by mail ein stamps ©. W- abbott & Co. Baltimore, Ma. (Adv) betes ae uaa it B: dweiser and Bread “Bread~made wi water, yeast.c eer— made with cereals. water, yeast. One is solid—the other liquid beer contains the extra nerve-resting proper- ties of hops which bread does not — concentration is the main difference between these two foods. s you select the best of materials for getting the best of toods so do we use the best barley malt and only imported Saajer Hops for making Budweiser Bottled at the Brewery ANHEUSER-BUSCH, st. Louis. MANHATTAN SQUARE HOTEL 50 to 58 WEST 77th STREET, NEW YORK 300 Rooms, 225 with bath and shower OPPOSITE MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY Surrounded by parks, half a block of entrance to Central Park. Convenient to everything Parlor, bedroom and bath with shower for one or two persons... . . $2.50 per day Parlor, two bedrooms and baths, shower, three or four persons, $3.00 to $3.50 per day Special Rates for one or more weeks for Tourists. Excellent restaurant. Moderate prices. Club breakfasts. H, FROHMANN, Pres. GEO. W. O'HARE, Mer. (femme a ot neem ene, — Sa re eee eye nO See es RRL rare comicbooks.com