Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-15
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ming. Our Stars of 1891: Kansas and New
York, Laura NJ. Johns, Jean Brooks Green
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Said by the Way.
The different rows of seats in the hall are
marked out by little yellow flags with the
name of the states represented in the con-
vention. Seventeen states responded to the
ron call this morning. and it is thought
likely that number of delegations are
stDrnl-bound on their way to Washington,
and will arrive here later in the week.
Tuday is Miss Anthony's seventy fourth
birthday, but those who have known her
say that she looks not day older than she
did fifteen or twenty years ago She seems
TO have learned the art OF growing old
gracefully. for there are few women who
are as active and energetic as she is, or as
capable Of doing large amount of work
every day without vacation.
Miss Anthony is great believer in the
value Of advertising. In her remarks this
morning she said that she considered the
press of the country the greatest Of all edu-
cational agents in disseminating informal
ton az to the doings of women. Editors.
she said, are naturally averse to printing
long homilies on any subject. but it was
her experience that nc crisp, pithy item of
real news about women's suffrage was
ever turned down." Personally, she owed
a debt of gratitude to the newspaper re-
porters, for she noticed that whenever she
made speech the newspapers always con-
tanned better speech than she was able to
of terms with newspaper men and women,
who always find her not only courteous and
easily approached, but interesting and en-
Pertaining well.
Mr.. Nrooman, young man with ideas
that he wishes to propagate, was on the
platform of the convention this morning
He was given an opportunity to address
the convention for a few minutes with ref
erence to a movement that Is on foot look
ing to general union of all the different
reforms for the sake of getting concerted
action.
on the speakers desk beside Miss An
thony was a big bunch of yellow roses which
looked rather out of place in a convention
hall, though less incongruous here than
they would have have been, perhaps, In a
gathering of men
Either Miss Anthony Is growing younger
or else she looks down from a more ex-
allied standpoint: she addresses her fellow
workers this year as girls" 1t is true
that an unusual number of those in attend
ance this year are young women, but the
average is probably somewhat removed
from the state of girlhood
Named Though Married.
Another fad of Miss Anthonys is to call
married women by their own names instead
of by the names of their husbands One of
the delegates this morning WAS referred to
as Mrs. John So ana So. Miss Anthony
wanted to know If she didn't have a name
of her own, and when she found that the
woman's first name was Laura Miss An
thony insisted that she should &C down on
the records of the convention as such
There are several women in the conven ton
who are married, but who retain their
maiden surname and have not tackled on
that of their Inferior half
One Of the most active delegates to the
convention trudged through the slush to
the hall this morning clad in a pair of I'M
mentionables and dress reform waist
Where a skirt usually goes this enfran-
chised woman had a pair of Turkish trou-
sers that were drawn in about the portion
of her anatomy where the top of her shoes
would reach. They were so volumnous
that at first sight one would not notice
that they were divided, and there was no
danger of their getting baggy at the knees
They were baggy already.
"LOve and Life" for the United States
The celebrated English painter, G. F.
Watts Of the Royal Academy, has offered
to present to the United States government
the painting Love and Life" which was
on exhibition at the worlds London expo
sition. For its acceptance an act Of Con-
gress will be necessary and Secretary Ores
ham has written to the committee on for
eign affairs requesting action. Today the
committee voted to report a resolution. The
painting Will be hung in the reception room
OF the White House, as there Is no national