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ILLUSTRATIONS BY
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COVER DESIGN BY

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Copyright [9/], by

MARY RICHARDS GRAY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

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ECOGNIZING the very present need of a handy,

compact volume, giving in simple language essential

facts on voting, I have prepared a primer which sets forth

concisely and with scrupulous regard for the truth, those

details deemed of first importance on the great subject
of politics.

‘1 The chief authorities used in preparing this little book
were newspaper editorials, election probes, whitewashes,
and Government reports.

1] None of the ideas can I truthfully claim as wholly
original. For your benefit, fellow Citizenesses and pros-
pective Citizenesses, I have browsed at large gleaming
whatsoever I could, wheresoever I could, and herewith
submit to you the results of my efiorts.

M. R. G.

L03 Angela, California
Nowember I5, 1911

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

STANDS for Anti-
Suffragette
With Politlcs she does
not fret
“The home” says she,
“15 woman’s place,
The sphere that she
should grace.
Of man—made laws
that ’gainst us stand,
Why talk? They’re
writ in shifting sand.
What’s gained from customs strange and
new? ‘
This world’s all well enough—will do.”
Thus idly on she runs. Ah, me!
A Paradise for fools needs be.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

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IS for ballot, the

paper upon which

the names of the can—

didates or issues calling

for a Vote are printed.

Sometimes this paper

is yellow, the Suffrage

color, not out of Cour-

I tesy to the Citizenesses,

for Where Equality runs

 

 

 

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Ill—"I .VCE. rampant such slight at

 

tentions are unnecess—
ary—but because of
price. In voting remember fEsop’s Fable
of the Man, the Boy and the Donkey. Do
not attempt to carry the Donkey. Of course,
it is quite proper to be obliging, but obliga-
tions sometimes prove troublesome. Please
yourself. No one can snoop around and spy
on you while marking your ballot and you are
not obliged to explain yourself. Men do not.
The zinc voting stall though neither elegant
nor artistic gives all necessary privacy. Your
own ideas are good enough.

 

’1)“ , ,.

 body a show in nomi—
nating Candidates; that
U is, the ideal Caucus
should be of this sort.
Notwithstanding, it

usually provesa cut and
(j A dried affair, in which

business is railroaded
through by a few of
the friends of aspiring
Candidates and the rest sit around mad. A
Caucus may or may not be a bonnet affair,
there being no precedent for the State of Cal—
ifornia “Take Time by the Forelock” and
establish Tradition.

f\ IS FOR Caucus.
{Jg This is a meeting
called to give every-

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

D 18 for Democracy,

something we have
t in some parts of the
United States and not
in others. Example:
What California ac-
quired at the time of
the Great Revolution.

STANDS FOR

Equality—a State
which does not exist.
nevertheless has furnished the subject for al—
most as many high school essays as the Tariff
has called forth speeches before the Senate.
Always a safe subject for discussion if kept
impersonal.

 

 

  

 

F STANDS for the FIFTY,

that body of Los Angeles
Archaics brought into promi-
nence by the action they took-
in the Suffrage Campaign of
the Fall of 1911. Be chari—
table towards them, Citizen—
esses, now that the victory is
yours. They belong to the
class with your Grandparents
and give them the Same min—
gled respect and patronizing affection that
you lavish upon the Old Folks. At present
their whereabouts are unknown.

 

Who has seen our doughty fifty?
Now tell us Where they all may be;
’Lection ‘day they took a Hike-O
Without noise or ceremony.

Who has seen the doughty fifty

For their age so spry and nifty?

Are they keeping up their Pace—O.
What t-ell! Who has seen the Fifty?

 

 

 

 

  

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STANDS for

Good Thing~
Woman since the
world began.

Ha IS for Harmony

imaginary
state of quiescence
in Politics of which
men talk a great deal.
History furnishes us
no example as every—
body dies before the

real state is reached.

I IS for Insurgent. Any person guilty of the

crime of independent thinking may be
correctly classed as an Insurgent. Species
have been discovered in every State in the

Union.

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

States of America.

