en to the excellent programs of prominent speakers, go
to the enjoyable social affairs and make the visits and excursions to
the many historical places in and around London which most of them had
always longed to see. The Executive Committee of the National Union,
Mrs. Fawcett, chairman, served as Reception Committee; its treasurer,
Miss Bertha Mason, expended the large fund subscribed for the use of
the convention; the Press Committee managed the newspapers through
Miss Compton Burnett; Mrs. Anstruther, Rutland House, Portland
Gardens, had the exacting but pleasant duties of chairman of the
Hospitality Committee.

A delightful reception on Sunday evening, April 25, at the Lyceum
Club, introduced the pleasures of the week, which ended with a
handsome reception given by the Men's League for Women's Suffrage on
Saturday evening. There was a brilliant official dinner at Prince's
Restaurant and there were teas and concerts and dramatic
entertainments. To most of the delegates the weeks were the richest in
experience ever known, with the specially conducted visits to famous
universities and schools; cathedrals and abbeys; galleries and
palaces; courts and gardens--every spot filled with historic
associations for English speaking people and with intense interest for
those of other countries. For delegates concerned with civic and
social work there was the keenest enjoyment in the specialized and
extensive developments along many lines. The Minutes of the convention
thus describe one of its leading events:

The mass meeting at the Royal Albert Hall under the auspices of
the London Society for Women's Suffrage afforded the delegates a
most impressive display of the earnestness of the British
suffragists. A procession of women engaged in various trades and
professions, carrying the emblems of their work, marched from
Eaton Square to the hall. It was a wonderful inspiration to the
brave bands of pioneers from other lands to see the long
procession march with fluttering flags and swinging lanterns
along the darkening streets, greeted now with sympathy, now with
jeers. As it entered the hall and trade after trade, profession
after profession filed past the platform on which were seated
women of all nations, the enthusiasm reached its height. It
would be impossible to give a list of the groups but especially
notable were the chain makers from Cradley Heath, who