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Show Timely Topics THI WOMAN LEGISLATOR Mia. AUc. Mary Roberta, congrewwoman from Oklahoma, fuml.h.e a curloua study. Throughout the Ion, and arduoua fight to gain the role tor women ah. remained OTurdlly and eonalat.nth an "antl." Quit, naturally, though quite illoglcally. tha public looka upon her aa a criterion by which tha woman leglalator may be judgad. 8lnc. acquiring th. lack or dignity whloh appertain! to a member of eongro.a aha ha. dona little to add to the eomplacenoy of aufrragiat and woman voter. Apparently Appar-ently ahe haa been unable to rid heraelf of her "antl" attitude and haa let allp few opportunltlea for derrrlna woman', active pu-tlotpatlon In pontic. Only recently ahe haa declared hereelf convinced that women are unfit to be leglelatora. Her view Is Intarvatlng and would perhapa have to be admitted aa true If Mia. Rob.rt-on could be taken aa a fair example. Th. kind of reasoning which led her to the conclusion ta certainly not the kind of reasoning one erpeou from the Ideal leg-lelator. Ther. .zlsta no ground whatever for ber Induction. Women have not been Int.restm ln politic from the standpoint of participants long enough to have devel. rP?S ,m,r' " any degree. As time goes on and their experience accumulate, that s.ns. will grow Hut even without It. aa most of them are today there are thouaanda of women mors fk to msks laws than many of the men whom we so Hght-hsartedlr send ia congress. Miss Robertson s vlsw Is th. eocene Derlod VXF5g w"""- ' Now that the "eymhetto rold" etoey Is exploded, hopeful hope-ful amateur scientist, will turn back to their eeiimnti with synthetlo whiaky. Winona Republican Herald, |