racter and
influence of the German ladies there, it is evident that the
German politicians must come to terms. Mrs. Minor, President of
the Missouri Woman Suffrage Association, invited us to drive
around and see the parks, gardens and new streets of the city.

We drove to the Polytechnic, and were received by Mr. Baily
(Librarian) and Mr. Devoll, ex-superintendent of schools. He said
that he was ready to vote for educated suffrage, without
distinction of sex.

The ladies then proposed to go to the Merchants' Exchange and see
the bulls and bears. Accordingly we drove there, ascended into
the galleries, and looked down upon a great crowd of men standing
round long lines of tables covered with tin pie-plates. At first
we thought they were lunching, but we soon perceived that the
tins contained different kinds of grains and flour, which wise
ones were carefully examining. As we stood there, laughing at the
idiosyncrasies of the sons of Adam, lo! two most polished
gentlemen approached our charmed circle, and announced that they
were a committee from the merchants on the floor to invite us to
come down and address them. We descended with Mr. John J. Roe and
Mr. Merritt and were introduced to the President of the Board,
George P. Plant, and Mr. Blow, who escorted us to a temporary
platform, and called the house to order. We made a short speech,
and then there were loud calls from all parts of the house for
Miss Couzins. She stepped forward and made a few pleasant
remarks, when we all bowed graciously to the gallant gentlemen
who conferred this great honor upon us, and retired.

SPRINGFIELD, Feb. 21.

DEAR REVOLUTION:--We have been resting here at the capital of
Illinois a few days. Of our meeting in the Opera House we will
say nothing about it, except that we had the Governor and members
of the Legislature as attentive listeners, and the
Lieut.-Governor for presiding officer, who made an admirable
speech indorsing woman's suffrage. Mrs. Livermore made an able
argument, though Robert _Laird_ Collyer says we never have any
logic on our platform, as if we had not been so logical in all
our positions for the last twenty years that the dear men had no
answer to make. Poor fellows! as they saw their ou