The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-07-31


good service by directing public attention to the
subject OF reform in suffrage
Mrs Susan B. Anthony was another prominent
hSurc both ut the Reception and at the anniyer-
saries- She is Of Quaker family, and comes
from Rochester Her appearance il not pre-
possessing that Of Mrs. Stanton but she too
has simple and quiet manners. She cIits the
Rsroi1tion, and has written and spoken for
twenty years in favor Of female suffrage. Mrs.
Antoinette Brown Blackwell Is another prurni-
nent lady reformer, and make speeches OCCASION
ally; but her time il mainly occupied with an
extensive medical practice, from which she re-
eeives annual income OF about 5000.
Who shall say after this that women cannot be
successful doctors? Mrs. Lozier, another lady
physician of this city, makes nearly rs much
money by her profession.
Madame Anneke, n German lady Of a muscu-
lar and masculine type, was one OF the most no
ticeable characters ut the meeting Of the WOman's
Bureau. She the heroine or military ac-
tion in Germany, several years ago, in which she
mounted n horse and led q squad Of troops into
the thickest of the fire. Twice her horse was
shot down under her but, nothing daunted, the
intrepid woman kept in the thick OF the fight,
and, it is said, equaled the daring attributed to
the maid OF Saragossa. Madame Anncke is de-
cidedly n :" strong minded woman"
There were present Mr.. and Mrs. Burleigh Of
Brooklyn, prominent advocates of Woman's
Rights; Miss Mary l.. Booth, the editor OF
Harpsr's Ba=ar the graceful Mrs. Calhoun,
editorial writer for the ~. Y Tribune; and Hor-
ace Greeley himself, who lowered benignantly
among the crowded company, and looked like an
Arctic walrus just landed in the parlors. Mrs.
Phelps and Mrs Greeley gave the invitations,
and great crush the result. The object of
the meeting mainly a social One,-to promote
unity among the friends of equal rights for
woman and man. The 50 Bureau " is n COM
Portable house in Twenty-Third street, near the
Academy of Design. In it are located the edito-
rial roons of the ReroIuii0n, and the Sorosis ~
Club has business Office in the same building
n few rooms reserved for the accommodation
OF lady guests. The - Bureau" /" had It's origin
in an application made by lady-artist Of this
city to rent an Office in the new building OF the
Young Mems Christian Association. Though
tins is provided with n whole floor devoted to
studios, and though in other similar buildings in
the city and women artists rent their studios
ON equal terms, yet the Christian Association re-
jected this lady's application; and their official
said, - women are not to be allowed in this
house." So Mrs. Phelps and Mrs. Greeley and
other philanthropic ladies concerted the plan Of
the "a Woman's Bureau where women shall be
allowed and aided, and which they mean shall
offer an opportunity to all women who seek fair
chance to work From the interest shown in the
present movement, 1t seems likely that the a. Wo-
mans Bureau :" will be permanent and u very
useful thing
The venerable Lueretia Mott, now more than
seventy years of age, and other prominent advo-
Gates OF the notion that woman should be per-
mittcd to do whatever good thing she is able and
qualified to do, was present ut the various meet
ings or this remarkable Convention. The East |
ern papers will inform such Of your readers as
may be curious to know what the women did in /
Convention but the limits Of this letter arc too 1
short tor me to report their proceedings.
I must not close, however, without noticing 1
the appearance Of n new female lecturer upon /
the platforms OF New York and Brooklyn. Miss 1
Kate Field, the debutante, il an authOrcss who is
already well known in the East. She is young, /
cultivated, talented, and beautiful, and is sure to
win n deserved success. CAIAuus