s her work and her
relaxation, her politics and her religion. "I know only woman and
her disfranchised," was her creed.... May we, her daughters,
receive as a blessed inheritance something of her indomitable
will, splendid courage, limitless patience, perseverance,
optimism, faith!

Dr. Shaw closed the meeting with an eloquent unwritten peroration
which told of her last hours with Miss Anthony as the great soul was
about to take its flight and ended: "The object of her life was to
awaken in women the consciousness of the need of freedom and the
courage to demand it, not as an end but as a means of creating higher
ideals for humanity."

A resolution was adopted rejoicing in the granting of full suffrage
and eligibility to sit in the Parliament to the women of Finland the
preceding May. The delegates from Norway received a message from the
Prime Minister that it was the intention of the Parliament to enlarge
the Municipal franchise which women had possessed since 1901.

Designs for a permanent badge were submitted by several countries and
the majority vote was in favor of the one designed by Mrs.
Pedersen-Dan of Denmark, the figure of a woman holding the scales of
justice with a rising sun in the background and the Latin words Jus
Suffragii. It was decided to publish a monthly paper under the name of
_Jus Suffragii_ and in the English language. Afterwards Miss Martina
G. Kramers was appointed editor and the paper was issued from
Rotterdam. The invitation was accepted to hold an executive meeting
and conference in Amsterdam in 1908, as a new constitution was about
to be made for The Netherlands and there would be a strong effort to
have it include woman suffrage.

Mrs. Catt's closing words to the delegates were to encourage
agitation, education and organization in their countries. "The
enfranchisement of women is as certain to come as the sun is sure to
rise tomorrow," she said. "The time must depend on political
conditions and the energy and intelligence with which our movement is
conducted." Thus ended happily and auspiciously the first Congress of
the International Woman Suffrage Alliance.

FOURTH CONFERENCE OF THE ALLIANCE.

The Executive Meeting and Fourth Conference of the International Woman
Suffrage Alliance was held in Amsterdam, June 15-20, 1908, in the
spacious and handsome Concert Hall, in response to the Call of Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Catt, president, and Mrs. Rachel Foster Aver