f children, than heirs--heirs of God and joint
heirs with Christ." "In the preaching of the Gospel of all nations,"
she said, "it has been recognized that in Christ there is neither Jew
nor Gentile; while in breaking the fetters of millions of slaves it
also has been recognized that in Him there is neither bond nor free.
The world still awaits the time when it will be proclaimed that in Him
there is neither male nor female."[31]

Monday, February 15, was Miss Anthony's 84th birthday and it was a
coincidence that on the morning of that day the convention should be
opened with prayer by the Rev. Edward Everett Hale, chaplain of the
Senate, a life-long opponent of woman suffrage. When he was invited to
come he asked definite assurance that it would not be interpreted that
he had changed his opinion.[32] The air of the hall was fragrant with
the flowers that had been sent in honor of the birthday, and, as the
usual tribute of the convention, it made its pledges of money for the
expenses of the coming year. Mrs. Upton asked for $4,000 and nearly
$5,000 were quickly subscribed.[33]

The preceding day Mrs. John B. Henderson had given a 12 o'clock
birthday breakfast for Miss Anthony at her handsome home, Boundary
Castle, attended by the national officers and a number of invited
guests. In the evening a social reunion for the officers, delegates
and speakers was held in the banquet room of the Shoreham Hotel, which
was the convention headquarters. On the afternoon of the birthday
President and Mrs. Roosevelt received the members of the convention
with much cordiality. From the White House they went to a reception
given by Miss Clara Barton in her interesting home at Glen Echo, near
Washington. The nearly five hundred visitors received a warm welcome
and enjoyed wandering through the unique house built of lumber left
after the Johnstown flood, unplastered and the walls draped with the
flags of many nations that had been presented to her by their rulers.
At urgent request Miss Barton brought forth the laces, jewels, medals
and decorations given to her by the dignitaries and crowned heads of
Europe for her distinguished services in behalf of the Red Cross,
such a collection, it was said, as no other woman possessed.

The convention was largely in the nature of a Colorado jubilee, as its
women ten years before had cast their first vote, having been
enfranchised in the autumn of 1893. The program for two evenings was
given up to m