The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1877-05-13

a nay Long to be Remembered nv
Presentation of StatWRry by the
Juvenile Wide Awakcs-Ad dresses
by the Presidents, aud nm Interest
Ing Letter from pr. Mary Stafford
dor the Dulletln.)

The library room was the scene, on
Friday afternoon at three O'Clock, of a
most gratifying and interesting episode
in the history OF the
w0MAN's CLUB AND LIBRARY AssocrA
TIoS.
Al Inc request OF the young ladies' and
gentlemen of the Juvenile Wide Awakes.
special meeting OF the w. c. and Liza
had been called by the president and the
greater number of the members of both
associations, together with a few friends
who were aware OF the interesting oc-
casion, gathered in the pleasant and taste
full room to participate in a delightful
surprise.
A few moments after the appointed
hour, the meeting was called to order by
the president of the Library Association,
who remarked that she was Unable to ex-
plain the object of the meeting fully, and
referred the explanation of it to the
president of the Juvenile Wide Awakes,
who occupied the platform at her left.
In the center of the platform, upon a
table, stood some mysteriously yelled ar
ticles, which the audience regarded with
eager interest. At the conclusion of the
Introductory remarks, Miss Bette kor.-
meyer stepped forward and delivered the
following
PRESENTATION SPEECH:
Mrs. President and Ladies OF the Library AS
ISOLATION
Allow me to express my hcartiest
thanks in the name Of our club to the
president, Mrs. Candee, tor calling this
meeting together, and giving US this OPP
portunity to fulfill wish for which mo-
ment we have all looked forward with
great anxiety. Our weak effort to aid in
ornamenting this hall was crowned with
success. and well may say that we feel
proud TO be able to-day to give more
than mere words or promises. Through
the kind advice OF Mr.. Stafford, we were
directed to Boston to procure what we
wished, and no one better could we think
of to aid US in our selection than DR..
Mary Safford-Blake, through whose
kindness we succeeded In procuring these
busts of Shakespeare, Humboldt, Frank |
lin and Charles Sumner, four great men |
who well deserve to ornament this |
institution of which we are all so proud. |
May this little gift from little folks give |
you all as much pleasure and satisfaction |
as the work for this purpose gave the
Juvenile Wide Awakes. And here
wish to express the thanks of the whole
club to Messrs. Stafford and Hyslop for
their great kindness extended to us.
During the clear and forclble delivery
of this address by the young president OF
the Wide Awakes. and just at the names
OF the pieces, they were unveiled BY
Misses jennie Schutter and Clara Rob.
bins, anda
MURMUR Oh ADMIRATION
Ran through the audience at the beauti-
full and munifcent addition to the inter-
esting and valuable objects al
ready contained in the room.
In reply to Miss Korsmeyer's ad-
dress. Mrs. Candee spoke as follows:
Miss President and young ladies and gentle men
of the .invenile W ide Awakes
In behalf OF the Woman's Club and
Library Association to which you have
just presented your graceful, appropri.
ate and most generous gilt, allow me to
thank you most heartily tor IT, and tor
this great proof of your interest in the |
association and its work, and to assure
you OF the grateful appreciation of its
members, and their warm admiration of
your own endeavors to obtain in the DAYS
OF your youth culture that will ennoble
and purify your own lives, and prove a
blessing to your friends and the world.
An invitation was then given to all
present to
EXAMINE THE sTATUARY
and loud and cordial were the expires. |
siOns of admiration from those who |
crowded around the stand. The busts |
are OF heavy composition, dazzling
white, having the appearance of marble,
and the faces are all remarkably perfect,
natural and beautiful. The ladies who |
are the delighted recipients of such a
noble and unexpected gilt, are indeed
most grateful to the generous young
folks who are so "wide awake" to the |
value of the true and the beautiful, as |
well as those outside of the club who SO |
kindly assisted in the enterprise. The
following
INTERESTING LETTER,
which explains itself, will be read with |
interest by all the friends of the writer |
and those to whom it was addressed;
BOsToN, April 10, 1877.
To Miss Korsmeyer and Miss Jennie sehutter:
My DEAR Young LADIES ~ our note |
has been duly received. l fastened to
execute your commission to the best of
my judgment. 1t seemed TO me that
busts of literary, historic and scientific
kersons would be more inspiring than
pMces of NEUROLOGICAL character or those
fancy ones drawn from the brains OF
poets. l trust my selection will meet
the approval of all concerned. Ii seemed |
to me most appropriate that the king of |
drama, "the first in all literature, -
Shakespeare-should have prominent |
place in your hall, as also Humboldt, the |
prince OF scientists, who, like Shake |
peare, belongs to all Nations, as his work
TO all time. Our own Ben Franklin
always has in store for us good precepts
and practise which it would be well for
the youths Of America to know and
heed. He once said: "My rule is to go
straight forward in doing what appears
to me to be right" No one can ever
look upon the face of Charles Sumner
without remembering what a true friend
he was to the oppressed, and how man.
fully he always stood for justice and
equality for man as for woman. | am
yery much pleased that the young peo-
Die of Cairo are interesting themselves
i'm such good works. We never know
what grand results may grow from small
beginnings, so perseyere in doing the