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B o d k i n s .— A nd th e y arc ta lk in g n o w of giv in g women the suffrage
-— letting th em vote.
D i t t o .— When that time comes, find me onTorno’s cliff or Pamba-
marca’s .side
Po^uHE.,— May 1 be permitted to ask a question ?
B ookins.— Certainly, We all go for free speech; that is, for frer
masculine speech.
P on dEk .— Aren’t we all in favor of the principle of no taxation
without representation f Answer me that.
A l l ,— Certainly. No doubt of it. Of course we Eire.
P o n d e r.— Well, then, if women are taxed, ought they not-------
D it t o .— Gag him. Stop him. He has said enough.
P o n d e r .— I say if women are taxed, ought they not------
B o d k i n s .— SilenccE We've bad enough of that sort of talk,
D i t t o .— t ic ’s a woman's rights manH I thought as much. How
like a fawning publican lie looks f
T incture.— K ettleville is no place for you, sir.
D i t t o ,— No, sir, Mount a velocipede and strike a bee-line for
Worcester, That's your safe plan. Hence, horrible shadow! Unreal
mockery, hence 1
Ponder,— Gentlemen strike, but hear, You'd admit, 1 suppose,
that women must live. What, then, would you have them do ?
Bodkins,— Do '! Why, tend the children and wash clothes.
Tincture,— I don't know about that. 1 don't like to see our
primary schools kept by young women, whilst there are so many
deserving young men out of employment..
D itto.— T hat’s the talk. And as for washing clothes, how many
good, honest fellows are hard pushed through the absurd custom of
giving these jobs of washing and ironing to women !
P onder,— B ut. gentlemen, be reasonable. W om en must live—
must have some means of support— must— ■—
Dn.'TO,— Tr-r-r- raitor to thy sex ! Don't we come first ? Are they
not our born thralls? Are not we their natural lords and masters?

W re tc h , whom no sense of wrongs can rouse to vengeance!