banquet--a very delightful affair, attended by the mayor of Butte and
other local dignitaries.

In Nevada the most interesting feature of the campaign was the splendid
work of the women. In each of the little towns there was the same spirit
of ceaseless activity and determination. The president of the State
Association, Miss Anne Martin, who was at the head of the campaign work,
accompanied me one Sunday when we drove seventy miles in a motor and
spoke four times, and she was also my companion in a wonderful journey
over the mountains. Miss Martin was a tireless and worthy leader of the
fine workers in her state.

In Missouri, under the direction of Mrs. Walter McNabb Miller, and in
Nebraska, where Mrs. E. Draper Smith was managing the campaign, we
had some inspiring meetings. At Lincoln Mrs. William Jennings Bryan
introduced me to the biggest audience of the year, and the programme
took on a special interest from the fact that it included Mrs. Bryan's
debut as a speaker for suffrage. She is a tall and attractive woman with
an extremely pleasant voice, and she made an admirable speech--clear,
terse, and much to the point, putting herself on record as a strong
supporter of the woman-suffrage movement. There was also an amusing
aftermath of this occasion, which Secretary Bryan himself confided to
me several months later when I met him in Atlantic City. He assured me,
with the deep sincerity he assumes so well, that for five nights after
my speech in Lincoln his wife had kept him awake listening to her report
of it--and he added, solemnly, that he now knew it "by heart."

A less pleasing memory of Nebraska is that I lost my voice there and my
activities were sadly interrupted. But I was taken to the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Francis A. Brogan, of Omaha, and supplied with a trained nurse,
a throat specialist, and such care and comfort that I really enjoyed the
enforced rest--knowing, too, that the campaign committee was carrying on
our work with great enthusiasm.

In Missouri one of our most significant meetings was in Bowling Green,
the home of Champ Clark, Speaker of the House. Mrs. Clark gave a
reception, made a speech, and introduced me at the meeting, as Mrs.
Bryan had done in Lincoln. She is one of the brightest memories of
my Missouri experience, for, with few exceptions, she is the most
entertaining woman I have ever met. Subsequently we had an all-day motor
journey together, during which Mrs. Clark rarely stopped tal