ry J.
Warfield Clay and daughter Laura, and spoke in the Christian church to a
sympathetic audience. They held meetings at Wilmore, Louisville,
Owensboro, Paducah and Milan, receiving many social courtesies at each
place visited, and they reached Memphis January 17. The management here
was in the capable hands of the Woman's Council and a fine audience
greeted them at the Young Men's Hebrew Association Hall. They were
introduced by their hostess, Mrs. Lide Meriwether, president of the
Equal Suffrage Club, and cordially received. The Appeal, Avalanche and
Scimitar gave long and interesting reports. The next morning Miss
Anthony and Mrs. Catt were handsomely entertained by the ladies of the
Nineteenth Century Club. In the afternoon Mrs. Mary Jameson Judah,
president of the Woman's Club, gave a reception in their honor. Saturday
morning they were guests of the Colored Women's Club; in the afternoon
the Woman's Council, composed of forty-six local clubs, tendered a large
reception, and in the evening they lectured again. Sunday morning they
spoke in the Tabernacle to the colored people; and they left at 5.30 P.
M. feeling they had not wasted much time at Memphis.

[Illustration: Autograph: "For your lifelong work for Truth and Liberty
I am, Gratefully yours, Laura Clay."]

They reached New Orleans Monday morning; were met at the train by the
president and several members of the Portia Club, and escorted to the
residence of Judge Merrick. Each of the daily papers contained lengthy
and excellent mention of the lectures. The Picayune said at the
beginning of a four-column report:

If any one doubted the interest that southern women feel in the
all-absorbing question of the day, "Woman and her Rights," that
idea would have forever been dispelled by a glance at the splendid
audience assembled last night to hear Miss Susan B. Anthony, the
world-famed apostle of woman suffrage, and Mrs. Carrie Chapman
Catt, the distinguished western leader. The hall was literally
packed to overflowing, not only with women but with men, prominent
representatives in every walk of life. Standing room was at a
premium, corridors and windows were filled with a sea of earnest,
interested faces, the name of Miss Anthony was on every lip, and
all eyes were directed to the platform, which was beautifully
decorated with palms and potted plants, the suffrage color, yellow,
predominating amon