The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-07-10
VISIT OF SUSAN l
An Agreeable Dinner Party at Mr.
T. S. Lyons.
HISS ANTHONY TELLS OF HER TRIE

With n Few Points ON MaFrIage-MisS
AuthOny's Great Regard for Her
Sister.
Susan B. Anthony spent the few hours
thut she was in Topeka at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas s. Lyon, 1888 Col
lege avenue, and she spent nearly all
that time talking. If there is one thing
that the veteran suffragist loves to do, it
is to talk. Miss Anthony's talk has done
about as much as snybody's to reform the
world.
She arrived from the west at o'clock
and left at $3.50. It was a suffrage crowd
that assembled in the Lyon dining room
at noon. 1t was jolly crowd, too.
Mrs. A. Fl. Case was present and sew
aral other guests, including a JOURNAL
reporter. The party had scarcely been
seated before Miss Anthony turned to
Mr. Lyon and asked: "NOw, l want you
to tell me. Mr.. Lyon, wouldn't you rath-
or have had the suffrage amendment car
ried lat the last election) and the Repub-
licans- defeated?"
"Will you have some of the baked
ham?" said Mr.. Lyon deity, and Miss
Anthony laughed outright
Mr.. Lyon is a strong sufragist and al
SO a staunch Republican. The question
is still unanswered.
Then Miss Anthony told OF her trip in
to the Yosemite The Reverend Anna
H. Shaw was with her. They rode dom
keys up the steep hills-they were Just
as young as the girls in the party.
"Anna Miss Anthony speaks of Miss
Shaw that way) rode an animal by the
name of Ephrsim and mine was named
Noses" said Miss Anthony. She told of
the beautiful sights and the funny Incl
dents with the zest of a school girl At
every available place Miss Anthony and
Miss Shaw spoke to the people, telling
them how grand and glorious were the
privileges of the ballot.
At San Jose there was a state normal
in which there were 600 girls and only
90 boys When Miss Anthony spoke of
this she shook her head with a satisfied
air and said, "Tll just tell you, gave
them touching up about that Think
of it! Those so boys going out into the
world 10 represent those 600 girls"
"Maybe it took 900 girls to be as smart
as the 90 boys" suggested Mr.. Lyon,
Miss Anthony enjoys joke as well as
anyone, and she said: "Y es; that's right"
One of the ladies present asked Miss
Anthony what the suffragists ought to do
in Kansas.
"They ought to withdraw from all
their charitable work and let the men
run things for awhile. Here, the women
went to work and raised money for this
temperance convention. 1 say that the
women of Kansas should sit by and fold
their hands If they would stop their
helping the men for six months, we
would have equal suffrage granted u.s."
said Miss Anthony slowly and delibe-
rAtely, between her sips of coffee. She
INDUCES in the beverage only when she
has become wearied from travel
In some way the conversation drifted
into discussion of matrimony at the
present time. Miss Anthony has some
original ideas about that subject also.
She said: "My mother used to tell US
girls don't get married unless you find
some man that you can't possibly live
without; then, after you marry him, you
will find it hard enough to live with him.
Now, one wouldn't suppose that a single
woman like myself would look forward
to return to her sisters home with as
much pleasure as 1 do, seeing that
I haven't a husband at home; yet
do, for no man could go to as much trou-
BILE to fix things up for me and take any
more interest in my affairs than my dear