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Show ENGLAND OH VERGE OF NEW SEX WAR ( Bv Universal Service i LONDON. July 29. - Is England on the threshold of another sex war? I The feeling Is proving In artistic' and political circles thai this Is the ) as.-, it is supported by seeming dls-Lcrlmlnations dls-Lcrlmlnations against women !n iui pas few me.nths. There wore no women, for Instance, ln tho king's birthday honors list. The house of lords has refused to admit Lady Rhondda. j In the artistic world the same conservatism con-servatism seems to bold. England ha.s women artists In the h.ghest quality Why are there no women Royal Academicians ' The women' exhibition nt Olympla win have a women's academy, to which the finest women artists In the country will contribute It Will be an Immense revelation to jhose who still cling to the opinion that women artists are chiefly dllletante and Inferior In-ferior to men. "There seems to be no reason why, women should not be Invited to the Royal Academy." said Miss Flora Lion. "When the academy was flrsi started start-ed there were two women members Included Angelica Kaufmann and Mary Moser. Since then no other women hav been elected. "We have many i xcellent women painters In England today. I believe many of the younger Royal Academicians Academi-cians are ln favor of electing women , members. "It Is only a question of time, 1 think, till the prejudJce against them will be outgrown." |