ed
they were all bachelors, as I never found a word about their wives."
Mrs. Charlotte Perkins Gilman's topic was Masculine, Feminine and
Human, discussed with her usual keen analysis and illuminated with her
pungent epigrams.

A spirited symposium took place on Pre-Election Methods, led by Mrs.
Stewart, who outlined the work done in Illinois, where it had been
reduced to a system. "We find candidates much less tractable after
election than before," she said, "although we always send literature
and letters to the members-elect and subscribe for the _Woman's
Journal_ for them. We are now strong enough in some districts for
pre-election work to elect our friends and defeat our enemies. Mrs.
Catharine Waugh McCulloch sent a circular letter to every member of
the last Legislature, with questions as to his attitude on woman
suffrage and from the answers she compiled a leaflet recommending the
election of the men who promised to vote for our measures. She sent
this to every paper in Illinois and distributed it as widely as
possible among the women's clubs and women at large. She did the same
with our Congressmen. Not one of the legislators who promised to vote
for our bill voted against it. Our most important measure was lost in
the Senate by a majority of only one vote. Eight of the Senators who
voted against it are up for re-election and we shall do our best to
keep them from going back. Illinois has printed for several years a
Roll of Honor of the legislators who have voted right on our bills."

The discussion showed a general opinion that it was high time for
action of this kind. Mrs. Kelley asked: "Why not do prenomination
work?" and Dr. Shaw said: "I do not know a political method when I see
it and I haven't an ounce of political sense but I do believe heartily
in this sort of work." Led by Mrs. Ella Hawley Crossett, president of
the New York association, "Should there be concentration on one bill
or work for several"? was discussed. Miss Gordon said: "Ask for
everything in sight and you will get a little." Mrs. Cornelia Telford
Jewett, editor of the _Union Signal_, brought a fraternal greeting
from the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union and when she said
that most of the criticism she received was that she gave the readers
too much suffrage, Dr. Shaw remarked in her jovial way: "They would
get more if I could write, as Mrs. Jewett has often asked me for
articles."

Among the symposiums and round table conf