Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1920-01-11 | Page 4 | World Watches Woman Solon

WOR WATCHES WATCHES' WOMAN WOMA SOLON SOWN tj Ja Lady ady y Astor in il Parliament il ill Show What Her Sex Can Accomplish By Lady Francis Franci Balfour I Jre ld nt ct vi fh hc the London lm Safely l for tr r Vom Women r it I Suffrage London Jan Ja 10 Laly Lady Asters Aster's el elec- elec clon c- c t lon ion to parliament parlament naturally bas has excited c man many nany differing emotions She h his s s taken her ser seat scat introduced b by two outstanding nd- nd In ing ng members member of or that house of at which s the she is now a a member Mr rr Balfour has long hold a philosophical philo and logical b belief Iet that women should have ha e equal opportunities in the state Mr Lloyd Llod George has had a a. apo- apo radio belief beler In adult adul suffrage Mr r. r Hal Hal- four tour has Imo known n Lady Astor as a a friend for man many years cars and on a a basis of ot a personal personal per per- cr- cr and proved pro friendship her const const- havo have elected her th their ir member with wih no uncertain vote ole It is another sign of ot the times that in large democracies it is tho the individual ual that counts Many Ian no doubt doubt voted Lad Lady Astor's candidature mc merely mere mere- cly c- c ly on the ground that she was a a an others voted for her because she sho was a woman who had proved b by man many acts of or the hand gui guided ed by the tho head that she had a h. 3 living hiving Interest in in- all that pertained to the good of or tho the whole hole 31 Co community ru m unIty PO JI Mother AVit i Ld Lady Astor possesses mother wit and sho ho has shown that it is possIble possible possible to wi to share d democratic views with all al sec eec tons of or tho people To parliament therefore sho has been sent Scat because she is the best exponent of the tho r views 8 I of or r those who have ha e elected her Lady Astor will wil remember tat that sho she is tho the first woman oman to take her seat seat-in tho the mother of oC parliament parlament The solemn trust and high responsibilities will not bo be betra betrayed e In her hands Naturally wi there are aro those who can see no goo good to 0 her sex sox Turn back tho the pages of ot history and we shall hear the tho ancient prophet calling cIng aloud when tho the test was removed which excluded exclude members mem-bers of the Catholic and Jewish faiths m parliament Parliament Parlament within the last twenty years has hns said It was an Impossible thought that women should hould be elected as aldermen and if I a as as mayors how were they the theto to be a addressed dressed Similar puzzles are are arc being discussed as to whether the woman member is to wear ear a hat lint and whether site is J to be ad dressed differently from any other member Expected to fo o Wear lint i The Tho Jew has been permitted to lo t toko tice ko the oath with his head covered ac ac- ac cording to the tra traditions of or hi faith and doubtless Lady Astor Ld will follow the her convention of or her sex In wearing her headgear Parliament Parlament when it settles ettes down dOn will wJ find Cind that the woman member differs dif dif dif- fers little lUo from tho the others Sho will discover disco her place She will commit wi the same mistakes il and learn tho the same samo I lessons lessons' a saro To 0 Women i it Is naturally a great 3 mo moment po- po ment in the stor story of their recognition in tho ho fro freest est and greatest greatest democracy of or the world Only those who have ha c lived under disqualifications know knoW what It is to feel that these barriers are aro ar for for- ever ose removed w He e e believe that Lady Astor will m worthily represent her constituency nand and that she sho will wil inform parliament at first hand that women are arc worth worthy the place which has been granted to them in the new age