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Mlitancy, few seem to remember, has been the feature of but a small percentage of the years of Mrs. Plank ballots for women; and it has been the plan of attack of a much smaller per centage of the years through which her family have struggled to put wo- men on a political equality with men.
 Her father and mother were strong suffrage advocates and workers for many decades before the present cele- brated leader was old enough to mount a stump. Other relatives of forgotten, days also spurred Mrs. Pankhurst to her life work. She mar ried a London barrster who was throughout his career devoted to the women's cause. Only many years af- ter his death did Mrs. Pankhurst and her three daughters startle the world with their appeal to force.
 It was the endless delays with ,yhi,b h the Engiist. government met them, the wiles of constitutional subtleties, the trickery. the broken promises, the belief that they might lcse even with clear majority for them in the houses of parliament, which finally caused Mrs. Pankhurst to cry aloud. That is literally the first form militancy took. Mrs. Plank hurst and few chosen followers started interrupting meetings with questions.
 Mrs. Panklurst Arrested.
 While heckling the speakers at such public meeting in 1905 Christabel Pankhurst and Annie Kenney, the lat ter a factory girl of a remarkable character, were arrested.
 Tn these days of wholesale arrests, forcible feedings, ambulances, hatch cts and firebrands, this statement does not sound startling. But it shocked England at the time. Intelligent Eng lishmen knew the Pankhurst family, their intelligence, refinement and abil- ity. The brick seemed to take effect Mrs. Pankhurst then conceived her militant plan. She resolved to press her advantage. She said once that she was helped to her decision by the advice of Sir Henry Campbell-Banner- man, premier before Asquith: You will never win by quiet means. You must pester and irritate."
 To perfect the organization of her militant force, Mrs. Pankhurst sought and obtained an interview with Gen. eral Bramwell Booth, commander of the Salvation Army, and invited his advice on the ordering of the great undertaking.
 1 The general counselled Mrs. Plank hurst to adopt a plan of military or ganization on lines largely similar to that of the army. At her request he
 wrote out such explanation of the sys- 1 tenn as seemed adapted to her needs and advised her that as commanding officer she must insist that her gener-
 al orders should be implicitly obeyed Those who failed to do must leave. l With this idea in mind Mrs. Plank
 hurst sent out circular announcing
 that the union would be formed on military lines,. that the officers must
 be obeyed and the commanding onl' cer supreme. Any who objected to
 such a form of government were ask
 ed to withdraw. A number did with.
 draw. among them Mrs. Despard ant
 Lady Cook Tennessee Claflin). Tht
 Women's Social and Political unlor
 attempted nothing soldierly in cos
 tune. though the colors- white, vio 1let and green-are displayed in sucf a way on the dress of every member l that they have almost attained the dig