THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1912. WOMEN'S VOTES.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10675, 3 July 1912, Page 4

THE Wairarapa Age MORNING DAILY. WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1912. WOMEN'S VOTES.

An interesting arucie on "Seme Effects of the Women's Vote mi Nc'-v Zealand," from the pen of Miss M.ibel Holmes, of Nenv Zealand, appears in "T.P.'s 'Magazine'."-'-Miss-Holmes deals su.mmarfly with the conjc-ctmvv' of iaiiiiti-suffra.gi.-sit® of this side of the globe. "Women do not," she sayv "like flocks oif sheep imtteind the ,polls aind blindly vota for the most impressive candidate. They deliberately set themselves to understand tflie individual and collective results most likely to ensue' from thear support, and vot? accordingly. As regards all matters which concern the welfare of woraw and children, the women of New Zealand have uimiply justified their vo + * They have used it wisely and well for the refonm elf laws connected with soical ajnd imorai advancement; such as measures dealing with divorce, .vomen',!? property, domestic training of. girt childron, infant life protection, etc. With every liberty of opinion, and- the Ttfight thi'ough the vote io impress it, New Zealand women showno disposition to become hardened and maiiiiuiiSh. They aire equally a;s domesticated ais are: English womm, a:s sensitive and as tender-hearted. This ■placing of women upon an intellectual level with men Ivvs ailso in New Zealand brought a, ,pcnscaial freedom for womem which .ccimp?].?.. tha.t,.a« in America, streets mid -rill public plae:« shall be at all times in a fit and proper sbalta for the occupation of women, This i«-, in itself, 'a- benefit to the whole commiMiity." Miss Holmes lu-'i made out a' tolerably gO.id cum for tho women's fnimchisei. -She has omitted, however, to adduce, reasons" why women should iiuilfc he given the fuil electornil privileges possessed "by the male- sex. Evidently *he does nor reaili.se the disabilities under which women' suffer, even in this country. A wdmaai' is consideral' to be quite as competent ay a man to adjudicate upon political questions. She is even tc enter the professions.

But she is denied equal pay for equal work, and iis> also rclfused tlio oppor tuiiity of entering Par'liaimcmt. Some day she may awaken to the fact thai' man. is laa/geily using her for his own political purposes.