in all
cases one member of the committee shall be a woman, to the
end that there may be submitted to future historians
accurate data of the extent and scope of the work of
American women; that this historian of woman shall carefully
and impartially record the literary, educational,
journalistic, industrial, charitable and political work of
woman as expressed in temperance, missionary and woman
suffrage organization.

Let a meeting of every woman suffrage organization
throughout the State, or, where none exists, let any friend
of the cause call a meeting, at which a committee shall be
appointed to present this suggestion to the people as they
may meet in the different cities, villages and towns, to
perfect arrangements for their local celebration.

As American citizens we salute the tri-color, emblem of the
rights obtained and liberties won by husbands, fathers and
sons, meanwhile pledging, if need be, another century of
toil and effort to the sacred cause of human rights, and the
establishment of a genuine republic.

ELIZABETH BOYNTON HARBERT,
_Pres. Ill. Woman Suffrage Society._

It was decided at this convention to celebrate the Fourth of July
in some appropriate manner. Under the auspices of Mrs. Harbert
this was done at Evanston. The occasion was heralded as "The
Woman's Fourth," and programmes[367] were scattered through the
village.

The auditorium of the large Methodist Church was tastefully
decorated with exquisite flowers; flags were gracefully festooned
about the pulpit, and all the appointments were pronounced
artistic by the most critical, and Mrs. Harbert's oration, of
which we give a few extracts, aimed to be in keeping with her
surroundings:

If possessed of artistic genius, I would seize the pencil
and imprison in rich and gorgeous coloring two pictures for
the woman's pavilion of our centennial; for the first I
would reproduce that prophetically symbolic scene at the
dawn of our history, when with a faith and generosity worthy
of honorable mention, Isabella of Castile placed her jewels
in the almost discouraged mariner's hands,