She too, when she starts to put flesh on,
Will take a subordinate post,
While babies, devoid of discretion,
Are ruling the roast!
EXCELSIOR!
Suffragist: "It's no good talking to me about Sisyphus. He was only a man!"
The Flapper was destined to assume a more aggressive aspect in later years—vide Dr. Shadwell's indictment in the Nineteenth Century—but Punch's concluding reflections hold good. Her attitude towards the Suffrage movement at this stage was perhaps not unfairly summed up in the remark of a younger sister who declared that she did not want women to get the vote, because she "liked hearing about the Suffragettes."