ess of words which thoroughly
eliminated any unpleasant feelings that might have been created and
diffused a spirit of forgiveness and consecration.

At the conclusion of the program, Mrs. Upton came forward and in the
name of the officers of the association presented to Miss Kate Gordon
a handsome loving cup with the injunction to "handle it carefully as
it is filled to the brim with love"; and to Miss Jean Gordon a large
bouquet of roses, "in appreciation of the perfect arrangements that
had been made for the convention." The _Picayune_ said: "The two
sisters stood side by side on the stage, a picture of feminine
loveliness and grace. They tried to speak but their hearts were too
full and Miss Kate could only express in a few words their thanks for
these tokens of affection and esteem."

All the expenses of the convention had been met by the citizens and
the collections had more than paid the travelling expenses of the
officers. Nothing had been left undone for the entertainment of the
visitors. The New Orleans Street Railway Company gave a trip of
several hours in special cars, taking them to Audubon Park and
Horticultural Hall, through the handsome residence sections, to the
Esplanade, City Park and famous cemeteries. They visited the Howard
and Fisk libraries, the Southern Yacht Club, the Exposition and the
antiquarian shops. An unusual experience was the boat trip on the
Mississippi, tendered by the Progressive Union. On a fine sunshiny
morning the several hundred visitors assembled in the palm garden of
the St. Charles Hotel, walked to the rooms of the Union and from there
to the steamer Alice. They crossed to Algiers, passed the French
quarter with the Ursuline Convent, the Stuyvesant Docks, the historic
houses and monuments, and saw the great Naval Docks, the large sugar
plantations with their big live oaks and magnolias, the immense sugar
and oil refineries and met a fleet of huge ocean steamers. Lunch was
served on board and the occasion was most interesting, especially to
the delegates from the North.

Although this was the longest suffrage convention ever held and the
sessions were crowded, the people wanted more. The Progressive Union
arranged for meetings Thursday night, to be addressed by Mrs. Catt on
The Home and the Municipality, and Friday night by Dr. Shaw on The
Fate of Republics. The Athenaeum Hall, seating 1,200, was overflowing
and as many were gathered on the outside. It was a ten days never