THE FRANCHISE AND LADY M.P.s.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3006, 20 October 1891, Page 5 (Supplement)

THE FRANCHISE AND LADY M.P.s.

♦ _ ' Is marriage a failure ? "lis needless to ( state | The "pro's" and the "cons" wo have » heard in debate ; \ While some say it is, there are others deny it, I And eagerly rush into wedlock—to try it. j You may think as you like, may believe it ! or doubt it, j Get married and then you will know all I about it ; j And if it should turn out a failure, of i course, i The question will be, Are there grounds for I divorce ? j There are few things the ladies can't do if 1 they try, I " Above senior wrangler," how's that for i They are lawyers and doctors, and also a few j Are compositors, editors, postmasters, too. | Is the last a misnomer ? Perhaps it may ! bo, i Though the mistress is master we oftenj times see ; I When higher than her lord's her ability i reaches, | Why she must wear tho pant—that is, you j know, the b s. j Not visibly. No ! or it might give offence, But in a true, strict allegorical sense. j The husband, indeed, seems to outwardly I bear 'em, ! But the flounces can't hide that the wife ' has to wear 'em. ; There are questions arise between pa's and i mama's i That are apt to create little family jars ; ! And politics added won't lessen the strife j With Conservative husband and Liberal ! wife. i J When we've women electors 'twill quickly | be voted ! One half of our members must be pettij coated ; ; For they will not assuredly e'er be con- ; tented j Till the sex is by lady M.P.s represented. j If our Parliament had from the sex known I as weaker, | Selected a lady to be Mrs " Speaker," ! She would not have blundered, but seen in | a minute | They had no right to turn out the best ! member in it. j One unfortunate fact is our lady M.P.s I Could not always attend at the House when I they please; ! Though mayhap the Speaker would rule (on reflection) That matrons might bring the last pledge of affection. ! How pathetic the sight, when in course of j debate. [ On a matter momentous, concerning the ] State. Both the Houses adjourn, for the Lower ! and Upper j To give to the embryo statesmen their j supper. I When women have once made their mint's 1 up to win, ; To no mere majority will they give in ; ! As members, they'd have a most suitable i calling, For nothing could beat them I'm sure at stonewalling. ■ We've a ('ueeii at our head, and we all know her worth ; She rules o'er the mightiest ompire on earth, And governs it -well, all her ministers hold; For she sijrn:; what she's bid, and she does what sht'y told. Nk.mo.