stitution. It would be
well for us to ponder the Frenchman's idea, but instead of the
royal lion, representing force to guard the sacred urn, let us
substitute wisdom and virtue in the form of Woman.

The Washington _Star_ said of the hearing before the House Judiciary
Committee:

The members paid a tribute to the devotion of the woman
suffragists, and at the same time showed appreciation of it by
nearly all being in attendance at the hearing this morning. It is
seldom that more than a quorum of any committee can be induced to
attend a hearing of any sort. To-day fifteen out of seventeen
members were present and manifested a deep interest in the
remarks submitted by the women. The character of the assemblage
was one to inspire respect, and the force and intelligence of
what was said warranted the attention and interest shown. The
people who not many years ago thought that every woman suffragist
was a masculine creature who "wanted to wear the pants" would
have been greatly embarrassed in their theories had they been
present at the hearing to-day. There was not a mannish-appearing
woman among the number. It was such an assemblage as may be seen
at a popular church on Sunday, or at a fashionable afternoon
reception. In fact there was not anywhere such an affectation of
masculinity as is common among the society women of the period.
Each year there have appeared more young women at these hearings,
and the average of youth seemed greater to-day than ever before.
Fashionably attired and in good taste, representative of the
highest grade of American womanhood, the fifty or sixty women
present inspired respect for their opinions without destroying
the sentiment of gallantry which men generally feel that they
must extend towards women.

The speakers before this committee[115] presented The Practical
Working of Woman Suffrage. Miss Anthony introduced them. Limited
Suffrage in the United States was discussed by Prof. Ellen H. E. Price
of Swarthmore College, Penn., whose address was rendered especially
valuable by a carefully compiled table of statistics showing the
amount of suffrage possessed by women in every State and Territory.
Municipal Suffrage in Kansas was described by J. W. Gleed; Woman
Suffrage in Wyoming by ex-U. S. Senator Joseph M. Carey; Woman
Suffrage in Colorado by the Hon. Mar