SUFFRAGETTES

When a married woman goes out to look after her rights, her husband is

usually left at home to look after his wrongs.--_Child Harold_.





"'Ullo, Bill, 'ow's things with yer?"



"Lookin' up, Tom, lookin' up."



"Igh cost o' livin' not 'ittin' yer, Bill?"



"Not so 'ard, Tom--not so 'ard. The missus 'as went 'orf on a hunger

stroike and me butcher's bills is c t in arf!"





I'd hate t' be married t' a suffragette an' have t' eat Battle Creek

breakfasts.--_Abe Martin_.





FIRST ENGLISHMAN--"Why do you allow your wife to be a militant

suffragette?"



SECOND ENGLISHMAN--"When she's busy wrecking things outside we have

comparative peace at home."--_Life_.





Recipe for a suffragette:



To the power that already lies in her hands

You add equal rights with the gents;

You'll find votes that used to bring two or three plunks,

Marked down to ninety-eight cents.





When Mrs. Pankhurst, the English suffragette, was in America she met and

became very much attached to Mrs. Lee Preston, a New York woman of

singular cleverness of mind and personal attraction. After the

acquaintance had ripened somewhat Mrs. Pankhurst ventured to say:



"I do hope, Mrs. Preston, that you are a suffragette."



"Oh, dear no!" replied Mrs. Preston; "you know, Mrs. Pankhurst, I am

happily married."





BILL--"Jake said he was going to break up the suffragette meeting the

other night. Were his plans carried out?"



DILL--"No, Jake was."--_Life_.





SLASHER--"Been in a fight?"



MASHER--"No. I tried to flirt with a pretty suffragette."--_Judge_.





"What sort of a ticket does your suffragette club favor?"



"Well," replied young Mrs. Torkins, "if we owned right up, I think most

of us would prefer matinée tickets."





_See also_ Woman suffrage.