By Oune Des London, July 15.
Two days ago a writer in the "pally Telegraph" discussed whether women MPs have "proved dis appointing" (as had been said at a meeting of the" National Labour 'Women's Council) and he concluded. that, after all the row made by the suffragettes, we might have expected to see more of them; also, that Prime Ministers might,' in forming Governments, have given them a better shor tity of jewellery missing (there were over 900 guests) but these sound more like a cocked hat than real Jewels, Altogether one is taken back to the days of Raffles the amateur cracksman. The success of that story as you may remember led to a perfect spate of plays based on the Eighth Commandment. Nowadays we don't get the plays, but we do seem to get an unpleasant lot of reality Today it is announced that, among other appointments, Miss Florence Horsbrugh is to be Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health. Twas writing recently about Miss Horsbrugh so 1 need not say much about this distinguished lady, She has had the rare success of getting two private Bills through Parliament tone to check the sale of "Red Biddy' in Scotland, one to tighten up the Jaw on the adoption of children, and particularly to prevent their being Sent abroad. Once also she was asked, at the opening of Parliament, move the adoption of the Address, a great honour, Omice might well have come her way before.
Yet Miss Horsbrugh is only the fourth woman to hold a Ministerial post. The Duchess of Atholl had fame small job under Mr, Baldwin, who always said-a lot of pretty things at_-worken's Primrose League meetings but looked elsewhere when choosing Ministers; and on the Sodalist side were Miss Bondteld and. Miss Susan Lawrence. The "Dally Telegraph's" contributor names as suitable candidates, Miss Thelma Cazalet, who (is it in despair of fice or for kindlier reasons?) is going to marry a Socialist journalist; and Mise Trene Ward, of the commanding figure crowned by a mop of fair hair.
But there have never yet been 20 women MPs at a time, and they have done little of all that the suffragottes expected, The truth is that the average woman docs not care twopence about the vote and is quite content to leave things to men, Knowing that she can manage them much more easily than her sisters.
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