Episcopal Church, granted by the trustees and pastor,
with an invocation by the latter, the Rev. A. H. Lucas. Mayor Harry
Backarach gave a cordial address of welcome, ending by presenting to
Mrs. Catt, who was in the chair, a huge "key to the city and to our
hearts" tied with ribbons of blue and gold, the colors of the
association. Members of the Board made their official reports at this
and other meetings and all were valuable and interesting but space
permits only a brief mention of most of them. Miss Hannah J. Patterson
(Penn.), corresponding secretary and chairman of organization, told of
the division of the national work into six departments with a national
officer at the head of each and of moving the national headquarters
from 505 Fifth Avenue, corner of 42nd Street, New York, where they had
been since 1909, into much larger offices at 171 Madison Avenue,
corner of 33rd Street. An entire floor was rented with 3,800 square
feet of space, nearly 1,000 more than in the old location. The
Publishing Company took part of this, the association retaining ten
rooms. Miss Patterson told of the thorough organization work being
done under fourteen organizers, who had covered twelve States. She
spoke of the need of training schools for organizers and told of the
value of combining all departments, data, literature, publishing,
organizing, etc., under headquarters management.

Miss Esther G. Ogden (N. J.), third vice-president and head of the
Publishing Company, told of doing field work in Colorado and
California to interest their women in the demonstrations which were
being planned for the political conventions. She spoke of the large
correspondence in connection with the trip of the little "golden
flier," saying:

This tour was undertaken by Miss Alice Burke and Miss Nell
Richardson, who left New York April 6 to make a circuit of the
United States in the interest of the National Association and the
cause of suffrage. The Saxon Motor Company donated the car, while
the association arranged for entertainment for Miss Burke and
Miss Richardson along the route and for expenses over and above
the collections taken at their meetings, of which they have held
one a day in the closely settled States. They reached San
Francisco early in June and are now on their way east. From each
State through which they have passed we have had appreciative
letters of their endurance and courag