MAN SUFFERAGE.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 218, 12 September 1906, Page 8

MAN SUFFERAGE.

(Tn tii!- Kdltor.) i i Sir. —Will you kindly pram mc *pm:i> ! :in your worthy paper to express my ! ! opinion on what I ln-iirve t<> l>e on" of ' i rli" present-day imuvh of struggle for ! I exi'tenee. In fhi* aj»e, when uv hear j Jso much about tin , decrease in thi- birth i j rate. I think 1 i-an ;U U-a<-t 0n , . , • reasonable explanation, namely, tin- j large pereonta-fre of bachelors i;i our j i country: and why i- this, nol be.-au.--. , ! ! nir-n do not v.-ish to become ih« happy | possessors of a Imnie of their own. hut simply because they are handicapped in i j that respect by ilie very women them- i j selves, who wonder how it is they can- I j ii"t find a husband, and if th.'y do >o. '• '■ hnvp to stnijrclc i!irnu;_'h life on n li.ir.il- ! .' to-mouth existence, because the imsban.l ; :i~ in » jrood many (.-..--.' , < out -n' etn|doy- ! n:"in for very ofU'n r"Vf>rnl lurnt'.i- ni tin , year. Tin , eaiHe of thi- i- v-'-ry i ' plain. Ffvna'..' v labour i-> '-'.icuixt nnd to , ) ["lenufnl. Tlrcir =orvice« nrr , ■•■-- -1 t:iiiu-i. whilst tin , peer unfortunate nun . h.ts to walk the sirect*. We hp.w f.'- , : now in almost errry trade -j\u\ businos>: a boy. aftrr serving :in ap-nri-'nticesihip of a iorm — varyinj; in mini- ! her of years, fiad.-. on lircoiuing a j'.ur- . ut'ViHan. that women are gmdually t-ak- ; ing the trade out of his haiiiis. A frien , ! •of mine (a journeyman tailor himself) i told mc the other day that the majority ! 'of master tailors i;i thi-> 1 <»\\7i cDiplvy mostly women even lo makr costs, ! , whereas a few years aj;o men only wore . ; employed, nnd that, the nt'-n Ii;;.-} io ! ! take holidays whilst trade was slack and i the women were kept at work. Still ' iwe hear th.- cry " Why so many barhe- j ■ ]or>?" Far better titey niraain so than : that they marry a woman who hardly , ! knows how t<i boil a krttle. I ;;-.:n'l I j that there are to be found who j domesticated, but the majority 1 say i are > not so. I fajicy I hear ?orae vorui? j mother saying " I have a family of six ' daughters, you cannot expert mc to keep ' them all at home," , certainly not, I quite i agree with the good mother but Tvhv j j send them to earn their living at au ! ! occupation best fitted for a man. irb n ri ( i the demand for domestic servants i- . greater than the supply. " Oh. no! " j says the yonng lady. "By going to i business we have our evening? free = and ! • are able to dress up and spend them ! ■we think fit." I don't blame any yonng j i lady for wimUng freedom, but from |

' what I kncnc of domestic servants they 1 have the best of the. bargain, acd am ' quite iure make the best wives.—l '' am, etc.. \ COMPULSOKr BACHELOR. i ■ t