The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1899-01-01

Washed all the shutters. Took up the car ar
Pc sns morning. Whitewa .sn e siig
| wash this morning; in the afternoon ironed
SIX snlrts and started for New y rk az =
t,. eiock. VAS q little OH tired. =. she she
tlne. with the help OF q seanlstress, siS 5
made fourteen shirts, stitching By hand an
the collars, bosoms and Wristbands, anu ~
| this woman had worked In the Troy Laundry
| she taught Miss Anthony to clear starch
ana IRON them. Each summer she manassu
10 DC nome long enough to assist with the
canning, picking and preserving.
MISS Anthony adopted the blOomer cos
| tune, but II was Il great trial 10 her ana
enc apahaoned 1t IN about year. II Wa
| not very dinerent from the bicycle dress OF
| the present day the skirt reaching almost
| 10 the shoe tops and made of satin or hettvy
| merino ard Yet for years afterwards she
was described as attending meetings in
tine regulation bombazine boomers, ana
IL was impossible to convince people 70 tie
contrary until they had seen her with their
| own eyes. She herself said i'm regard TO II:
Il felt the need Of some such garments be-
cause | was obliged to be out every day III
All KINDS or weather, and also because
saw women ruined In health by tight laclng
ana the weight of their ciothing, and L
hoped 10 help establish the principle OF ra-
| tional dress. 1 found il a physical comfort
put a mental crucifixion. il was an intel
lectuai slavery; one never could get rld or
thinking of herself and the important thing
Is 10 forget self The attention of my audi
ence was fixed upon my clothes instead or
my words. / learned the lesson then that
10 be successful a person must attempt but
one reform
FELL IN WITH CRANKs
The anti-slavery and woman's rights lee
turers always accepted private hospitality
when offered, for reasons of economy and,
as many Of the people who favored these
reforms were seeking light in other direc-
tions also, they We're very apt to find them
selves the guests of "cranks' upon the food
| question and were thus made the subject
of most of the experiments in vogue at that
period. On one occasion Miss Anthony,
Aaron Powell and oliver Johnson were en-
tertained by prominent and well-to-do peo-
pie III town near New York, who had not
a mouthful for any Of the three meals ex-
cept nuts, apples and coarse bran stirred in
water and baked. At the end of one day the
men ANONYMOUSLY fled and left her to stay
over sunday and hold the Monday meet
lng She lived through it, but on Tuesday
started for New York and never stopped till
she reached Delmonicos, where she reveled
III a porterhouse steak and pot of coffee.
She was not without sentimental adven-
lures. She canvassed the State a number
OF times, and usually in the winter when the
weather was at its worst At Albany. on
one occasion, a wealthy and cultured
Quaker gentleman had been an attentive
and interested listener, and when she took
the stage a few days later at Lake George
she found not only that he was TO be her
fellow passenger, but that he had thick
W
place under her feet Whenever the stage
stopped he had it reheated, and in many
ways added to the comfort of her journey.
At the close of the next meeting, says the
biographer Ito her surprise she found his
fine sleigh waiting filled with robes and
drawn by two spirited gray horses, and he
himself drove her to his own beautiful home
presided over by a sister where she spent
Sunday. In this same luxurious convey
ance she was taken to several towns, and,
during one of these trips was urged in the
most earnest manner to give up the hard
life she was leading and accept tie ease and
protection he could offer. But her heart
made response to this appeal, while it
did urge her strongly to continue in her
chosen work.
BEECHER-TILTONS SCANDAL.
In the summer of 1874 the so-called Beech
er-Tilton scandal, which had been smolder-
ing for a long time, burst into full blaze.
Miss Anthony had been for many years on
intimate terms with all the parties in this
unfortunate affair. and there was a persist
ent rumor that she had at one time received
a confession from Mrs. Tilton which, if CIV
en- by her to the public, would settle the
veXed question beyond doubt. II is scarcely
possible to describe the pressure brought to
bear on her to disclose what she knew. Dur
ing her lecture tours of that summer and
fall while the trial was in progress before
the church committee. she never entered a
railroad car, an omnibus, or a hotel but
there was somebody ready to question her.
In every town and city she was called upon
for an interview before she had time to
brush off the dust of travel. One of the New
York papers detailed a reporter to follow
her from point to point, catch every word
she uttered, ferret out all she said to her
friends, and in some way eXtOrt what was
wanted. She often remarked that in this
case men proved themselves the champion
gosSips of the world" Papers which had be-
friended her and her cause reminded her of
this fact and urged her to return the favor
by telling them what she knew. kilograms
1Ntf
ers and friends. some commencing and beg
ging her to continue silent; others censuring
her and urging her to tell the whole story.
Lawyers connected with the case wrote her
the shrewdest Of pleas, telling her how the
other side were trying to defame her char
acter, and urging her to speak in self-de-
Tense; but it is a significant fact that she
received no official summons either during
the church committee investigation or the
trial in court.
Everybody else. man or woman. who had
the slightest knowledge of the affair. rushed
into print but under all the pressure she re-
manned as immovable and silent as the gran
lite mountains amid which she was born. The
universal desire to have her speak was be-
cause Of the value placed upon her integrity
and veracity. John Hooker, the eminent law
yer of Hartford Conn., brother-in-law of
Mr.. Beecher, voiced the opinion of her
friends when he wrote under date of Nov. 9,
1874: a more truthful person does not live.
The whole world could not get her to go into
a conspiracy against one whom she believed
to be innocent. have perfect confidence in
her truthfulness and always stoutly assert
II.
A few extracts from her diary during
these days will show the trend of her
thoughts:
silence alone is all there is for me at
present. l appreciate never before the
value of having lived an open life
The parlor the street corner, the news
papers, the very air seems full of social
miasma. Sad, sad revelations! There
is nothing more demoralizing than lying
The act itself is scarcely so base as the lie
which denies it. 1t is almost an inn
possibility for man and woman to have
a close, sympathetic friendship without the
tendrils of soul becoming fastened
around the other. with the result of infinite
pain and anguish The great fnan-
cial rings Christian Union, Life of Christ
and Plymouth Church. the three in one
most powerful trinity, seem to have subsi-
died the entire New York press"
SHE COULD NOT TALK.
In her positive refusal to speak the word
which would incriminate woman, Miss
Anthony was actuated by the highest sense
of honor. She loved Mr.. and Mrs. TIlton as
her own family. She had enjoyed the hospi-
tally of their beautiful home and seen their
children grow up from babyhood. Mrs. TIL
ton was one of the loveliest characters she
had