THE LAMES OF HASTINGS.

Hastings Standard, Issue 180, 25 November 1896, Page 3

THE LAMES OF HASTINGS.

To TIIK r.t lT' U. Sib, — Ftn- !..»•. e better opportunities than nivself of observing the h«b:tr.»l benevoltnr * of II >*t.n„-- octiidt of i It < t- >'i time, an I I hi p-i p. It>i -■ir:h >t ti.. systematic kifi.iit' - - of our ladies 1 - pre-eminent »>n in a counti > -•> not.i.>t% phil in-hrnpvn Ne«v /." t!"i I. lJt.i,'itd' —• of creed o- tin \ m- nit will i./ to 50 wherever their visits are likely to r«t* useful. though ti e< t ■.ti to t' 111 »i tl on visits w l!w Siienh.ee ot trouble. time and monev : t. I n.t.r .1 1" sufficiently unobtrusive to Itave escaped tin notice of \otir fwrt-p.m i i-t. tt itiiout expressing any political optinmi one Iny a-k •" Woman \'>:n ' v' 1>( t! : she does not intlnerve her f -How %ot. rto act :*•» -he i-»-heves to li> nii'.t mt* r. ~t> of the country and of tWn-f-he-.: one may regret cimt e- (.ti the cxpenenees u f politio should seem to si.. > .ift.itc slimier, and onf may be thankful that mo many who Pif mrr overtaken bv n>--foitune receive kindly attention from the ladies of Hiiitmu'i.—l r.m. Ac. J. lIOBBtf. The Vicarage. Hastings, Nov. 21th. 1*96. WOMENS' VOTES. [To the Editor. Sir. — lam disgusted to think that -tny woman could so lower herself by writing such untruthful stat«ments as " W oman Voter "in your lint ii-ie > ! .t wiil t.i 1. if she is not 100 bi_ot»d to op- n hti f \ •>. that dozen* and <lt>/»ns of u.umi',* i.h 11 - wives are supporting (. aptn-n K»i~.ell without any lavishing of wnat she itvlts "the love ami the ivmpi-i \ • : ti:. vipp» 1 mist." Ask scon *• t p->>p'» sn II ntuu> In;">t " t:pp*-r mist, but " lower mist > who have had sickness in their home*, and rind out who visited them in their tloiible. A.-Li tradesman. »im it was that ordeied sick comforts to be s.-nt round to the houses of sonre poor persons, maybe, in Queen-ireet, Kanmiu road. r>nd other parts of the borough. *" Woman Voter " will find that it was not the men who tramp the country with handbags and pose as the " working man's friend " (six montlii a.,0 these same indivsdual> were prepmd to befriend anyone-) " Woman Voter " knows as well as I do that there are ladies in this district note.l for their charitable actions, and "Woman Voter's" vulvar and slanderous remarks will meet with the contempt they deserve by those who are grateful for cbi»ritabie services rendered, when an election was v er\ far off. Her contemptible insinuation re coercing votes, is not worth noticing. It is a palpable untruth. Her concluding remark ** that in not a single instance have I heard of anyone supporting the Literal cause being guilty of making' it pprojicbes whatsoever to the women of Hastings or elsewhere. is really so awfully absurd as to make even the Liberals smile tor laugh up their sleeve way be) " Woman Voter " must have imagined the electors of Hastings were ■easily gulled * when she penned the 'above. I challenge " Woman \ otcr to quote me one instance of where any of her " leaders " have helped the siek and needy with a little ready money 1 except at 550 per cent, interest) and I will quote her 20 cases from among the class she effects to despise. In conetision. " Woman Voter." when your "old man" lif von have one 1 wants a job. take him round (after the election) to some of your professed friends, and as the Yank says. •• I guess an k^lkerlate" he will go very ■faort.—l aui. etc., MAX VOTF2.