people of the city of which she has, for many years, been a
resident. It is not intended as a demonstration in behalf of the
cause with which she has been especially identified. Its meaning is
deeper and its scope is broader than this. It is the woman, rather
than the advocate, who is to be honored....

Rochester is proud of Susan B. Anthony--proud that it can call her
its citizen. It has come to appreciate her quality. It understands,
not alone that she has stood in the front ranks of those who have
done battle for the equality of woman with man at the ballot-box,
but that she has also done much for the emancipation of woman from
civil thralldom and social inferiority, and that in all good causes
she has been distinguished--in philanthropies as in politics, in
the reformation of moral abuses as in the righting of what seemed
to her civic wrongs. As her work has proceeded, she has conquered
prejudice and persuaded respect--respect for herself independent of
and even superior to that for the causes in which she has enlisted.
And so it occurs that the citizens of Rochester, without regard to
the opinions they entertain upon woman suffrage and cognate
movements, but wholly in admiration and affection for a noble
woman, unite in the reception which awaits her, cordial and full of
meaning. It will be a notable occasion, and one long to be
remembered.

The daily papers gave long and elaborate reports of this great
reception, headed, "Our beloved Susan; Two thousand hands grasped by the
Grand Old Woman;" "Rochester Shows its Love for Her," etc., etc. A
portion of the Herald account may be quoted as indicating the tone of
all:

The reception accorded to Susan B. Anthony at Powers Hall by the
woman's clubs of Rochester was one of the most brilliant events of
the kind ever held in this city. All the prominent people of both
sexes were there, and each vied with the others in doing honor to
the woman whose splendid attributes of mind and heart have
reflected so much credit on the city. But little preliminary work
was needed, as it partook largely of the nature of a spontaneous
tribute. Fully 2,000 people, representing the beauty, wealth and
intelligence of the city, passed before this unostentatious, kindly
woman during the evening and esteemed it an honor to press her