Show woman not equal yet net the british B ri ibish house of lords has by the narrow vote of 60 80 to 78 denied to women the right to sit i in i n that august but now almost useless body there are 21 women who are peers in their awu awu right and save for the matter of sea sex entitled to bit sit in the lords but are barred by the ancient sex line it is more than probable pro bablo that all 21 are better qualified to sit in that body so far as intelli genco and devotion to the welfare of the ration are concerned than an ail equal number of its male members possibly than double that number perhaps that is the reason why there were votes enough cast to exclude them much of the objection to political equality equa lity of buien wo nen in the past here and elsewhere has come conic from men far less qualified than the average woman man to erac the common welfare by cx ex crowing the franchise or holding office of flee but the house trouse of lords is not the only body in which arri m v have recently decided by vote to maintain their ancient sex p prerogatives this will make small difference diff irenee trence so far as carrying on oil the business df the empire is concerned Leca because women momen are in the commons and there is where everything is done of a vital nature to the public icil but naturally the women resent the tion and will continue the battle as a matter of principle but there has been given in this country a still more important evidence of the reign of conservatism in the decision of the presbyterian 0 beneral beneral assembly not to admit women aa as colel delegates rates vi t that body women are a it great minority fit a the he peerage of britain but they are a large majority in the membership of the presbyterian church s 4 and a much greater majority in the ranks of 0 who are actually d doing the church work to teny them a voie iu the gov government of the church which would practically cease to function without them seems scarcely equitable or even wise it is bils based ed upon the ancient assumption of the mental inferiority of women happily now proved to be a gross error there has never been a do doubt abt about her spiritual superiority ard ald the church deals with the spirit while the alve of lords does not nor with much of anything else the persistence of habits of thought of natural conservatism is shown by both of these incidents women have some distance yet to go before acquiring an equal standing with men in all the aff affia lairs irs of life |