154 Ellen Key carried to Ellen Key's home by devoted listeners. On week-days her door was closed, but for some hours on Sundays she would see every one who wished to speak with her,' usually on some important errand of their own, or about some cause they held in common. The hostess tried to satisfy all without forcing herself on any one. To see to it that people who might enjoy each other would meet, has, for years, been one of the things that made her happy, and many bonds of friendship have been formed in Sweden and in Europe, with Ellen Key as mediator. Seeing Ellen Key in her lonely home it was impossible to ward off the thought of how meaningless life is; for however much one may be comforted in thinking that this very lone- liness has caused her to be so much to so many, one cannot help but wonder what can have caused her to remain alone. A woman who has not had an opportunity to marry is a rare phenomenon. And when a woman like Ellen Key has remained single, only a low mind can interpret her emphasis of the importance of love and motherhood as an expression of an ' Ellen Key has never had a telephone in her home, not even in her present and permanent home, Strand.