National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1881-03-07
HOLDING THE FORT.
Temperance Women sn TOwn-Thc Hayes
Memorial Painting.

Memorial PAINTING.
| One of the notable incidents of the
inaugural week is the presentation of the full
| length $500 portrait of Mrs. Lucy W. Hayes.
The formal public exercises take place at Lincoln
Hail this evening Full notice is found in this is
sue of THE REPUBLICAN elsewhere.
On Thursday afternoon the painting was privately
shown to Mr.. and Mrs. Hayes, who both feelingly
expressed their pleasure and their thanks to the
ladies OF the National Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union for their kind remembrance and their
satisfaction with the work ofthe artist Huntington
On Saturday evening the committee asked
the pleasure of President Garfield as to
the time and manner of its being placed
in the White House. He granted them immediate
audience, and specified Tuesday (to-morrow)
when a special committee of twenty five viii form
ally place the painting in its future resting place
in the East Room-a graceful and perpetual tribnte
of the temperance women to the loyalty of Mrs.
Hayes to principle when put to its severest test.
The presence of so many notable temperance
workers caused the churches to be thrown open to
their earnest words last evening and aspecie meet
ing wasarranged for Lincoln Hall at p. m at which
time and place even standing room was at a pre-
MUM. Mrs. Ellen G. Foster the talented and
cultivated lOdy lawyer of Iowa. was the principal
speaker. By her wOmanly manner well as her
manly words and inspiring thoughts she aroused
the enthusiasm of her vast audience, and left
most favorable impression and food for thought
Mrs Fannie Barnes, of New York, president of the
Young Ladies' Christian Temperance Union
was the next speaker. Her youthful face
and elegant attire attracted much attention,
bat did not detract from her forcible words and
rhythmic sentences.
Miss Frances Willard the president of the Wo-
mans National Christian Temperance Union was
held for the last speaker. No more need be said
that she added N hprf former f,,,,a aud
made all feel her fitness for her high calling and
responsible position. The Metropolitan Church in
the evening was crowded with eager listeners to
the eloquent plea of Miss Willard in behalf of
temperance.
vast audience thronged the Congregational
Church to hear Miss Mary Woodbridge, one of the
most earnest and devoted of the whole band of
noble sisters, and they hope for the time when
they may hear her more.
At the Foundry Church there was another crowd
as Mrs. Foster had been announced to speak
After the usual opening exercises, Mrs. Foster de-
liyered one of her most famous lectures" The
Legal Aspect ofthe Temperance Question" 1t was
received with marked favor, the sacredness Ofthe
place and day hardly serving to repress applause at
various points.
THE MRS. HAYES TESTIMONIAL.
At the temperance testimonial meeting az Lin
coin Hall this evening, when the formal presenta-
ton of Huntingtons portrait to Mrs. Hayes, which
is designed to grace the White House will be
made, the following programme, inteIspersed with
music, will be presented: Reading of the " Cru
SADIE Psalm" (xlvi) Miss Esther Pugh, New York;
prayer, Rev. Dr. John Lanahan; address and I'M
yelling of the portrait, Miss Frances E. Willard,
Illinois; address, Rev. Frederick Merrick, Ohio;
address. Mrs Mary \. Woodbridge, Ohio; address,
Mrs. j. Ellen Foster, Iowa; benediction, Rev F. D.
Power