New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-02-17
Broken Ankle DetainS Her,
but Miss Anthony Comes,
Arm in a Sling.
RUSSIAN DANCER IN
FIRST ENGLISH SPEECH
Mrs. Gait, at Suffrage Party. Says
Susan 3. Anthony Wanted To
BE Great Financicr.

b. Anna Howard Shaw Wa not PEI
N tilted to attend her oirihGa- party yes
te~Iay afternoon a. the BIltmore. bal
Miss Lucy Anthony. riece OF susan y
Anthony. was there win hcr broken N
g., sing. Dr. Shaw w.otc a letter 20 her
birthday friends i1 which she cad that
she WAS "a prisorc- IKE President VIII
son. and tGat alone prevented her from
te.ag present IN spite OF tho broken ankle
which sne injured S-.G~Gay arternoon
Til, dramatic fcto and tea. Under the
auspices OF the New York STATE Woman
s-ffra-e Association. was tho regular al
LUal suffrage celebration of the birthdays
of Susan y. Anthony ana Or. Shaw. THIS
rear. however. there was added a thiyd
name. that Of the Russian rcyolUtiouist,
"l3aboushka. little mother" She was
called To- thu memory OF the audience by
Lydia Lopoukowa. the Russian cancer.
who bra,ed tho dangers OF first speech
IN English for her countryw oman SAKE.
The little dancer was easily the darling
Of the occasion. as with dtfident ac-
cent but courageous smile she said
This is my first speech in English, hut
! am glad TO he able to speak for the
cause We all have at heart am a Rus
sian. and ] was educated by the official
generosity Of the Gar Nv life has been
all sunshine and kindness, but now that
have become woman OF the world
realize that it is for the interest Of ali
women to reach their full freedom We
have in Russia many great champions OF
freedom. Away off in Siberia to-day is
ono who has lived ana suffered much for
that cause. ! refer TO Baboushka. our
little mother 1t happens that to-day,
which is the birthday OF your two great
women leaders. is also her birthday. and
that is why ! come 10 ask that While
YOU are honoring them you viii remem-
Der her in her lonely exile"
The programme included the "Emanc-
patton Dance" by Florence Fleming
Moves: readings from the poems Of Rabin-
dranath Tagorc by Edith Wynne Mat
thson. scene from La Cordette" by
Pillar Norm. and new suffrag e march by
Zera 5. Hawn.
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Gait made short
suffrage speech. She reminded the wom-
en- that suffragsts didn't always make
speeches because that was the thing they
loved best of anything in the world. Susan
b. Anthony had always wanted 70 be a
tinancier, she said. and DR.. Shaw had al
ways wanted 10 90 on the stage. Susan
b. Anthony particularly did not enjoy
the stigma attached 10 the name of suf-
fragists. She was sensitive about her
personal appearance. and one OF the BIT
terest experiences in her life was when,
after she had made a very elegant black
silk dress for suffrage convention the
press reports said that Miss Anthony pre-
sided, dressed as usual In a rusty black
alpaca dress. much too short in front.
After the programme the fifteen hun
dred guests sWarmed around the thirty
five actresses who presided at the tea
tables. Lillian Russell. Frances Starr,
Mabel Taliaferro Fola La Toilette. Con-
stance Collier. Grace Elliston, Edith
Wynne Matthison. Dorothy Donnelly ard
Grace F'lkins were among the busiest
hostesses.
Among the patrons were Mrs. John W.
Alexander Mrs. Francis HigSinson Ca
bot Mrs. Bourke Cochran, Mrs Everett
Colby. Mrs. Fl. Edward Drier, Mrs. Simon
Flexner, Mrs. Leigh French, Mrs. John
Purroy Mitchell, Mr.. and Mrs. Percy Mac
kaye. Mrs. Howard Mansfield, Sir and
Lady Forbes Robertson, Miss Ellen Glas-
cow, Mrs Norman Hapgood, Daniel
Frohman. William a Brady, B. f. keith,
Charles Ram Kennedy, Mrs Charles TIL
fanny and Mrs Benjamin Guggenheim.
A number OF pretty debutantes. in white
gowns and Dutch caps. acted as ushers.
under the direction OF Mrs. Henry W.
Cannon