The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1897-06-14
sUsANB. ANTHONY'S MONEY.
The Sum OF $4,000 Was Received as
"a Gift From One Woman.

Perhaps tho women who from time 10
time have made attacks upon the honesty
and integrity OF Susan B. Anthony be-
cause they were not allowed 10 have
finger In the numerous big fat pies that
have fallen 20 her in the shape of legacies
andsoheaks from her friends and admirers,
would be gratited II they knew just how
the money has been spent. Many dis
gruntled femsles have made dire threats
of exposure, but susan has gone right
along as If they did not exist pursuing
her chosen life work and spending the
money Us she thought best and accounting
TO no one unless il was her pleasure TO
do so, says the Buffalo Express.
AS matter Of fact, these handsome lega-
cios and gifts have been left To her person
ally, and 10 was within her power 20 spend
them exactly as she wished, or not 10
spend them AZ all. The largest amount
left 10 her was from Mrs. Eliza jackson
Eddy, daughter Of Francis Jackson, the
old abolitionist OF Boston, which was
quite neat little fortune in itself. bong
s24, 900.
Mrs. Eddy's estate was divided equally
between Lucy stone blackwell and Miss
Anthony, and each received that amount.
Mrs Eddy simply carried out the wishes
OF her father when shs disposed OF her
was left absolutely TO these two women,
without any stipulations, TO do with as
each thought best
Susan b. Anthony's share was used up
long ago In getting out the three large
volumes which were published on woman
suffrage. over one thousand sets of these
books she has distributed free, plac ing,them
in libraries and colleges all over the coun-
try, and one hundred sets she placed in
Europe They contain a complete and ex-
hausLiye account Of the suffrage move
ment.
Mrs. Clapp, of Rochester. left her $1,000
which she was TO use as she thought best,
personally or otherwise. Six hundred dol
lars of the amount went into the New
York state campaign OF 1894, and the
remaining S4OO was USED in the national
work.
In 1897 Miss Adelaide Thompson of
Philadelphia, gave Miss Anthony $1,000
personally with the express stipulation
THAI IL was not TO be used for the suffrage
cause, and this amount was deposited in
the bank To her credit. Two years ago
Mrs. Virginia L. Miner, OF st. Louis, sent
her check for $1,000 for her own personal
use, and Mrs Eliza Hamilton Of Fort
Wayne, Ind. left her 5000 in Fort Wayne
National Bank stock Tor her personal USE.
But whether 1t is left tn her personally OF
otherwise whether stipulated or not. all
money as we'll rs her time Is ungrudgiDgly
given To the cause SO dear to her heart.
The result of this knowledge Is that
when friends wish to have anything nice
they usuallyb buy the thing itself and give
10 Co her Many rich gowns, wraps and
honnets have In this way been presented
10 her. When she went 20 California on
her recent long campaign, u friend and
admirer in Chicago, where she stopped To
visit presented her with cloak, ana
bonnet which she wore during her entire
stay on the coast.
These sums have oil been left to Miss
Anthony that she might have the hand
ling of the money and say In what manner
IL should be expended. All OF which
spoaks for itself Of the confidence which
those who know her best place in her in
tagrity and good Judgment Possibly
weaker women might nave been tempted
To retire aud live in luxury had they had
tho same opportunities offered them,
though the same might be said of men.
But it Is easy to see how women whose
work has met with disappointment and
who find themselves with lost energies
and no money, are apt 10 look with
| envious eyes toward Susan H. and make
bitter statements and attacks. But Susan
has always been firm in not diverting the
suffrage money for charity. New York