ially memorable
because of the presence on the platform together for the first and
only time of the three great pioneers, Susan B. Anthony, Clara Barton
and Julia Ward Howe, and never to be forgotten by suffragists as the
last ever attended by Miss Anthony. Here was sung the Battle Hymn of
the Republic in the presence of the woman who wrote it, Mrs. Howe;
and the Star Spangled Banner in the home of its author, Francis Scott
Key.

The meetings were held in the beautifully decorated Lyric Theater with
appreciative and enthusiastic audiences. The arrangements had been
made by the Maryland Suffrage Association and its president, Mrs. Emma
Maddox Funck. Ministers of nearly all denominations asked blessings on
the various sessions and the best musical talent in the city gave its
services. The papers were most generous with space and fair and
friendly in their reports. Through the influence and efforts of Dr. M.
Carey Thomas, president of Bryn Mawr College, the remarkable
representation of Women's Colleges was secured. Baltimore's most
prominent woman, Miss Mary E. Garrett, was largely responsible for the
social prestige which is especially necessary to success in a southern
city. It was a convention long to be remembered by those who were so
fortunate as to be a part of it.

The convention opened on the afternoon of February 7 with Dr. Anna
Howard Shaw, president of the association, in the chair and was
welcomed by Mrs. Funck, who said in a graceful speech: "You have come
to the conservative South. Conservative--what a sweet-sounding word,
what an ark for the timid soul! So you must expect to find a good many
folks who mean well but who have not discarded their silver buckles
and ruffles, but nothing will more clearly indicate the development of
our people from provincialism and bigotry than their generosity of
spirit and kindly intent towards the gathering of our clans in this
convention. Most people have come to realize that to be a great nation
we must have that catholicity of spirit which embraces all ologies and
all isms.... From the suffrage pioneers we have learned the lessons of
fair play and equal rights."

Fraternal greetings were offered by Mrs. Albert L. Sioussat, president
of the State Federation of Women's Clubs; Mrs. Hattie Hull Troupe,
president of the Women's Twentieth Century Club of Baltimore; Mrs.
Rosa H. Goldenberg, president of the Maryland section Jewish Council
of Women, and Mrs. Mary R. Haslup, pr