"Woman's suffrage has not caused family dissensions. It has frequently happened that whole families have voted for the same candidate. In other cases different members of one family voted for different candidates. But this has not disturbed domestic tranquillity, for nowhere have family feuds been engendered by one member or another of the family boasting of the success of his candidate. The fear that the women would vote largely for Conservative candidates, through the influence of the clergy, was not realized. Already the women have twice contributed to the reëlection of a Liberal minister. Neither the Protestant nor the Catholic clergy endeavored to influence the votes of the women anywhere." The Countess Wachtmeister, a Californian traveling in Australia, confirms this opinion, "Thanks to woman's suffrage the respectable elements that formerly often remained away from the political arena have now again stepped to the front; they have presented successful candidates, and have begun to play an important part in the political life of the country." Since women have exercised the right to vote in New Zealand the following legal reforms have been enacted: 1. Divorces are granted to the wife and to the husband upon the same grounds. 2. The husband can no longer deprive the wife and children of their inheritances by means of a will. 3. The conditions of suffrage in municipal elections were made the same for both women and men. 4. The saloons are closed on election days. 5. Women are admitted to the practice of law. 6. The age of consent for girls was raised to 17. Similar reforms were enacted in South Australia. There Mrs. Mary Lee is the leader in the woman's suffrage movement, and founder of the "Women's Suffrage Society." When the woman's suffrage bill was passed in 1895 the Prime Minister, the Minister of Public Instruction, and the Lord Mayor gave Mrs. Lee an impressive reception in the town hall; they thanked her for the untiring efforts which she had devoted to the cause, and the Prime Minister said, "Mrs. Lee is the originator of the greatest reforms in the constitutional history of Australia." What enlightened views the ministers in the antipodal countries do have! Are they really our antiscians to such a degree? Since 1896, the following reforms have been effected by the South Australian Parliament: 1. A modification of the marriage law (the husband must provide for the wife and children if his brutality leads to a divorce). An enlargement of woman's sphere in the business world. Separate property rights. 2. Greater strength was given to the law compelling the father of illicit children to fulfill his pecuniary duties. 3. A severer penalty for trafficking in girls. 4. The increasing of the age of consent to 17. 5. Improved laws providing for the care of dependent children.