IS for Jolt. The great

seismic disturbance in
California which began at
sunrise on the MOrning of
the Tenth of October, 191 1,
and continued until noon
of the Twelfth in varying
degrees of intensity was
one of the greatest Jolts ever
experienced in the United

Séismographs in Nevada,

Oregon, Kansas, and Wisconsin also registered
this disturbance and scientists in these partic-
ular States connect the signs with the Sufirage

Movement.

 

 

 

 

 K IS for Kibosh, a pro—
nunciamento that be-
comes effective without
being pronounced. Exam-
ple: President Taft. Noth—
ing has really been done
against him, yet somehow
he is out of Harmony with
his Constituency.

 

A Kibosh’s on Bill Taft.
He knows it well enough
Yet cannot quite make out
From whence it came and how
And what it’s all about.
just now it hangs upon
Him like an ugly Pall;
He’s almost down and out
No danger of Recall;

No boom can he inspire.
He’s playing out of luck~—
No pair to which to draw——
A game that’s hard to buck.
A Kibosh’s on Bill Taft.

 

 

  

 

IS for Left. In Pol—
itics the Left means
the Red side, and the far—
ther you travel in this
Direction the Redder' it
gets. v ' I

 

 

M IS for Molly' Coddl’e a male "Sfiecies

Closely allied to the “Womanly Man”:
but differentiated by Brain Action. Conver—
sation is the only sure test

Now this IS What the Antis call
a Molly Coddle.

He’s man, but over-fed on "Suffrage
Pap and Twaddle.

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 IS for Noise. To the

feminine Sounds heard
abroad in the Land previ—
ous to the Great California
Revolution Antis applied
the opprobrious term,Noisc.
Wise men, however, at—
tached to this Noise much
significance, and translating
it into the Cry “1 Want to
Vote,” treated the demand
as something more than a

Joke.

 

IS for Old Guard, an affectionate Term
applied to the Regulars, those who vote
under Instruction.

 

  

 

PIS for Polling Place.

Most Polling Places are
unsterilized eX-stores fixed
up temporarily in Picnic
Style. Boards laid across
saw-horses for tables, groc—
ery boxes, borrowed chairs
and zinc stalls constitute the
most of the furniture.
Sometimes real furniture is
used. As a of matter Econ—
omy no effort is spent on artistic efiects, Utility
and Privacy being the only motifs in the
scheme of Decoration.

 

 

 

 

 

 0 IS for Quitters, those
«a who just leave their
Party naturally.

R IS for Registration.

This is the first pre—
liminary to Voting,l an
Ordeal to be submitted
to with equanimity, the
chief requirement being a correct statement
of one’s age. One of the first women to regis-
ter in the State of California, gave her age as
forty—nine and then volunteered the additional
information that her hat cost a Dollar and a
Half. Taken all in all, many people consider
this a cataclysmal experience.

 

 

When Suffie registered she had a time. ,
To mental Reservations, queer and fine,
To lop the telltale years away she gave
No heed, but just owned up to forty-nine.
This conversation plank did break the ice
And then before she knew where she was at
Elated bv our wondrous victorv,
She’d up and told right out about her hat.
“It cost a Dollar and a Half marked down
From Ten.’ ’——That was enough. Impatient grew
The waiting line; she moved along.

Fate saved her
Then and there from telling all she knew.

Maud: Never tell your age. A Vanan who will tell her age
will tell anything.

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

  

S STANDS for Suffragette.

(Pronounced suf—ra-jet,
not sufier-get, suffer—gate or
suflerin’—yet. This last is
a Misnomer, as we are not
sufierin’—yet, except vicari-
ously for our unemancipated
Sisters.) The term applies
to the great crop which Ca1—
ifornia harvested in the Year
of Our Lord, 1911—the
most phenomenal crop ever known in a State
Where everything grows large.

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

IS for Tariff, one of

the largest questions
in Politics. As the free
list needs revision to in—
clude Bridge sets, Cos—
metics, Hair, French
wearing apparel, French
Poodles and Turkish Cig-
arettes lose no opportunity
to take the Stump. Use the Society columns of
your home Papers freely. Follow precedent.
Every Senator makes at least one speech on
this subject and sees that it is printed in his _
Home Paper. These speeches, it is said, have
not changed a single Vote since before Zachary .
Taylor’s time. However, do not let that dis—
courage you. Though not a Senator you are
fighting for a great Principle. Get busy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

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U STANDS for gracious
Uncle Sam.

