The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-11-26
BOWEN
FAMOUS WOMEN TALK
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan
B. Anthony Recall Old Times.
Causes That Led Them to EspOuse
"WOman's Rights"-How They First
Met Each Other AZ Years Ago.
New York Sun.

New York Sun.
Yesterday afternoon two white-haired Ia
dies sat opposite each other in a parlor
overlooking the park and told stories of
other times. These two ladies were Mrs.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Miss Susan b.
Anthony.
How long have you and Miss Anthony
been friends?' asked the reporter who was
present.
w first met in May, 1851, didn't we, Su-
SAM said Mrs. Stanton. Yes, there was
an anti-slavery convention in Syracuse, and
Miss Anthony came. George Thompson and
William Lloyd Garrison were my guests.
We were going home to dinner when we
met Miss Anthony on the street. Who was
with you. Susan?'
why. Mrs. Bloomer. Don't you remem-
Der ] was her guest?' replied Miss An
thony, with as keen a recollection of the
circumstances as il it had happened yes
terday. 'You know Mrs. Boomer intro
duced q new fashion i'm dress skirts she
said, turning TO the reporter with a quizzi-
cal smile.
Did you adopt the costume of your
hostess?'
"Oh, no, she didn't" said Mrs. Stanton.
1 remember perfectly how she was dressed.
Susan, get Volume / of The History OF
Woman Suffrage and show how you
looked. she had on a sray silk dress and a
gray hat, and wore pale blue ribbons. She
was the perfection OF neatness and So
briefly"
BY this time Miss Anthony had found her
picture in Volume | and showed the re-
porter a steel engraving of a young woman
with fine, clear features and soft hair
brushed, as now, down over her ears. 1t
was & face both sweet and strong, but not
more so than the one which scanned it
through the glasses which the Clear eyes OF
'Thev used 70 ridicule m. 40 much,' said
Miss @AhS-oily, iO-.".s - Tie engraving with
u sort of curious interest.
TOW did you happen to take UP the cru
SADIE in behalf of woman suifra z
We'll, Mrs. Stanton began it long before
i. did, so let her tell first said Miss An
What first influenced me" began Mrs.
Stanton, was my fathers habit of saying
To me, when | was but a child, one OF five
sisters, oh, if you were only a boyr
$50, to be as much like a boy as possible,
l studied Greek, and, what was much hard
cr, learned to ride my pony. L even scaled
the cupola OF the house because boys scaled
cupolas and such things, and. of course. L
must 40 as thSy 1ln, 6at gnsry unhe 1 went
ment. expecting to be at least informed that
L was just like a boy ali L heard was: If
only you were a boyi'
HER FEELINGS ENLISTED.
a this made me feel very strongly about
the subject of the standing of women, and
there were other things that helped. Ny
father was Judge Cady. and his Office was
in the house. Whenever there vas any mis-
chief or turmoil going on 1 was supposed
to be the guilty party. and was sent into ray
fathers office By way of punishment. Con-
scqUently IL happened that 1 spent a good
deal OF my time there. / used 10 hear the
women come in with their complaints. and
L would listen with such sympathy, and ask
my father why he didn't make things diff.
ferent, so that women wouldn't have so
much trouble. And then he'd tell me thai
the law was SO and SO, and would take
down the books and snow it 10 me. II
wasn't long. L assure you. before 1 had all
those hateful laws marked.
AT last an Old woman, who used 10 bring
us chickens ami maple syrup. and such
things, came in one day and told my father
all about her troubles. and when she went
out 1 followed her.
Nov Flora l said. don't YOU worry
any more about this. I've been thinking