Show FILIPINAS GET BALLOT BEFORE AMER SISTERS senora de veyra describes status of women in the tha philippines the filipino woman I 1 is destined tr te be in the worlds spotlight more than ever before as a result of tile the news just received by cable from rom manila to the effect that the philippine senate ha passed the equal suffrage bill giving women full political rights with men this would indicate that the Fi filipian lipinn Fill pinn may beat her american sisters to the ballot box the fililpina Fill pina has many admirers nho ho predict she will make good it if she gets eels the vote just as she bhe has made good in the very important role she has oc coupled in the family and business life 0 of the philippines ever since tile the introduction tro ol of christianity in the lie islands three On centuries ago americas advent in the philippines philippine discovered a wonderfully interesting responsive little being the filipino woman writes one american concer led jr A e t I 1 I 1 A A X 4 I 1 ig PARS MRS JAIME C DE VEYRA A Fill filipana Filip pina lna who Is doing important work for her people in the united states the mothering the only christian people in the far east she holds a place of authority love and respect in family and social life that Is not accorded to women in countries neighboring the islands or in india china or japan A Fill fililpina pina who Is 18 doing an imbor tant work tor for her people in the united states Is mrs hrs jaime C do de veyra wife of the resident commissioner from the philippines not only has she frequently addressed the wives of members of congress in washington as to conditions in the new philippines but she has visited various cities speaking before clubs the senors senora wears in giving her talks one of the beautiful gowns of her home land it a delicate pineapple fabric hand woven and hand band embroidered shaped like a 0 gauzy winged butterfly in many ways the path of the women of the philippines Is easy says senora de veyra laws made by her have combined the best of american and spanish precedents and she has come into her ber own with far less struggle than either her american or her spanish sisters married women may hold property in 10 severalty severally they are guardians of their own children these are vested rights and cannot be taken away from her professional opportunities are as good for women as for men in the land from which I 1 come the hns Is by custom th the dictator in the home she is usually the keeper of tile the family treasure practically all of the small shops in manila are conducted by women women are already members of the philippine bar association a thing still impossible in great britain they are also successful as physicians life Is really a fifty fifty proposition for women in the philippines according to the senora who has taken such a prominent part in work there that she has sometimes been referred to as tile the little mother of them all she was the assistant matron of the normal hall dormitory for girls when she married she speaks english fluently lluent ly and puts her little talks over with real tact slie she has four children an evidence of her enter arne was her aegon last year in was mas term terin shorthand to io the ole might be use ul r bet husband al af home in the eve 0 1 be chos to dictate a or a u |