because of this freedom that Europeans are always struck with the
greater self-poise, self-control and independence of American
women. These characteristics will be still more marked when we
have mingled more with men in their various meetings. It is only
by the friction of intellect with intellect that these desirable
qualities can be gained.

The public sessions of the Council were all that heart could
wish. I was present at only a few of them because the business
meetings came at the same hour, and were held miles away. But
every day people would say to me, "Miss Anthony, you yourself
could not have made a stronger suffrage speech than So-and-So
made to-day in such-and-such a section"--industrial,
professional, etc. In the educational section, one of the best
speeches was made by Miss Brownell, dean of Sage College, Cornell
University, on co-education.

It was a great occasion. Here were the advocates of this movement
for absolutely equal rights received and entertained by the
nobility of England--American women at the head. Among many
others a reception was given by the Lord Bishop of London at his
home, Fulham Palace. In talking with Lady Battersea, daughter of
a Rothschild, I caught myself repeatedly addressing her as "Mrs.
Battersea," and I said, "I suppose I shock you very much by
forgetting your title." She answered emphatically: "Not at all. I
like an American to be an American. It is much pleasanter than
when they come cringing and crawling and trying to conform to our
customs." When all sorts of notables were giving us receptions, I
said to Lady Aberdeen: "If this great Council of Women of ten
nations were meeting in Washington, we would be invited to the
White House. Can't you contrive an interview with the Queen?"

Miss Anthony then described the reception of the Congress by the Queen
at Windsor Castle, the serving of tea in the great Hall of St. George,
and all the incidents of that interesting occasion, and concluded:
"What I want most to impress upon you is this: If we had represented
nothing but ourselves we should have been nowhere. Wendell Phillips
said: 'When I speak as an individual, I represent only myself, but
when I speak for the American Anti-Slavery Society, I represent every
one in the country who believes in liberty.' It was because Miss Shaw
and I