THE SUFFRAGETTES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 183, 20 December 1912, Page 5

THE SUFFRAGETTES.

MORE POST-BOX OUTRAGES. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. London, December 18. An extensive attack has been made on pillar boxi'S at Deptford, Lewisham, Putney, Forest Gate and in the City. Three arrests have been made. Franklin, a male suffragist, has been charged with setting fire to a Great Central train at Harrow. Slight damage was caused. SUFFRAGETTES AND TROUSERS. London, December 8. An American suffragette named Carrie Catt has struck a new idea to bring the cause before the minds of the people. She is urging women to abandon their millinery, their corsets, and their skirts, and asks them to wear trousers.

'•Revolt against the fashion creators;' she says. "Kick yourselves free from the swaddling of draperies, and give the money that heretofore you have expended on millinery to the cause of women'i suffrage." THE LETTER BURNERS. London, December 0. Speaking at a suffragette meeting on Saturday night, Miss Christabel Pankhurst, referring to the pillar-box outrages, said: "We are told that these, attacks on letter-boxes may cause the most heart-rending distress to many innocent and needy persons. "We are reminded that postal orders may be destroyed, and never reach those for whom they were intended. Well, suppose a poor charwoman loses a postal order. She may be thankful if at such a price she makes a step nearer the great goal of enfranchisement. Those who burn letters are fighting above all for poor under-paid women."