"There are an immense number of men who, at the bottom of their hearts, cannot abide the idea of making wives economically independent. Every man likes fo picture himself as the sturdy male."—Miss Eleanor Rathbone, M.P.
Since Adam in Eden was tempted.
By Eve to descend to her state, No male has been fully exempted From pinpricks of Taninin ae:
He's blamed by his sweetheart, his precious, For doing what's wrong in her sight, Although to a reason less specious The poor bloke is right.
Now here comes Miss Rathbone, a snorter In causes she thinks will inspire, And things which Man never did orter Are offered. for feminine, ire, He has, this poor fellow, full many And sad inclinations to fail, But one more disgraceful than any Is that he's a male.
He likes, says Miss Rathbone, to picture Himseit as both sturdy and seas, Regardless of feminine stricture He shrinks from admitting he's wrong: A wife he would keep in her station, Put there it ie Only © plat, Considering civilization, To prove he's a man.
—By F. G. H. Salusbury in the "Daily Herald."
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.