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to be Starts himself at blur ot him g with y the voice t ofa ion in chair- ringly stion, for a > had cd out over their t the ation | he said of this measure to enfranchise all September 15, 1917 Suffrage Snapshots By IDA HUSTED HARPER I OUISIANA has just missed having an equal - pay -for-equal-work law for The Legislature passed the a New Orleans lent the Gover- women, bill all right and then, paper says, “by some a nor’s signature was not obtained before the General Assembly adjourned!” Oh, well, accidents will happen and Louisiana women are quite accustomed to this kind. Two years ago the men of the State accidentally by an immense majority voted against al- lowing them to sit on school and charity boards. ¢ OME interesting flashes of truth were re- led in the recent suffrage debate in the British House of Commons. “We can- not expect justice to be done to women when member of Parliament has an exclu- observed Sir J. “Women would be very hard to in- ” objected Sir F. Banbury; “when 1 woman makes up her mind nothing will move her.” Seems as if this doesn’t carry out the clinging vine idea. But Lord Hugh Cecil put the case in a nutshell when eve sively male clectorate. Simon. men and a small part of the women: “And yet the women are almost the only people who care twopence for the gift the bill offers.” In other words the suffrage v literally thrust upon the men and grudgin, doled out to the women LLAN ANDE the new controller of the British is the son of Dr. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson, the first woman mayor in Great Britain, almost the first woman physician and one of the earliest and most active suffragists. And with all this he seems to lack a good deal of being “femi- nized.” * HE anti-suffragists say they might turn th sociation into a war relief so- ciety if they didn’t all the time have to fight the suffragists. But since they claim to represent 90 per cent. of the women why not detail a squad of ten per cent. to watch the suffragists and use the other eighty per cent. for war relief? It looks as if they were like the men who get married in order to have the excuse of a dependent. ¢ AS Illinois iegislator introduced a bill to prevent heeled shoes women from wearing high- ee “How a woman be a good wife when she is suffering the tortures of the damned?” he asked. But wouldn’t a bill to bring the husband down a few pegs remove some of the tortures? TH TAGORE. has published a touching poem entitled, “Where is the market for you, my song?” They are troubled with overproduction in Sirk RABINDRA x ity has made It famous.” ass stoppered bottles, (Adv.) At rare intervals, when there were slack spells in the work, he was permitted to trudge to school. L.DOUGLAS “THE SHOE THAT HOLDS ITS SHAPE" $3 $3.50 $4 $4.50 $5 SG $7 &$Q You Can Save Money by Wearing W. L. Douglas Shoes. The Be: Known Sh é W.-L Douglas name and the retail price is stamped on the bottom of every pair of shoes at the factory. The value is guar- anteed and the wearer protected against high prices for inferior shoes. The retail prices are the same everywhere. They cost no more’in San Francisco than they do in New York. Theyare always worth the price paid for them. ‘he quality of W. L. Douglas product is guaranteed by morethan 40 years experience in making fine shoes. The Best inthe World smart styles are the leaders in the fashion $3 $2.50 $2 centresof America. They are made ina well-equipped factory at Brockton, Mass., by the highest paid, skilled shoemakers, under the direction and supervision of experienced men, all working with an honest determination to make the best shoes for the price that money can buy. BEWARE OF FRAUD. None genuine untess W. L. Douglas name and the retail price is stamped on the bottom, TAKE NO SUBSTITUTE. For sale by over 9000 shoe dealers and 105 W. L. Douglas stores in the large cities. If not convenient to call at W. L. Douglas store, ask your local dealer for W. L. Douglas shoes. If he cannot supply you, take no other make. Write for booklet, showing how to order shoes by mail, postage free. A President w. 145 BOYSSHOES | The Boy Who Pegged Skoes. ‘W. L. Douglas Pegging Shoes at Seven Years of Age. Sixty-five years ago W.L. Doug- las started acquiring the knowl- edge of how to make good shoes. L. DOUGLAS Spark 8t., Brockton, Mass. HIS amusing picture, in full colors,9x1 2, mounted on a heavy mat, ready for the frame, will be sent post- paid for twenty-five cents. Judge Art Print Department wu dic? = =225 Fifth Avenue —— New York City “War Babies” comichooks..