e-president-at-large was full of the little
touches of humor for which she was noted:

The report of my specific work would not take long; but the work
that really did count for our association began last May, when
your president and I were invited to California. On the way we
stopped first at St. Louis, where Miss Anthony spoke before the
Women's Federation, the Woman's Council, and the State W. S. A.
From there we went to Denver, where we had a remarkable meeting,
and a warm greeting was given to Miss Anthony by the newly
enfranchised women of Colorado. It was pleasant to find them so
grateful to the pioneers. The large opera house was packed, and a
reception, in which the newspapers estimated that 1,500 persons
took part, was afterwards given at the Palace Hotel.

From Denver we went to Cheyenne, where we addressed the citizens,
men and women. For once there were present at our meeting quite
as many men as women, and not only ordinary but extraordinary
men. After introducing us to the audience, Mrs. Theresa A.
Jenkins introduced the audience to us. It included the Governor,
Senators, Representatives, Judges of the Supreme Court, city
officials, and never so many majors and colonels, and it showed
that where women have a vote, men think their meetings are worth
going to. We were the guests of the Governor during our stay in
Colorado, and guests of a U. S. Senator in Wyoming. At Salt Lake
all the city turned out, and I spoke in the Tabernacle to the
largest audience I ever had. It was sympathetic too, for Utah
people are accustomed to go to church and listen. At Ogden they
had to take two buildings for the meeting. At Reno, Nevada, there
was a large audience.

The Woman's Congress at San Francisco was the most marvelous
gathering I ever saw. The newspapers said the men were all
hypnotized, or they would not stand on the sidewalk two hours to
get into a church. Every subject considered during the whole
week, whether it was the care of children or the decoration of
the home, turned on the ballot for women, and Susan B. Anthony
was the belle of the ball. The superintendent of San Francisco
closed the schools that Miss Anthony might address the 900
teachers. The Ministers' Association passed resolutions favoring
the amendment. We went the whol