s, resigned as editor and was succeeded by
Miss Mary Semple Scott of St. Louis, who continued in that office
during the remaining three years of its useful existence, until the
women of the State had been partially enfranchised and the Federal
Suffrage Amendment had been ratified by the Legislature.

During 1916 the St. Louis Equal Suffrage League reorganized on
political lines with a Central Committee composed of a member from
each of the twenty-five wards. Mrs. William C. Fordyce, who for a long
time had urged this action, was unanimously elected chairman. At the
convention held in Springfield in May Mrs. John R. Leighty of Kansas
City succeeded Mrs. Miller, who had been elected first vice-president
of the National Association and would reside in Washington. At the
meeting of the board held in St. Louis in June the State association
also was reorganized on political lines and a Congressional Committee
of sixteen members representing the sixteen congressional districts
was appointed. The St. Louis League subscribed $500 to carry on the
work and Mrs. Charles Passmore was made chairman. The committees
appealed to the Republican State convention to put a plank for woman
suffrage in its platform but with no success. Later, after the two
national parties had adopted suffrage planks, an effort was made to
have the State committees adopt the same plank but they refused.

The National Democratic Convention held in St. Louis in June, 1916,
offered a splendid opportunity which both State and city suffragists
eagerly seized. Some unique schemes were evolved, among them the
"golden lane," the idea of Mrs. Blair. It has been described as "a
walkless, talkless parade" and consisted of about 7,000 women arranged
in a double line on both sides of the street, the front row sitting,
the back row standing, all dressed in white with yellow sashes and
each one carrying a yellow parasol. They held their places on the
opening day of the convention, June 14, from 10 a. m. till noon, on
both sides of Locust Street for a distance of ten blocks, the route
the delegates had to take in going from their headquarters in the
Jefferson Hotel to the Coliseum, where the convention was held.

Another striking appeal was in the form of a beautiful and imposing
tableau staged on the steps of the old Art Museum, also on the route
of the delegates, which was given with an occasional interval of rest
for two long hours. The details were managed by Miss Virg