Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-08

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ing the inscription. For she's the pink
of womanhood and blooms without a
peer she expressed her appreciation in
part in the following words: How
much depends upon the sympathy and
cooperation of those about us. It is
not necessary for all to go to the front.
Every woman presiding over the table
in the homes where I have been has
helped me, I wish they could know how
much.
When Susan B. Anthony reached her
eightieth birthday anniversary, there was
no corner of the civilized world where
her name was not known and loved. 1t
required one of the largest theaters in
the Capital City in which to pay suita-
BILE homage to her fame. Never did the
walls of the La Fayette Opera House
ring with more genial plaudits than on
February IS, 1900. Mrs. Gaffney, presi-
dent of the Woman's Council, ended an
eloquent tribute with these words
Miss Anthony taught us the sisterhood
of women, and that the privilege of one
class could not Offset the wrongs Of an
other"
The representative of the legal pro-
| fession said: I'm the future genera
lions, when the courts of law shall have
become courts Of justice, woman law
yers will think of Susan B. Anthony as
one who paved the way and made it
possible"
The eighty-sixth and last birth an
niversary was observed in the Univer-
salist Church, in Washington, where so
many suffrage conventions did their
splendid work. After an evening of
many tributes from the great ones of
Roosevelt, the President of the United
States. which said: pray let me join
with you in congratulating Miss An
thony upon her eighty-sixth birthday
and in extending to her most hearty
good wishes for her continuation OF her
useful and honorable life" Weak as
she was from the strain OF the cere-
monies, she walked to the front OF the
stage and said: when will men do
something besides extend congratula-
lions. 1 would rather have President
Roosevelt say one word to Congress
about amending the Constitution to
give women the vote than to praise me
| endleSsly."
One of Noted Group.
Thus was the last birthday celebra-
ton closed with a gentle rebuke to
those in authority who would not see the
Justice of her long life Of service to her
country. Susan B. Anthony was APP
preciative in the highest degree OF the
women who so Loyalty supported her.
In the first years of her public work she
was the center of the historic group OF
abolitionists, working for the freedom
of the slaves. William Lloyd Garrison,
Henry Ward Beecher, Wendell Phillips,
Harriet Beecher Stowe, Julia Ward
Howe and a score of brave men and
women, who gladly welcomed her as
one who could become the center OF the
rising tide of reform.
AS the older ones fall out in the prog
ress of years and fight for the freedom
of the race gave way to the freedom OF
woman. she gathered around her small
group of consecrated women. Elizabeth
Cady Station was the friend for so
years. Her first lieutenant, as Miss
Anthony expressed it, was DR.. Anna
Howard Shaw. DR.. Shaw was the great
orator of the suffrage cause, and be-
came president of the National Amer
lean Woman Suffrage Association, fol-
lowed by the illustriouS Carrie Chap
man Gait, who has continued to serve
with signal ability the cause OF
humanity.
stairs of her home upon her return
from the triumph and tears OF the SUI
frage convention in Baltimore and the
last birthday celebration in Washing
ton in 1905. she said adieu to the world,
although she fingered about one month
DR.. Shaw, by a premonition born OF
the spiritual tie that existed between
her and Miss Anthony was with her
clasping her hand through the last
Ac
quaker gray caSket, resting upon a
foundation Of white silk and lace chif-
fon. she was indeed beautiful. Her
body lay in state in the large Presby-
terrain Church in Rochester. 1t was
estimated that as many as 10000 per-
sons passed before her paying their last
tribute Of loving remembrance. The
formal exel else lasted an hour, during
which time the waiting throng stood in
the bitter cold and binding snow
storm in silent reverence.
Slowly they filed past the bier, the
people, the common people whom
Abraham Lincoln and Susan B.
Anthony loved with the love that was
more divine than human. Women
brought little children to look upon her
face, that in after years they might
say that they had seen the greatest
woman in history. Every creed, color
political party and plane of life was
there. Ali had at some time received
announcement and inspiration from her
words and deeds. There were more
messages of coincidence and more edi-
toriaI comments made upon her life
than has ever been known except in
the case of Queen Victoria,
Susan B. Anthony has been called
by many names in the effort to
describe and explain her rare combina-
ton of feminine graces and masculine
strength. She was to some the Moses
that led the women to the promised
land of political freedom, to others, the
Napoleon who led the suffrage army OF
earnest women.
In 1920 a resolution was UNANIMOUSLY
Endorsed: "That women all over the
country would okSArYe susan u.