Show GET BALLOT BEFORE BE FORE ameal SIS 1 RS senora de veyra describes status of women in the philippines tile the filipino woman Is destined tir tc he in the worlds spotlight more than over ever before as a result of the news just received by cable from manila lanila li to the icet that the philippine senate liaa ha passed the equal suffrage bill giving women full political rights with men this would indicate that the Filipina Filip lna may beat her american sisters to the hallot ballot box bos the Filip Fi lipinn lna lins has many admirers who predict she will make good it if she gets 1 the vote just as she has made good in the very important role she has occupied in the family and business busine s life of the philippines ever since the introduction tro of christianity in the islands three centuries ago americas advent in the philippines rhilip pines discovered a wonderfully interesting responsive little being tile the filipino woman writes one american concerning conc ernins 0 fw A F 41 MRS JAIME C DE VEYRA A filipina who Is doing important work for her people in the united states the Fill filipana Filip pina lna Illo mothering the only christian people in the tar far east she holds a place of authority love and respect in family and boci soci social al life that Is not lot accorded to women in countries countr le neighboring the islands or in india china or japan Fill filipina pina who s doing an imbor tant work tor for her people in the unit ed states is urs mrs jaime C Q de veyra wife of the resident commissioner from the philippines not only has she fre addressed the wives of mem mein hers of congress congles i s in washington as to conditions in the new philippines but she has visited various cities speaking before clubs the senon wears in giving her talks one of the beautiful gowns of her home land a delicate pineapple fabric hand woven and hund embroidered shaped like ilke a gauzy winged butterfly in many ways the path of the women of the philippines is easy says senora de veyra laws made by her have combined tile the best of american and spanish precedents and she has come into her own with far less struggle than either her american or her spanish sisters married women may hold property in severalty severally they we aie guardians of their own children thee are vested rights and cannot be taken away from her professional opportunities are ns as good for women as for men dien in the lard from which I 1 come the filipina lipina ri la Is by custom the dictator in the home she Is usually the keeper of the family treasure practically all of the small shops in manila Islar dla are conducted by women 0 omen women are already members of the philippine dar association a thing still impossible in great britain they are arc also successful as physicians lite life Is really a fifty fifty proposition for women in the philippines ing to tile the senora who lias has taken sue sub h a prominent part in omens i work there that she has sometimes been referred to as the little mother of them all she was the assistant matron of the normal liall dormitory for gills when she married she speaks ei english fluently aad puts her little talks over with real tact she has four children an evidence of her enterprise was her action last year in bering shorthand so she might be uie ue u ie e ful to her ber husband at home in the llie ee jillings in case lie he wishes to dictate a few letters or a speech 1 |