KNIGHTS ERRANT - OLD AND NEW . ONE OF THE OLD GUARD ( to the shades of Chivalry and the Troglodyte ) : " Votes for Women , Sirs ! Never ! Do not forget there are still some of us left to stand for the beauty and sweetness of that heroic tradition of sex you have bequeathed to the ages . The Old Guard lies , Sirs , but never surrenders - the Vote ! " Drawing by Will Dyson , an Australian illustrator and political cartoonist , well known for his socialist viewpoint . 1910s