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Show mm get i BALLOT BEFORE f MjUISTERS Seriora de Vcyra Describes 1 Status of Women in tho Philippines. 1 Tho Filipino woman I destined to 3 be In thcNvovld's spotlight more than ever before ns u result of the newc Just received by cable, from Manila to the j effect Hint the Philippine senate ha. i passed tlii eiual sufTraRe bill giving 5 women full political rights with men. j This would Indicate that tho Fillplnn 5 may bent her American sisters to the J j ballot box. t The Fillplnn has many admirers who j predict she will make good If she gets jj the vote, Just us she bus mndo good In g the Very important role sho has oe- copied in the family and business life 5 of tho l'hlllpplnes ever since tho In- tj trodiictlon of Christianity In tho Is- I lands three centuries ago. H "America's advent In the l'hlllpplnes S dlscoxered u woiiderfuiiy tutcrcstili 3 responsive little being, the Filipino wo Q man," writes one Aiuerlcnn concerning a safe iz r wMm $ ltl- &f- : .li ! MOO. MIMS C. DE VEYRA, j A Fillplnn who la doing Important work for her people In tho i United States. the Fillplnn. "Mothering- tho--only Chrlstlnn jieople In the far east, she holds a place of authority, love and respect re-spect In family nwl .social life that Is not accorded to w.iHih'ii In countries neighboring, the Islands, or In India, Chlnn orvJopnn." - . A Fillplnn who Is doing nn Important Impor-tant work for her peoplo In tho Unit; ed Stiit6f,-I Mrs. .Jnlnw O do Veyrn, wlfoflf Hip resident eoinuilssqiiPr from tho, nqllpplnes. Not only Jis uha fro fluently ttildrqpstul Hie wlves'of mem-ligi-ji of Confcnta In Wnhh'ugum ns to ctfikHllonn In tho new I'hll'lppli'w, hut Hhe las visited various cities, speaking liofortf 'women') 1uli. Tho wnr '.'iir. in giving liorlnlks, 'bin of thu htMiitCul gnwn of' Her honle Innd, n dflna'e p'neaiiple'fjrijrle, hafiil-woven and l,nnd-rir,1i'oUKrd, xluipeil like a cnnny-wlngpil butterfly. ' J"-; J. j In imwwi fll" l;n"i "f ihe;o;-i rim 'if tha VMIIpp'nes is ay." 0$' seimrw Ur Veyyu. "Laws made byjll0 i,i.". coiftblned 'the bent rf AmerjCTEf'J; Hi'. Si..n!nli iireiWents Mini utijrasj rtu.-n ini.i her own Willi r.r less ntrif& g! tliun elthar her Ai'iiTietlu or liW Rmnls'i sisters. lIw.'T I women mnj t.id property in i'' n.v. 'Ih'-y w BU-fHupe f thcli" '" ' h'ldrtHi. Thwm' sre i r' f'Mn i'11(1 ''! ,: '" lken iji) f": :' I't'H r.l.fj ' - !., .:-, oi ..i .(.;.,,..,in$ij; re .t good for women ns lor num 'u lii. l4; from which I come, . T!);Plllp!na fc; by custom the dictator Iiil the home:, Slla Is utnnlty tho keeper of the famllV. treasure, rrnctloully nil of lite Btnall shops In Mnnllu nro conducted by W0v men. Women uro already members of tho riiltlpplno, liar Association a thin? still impoMllile 'In Orcat llrltnln. Thoj nro also successful as physicians." physi-cians." Ufo Is really n flfty-flfty proposition for women In the Philippine, nccord-Ing nccord-Ing to tho-senora, who has taken such a prominent part In women's work tlier that sho has sometimes boon referred re-ferred tn as "the little mothor of them all." She was tho assistant naatron of tho Normal Halt Dormitory for CllrU when sho married. She speaks English Eng-lish fluently nnd P's hor llttlo tnlkk "ovor" with renl tact. Sho hn-j four clilldron, An evidence of her enter prlso was her action last yenr In mastering mas-tering shorthaud so tuo night be "use-fur "use-fur to her husband at homo in tho eve-i.'. eve-i.'. in case ho wishes to dictate a i.-.i , . j. '! n.". -'Vi. |