THE SUFFRAGETTE'S INSIGNIA.

Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 180, 4 September 1914, Page 4

THE SUFFRAGETTE'S INSIGNIA.

' It isn't safe to be seen with a liam[mer in England, unless you want to be j taken for a window-smashing suffraIgette. The Society of Women Journalists, London, recently gave a tea party in Dr Johnson's old house in Gough Square (where he wrote his famous dictionary) now ownetl by Mr Cecil Harmsw'orth, and open to visitors if they can prove that they are not suffragettes. An Australian girl guest, slipping on the old stairs, arrived at the bottom minus a heel to her shoe. A friend undertook to find a hammer, but her request for one was received with extreme suspicion by the authorities, who clearly saw the expected suffragette at last. Even when she explained the trouble they ,refused to' trust her with this implement of modern feminine warfare, and eventually the shoe was mended by the four policemen, the inspector, and the caretaker, who were all present to guard -the j place against possible suffragetisin. j