Evening star., 1935-02-16
|CAP|TAL HONORS
SUSAN B. ANTHONY
Mrs. Roosevelt Sends
Wreath and Organizations
Join in Tribute.

The ll5th anniversary Of the birth
of Susan B. Anthony, pioneer suffragist
ard champion for women's rights, was
observed throughout the city yesterday
under auspices Of various organizations.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt sent a
wreath to the Capitol to be placed on
The Anthony Mott Stanton statue. Mrs.
Roosevelt also sent a letter to Mrs.
Anna e. Hendley, presiding at the
memorial services last night in the
Congregational Church, Tenth and G
streets.
Bedecked with flags and buntings
of the various Anthony forums
and foundations. the Congregational
Church was the scene Of impressive
services that climaxed a day Of solid
tribute to the woman who blaZed the
trail for woman suffrage
Many Leaders Pay Tribute.
Tributes to Miss Anthony were paid
by Carrie. Chapman Gait, Janet Rich
ards. Adelaide johnson, Mary Church
Terrell, Mrs. Elwood Street, Represen-
tative Catherine ODay, Marion T.
Sawtelle, Jesse c. Suter and Theodore
w. Noyes. who wrote:
THE indomitable spirit Of Susan
B. Anthony. the emancipator, did not
die with her body, but lives and to-
day inspires the women of America
to press forward irresistably to full
completion Of her labor OF emancipa-
tion. She fought for political equity
OF all OF the women of the Nation
and not for all except those of the
District Of Columbia.
Fight for All Women.
"She fought for political equity fol
all Of the women of the Nation and
not for all except those OF the District
Of Columbia. Who believes that hel
labor of emancipation is complete II
the women Of the District are aban.
doned 10 the status of VoteleS.
League Of Women Voters, after they
had fought side by side with the
women Of the States to win for them
the sovereign right Of voting repre-
sentation in Congress and the Electora
College?
There has been no such shamefu
abandonment. The most enthusiastic
the most fervent, the most determined
the most effective advocates of voting
representation for the people Of the
District in Congress and the Elec.
toral College are the organized womer
nf Apnarico {r L.,
and nationally in every State of tn,
Union. When our campaign to wir
political equity for the women (anc
mem Of the District is won and fina
victory Is as certain as the risinf
| and setting of the sun-then only
will our tribute Of honor to Susar
B. Anthony be perfected.
In keeping with this thought, tina,
the women Of the District also should
,, have suffrage. Miss Anthony's great
grand-niece, little Miss Nancy Win
chell Of Severna. Md. stepped to the
| stage and announced that she is get.
ting signatures to a petition to be pre-
sented to Congress asking nations
representation for the District Of Co.
lumbia."
Members of Family Attend.
Five members of the Anthony fami-
ly were present at the services: Flor
ence z. Mosher, Marion D. Mosher
Wendall Phillips Mosher. Mrs. Mary
Mosher Wendall. and Susan B. An.
thony, a grand-niece Of the suffrage
leader.
Miss Anthony ard Mr.. Mosher pre-.
sented sketches from the life of theil
kinswoman, facts based on the three.
volume biography by the late Ids
Hustled Harper.
Invocation and offertory were sale
by DR.. Allen A. Stockdale, pastor o,
the church. Benediction was pro.
nounced by DR.. Bartlett B. James
The musical program was under di.
rection of Ruby Smith Stahl.
One Of the features of the evening
was the impersonation Of Miss An.
thony by Mrs. Clestelle M. Lewis, who
portrayed the woman with the nttl,
red shawl"
Copeland Pays Tribute.
Paul de Long Gable was at tn,
| organ.
A letter from Ellen Spenser Mussey
recalled seeing Susan B. Anthony a
meeting in old Lincoln Hall, Ninth
and D streets, in the Winter of 1910
Representative Virginia s. Jenckes
scheduled as the principal speaker
was unable to attend.
In the Senate Senator Royal 8
Copeland Of New York paid tribute t
Miss Anthony. Representative U. S
Guyer Of Kansas spoke in the House
At the Corcoran Art Gallery paint
ing of the suffrage leader was put OF
exhibition. to remain until the end O
this month.
Other tributes were paid by Repre-
sentative Isabella Greenway. Mrs
Ernest Daniel. Mrs. Lucie Hannar
Hadley. Mrs. Henry Fenno Sawtelle
Anita Pollitzer and Mrs. Karl Greene
Supt. of Schools Frank w. Ballol
instructed all principals Of junior ans
senior high schools in the city and th'
| presidents of the two teachers col
leges to set aside school period fo
study Of the life and works of SuSar
B. Anthony Students were referred
] to books and periodicals setting forth
the activities Of this famous woman.
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