Evening star., 1934-08-05

his living by blacksmithing. His
salary during the first 10 years he
preached amounted to $3.50 all told.
He began to make money out Of the
pulpit, however, when he came over
to the Unitarians. When he left
Chicago several years ago for New
York he came to take a salary OF
SIS 1000. suppose he is now paid much
more.
Four distinguished visitors sat in
the Senate galleries at the same time
yesterday. They were Lily Langtry,
the fat boy from the dime museum,
colored Senator Bruce, and little
man with a monstrous head, which,
for $3.50 cash in hand, he has willed
to medical college in this city. The
fat boy looked out of little pig-hke
eyes at the great men below. while he
made sleepy remarks to very lean
woman who sat beside him. Langtry
had not taken her seat five minutes
before the chivalrous Senator Bayard
of Delaware, had left the Senate floor
and was seated beside her. He pointed
out to her the big guns of the Senate
then took her down to lunch and
acted as her guide about the Capitol.
Senator Bruce sat in the executive
gallery, his wife beside him. He Is
now As years old, and he is the lead
ing man of his race in the United
States. He was born slave in Vir-
ginia about the time President Har-
rison died here. AS registrar Of the
Treasury Bruce is very well liked. He
has saved some money since he came
to Washington, and he owns a pleas
ant brick house on Ninth street,
where he lives in good style.
An Early Suffragette.
Susan B. Anthony is back from
Europe, and is here for the Winters
fight on behalf of suffrage. She seems
remarkably well, and tells me she has
gained Is pounds since she sailed last
Spring Miss Anthony is SO years
old. but she looks just the same as she
did 20 years ago. There is perhaps
an extra wrinkle in her face, a few
new strands of silver in her black hair,
but her blue eyes are just as bright,
her mouth just as serious. and her
step just as active as when she was
40. Susan B. Anthony would at
tract attention in any crowd. She is
of medium height and medium form.
but her face is wonderfully intellect
ual, and she moves about like the
woman with a purpose that she is.
She has a high narrow forehead. a
straight nose, rather heavy Jaws and
her eyes are generally clad in a pair
Of gold-rimmed spectacles.
1t is now 35 years since Miss
Anthony, a country school teacher,
first attended a woman's convention
at Rochester, N. Y. 1t was then that
she decided to devote herself to the
later she formed an alliance with
Elizabeth Cady Stanton. and since
then they have been the two great
leaders of the movement. Susan is
the better thinker, Cady the better
writer; hand in hand they make a
powerful team. Miss Anthony tells
me that Mrs. Stanton will be here to
assist her later in the session, and
that they hope to obtain at least a
test vote on some of the great woman
questions. She says she experiences
far different treatment from public
men now than she did some years
ago. The statesman of the past re-
ceived her with a smirk on his face
as though he considered the idea of
women'S rights nonsenSical, and
thought himself wonderfully con-
descending to take notice of her at
all. Now" she says, I'VE are treated
differently" Public men look upon
our mission as a matter of business.
We are considered from that stand
point.