The Grange advance., 1874-10-21
SUSAN INTERVIEWED.
What She Refuses to Tell Would
Make q Good Deal.

Ouc AAtAOuv Is Ill O1lCdSSO 20 atLCuO
the Illinois Women's Suffrage Associa.
tion and the guest Of Mrs. Fernando
Jones. A Chicago Tribune reporter
talked with her and we quote a portion
''You will never have Mr.. Beecher
for leader again, Miss Anthony O.
''We never had any man for
lead En-
Mrs. Jones-<'Oh yes, Miss Anthony.
There was Theodore Tilton!''
Miss Anthony--"That is so; we did
have him, but only as a mediator he
thought lie could unite the New York
body Of Suffragists with the Boston
clique. The idea of that boy thinking
he could teach the grandmothers -
'Was he not available in your work?"
''No man is particularly available,
THEY KNOW TOO MUCH
are too overbearing. They all want to
be sutocrats. Mrs. Tilton was chair
man Of our Executive Suffrage Associa.
tion for one year. If you will remem-
Der, in one of her published letters she
alludes to meeting at which she pre-.
sided. and said: That blessed old Su-
san ran over to me and sad that had
done as well as my lord and master
could have DONE You see the most
acceptable praise must be filtered
through mans esteem.''
''Miss Anthony" l began, plunging
desperately into the middle of the SUBJ
jcct at heart, "You have been through
almost all kinds of scenes since we last
met. Almost in Jail for voting illegally.
'No; and never mean to. The
Smith sisters have done more than any
of our conventions by refusing to pay
their taxes when they cannot vote.''
WILL YOU VOTE
at the next election p
Miss Anthony-'I would, if I could
90 home and register. But I must
keep on with my work in the West
SWELL, Miss Anthony, you only did
one foolish thing; that was when
YOU SAT ON THEODORE THROWS KNEE
Miss Anthony smiled all over her
face. SWELL" she said, slowly and
with sort of grim humor, ''that was
my only lapse from rigorous virtue.
All the men had declared that Susan
MAS so sour she couldn't get husband,
and I thought that would show them
I could sit on young mans knee just
like any foolish girl. l was in Rockies
ter, when a reporter called to see me.
Now, I will not be interviewed-and I
did not deny that sat on Theodore's
knee, and l never have denied it yet.
The next day long article came out
''Susan pits her foot on it and stamps
it q lie." You see I don't deny it.
Why should I not onjoy my opportuni-
ty to be womanly and loving, when l
have been called an ogre all my life,
and everybody claims to know that l
never had chance to be married
Here I made depression Miss An
thony was looking into the future Of
her sex with calm complacence, when l
attacked her with question so artfully
put, as l believed, as to allow of no eva
sion. The gist Of it was:
s'Did you, Miss Anthony, sleep with
Mrs. Tilton one night, and did she tell
you
ALL ABOUT Mr.. BEECHER Z!
How little knew the strategy of that
wise General. She looked at Inc with
mild reproach in her expressive gray
eyes.
eyes, I did sleep with Mrs. Tilton at
different times, but I shall not tell the
world what 1 know, or do not know. If
| am summoned before the courts, and
examined legally as witness, it will
be my duty to go; but I don't
think I can remember all
the things that have been told me
in confidence during all my journeyings.
The time is coming when a woman will
be answerable only to herself for her
own deeds. It is an abominable mix
ture of deceit. and either Of the men is
ready to sacrifice Mrs. Tilton to save
himself. The fact is, if woman gives
herself to man, either in marriage or
out of marriage. he will trample her in