Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-23

ment and talked with men representing
all political parties-the premier, speakers
of both chambers. and others-and all
assured her that the parliamentary vote
for women would not be long delayed.
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In Sweden, where for hundreds Of years
women have had the example of st.
Bright, woman who was canonized for
her goodness and religious work, and
who, 1t is said, was the first woman's
rights woman in the world. for she was
outspoken and emphatic in her demand
for woman's freedom. there are organiza-
tons existing in 10 towns, some of
them north of the polar circle
While in Sweden Mrs. Gait was given
dinner by the Swedish Suffrage Asso-
clation at SaitsJooaoen. summer resort
In the vicinity of Stockholm, on the Bal
tic sea. AT the conclusion Of the gath
erlnS rousing cheers We're given for the
guest of honor, and Selma Lagerlof. the
Swedish poet and author. When she left
Stockholm the whole convention of the
alliance gathered ut the station to hid
her good-by.
Inc Noman's Journal of Christiania
Norway, SAID as Mrs. Gait was leaving
NORWAY: Her whole stay in our caDital
proved to he a splendid homage from the
country of woman suffrage to the noble
leader of the noble cause. 1t was a hom
age not only from the women and cham
pions of the cause, but from all official
Norway
While in Christianla Mrs Gait was re-
celVed py the prime minister and by the
minister of foreign affairs and MANY of
the former members of the government
members of the cabinet the American
minister, III. III. D. Pierce. the parliament
taFS leader OF radicals. president of the
conservative party and others
Mrs Gait was the guest of honor at a
,ahcneoh gwen by United States Minister
Pierce. aQd the same evening she deIiy-
ered an address on TRUE Democracy
before the Union of Radical Students
On the following day she was granted an
audience by the king.
In London no pains were spared by the
I>nsish women to do honor to the suf-
ifaSe leader, and dinners, teas and other
social func-1ons occupied the month. One
complimentary dinner was given by Mrs
Milicent Garrett Fawcett. president of
The National Union of Womans Suffrage
Societies. the widow of the blind post
master general. Among tive guests were
the Duchess of Marlborough, the Coun-
tess of Selbourne. Ellen Terry and Ladies
Strachey. Royleigh, Betty Balfour. De la
Ware, McLaren and Miss Hay.
One of the stories tod by Mrs. Gait at
this banquet which afforded considerable
amusement was that relating to King
Georges little nephew the Crown Prince
of Norway. who in a recent visit to
EnSiand heard good deal about what
Was being done there to get women the
Vote. Ii seemed TO him a great waste
of energy. for one day he asked in some
surprise:
why doesn't Uncle George give the
vote to the women of England and save
all this trouble, as we have done?'
Mrs. Gait set sail for Cape Town on
July - A short stop at Madeira Island
was made for an excursion up the
mountain, but no suffrage meetings were
held. One thing which struck the eyes
turning to the ship she found the decks
strewn with work done by native wom-
en-. but sold by men.
As there are two official languages
spoken in South Africa, Mrs. Gait went
she believed that as the union was less
than two years old the time was ripe to
enthuse the women In favor of suffrage.
So the presence of DIR. Jacobs who spoke
both Dutch and English fiuently, enabled
them to reach hundreds of women who
might otherwise have been barred from
a full comprehension of the movement.
TO make this trip the party made a de-
tour of 11,000 miles by steamer from the
usual round .he-world route. and trav-
eled 1000 miles by train in South Africa.
I'VE were seventy-seven days in South
Africa" writes Mrs. Gait. and were en-
abfed in that time to make our plea in
forty different assemblies. Some of these
were large pe lic meetings, others small