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BftIII."W_1I'. Itntl.,] September 15th, 117 .. How~k~epe1" ,A..lOciation. 399

housekeepers were still indifferent to the woma.n question It is too frequently found that the possession of a tranquil home and pleasant surroundings makes a woman self-indulgent and self-seeking, looking with indifference on the struggles and storms of the outer world. So it happened that the women householders had for a long time no sympathy with the woman's movement, although mothers with growing-up daughters could not entirely avoid recognising it as a fact that they at least must be affected by these questions.