H e loves the Sufiragettes,
the dear Old Boy,

Their cause he fully under—

stands
And champions with
greatest I 0y.

The clamoring women of our Land
To him are not just one huge Joke.
He laughs, but’s wise enough to see
There’s always Fire along with Smoke.

Their cries for “Rights” ring loud

and clear,
They’re marching on to Victory.
Six stars now grace their waving flag,
Soon he will rule a people free.

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

IS for Voters. Who

are Voters? All the
people now in six States of
the Union. The change
does not mean that the Men
are going to resign in favor
i‘ of the Women. No, no,

my child. Are you worried about What Hand
will rock the Cradle when Mother goes to
vote? Cast your fears to the Winds. The
same Hand that rocked the Cradle when
Mother went to pay the Taxes will rock the
Cradle when she goes to Vote. Election Day
will be no harder on her than Wash Day and
nothing compared to a siege with the Whoop-
ing Cough. Though. things have changed
somewhat, Mother can manage. She will get
to the Polls. Trifles will not deter her from
doing her Duty and never mind how she looks.

 

Her Hat is on askew

Her Harem skirt does sag

And goodness, gracious me

Her Tongue, how glibly 1t does wagl

She talks on Politics

Authorities she quotes '

She gives her Hat a jerk

And hies up the Polls and Votes.

 

 

 

 

 

  

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S TAN D S F O R
W o m e n . H o W
may they be Classified?
There are those Who talk
part of the Time; those
who talk all the Time;
_and those who begin in
the Middle and talk both
Ways at once. Examples?
Well I hate to call Names
as it is not genteel and
nice to do so.

 

 

 

 

  

 

X IS for Xtravagance—a
term applied to the ex-
penditure of Money. -What
someone else has spent that
you feel sure-you could-«have
disposed of to much better
advantage is the chief Point
to be noted in connection
with it. By the way this is
always a Minority V iew—
point.
Y IS for Ycleped—a most effective Word to
use in Maiden Speeches. Try it on your
constituency. Run it in somehow in the in—
troduction and repeat it once or twice in the
Peroration. Possibly some will not under—
stand but do not worry about that. Let them
gather your meaning from the Context. It
is a good word for your Vocabulary.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Z IS for Zounds, a con-
traction of God’s
Wounds. This expletive
also can be used effect-
ively at times, preferably
when no “Lady Suffra-
gettes” are present.
However, as few of them
really know the Origin
and Significance of the
Word, do not sacrifice
any oratorical Effects on
Purity of Speech.

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

FASHION NOTES

. Let the Hour at which you vote determine in large
Measure what you wear. Of course, most Men on ac—
count of Business, go to the Polls early in the Morning, at
Noon, or from Four to Six. The late Afternoon will
possibly be the best time. Unbesmirched Skirts are most
appropriate, but do not garb yourself in your best Costume
on account of the Crowd. If you like, and the weather
is cool, cover up in a becoming Cloak of Modesty.

Hoops, it is said, are traveling westward from Paris on
the Road of Fashion. As Polling Booths measure some—
what less than three Feet from Flank to Flank it will be
hard to make a fetching Entrance; therefore, do not con—
sider their use on Election day.

Large Hats, too, are Taboo, unless they can be left
outside in the Machine; for tilted at the rakish Angle
necessary for Ingress and Egress to the Booth, they create
an impression that reflects on one’s Intelligence.

Very early in the Morning do not wear all your Puffs,
Rats, Switches, and Feathers, as Dew and Fog are hard
on them, and bedraggled Finery gives an Air of Cheap—
ness,’ which Style says must be avoided.

Leave your Cigarettes at home, lest in your excitement
you set fire to your Ballot and lose your Vote.

To avoid a Rush arrange with the Society Editor for
a Description of your Costume several days before Election.

TAMAM

 

 

 

 

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