remendous courage, and, as it seemed to me,
almost unaided. Mrs. Park's specialty was the distribution of suffrage
literature, which she circulated with remarkable judgment. The Governor
of Arizona was in favor of our Cause, but there were so few active
workers available that to me, at least, the winning of the state was a
happy surprise.

In Kansas we stole some of the prestige of Champ Clark, who was making
political speeches in the same region. At one station a brass-band and
a great gathering were waiting for Mr. Clark's train just as our train
drew in; so the local suffragists persuaded the band to play for us,
too, and I made a speech to the inspiring accompaniment of "Hail to the
Chief." The passengers on our train were greatly impressed, thinking it
was all for us; the crowd at the station were glad to be amused until
the great man came, and I was glad of the opportunity to talk to so many
representative men--so we were all happy.

In the Soldiers' Home at Leavenworth I told the old men of the days when
my father and brothers left us in the wilderness, and my mother and I
cared for the home while they fought at the front--and I have always
believed that much of the large vote we received at Leavenworth was cast
by those old soldiers.

No one who knows the conditions doubts that we really won Michigan that
year as well as the three other states, but strange things were done in
the count. For example, in one precinct in Detroit forty more votes were
counted against our amendment than there were voters in the district. In
other districts there were seven or eight more votes than voters.
Under these conditions it is not surprising that, after the vigorous
recounting following the first wide-spread reports of our success,
Michigan was declared lost to us.

The campaign of 1914, in which we won Montana and Nevada, deserves
special mention here. I must express also my regret that as this book
will be on the presses before the campaign of 1915 is ended, I cannot
include in these reminiscences the results of our work in New York and
other states.

As a beginning of the 1914 campaign I spent a day in Chicago, on the way
to South Dakota, to take my part in a moving-picture suffrage play. It
was my first experience as an actress, and I found it a taxing one. As
a modest beginning I was ordered to make a speech in thirty-three
seconds--something of a task, as my usual time allowance for a speech is
one hour. The manage