The House of Lords deserves applause for opening its club to women. By their enlightened vote the peers have followed the recent example set by the CRIMSON and other more local organizations.

The Lords should find no further roadblocks to the swift and triumphal entry of the ladies of the realm. After a protracted, but a generally decorous debate, the peers recognized that women, after all, are here to stay. This too is in line with recent University policy. The ladies, if not a good thing, are at least necessary commodities.

Now that peeresses will sit in Westminster, any talk about abolishing the House of Lords should be quickly quashed. By recognizing the other sex, the Lords have redemonstrated their vigor. Duchesses and marchionesses will probably inject a more humane note into arguments on hunting rights and capital punishment.

Even the dealers who rent coronets and pseudoermine capes will benefit from an increased and more fashion-conscious clientele. The only potential danger involved is that the Queen someday might decide to pack the upper chamber with peeresses to swing votes vital to her sex. But this threat seems negligible, and the first action the sovereign might take is to appoint Princess Margaret Lady Chancellor.