ed by Dr.
Shaw to proclaim the day a legal holiday to be celebrated in
recognition of the right and necessity that the women of the
United States should become citizens in fact as well as in name.
The President did not heed Dr. Shaw's request but the women of
the country did. Not a State was silent, not even the equal
suffrage States, and many added parades and other events to the
regular program.

The story was told of the National Junior Suffrage Corps to enroll the
young people, the idea of Miss Caroline Ruutz-Rees (Conn.); of the
large amount of Congressional documents distributed, among them 1,000
copies of the speech of Senator Henry F. Ashurst (Ariz.) before the
Senate on the Federal Amendment, presented by him; the travelling
schools organized; lists prepared of many thousand active members and
an infinite variety of details. Mrs. Dennett had severed her
connection with the association the preceding September after four
years' invaluable service.

Mrs. Dennett made also the report of the Literature Committee, whose
duties had now been merged in the National Woman Suffrage Publishing
Co. The latter reported through its chairman, Mrs. Cyrus W. Field. The
greatly needed Data Department had been established under the
cooperation of Miss Elinor Byrns, chairman also of the Press
Department; Mrs. Frances Maule Bjorkman and Mrs. Dennett. The
volunteer services of Miss Helen Raulett, like Miss Byrns a lawyer,
had been obtained, and while its great need and possibilities had been
demonstrated it was evident that it must be put on a paid, business
basis to be effective. Miss Byrns gave an interesting account of the
ramifications of the Press and Publicity Department and its important
accomplishments. "In my opinion," she said, "it is almost impossible
to have suffrage news given out successfully by any one who is not an
earnest suffragist. Knowledge of publicity does not make up for the
lack of conviction and enthusiasm," and she gave this instance: "A few
months ago a writer for one of the New York newspapers--the worst
'anti' paper we have--telephoned me, saying, 'I have been told to
write an editorial on the menace of woman suffrage. Can you help me?'
I said, 'Yes, I can prove to you that the majority of the presidential
electors in 1916 may represent equal suffrage States and that in all
probability every political party will have to endorse woman suffrage
before that time. What co