WHERE WOMEN GOVERN

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1568, 11 October 1912, Page 2

WHERE WOMEN GOVERN

ENTERPRISING FRANCE. If the Paris correspondent of a big London paper is to bo believed, there is a French villago in which all important business that concerns tho State or tho individual is managed by the woman Mayor. Sho has power to tie tho bond of matrimonys sho deals with all cases of dispute with a. high hand. She is a dignified and important lady, fully alive to her own position, und brooking no interference during her period of office. She is quite a domesticated woman, running her own family, and interes-tiiig herself in tho household affairs of her own villa just as though she had no onerous public duties to perform. Her argument is that if a woman cannot make a success of her own home, she is not likely to do much for the benefit of other people. When the Mayor has any announcement to make, the drummer woman, wo aro told, is sent forth to beat her drum and to cry out tho news. She is 80 years old, and has done the same work for n long time, so she' does it. thoroughly well. Byway of emphasising tho dignity of her office, she puts a manly hat on top of her cap of white cambric edged with a frill that surrounds her weather-beaten face, In tho post office a smart young lady presides, and does all the work commanded by the Government. Sho was trained In Paris, and is rather inclined to tell tho postivoinan to hurry up now and then. For the elderly lady, who, for the past ten years, has trudged daily from door to door, through rain and shine, does get tired at times, and her paeo is not that of the city postman, Sho wears a huge pea-jacket that belonged to her son when ho did duty in tho service, and her tarpaulin hat; on ton of her frilled cap is rather far removed from the uniform commanded by tho Republic. All tho shops are staffed by women, and if any enterprising male visitor takes his courage in his own hands and looks for a barber, ho will find, within the gates of a farmyard, a handsome-young-woman engaged in her occupation. On fine days slio cuts hair and lathers and shoves but of. doors; if it is wot or threatening, she merely withdraws into tho nearest shelter. A woman acts as station superintendent, and tho switches' on the lhies are worked by employees of tho same sex. Mrs ROLLESTON, Hair Specialist (qual. London and Paris), is recommended for the. Permanent Cure of all Scalp Ailments and the most Effective Treatment foe the Growth of Hair. Shampooing, Hairdressing, Electrolysis /permanent removal of Miporllous hair), dip. U.S.A. Face Massage, Combings Made Up, Trans-1 formations, Switches, etc. 2.iS Lambton ; Quay. Telephone '1559.—Adrt. j