The herald., 1896-10-20
IN SOCIETY
Observation-Disclosures

A very largely attended reception was
given Susan b. Anthony In the Friday
Morning club room yesterday afternoon
that demonstrated in story without
words, the mighty change particularly
in the social tides OF the world from the
period fifty years ago when Aunt Su-
san" was ostracized rs Impossible by the
well-bred women of the day, to the pres
| ent time when all women, led by the
thinking minds in the brightest circles
of society and culture feel honored to
take her hand
Miss Anthony, accompanied by Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait, was met en- route
from Santa Barbara to San Bernardino
by Mrs. Charlotte Wills of Los Angeles
and escorted to the Friday Morning club
| room, where a large assemblage of men
and women conspicuous in Los Angeles
society, were ready to welcome her. On
her entrance the gathering rose In
body and gave voice to their greeting in
quick and ringing applause. Taking her
place on the platform Miss Anthony was
Immediately surrounded by the follow
ing members of the reception committee:
Mines. Stearns, Graham. F. A. Gibson.
r. l.. Craig, George Rice. d. c. Stephens,
w. w. Hamlin and Miss Collier. In I'M
mediate circles were seen many other
women of the city, prominent In social
and philanthropic realms. among them
Mrs. Caroline M. Severance, Mrs j. A
Osgood. Mrs. R. W. Pridham, Mrs Judge
McComas, Miss Wills, Mrs. Rebecca
Spring, Mrs. r. w. Pridham, Mrs. Bur-
ton Williamson and Mrs. Frank Virgins,
as well as goodly proportion of promi-
nent business and professional men of
Los Angeles.
Although the club room was en- fete
| with all the essentials of reception,
magnificent decorations of yellow chrys-
anthemums gracing the platform, the
| walls and numerous small tables, gather
| ing of fashionably dressed women, more
or less adorned with clusters of the same
| yellow blossoms, etc, prettily decorated
| refreshment tables laden with enormous
| bowls of lemonade and accessories, yet
| the fact was not lost sight of by this in
defatigable worker for woman's en-
| REIMBURSEMENT cause that the occasion
was shining opportunity for making a
| final appeal to the women of Los Ange-
| les to go to work for their emancipation.
| Although Miss Anthony's voice is full
and impressive as of old, yet there was
| much pathos in it's tones yesterday,
| when she spoke of her last visit here
over the mountains and Of her feeling at
this critical time of woman's fate as
over the deathbed of a loved one when
tne scales In tne balance seemed 10 UP
| more strongly toward life than death.
Changing her front Miss Anthony de-
scended somewhat rapidly upon the stir
among the women of Los Angeles on the
money question when their fate in the
state was in the balance. There was a
pathetic humOr. but an astounding evil
dence of her indomitable courage in
her closing remarks, in the course of
which she announced that grand rally
meetings would be held in San Francisco
on the evenings of the 5th and 9Th of
November and that in the event of Cali
fornia's emancipation" this would be
a grand rejoicing and in case of defeat
1--WE will show the men that there will be
no peace for them yet; that in two years
we will present a petition to the legisla-
ture. and If still Intellectual we will wait
until 1900 and begin again."
At the close of the remarks, the gath
ering was marshaled in Misunderstanding
circle about the honored guest and per-
haps more than one felt the question.
would this be the last time that Los
Angeles women would have the oppor-
tunity of greeting Aunt Susan?