The Ladies' Gallery in the House.
A lady, who signs herself " One of the Majority," sends the Post the following rigorous protest against talk in the Ladies Gallery :—" In the face of Et demand for more seats in the golle* ries of the House being devoted to women, the behaviour of certain persons in the gallery already alloted to the sex jails for comment. Last night a party jf three kept up a continuous chattering * nd giggling, accompanied by the rustle >f paper, for three mortal hours ; clack, slack, clack, went their tongues, the subjects being dances, partners, skirts, bodies, and pinafores,. Two members 1 wives in the front row were hardly any better. I refrain (on this occasion) from names and specimens of talk. Surely these persons could have entertained each other just as well over a cup of tea by their own firesides, where their mean* ingless cackle would not have been a nuisance to all within earshot. These purveyors of gossip in the Women's Gallery are a minority, but an annoying minority ; they are of the class designited " society ladies," and show themselves completely devoid of good breed, ng as of good sense, fo* none but ill. jred women would evidence such selfish ivant of consideration for others/
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 30, 4 August 1894, Page 2
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211The Ladies' Gallery in the House. Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 30, 4 August 1894, Page 2
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