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 had gone before was the great gathering in Skansen, the magnifi- cest park, where at 7 o'clock, from two platforms, noted speakers from ten countries addressed an audience of thousands. A dinner followed in the park house, Hogenloft, with fine music, and then in the open air the visitors saw the famous national dances and processions by the young people in the picturesque costumes of the country.

Although the official languages of the Alliance were French, German and English a crowded meeting was held one evening in the People's House with the speeches in the northern tongues, understood by all the Scandinavian people. It was opened by Mayor Lindhagen, an ardent advocate of woman suffrage. At an- other session the Woman Question in the Russian Parliament was considered by the noted woman leader, Dr. Shiskin-Yavein; the Suffrage Outlook in Bohemia by Miss Maria Tumova, recent candidate for Parliament; the Future of South African Women by Miss Nina Boyle. A special meeting was held one afternoon in the hall of the Young Women's Christian Association. Mrs. Marie Stritt, Germany; Mme. Maria Verone, France, and Miss Macmillan were appointed to compile a pamphlet of information about woman suffrage in all lands to be used for propaganda work.

A delegate from the United States, Professor Mary Gray Peck, officially connected with its national suffrage headquarters, gave the following description in a letter to the press:

The ball room of the Grand Hotel where the meetings were held
 * al apartment, its walls richly gilded and adorned with long

mirrors between the windows, while from the ceiling hang great crystal chandeliers, which were always lighted while the congress was in session. The platform s and distinguished guests with the national colors of Sweden, blue and yellow, and rnational suffrage colors, yellow and white. Then there is other places where the delegate >led, the nt State Church, with its reminder of St. Paul's in London; iy of Music, with the heraldic- banners of the ruled around the ; the Royal Opera House with its tiers of balconies and the i curtain to show the 1 tilul stage picture of Wtn hcncath which they spoke; the M ;nt in the Royal Hot e the recti. recalling the heroic in womanlmnd ; the open air meeting at Skansen
 * -laeed 1 deled pillars at one end of the hall, draped and