A Member of Parliament attempts to 'woo' a Suffrage campaigner (Lydia Becker?) with the promise of a bill to secure Women's Franchise. The two figures are placed against the background of the Houses of Parliament. The caption is based on the nursery rhyme, 'The House that Jack Built' and refers to a 'Man all Tattered and Torn, who Wooed the Maiden all Forlorn'. Illustrated by 'Tom Merry' (William Mecham 1852-1902).