WOMEN VOTERS.
[To THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR."] SIR,—I have just read with great admiration your able article on the case for women. You state with perfect truth that "spinsters and widows are just about the least politically informed amongst women," and that "it is the wives, sisters, and daughters of eager politicians who get the strongest hold of political questions." Allow me to suggest, as a slight flaw in your argument, which might give occasion to unworthy cavil, that "spinsters and widows" are not unfrequently "daughters," and in exceptional cases " sisters."—I am, Sir, &c.,
[Our correspondent has fairly earned her verbal triumph over us. The drift, however, of the somewhat careless sentence she criticizes was clear enough. Mr. Mill's motion would have en- franchised, almost exclusively, spinsters and widows not residing with, but residing apart from, their fathers or brothers, Incense occupying houses in their own names. We remarked that women in this position are for the most part the least qualified women for political functions.—ED. Spectator.]
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