of the Evening" was announced and,
amidst long continued applause and waving of handkerchiefs, Miss Anthony
arose and made one of those little speeches that never can be reported,
in which she said:

I have been half inclined while listening here to believe that I
had passed on to the beyond. If there is one thing I hope for more
than another, it is that, should I stay on this planet thirty years
longer, I still may be worthy of the wonderful respect you have
manifested for me tonight. The one thought I wish to express is how
little my friend or I could have accomplished alone. What she said
is true; I have been a thorn in her side and in that of her family
too, I fear. I never expect to know any joy in this world equal to
that of going up and down the land, getting good editorials
written, engaging halls, and circulating Mrs. Stanton's speeches.
If I ever have had any inspiration she has given it to me, for I
never could have done my work if I had not had this woman at my
right hand. If I had had a husband and children, or opposition in
my own home, I never could have done it. My father and mother, my
brothers and sisters, those who are gone and those who are left,
all have been a help to me. How much depends on the sympathy and
co-operation of those about us! It is not necessary for all to go
to the front. Every woman presiding over her table in the homes
where I have been, has helped sustain me, I wish they could know
how much.

Poems were read or sent by Harriet Hosmer, Elizabeth Boynton Harbert,
Alice Williams Brotherton and a number of others. At the close of Mrs.
Hooker's verses entitled "Should Auld Acquaintance be Forgot?" the
entire company arose and sang two stanzas of "Auld Lang Syne," led by
the venerable John Hutchinson. From the many letters received only a few
extracts can be given:

Allow me to congratulate you on your safe arrival at the age of
threescore and ten. How much we may congratulate ourselves on the
great gains that have come to woman during these years; gains for
which you have worked so hard and so long! Hoping that you may
still be on this planet when the ballot is the sure possession of
our sex, I am very truly your co-worker,

LUCY STONE.

None can more heartily congratulate thee on thy threescore and t