hing
speaks so strongly of freedom as the fact that the descendants of
those who went through that great agony--which, thank Heaven, has
passed away--have now full opportunities and can help to
celebrate my fifty years' work for liberty. I am glad of the
gains the half-century has brought to the women of Anglo-Saxon
birth. And I am glad above all else that the time is coming when
all women alike shall have the fullest rights of citizenship.

I thank you all. If I have had one regret this afternoon, it is
that some whom I have longed to have with me can not be here,
especially Mrs. Stanton. I want to impress the fact that my work
could have accomplished nothing if I had not been surrounded with
earnest and capable co-workers. Then, good friends, I have had a
home in which my father and mother, brothers and sisters, one and
all, stood at my back and helped me to success. I always have had
this co-operation and I have yet one sister left, who makes a
home for me and aids my work in every possible way....

I have shed no tears on arriving at a birthday ten years beyond
the age set for humanity. I have shed none over resigning the
presidency of the association. I am glad to give it up. I do it
cheerfully. And even so, when my time comes, I shall pass on
further, and accept my new place and vocation just as cheerfully
as I have touched this landmark.

I have passed as the leader of the association of which I have
been a member for so long, but I am not through working, for I
shall work to the end of my time, and when I am called home, if
there exist an immortal spirit, mine will still be with you,
watching and inspiring you.

Miss Anthony's words and manner thrilled every heart and left the
audience in a state of exaltation.

In the evening, the Corcoran Art Gallery, one of the world's beautiful
buildings, was thrown open for the birthday reception. A colored
orchestra, under the leadership of Mr. Douglass, rendered a musical
program. President Kauffman, of the Board of Trustees, presented the
visitors to the guest of honor, and the birthday committee assisted in
receiving. Although Miss Anthony had attended a business meeting in
the morning, and been the central figure in the celebration of the
afternoon lasting until 6 o'clock, she was so alert, happy and
vivacious during the entire ev