The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-09-13
A CHICAGO TEMPERANCE QUEEN.

She Begins the Erection of S1,OOO,00
Temperance Temple.
Mrs. Title n. Carse, president of the
Chicago central division Of the w. G. T.
e., is pointed out to strangers in the
windy city as the srsartest woman on
the shores of Lake Michigan. Ten years
ago, when she talked about building
million dollar temperance temple in the
business part of Chicago, the white rib
bon ladies laughed at her. Today it is
foregone conclusion.
A short time ago Marshall Field, the
dry goods prince, began the erection of
warehouse on the corner of Adams and
Lasalle streets. The excavation was
made and the foundation nearly COM
pleted when his former partner, L. q.
Letter, interrupted operations with a
lawsuit. He lost, and when the way was
again clear Mr. Field was too much
engrossed with other interests to resume
the work In the meantime Title M.
CaTse had been watching the corner and
begging money to build the temple. Just
how much capital had fallen into her
beautifully gloved hands was unknown,
but she saw Mr.. Field, got hi4 to take
500, 900 worth of stock in tbs temple,
give her ninety-nine year lease of the
property at $40, 600 year and free rent
until the building was erected. The tenn
pie is going up away up eleven stories;
it is heavily bonded, but sure to be a
good paying investment. One-fourth of
one floor will be used by the temperance
people and the other ten and three-quar-
tiers rented for business offices. It will
be fire proof, modern in every particular
and as well built as women can have it.
When completed it will be remark
able, not only as million dollar tenn
perance temple, but as a monument to
the pluck and perseverance of a bright
and ambitious western woman. Mrs.
Carse is widow, fair, plump and forty,
with just about enough money to keep
her comfortably and two grown sons.
She is enthusiastic in church, temper
ance and philanthropic work, and can
boss kirmess, q carnival or a bazaar
better than any twenty women in the
town, and can clear as much money as
she figures on raising for the foundlings,
orphans or cripples. AS a genteel beg
gar she hasn't peer She has been in
the business SO long in the interest of
the w. G. T. u. that she goes about it in
a systematic way and wins every time.
Her method is to make a careful toilet
in the nattiest of black or half mourn
ing, hire coupe and 'buttons" in
smart attire, and roll off to business
firm, arriving as soon after breakfast or
lunch as possible.
Buttons runs in with her card to
the head of the firm and, bringing back
an answer, ushers her into the private
Office. She is an easy, agreeable talker
has a commanding appearance, very
pleasant manner, glowing lips and cheeks,
and a pair of black gray eyes that light
up gloriously in low or half light She
throws her matchless eyes about, talks
business and current events, and finally
temperance temples. Then she talks
subscriptions and gets nineteen of every
twenty asked for. In this way she calls
and calls again, two or three times year,
ON the business men of Chicago, and the
books and the cash she has to show have
made her a paragon for others to emu
late.-New York World.