Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1924-02-16
SUSAN B. ANTHONY DECLARED
AMONG GREAT U.s.. EMANCIPATORS
Speakers at Observance of Suffrage Leaders 10Th
Birth Anniversary Place Her With
Lincoln.

Eulogies and "reminiscences of Susan
B. Anthony. pioneer suffragist. and
other features indicating the esteem
in which she Is held by thousands OF
admirers. marked a celebration of her
104th birthday, under the auspices Of
the Anthony League Of the District OF
Columbia, In Central High School last
night.
I'VE must see that Susan u. An
thony Is honored as one of the three
great emancipators OF this country
and Is put In class with Abraham
Lincoln and George Washington" de-
clared Mrs. Nanette b. Paul. vice
president Of the Anthony League. and
this was the general sentiment ex-
pressed by each succeeding speaker.
An oil painting Of Miss Anthony by
the late Max Weyl, was placed on the
left of the stage, the easel decorated
with evergreens and holly. Upon TINS
led of evergreen 104 yellow roses were
placed by procession of girls later IN
the evening. Each rose was symbolic
of one year since the birth or MISS
Anthony. The ceremony recalled that
it was upon Miss Anthony's eighty
sixth birthday anniversary that sne
was presented Win eighty -siA io"eS
by little children.
Represented GIFT to Memorial.
Each rose placed upon the easel
last night represented a gift or II
from a member of the league toward
the erection of n memorial In TINS
city to Miss Anthony. The proposed
memorial is expected to cost $1,000
900.
Eulogies were delivered both b, :
fore and after the rose ceremony.
Mrs. Ida Hustler Harper, author OF
Life and Works of Susan b. Anthony"
who knew Miss Anthony long and in
timately, spoke concerning Miss An
thony enthusiastically and interest
ingly, though very briefly.
Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton. Vice
chairman of the republican national
committee. said that Miss Anthony
began her career as a suffragist In
ISIS She told of many personal chats
she had with her. She said that Mist
Anthony had worked and fought fol
woman suffrage in the face of obsta-
cles My cause is right and VIII WIN
was Miss Anthony's motto. she said
Mrs. Upton told of making many
Journeys up on the Hilr' with Miss
Anthony, to see senators and repre-
sentatives in an effort to obtain the
law which afterward became known
as the nineteenth amendment. She
told OF listening with Miss Anthony,
to an address delivered by a repre-
sentative, in which the latter had
said. IF we give the women the vote,
what will we have in Congress-bon-
nets and bustles." She also recount
ed how she, herself, had been against
Miss Anthony after having heard the
latter sneak for the first time, but had
eventually became one of her ardent
supporters.
Generosity Lauded.
She was so generous that she would
give away everything that she had and
was so loving that she gathered every
body TO her heart continued Mrs. Up
ton. She was always helping the OPP
pressed"
Miss Janet Richards. who also knew
Miss Anthony personally, said that the
outrage pioneer was the most unseifish
and impersonal worker that she ever
saw. women of today have the fran
chise because of her faithful work and
toll" she declared.
Mrs. William f. Chamberlin, presi-
dent of the Women's City Club, praised
the work of Miss Anthony and said that
women as voters should cooperate in
every way possible with men to better
social and economic conditions.
Judge Mary O'Toole of the Municipal
Court made brief address. in which
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