GEOFFREY CHILVERS, M.P. A loving husband, and (would-be)
(_President Men’s League for the affectionate father. Like many
Extension of the Franchise to other good men, he is in sympathy
Women_) with the Woman’s Movement: “not
thinking it is coming in his
time.”
ANNYS CHILVERS (_née Mogton_, A loving wife, and (would-be)
_Hon. Sec. Women’s Parliamentary affection mother. Many thousands
Franchise League_) of years have gone to her making.
A generation ago, she would have
been the ideal woman: the ideal
helpmeet. But new ideas are
stirring in her blood, a new
ideal of womanhood is forcing
itself upon her.
LADY MOGTON (_President She knows she would be of more
W.P.F.L._) use in Parliament than many of
the men who are there; is
naturally annoyed at the Law’s
stupidity in keeping her out.
PHOEBE MOGTON (_Org. Sec. The new girl, thinking more of
W.P.F.L._) politics than of boys. But that
will probably pass.
JANET BLAKE (_Jt. Org. Sec. She dreams of a new heaven and a
W.P.F.L._) new earth when woman has the
vote.
MRS. MOUNTCALM VILLIERS She was getting tired of
(_Vice-President W.P.F.L._) flirting. The Woman’s Movement
has arrived just at the right
moment.
ELIZABETH SPENDER (_Hons. Treas. She sees woman everywhere the
W.P.F.L._) slave of man: now pampered, now
beaten, but ever the slave. She
can see no hope of freedom but
through warfare.
MRS. CHINN A mother.
JAWBONES A bill-poster. Movements that do
not fit in with the essentials of
life on thirty shillings a week
have no message so far as
Jawbones is concerned.
GINGER Whose proper name is Rose Merton,
and who has to reconcile herself
to the fact that so far as her
class is concerned the primæval
laws still run.
DORIAN ST. HERBERT (_Hon. Sec. He is interested in all things,
M.L.E.F.W._) the Woman’s Movement included.
BEN LAMB, M.P. As a student of woman, he admits
to being in the infants’ class.
SIGSBY An Election Agent. He thinks the
modern woman suffers from
over-indulgence. He would
recommend to her the teachings of
St. Paul.
HAKE A butler. He does not see how to
avoid his wife being practically
a domestic servant without wages.
A DEPUTATION It consists of two men and three
women. Superior people would
call them Cranks. But Cranks
have been of some service to the
world, and the use of superior
people is still to be discovered.