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Suffragists.

Half a dozen Legislators Opposed.

Suffragists: Please, sir, to tell us, if you will, How you will vote upon our bill?

1st Legislator: Ladies, observe my easy grace, My manners and my pleasant face; I hope you see I bow, I smile, I call you "ladies"—all the while My heart is black with seething hate That I, who am so very great, Should have to waste a single minute On your affairs—there's nothing in it.

Suffragists (to another legislator): And you, sir, if we recollect, Are much opposed. Is that correct?

2nd Legislator: Opposed! O ladies, no, indeed!