DUX FEMINA FACTI

As if international problems were not at present complex enough to defy any possibility of easy and immediate settlement, the "National Woman's Party", in conjunction with the most militant feminists of Europe, is planning to raise another issue. It is hoped that the "international woman's movement" will soon be able to set up in Geneva a committee to work for equal rights for women in all legislation of the League of Nations. It might seem logical for the women of America, at least, to bring about this country's entrance into the League before they plan to take an active part in its affairs, but evidently all petty questions of nationalism and political policy are to be thrown over in loyalty to the larger cause of women's rights. It makes no difference what the League is or does so long as the egregious female has her finger in the pie.

One may, of course, appreciate the self-sacrifice that prompts Lady Rhondda and her American "consoeurs" in their willingness to share the burdens of national life, but one may also feel that the benighted male is able to get into enough trouble without help. There are those who think that "Ma" Ferguson in public life was an unnecessary evil; there are those who do not feel that Mrs. Snyder was a benevolent influence in the home. The modern woman has shown herself to be man's equal in all types of proficiency, government and murder as well as channel swimming. Undoubtedly the feminists glory in the equalities already proved, hoping only to increase their scope. Meanwhile one may wish them success with that shrewd toast: "Here's to woman, once our superior and now our equal."