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35 HISTORY OF WOMAN SUFFRAGE the St. Louis dailies, Louis Ely, Casper Yost and Paul W. Brown, contributed editorials and William Marion Reedy, editor of the St. Louis Mirror, wrote a charming article. The edition of 10,000 was sold at the bookstands and by volunteers who acted as "newsies." The business men advertised generously. The result partially of all the hard work and enthusiasm was a woman suffrage plank in the platform according to the Demo- cratic principle of State's rights, which, though not entirely satisfactory to the suffragists, was regarded as a decided victory. The entrance of the United States in the World War in 1917 acted as a deterrent of suffrage activities, as the various organiza- tions threw themselves whole-heartedly into war work. Mrs. Leighty, State chairman, Mrs. Stix, chairman of the St. Louis League, and other heads of suffrage societies throughout the State, had the difficult task of directing their activities in war work and at the same time keeping at the front the idea that, while working to make the world safe for democracy abroad, the cause of democracy at home demanded the speedy enfran- chisement of the women of America. Missouri's quota for the Oversea Hospitals organized by the National Suffrage Asso- ciation was $1,000. At a luncheon given by the St. Louis League May 8, where Mrs. Charles L. Tiffany of New York was the speaker, $4,331 were subscribed in fifteen minutes. Mrs. Miller was chairman of the Food Conservation Committee of the Na- tional Association and Mrs. George Gellhorn organized its work for Missouri. All demands of the Government were fully met. In May, 1917, the State convention was held at Kansas City and Mrs. Miller having returned from Washington was again elected president. This year a Men's Advisory Committee in St. Louis was formed composed of 147 well-known residents organized under the following leaders : Jackson Johnson, N. A. McMillan, Ernest W. Stix, Joseph Woracek, Edward F. Goltra, E. N. Grossman, Benjamin Gratz, J. L. Babler. A teachers' division including many thousand was formed, with Miss Tillie Geeks as president. Largely through the efforts of the executive secretary of the St. Louis league, Mrs, Lucille B. Lowenstein, its membership in 1918 was increased to 8,000. Mrs. Stix, resign- ing because of illness, Mrs. Gellhorn was elected.