The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-08-16
THE WOMAN's TEMPLE.
THE BUILDING OF THE w. q. I.
U. AT CHICAGO.
The Plan OF the Beautiful Edihce, It's Cost
and Other Interesting Facts Con-
earning It.

valued at 100000 and.is leased for 200
years at fixed rental of $4,000 year
The cost Of the building was $1,2O0,OOO'
The corner stone was laid November l.
1896, and it was completed and rented for
occupancy the first of May, 1892 Burn
ham & Root were the architects. lthas
frontage OF 100 feet, is 96 feet deep and 262
feet to top of fieche. The first two stories
are Of granite, the rest Of pressed brick
and terra Gotta.
The grand entrance on LaSalle street is
OF the most Massive granite, arched, beau
tlfully carved and is 25 K "a feet. The ro'
tunda into which this opens is paved in
Florentine mosaic and the walls and cell
ings are Of white Italian marble. A semi
circle of eight elevators face the entrance
by which one may reach any of the upper
floors. A grand staircase of white marble
rises on either side of the rotunda.
Willsrd hall, on the first floor, seats six
hundred persons, is reached by the Mon
roe street entrance and has no connection
with the other parts OF the building the
corridor leading to this audience room
is paved 10 Florentine mosaic and Is 120
feet long and IA feet wide and the ceilings
and sides are in panels of marble. The
auditorium is finished in panels of colOred
marble and supported by marble pillars.
On the panels in the auditorium are caIv-
ed names of persons, societies and unions
who have gwen 500 or more toward the
building On the Ohio panel we paused
10 read the names of unions, and southern
Ohio is better represented than the West
ern Reserve. The Dakotas and western
states have their panels there, as well rs
the east and south. The letters are deeply
cut and gilded.
The hall has thirteen memorial win
dows, and pedestals support busts of per-
sons iIlustrious in temperance work. In
this auditorium every day in the year ser.
vices are held at The noon hour. Miss
Ada Melville, the book and magazine re-
viewer for the Union Signal, presdes at
The organ, and Mrs. Carlock, vice. e.presi-
dent Of the Illinois W. G. T. U. and secre-
tary of the Chicago Central union, which
rents the hall and conducts these meetings
is responsible for the exercises. The ed
itors of the Union Signal and the nation
al officers whose offices are in the build
ing, are there as frequently as possible,
but there are always visitors Of more or
less prominence, who contribute 10 the in
terest Of the meetings One day distin.
guished member of the Bombay presiden-
cy, q member of the Temperance Associa-
tion Of India, spoke eloquently of Eng
lands traffic in liquors and opium in In
dia. 1--WE formed our temperance associ-
atom, said he, land called upon England
to stop the traffic. What reply did we re-
ceiYeS Simply this: we must look to
revenue before the morals Of the people"
Another day Joseph Cook, OF Boston, was
there, and among other pungent sayings
of his on that floor was this: mo Ameri
can party can be permanently preserved
in whisky" Mrs. Margaret Bottome, o
the Kings Daughters, led one day and tn,
president Of the w. G. T. U. of IcelanC
another. Among her statements was this
that among the 10000 inhabitants Of he
island she had never heard of but thre,
women who drank. AS the audience gath
cred one could see that most of them wert
strangers and tourists, but drawn TO thi
building and 10 this beautiful room by
common interest Rev. John Mcneil, o
London, who is associated with D.
Moody, and trained corps of Christian
workers in evangelistic work in Chicago
spoke of the spiritual selfshness that i
content to sit and be "fed and fed" sab
bath after sabbath without doing anything
to pass a crumb Of the bread Of life TO 9th
ers. In q crowded tent near the Epwortl
hotel we heard this interesting Scotchmal
together with Moody, the first evening o
our arrival Fine singing and most inter
esting services drew large and deepl,
attentive audience every night.
or the amount the temperance templ
cost, 100000 is in stock subscribed 70
by capitalists favorable 10 the cause. B.
the terms Of the charter this stock l
redeemable by the W, G. T. U. withil
twelve years by the payment Of 5per cent
for the time It has been in use. The trus
tees Of the National society have paid owe
100000, which gives them control, al,
they are buying up the balance Of III
stock ss fast as they get the money, whicl
is always pouring in in steady SIR eam o
voluntary contributions from this and 9th
er lands; donations coming from Afric
and Australia and every part Of the world
for every continent and the isles Of the Sc
is now organized against intemperance
The Worlds and the National w. 9. 7. I
holds their annual meeting in Chicago, he
ginning October l6
The woman who projected and has Car
ried forward to completion and is nj tn
head Of the business management Of ihi
temple building Is u remarkably en
dowed and experienced hnsncier
Mrs. NJ. q. Carse, of Chicago
Her husband, who was a railroad manag
er In Louisville, KY, died 10 Paris Will,
they we're abroad for bis health In 1870
Their youngest son was instantly killed
by being run over by wagon driven by