InLondon，attheAllianceCouncilof1911，wewereentertainedforthefirsttimebyasuffrageorganizationofmen，andbytheorganizedactressesofthenation，aswellasbytheauthors。
InStockholm，thefollowingyear，welistenedtoseveralofthemostinterestingwomenspeakersintheworld——SelmaLagerlof，whohadjustreceivedtheNobelprize，RosicaSchwimmerofHungary，Dr。AugsburgofMunich，andMrs。PhilipSnowdenofEngland。MissSchwimmerandMrs。SnowdenhavesincebecomefamiliartoAmericanaudiences，butuntilthattimeIhadnotheardeitherofthem，andIwasimmenselyimpressedbytheirabilityandtheirdifferentmethods——MissSchwimmerbeingallforceandfire，alivefromherfeettoherfinger—tips，Mrs。Snowdenallquietreserveanddignity。Dr。
Augsburgworeherhairshortanddressedinamosteccentricmanner；butweforgotherappearanceaswelistenedtoher，forshewasaninspiredspeaker。
SelmaLagerlof’sspeechmadethegreataudienceweep。MenaswellaswomenopenlywipedtheireyesasshedescribedthesacrificeandsufferingofSwedishwomenwhosemenhadgonetoAmericatomakeahomethere，andwho，whentheywereleftbehind，struggledalone，waitingandhopingforthemessagetojointheirhusbands，whichtoooftennevercame。Thespeechmadesogreatanimpres—
sionthatwehadittranslatedanddistributedamongtheSwedesoftheUnitedStateswhereverweheldmeetingsinSwedishlocalities。