Rev. Patton for sermon, regrets it, Mrs. Stn. approves, 596;
sends out Palmer's speech, goes to Mass., then to New Orleans Expo.,
guest of Mrs. Merrick, many addresses, trib. of Picayune, 597;
cordial recep., at Bishop's University, at St. Louis, message of J.
Ellen Foster, death of Grant, goes to Boston to rec. Eddy legacy,
fright on sleeper, 598;
appeals to share money, friends who repudiated come flocking back,
determined to finish Hist. Wom. Suff., agreement with Fowler and
Wells, 599;
buys out their rights, begins work again at Tenafly, assumes all
financ. responsibil., grief at not being a writer, good critic,
keeps Mrs. Stn. keyed up, applies lash to own back, 600;
meets Miss Eddy, they go to Mrs. Stn.'s, A. commends her, drudgery
on Hist., women complain of Mrs. Stn.'s blue pencil, between two
fires, 601;
refuses appeals for speeches, dislike of literary work, Mrs. Stn.'s
70th birthday, trib. from H. Stn. Blatch., 602;
comforts Julia and Rachel Foster at death of mother, 603;
starts to Wash. with light heart, taste in dress, holds members of
Cong. to their word, 605;
humorous note from Sen. Blair, A. directly connected with all cong.
action on wom. suff., 606;
at Wash. con., rec. $100 from Childs, looking after congressmen,
extracts from diary, Stanford, Dolph, 607;
Eustis, lets. from Mrs. Merrick, O. Brown, sends P. Couzins $100,
Vol. III of Hist. completed, visits in Kan., 608;
speaks at Salina for W. C. T. U., at Lake Bluff, Ill., camp meet.,
at Lake Geneva accompanied by Susie B., at Miss Willard's, at
Racine, at St. Louis, at Leav., spks. in cong. dists. of Kan., 609;
splendid audiences, mother brings baby for her to take in arms,
Baptist minister refuses church and then blesses meet., 610;
"spirit wd. not always soar," Municipal Suff. Bill signed on 67th
birthday, Chief-Justice Horton congratulates her, at Racine, 611;
canvasses Wis., eloquence in State House, lively let. to Mrs.
Spofford, get orthodox church for con., 612;
immense amount of money put into Hist. Wom. Suff., years of careful
collecting and saving of material, resume of the work, 613;
world indebted to her for it, in over 1,000 libraries, commendatory
lets., 614;
from Mary L. Booth, 615;
D. W. Wilder, Sarah B. Cooper, hopes to publish Vol.