New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-07-28
MISS ANTHoNY's SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION

The il-used angels who compose tlis ASeV
citation struggled into their weekly meeNNs - .'au
Bureau yesterday afternoon In diatory s'S - tno os
woman in Juf linen and q scowl' da"hou uP a-..-.
semblage of chairs, tables, and two meian'ny ,,1
cave sniff Of disgust ard marched out A"o lui
made their appearance, pokea AZ tno pOTuAO9 VI
walls Of the sanctuary, examined the soaS
tarad abont and pronounced 1t all sweet" one meek
sneci,oep Of ascuinfty crept up the stairs ana ma
hjmsen II, q dusky corner, out OF the way Vi iuo
natural superOrs One by one the gentle creatures
trimmed in until nearly thirty graced the telnPiV'
The excellent Mrs. Phelps presided, as usual Dre'so@
IN trailing robe Of buff, trimmed with brown she aroeo
and in her sweetest tones declaring Mrs Wbour seere
tory OF the meeting the absence OF the regular onc
called upon that lady to read the minutes OF the Peoo
ing meeting Mrs. Wilbour, in q white oamDrlc gown
tastefully plated, gathered, and pointed Wn'e Llama
lace shawl and white hat coquetishy trimmed arose
read em. Here an awkward pause occurred hOpUuy
soering n know what TO say nor how to say It, The
Committee ON Taxation was called upon oread tne TO-
n0rt Mira Blake q slender creature, IN DlacK anu
white lawn proceeded to announce the u0VerhI-
nation Of the Committee, which "as III ene0' 'n"'
lectures on the subject Of Taxation shoulu DO gwen
beginning November and that Anna DICKINSON susan
Anthony, and other prominent sypathzers' shou 20
asked TO deliver said lectures. The Committee on Pe
Ito IN amt of chapgeable something other, next
described the rodus Operand Of signing and the pro-
curing of petitions One in funeral black emphatcay
declared that she didn't like the form OF the petition,
WbeTeupon she was efectualy disposed OF by
the Combined forces. Here occurred Genera general
commOtion all the ladies talking togettnieL,
Mrs Norton read the call for Convention Ssh On
TO be held at Ne wpOrt, r. t. Gu the 26th ana 2oh ol
Augusthe Convention to be assembled in the academy
~ Music at that place and addressed by Paulna W.
Davis Phoebe HannafOrd, Susan b. Anthony, ana MIS-
Henry b. Stanton. The Committee expressed sangnlne
homes of brilliant meeting. An unucRy memDer ven
tred to whisper dspoDdent remark tGhe nelghDOr
when the President senCed her by glance; CVnI,
muDication from Mrs. Cage demanding the lOpnaSU r
OF various auxiliary associations and statlnS tne HPhol
IAN that "unon is strength read It was proposed
70 sell the petitions in order to gain InnGs ana Inv
lady IN black arose and said THAT WASN'T
what she'd been fighting fer" The money
question. which is never very long forgotten
by the Association, to the surface. The organ
yer OF State Conventions voted sum OF not less
than $50 the funds collected at such conventions
after the payment Of all expenses. Mrs Norton plump
little woman the cunningest OF little boots wanted 10
know how the organizer going to get the money II IL
was MT there. General dismayl "Ah, thereby hangs
tae remarked the President. Mrs Norton said that
tie thing was MT more successful than 1t had been NTH
erto there would MT be much left for the organizer after
the expenses paid. Mrs Blake inferred that te
Association would not employ an organizer Snat was NJ
able to pay her way The President declaring an
impending shower here adjourned the meeting ana tie
ladies' deplOrng the unwonted absence VI Miss Anthony
adectiOuatey separated.