The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1874-10-20

that Susan was so sour she couldn't get q
husband, and l thought 1 would
show them 1 could sit on young mans
knee just like any foolish girl. was in
Rochester, when reporter called to see me.
Now, will not be interviewed-and / did
not deny that / sat on Theodore's knee and
i never have denied it yet. The next day a
long article came out-'Susan puts her foot
on il, and stamps it a lie.' You see 1 don't
deny it. Why should not enjoy my op-
portuDity to be womanly and loving when
L have been called an ogre all my life ard
everybody claims to know that 1 never had
chance TO be married"
:" What are you going to do on wedne-
day, Miss Anthony" n1l Efh
Miss Anthony" Just give me one MOE
screech for freedom! That's what we haze
been doing for twenty-five years."
What sympathy do you get from The
crusaders?n
"The crusaders have helped suffrase
more than they have helped Temperance.
Every radical step woman takes in the
right direction helps the suffrage que
ton"
1.-The mass meeting on Wednesday vii
renew the agitation. 1t is presumably
there will be large attendance. Do vol
expect many notable women?"
Miss Anthony-''The best and most intel
ligent women of the country have bee,
hearing me speak. Anticipate full attsnC-
snce. Miss Phoebe Couzins, a young lawve-
OF 81. Louis, will be present and speaf
The Rev. Mrs. Lathrop, of Mich
gan, will be there. We want b
break up the ring. The present politicI
body is corrupt; any party would be corrult
after l6 years of political life. | don't cas
an iota whether it's democratic or republ-
can party, its too long term"
us that all, Miss Anthony?n
II want to see every woman vote for he
self, through her own personality, her own
individuality, and not through the mou h
OF some man who has not the fsintest COZ
ception of
The work is going on, and the time is mar
when every woman Will use the intelligence
God has given her, to maintain her the
standard of womanhood."
Here made DEPRESSION; Miss Anthony
was looking into the future of her sex with
caln complacence, when / attacked her with
question so arttully put, as believed as
20 allow OF no evasion. The gist of it vas:
Ibid you, Miss Anthony, sleep with Mrs.
Tilton one night. and did she tell yoUal'
about Mr. Beecher?" How little / kew
the strategy of that wise general. Shs
looked at me with mild reproach in he
expressive gray eyes. Yes, L did seq
WIN Mrs. hilton at different times, bu
shall not tell the world what 1 kow
or do not know. fl am summoned bfor
the courts, and examined legally a. swit
ness, 1t will be my duty to go. but / ON
think can remember all the thinoIths
have been told me in confidence duriga
my Journeyings. The time is comingVhe
a woman VIII be answerable only to hrs6
for her own deeds. It is an abomnats
mixture of deceiE, and either of the mems
ready to sacrifice Mrs. Tilton to saw hir-
self. The fact is, if a woman givs
herself to man, either in mrrise
or out of marriage, he VII
trample her into the dirt to serve BIS on
ends. Women sell themselves toochep.
They sacrifice themselves on the sut. ad
1t does not matter whether the nan as
any brains or not; it is the creatin Ger
again. Old Adam said, The womantemTed
me and / did eat.' Beecher sats, The
woman tempted me- and 1 did not eat' In
both cases she gets the blame" Hiss An
thony is looking well; if she we're My
some mans wife, mother or grandmother,
she would be described as dignied.
serene-faced elderly lady. As sh, is a old
maid, she Is written down vixin.- he is
really jolly, social soul, with avon erful
magnetic flow of speech, that tlmos per-
suades every one who hears hr inc her
own way of thinking. She is h,nestn her
convictions, and has worked themes of her
life like the IrishmaD, Free grais, for
nothing, without a cent of pay Tn object
OF the present meeting is TO Route the
members, as no convention has ben held
since the president, Mrs. Jores, sturned
from Europe. Miss Anthony willnake at
least two of her telling speeches.