FASCINATION OF THE SUFFRAGETTE.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 526, 5 June 1909, Page 11

FASCINATION OF THE SUFFRAGETTE.

Discoursing'.in a London. paper on this jv'el subject a writer says:—An ardent lady iffragist the other day asked : a girl in a' ia ; sh6p'where, tho waitresses ;'arV known to irn only 6s. a week .whether',she would not ie to join tho suffrage, movement and thus , »lp to make matters better'both, for herself id others in the same -position.-;. The maiden ssed her haughty head and .exclaimed, in nes of,deep'.disgusti '"Suffragette, , indeed; wouldn't, be a suffragette if. you paid me r, it. ; They looksuchsights." '/'There, are ousands of people just like this tea-room, rl who regard the suffragettes'as "sights,", idvfo whom the name conjures up nothing ore' itiepiring than women with wispy, hair, ■ eotacles, large though perchance: 'kindly inde, and feet .that. rival the proverbial liceman's in point of size. .. •:.';.• ' ; As'a matter: of fact, suffragettes, are often tremely' pretty; -but they' use or les to achieve their ends. - JYas'it not ,; \ Mrs. Poyser whosaid, "I know what iv: . the men; like—a poor soft, as ml .-':' simper at him and.say 'Thank you'*; -/'for a: kick"? ' 'Whateyerrmay.Kara.been true. in. her day*, this'.is cer-. tainly not the fact.now. V The "door; mat , type of woman is quite at a dis- -. count, and nothing of recent years has done more" to: exterminate her than the. suffragette, movement. The times are long past since Lady BlessingtonV heroine deplored' '.'. the insolence of men, insov much that they persisted in talking; of politics inotead of '.those subjects,which interested the fairer portion of humanity. Modern - society women have recently realised that "sweet, eyes andilow re- . plies" are .not', in .themselves sufficient to -invest them .with charm of a lasting :kind. ■ The suffragette cam- ' paign is inaugurating .-' an. era of women with a now kind: of 'fascination . ■•-. —the. women '..who Jack. . self-consciousness.v Not V theirs,"it the. . -carefully 'arranged smile .. displaying teeth of pic-' ,: ..ture-postcard'. porfoc-,! tion,'the ''damn'oTpleastiig';,expression", which Burne-Jones hated bo much; and all the artful artlessness ,of the as she used to be in —.".J. .."oi.TOu irere not so easily .bored as . at. present. /Thenew. type of woman 'is asjncere womani and in sincerity thoro lies.a special charm of its own. It is a supreme virtue which' wonien 'in i the, past—' largely through force of circumstances, often lacked. Furthermore, the suffragette' is 'an altruist. ;■ She is "nico" to other women, and does not regard them with a cold and unfriendly eye. She has enthusiasm and ideals —two, qualities which add wonderfully to personal attractiveness. \ She has-'also intelligencei [ A silly,suffragette is a rarity. Misguided and rowdy, they'.may be at times, but almost always iney have brains - which they xiso to advantage. ■'-.; '' ■. .. : Altogether, "taking one consideration with another," as Mr. W. S. , '- Gilberts poh'ceman >said, therois every indication that the suff-' ragetto, though at present, a little'wild and untamed, a-little ready 'to let, her. feelings overbalance her sense of propriety, has in- her many of- tho elomentsof a quite enduring fascination.'•-.'". ' : :' • .

■At.Levin on "Wednesday,. ; Mr.,'' Norman Inwood (of Ngatimoti, Nelson) was_ married 'to Miss .Clara Findlay (of Levin). ,Ttie Rev. ,T.. F.' Jones'officiated. The bride'.,Vas};-be-comingly attired in an empire frock of, figured crepe ue chine and hat to match. t Thebrides- ' maids ; .were:' Miss Mary Peterson (of.'Palmerston North), who wore a dress of eau de nil and steel-grey silk, and Miss Hilda Inwood (sister of the bridegroom), who wore, v cream muslin with hat to match. Mr. Edward Findlay (brother of the bride) ■was best man. After the ceremony tho party repaired to the residence of the- bride's parents, "where" a wedding breakfast was served. ' '