ears, she accepted the office. Her assistant and
friend, Professor Mary Gray Peck, accepted the office of headquarters
secretary. Both were prominent in the College Suffrage League in that
State. The convention by a rising vote expressed its appreciation of
the excellent work Miss Gordon had done, "and for the still greater
work that she will yet do," added Dr. Shaw.

It was voted to change the name of the Business Committee to the
Official Board and to add Mrs. Catt, the only ex-president, to this
board. Urgent invitations were received from Governor Robert S. Vessey
of South Dakota and the Mayor and Chamber of Commerce of Sioux Falls
to hold the convention of 1910 there, as an amendment was to be voted
on in the autumn. Dr. Shaw commented: "Governor Vessey is a man who
has convictions and is not afraid to stand by them. I am grateful that
he dares to do this while he is in office." A delegate spoke of the
appointment of a woman for the first time to an office in her State
and immediately delegates from other States gave the same announcement
until it was necessary to stop the flood. Miss Penfield, one of a
number of national organizers who were kept constantly in the field,
told of having worked in six States in the past six months. In
Pennsylvania she visited thirty-five small towns, holding parlor
meetings, which she advocated as leading to the formation of suffrage
clubs. In Kentucky she addressed fifteen colleges and schools. Mrs.
Ida Porter Boyer (Penn.), Miss Mary N. Chase (N. H.) and Miss Laura
Gregg (Kans.) gave experiences in field work.

Mrs. Villard presided Monday evening and in introducing Mr. Blackwell,
whom the audience rose to greet, she said: "It is a pleasure for me to
pay also a tribute to the loveliness of his wife, Lucy Stone. To my
childish vision she was a type of perpetual sunshine." Mr. Blackwell
gave the opinion of a man of long observation and experience on How to
Get Votes for Women. Mrs. Craigie spoke on Citizenship--What Is It?
Mrs. Stewart relieved Mrs. Upton of her usual task of taking a
collection and among her witty remarks was one on Bartholdi's statue
of Liberty. "The real goddesses of Liberty in this country do not
spend a large amount of time standing on pedestals in public places;
they use their torches to startle the bats in political cellars."
Referring to the ignoring of women's work in the histories she said:
"When I was a child and studied about the Pilgrim Fathers I suppos