Show SENT HER REGRETS miss susan B anthony could not be present new york feb 21 miss susan 13 anthony in her telegram of regret at not being able to appear at the luncheon lu 11 ch given this afternoon at hotel ast aslor or by the interurban inter antor urban political equality league in ill honor 0 of her birthday said tho the word of a woman of 86 cannot be b e relied on like that of a girl of 16 the assembled Lem bled suffragists telegraphed in reply that thal they would look forward to having her with them on her birthday miss anthonys illness is not believed to be serious the luncheon was the largest ever given in tit the hotel astor and brought together the advocates of the cause of woman suffrage from far and near william lloyd garrison son of the abolitionist was at the head of the table and his sister mra henry all lard sat with twenty one club presidents at another table in the bentler of the room mrs elizabeth Elizab etli smith miller of genenz N Y daughter of gerrett smith who was associated associates 4 with his cousin elizabeth cady stanton in the first equal rights convention at seneca falls Y was the observed of all observe observers e r 6 miss kliss adelaid johnson sculptor of a portrait bust of miss aless anthony which was placed in the metropolitan museum yesterday sat at the sculptors table miss aliss ellza eliza A osborne Os boroc a niece of lucretia mott was also there with countess rez daughter of mrs Dl elizabeth izabeth phelps in whose house housa the revolution the first organ of the woman woma suffrage u movement was planned mrs ullie devereaux reaux blake whose name la Is closely associated with teat of mis miss anthony and mrs stanton was detained by illness the event of the afternoon was the i address of william M ivins tha republican candidate for mayor last fall who declared that there was nothing nearer to his heart than the cause represented by the festivities of the day the toastmistress mra alre carrl carrie chapman catt introduced mr ivins as a new man 1 |