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MISSOURI 349 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 con- '1 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 1> Miss Virginia Stevenson. Under a canopy of gold cloth, which cast a glow over the group below, there stood at the top of the steps "Liberty," posed by handsome Mrs. O'Neil. Grouped about her were thirteen women dressed in white representing the twelve equal suffrage States and Alaska. Farther down on the were the States in which only partial suffrage had been granted, impersonated by women dressed in gray. At the bottom, in black, representing the States where women were wholly disfranchised, extending their manacled arms to Liberty. A mass meeting was held later in the day in the auditorium of Museum, when Dr. Anna Howard Shaw, William Jennings n, U. S. Senator John F. Shafroth and Mrs. Miller addressed thusiastic audiences. The Town Club, an organiza- women, gave a dinner with covers laid for 300, which was followed by music and speaking in front of the Jefferson el. On the same night there was street speaking on the principal down town corners for two hours, one speaker relieving he crowds called for more. Miss Scott brought out an impressive number of the Missouri Woman during the con- ion. William Hums, a well-known artist on the Post itch. (It-signed an attractive and significant cover and Miss Martin illustrate. 1 a story by Mrs. Blair; editors of