Bohemia. The government of Norway sent as its official delegate Dr.
Kristine Bonnevie. The list of delegates filled seven printed pages,
the United States, the Netherlands and Sweden having the full quota of
twelve delegates and twelve alternates, Germany lacking only three of
the latter, while Great Britain, France, Denmark, Norway, Finland and
Hungary had twelve or more. Six were present from Russia; Bulgaria,
Servia, Switzerland, South Africa, Iceland and Canada had
representatives. Of fraternal delegates from other organizations there
was no end--about seventy men and women--among them members of five
Men's Leagues for Woman Suffrage--in the United States, Great Britain,
Netherlands, Hungary and Sweden. In addition to the spoken words
letters and telegrams of greeting were read from societies and
individuals in twelve different countries. The distinguished guests of
the occasion were Dr. Selma Lagerloef of Sweden, who had recently
received the Nobel Literature Prize, and Miss Helena Westermarck of
Finland, the eminent writer and publicist. Among prominent speakers
were Mayor Carl Lindhagen and Ernest Beckman, M. P., the Rev. K. H. G.
von Scheele, Bishop of Visby, and the Rev. Dr. Samuel Fries. The
ushers and pages were women students of the universities.

On the Sunday afternoon preceding the convention the precedent of all
past ages was broken when Dr. Anna Howard Shaw preached in the ancient
State Church of Gusta Vasa. When the Swedish women asked for the use
of the church they were told that this could be granted only to a
minister of the same denomination but they learned that when a
minister from another country was visiting Sweden the pastor of the
church might invite him to occupy his pulpit at his discretion. The
pastor said he would run the risk, knowing that he might incur the
displeasure of the Bishop, and Dr. Shaw, therefore, felt a double
responsibility. She could not enter the pulpit, however, but spoke
from a platform in front of it. It was a never to be forgotten scene.
The grand old church was crowded to the last inch of space, although
admission was by ticket. Facing the chancel were the thirty famous
women singers of Goeteborg, their cantor a woman, and the noted woman
organist and composer, Elfrida Andree, who composed the music for the
occasion. In the center of all was the little black-robed minister. It
was said by many to be the most wonderful sermon of her life and after
the service was ov