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WOMEN ARE PEOPLE! To Chivalry ("I wonder if fanatical feminists, male and female, ever stop to ask themselves what will happen when the romance of sex is forgotten, or lost sight of, in the furious struggle between men and women which universal suffrage is sure to bring."—The Phœnix.)

, I don't abuse you, Not at all—the only rub Is that those who praise you, use you Very often as a club.

As a club or stick of candy, As a punishment or prize, Finding you extremely handy When they want to sermonise.

Chivalry, they say you'll linger Only where the girls obey; Where they show the smallest ginger Instantly you fly away.

Many a stern, relentless Anti Threatens us poor suffragettes As a mother tells how Santy Naughty children quite forgets. [ 12 ]