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Show Old-Fashloned Idea of Suffrage. The following anecdote seems suitable suit-able for this time. Tho witty Duchesse De Bourgogne once asked Louis XIV of France, "Why is England always sc well ruled, although in that country the Salic law does not exist and women wom-en are allowed to reign, and why it France so badly ruled, although only men are allowed to reign?" "Well," said the king, "because Che women who reign in England ar fcV ways advised and ruled by men, that In reality tho country Is guidon by men, whereas the French sove. eigns are always under tho Influonct of women, and the country Is. ther fore, ruled by womer |