by the side of their mothers.... Especially the day
at Upsala, by invitation of its suffrage society, will not be
forgotten. The warm-hearted reception, the gay flags all through
the town, at once lifted up the spirit of the whole gathering,
which found a charming expression in the improvised festive
procession from the botanical garden to the cathedral. The
presence and eloquence of the Rev. Anna Howard Shaw gave an added
dignity to this as to many others of our social gatherings.
Schools, hospitals, museums, exhibitions of all kinds of women's
art and women's work, were visited.... [The many private
invitations were referred to.] The thirty-six delegates, who
accepted Mrs. Caroline Benedick-Bruce's invitation to the Island
of Visby, have told us that words failed to describe this
beautiful day.

Looking back on the time that lies behind us, we, the women who
have come here from all over the world, thank our Swedish sisters
for the inspiration their kindness and their loving reception
have been to us. We thank Sweden for the splendid women it has
produced. We have seen the many elements that have worked
together to attain this result; we have learned to admire and
respect Swedish history, Swedish culture, Swedish art; and as,
besides the many other things this congress has done for us, it
has most specially taught us to love the Swedish women, we can
express no better wish for our future conventions than that every
new country which receives us may in the same way widen our
hearts by a new love.

SEVENTH CONFERENCE OF THE ALLIANCE.

The International Woman Suffrage Alliance held its Seventh Conference
and Congress in Budapest June 15-21, 1913. As had been the case with
all that had preceded, the place of meeting had been chosen with
reference to the situation in regard to woman suffrage where the
prospect for it seemed favorable and it was desired to influence
public sentiment by showing that the movement for it was world-wide.
When it had been announced at the congress in Stockholm that the next
one would be held in the capital of Hungary it had seemed very far
away and that country was not associated with representative
government. It proved to be, however, one of the largest and most
important of the conventions and its efforts were widespread, as the
delegates stopped en route for mass