(“I am opposed to woman suffrage, but I am not opposed to woman.”—Anti-suffrage speech of Mr. Webb of North Carolina.)

O women, have you heard the news

       Of charity and grace?

Look, look how joy and gratitude

       Are beaming in my face!

For Mr. Webb is not opposed

       To woman in her place!

O Mr. Webb, how kind you are

       To let us live at all,

To let us light the kitchen range

       And tidy up the hall;

To tolerate the female sex

       In spite of Adam’s fall.

O girls, suppose that Mr. Webb

       Should alter his decree!

Suppose he were opposed to us—

       Opposed to you and me.

What would be left for us to do—

       Except to cease to be?