Mississippi leader. (Jackson, Miss.) 1892-1895, 1894-05-22
MISS BELLE KiGARSEY.
Some of the Many Tributes Paid the
Brilliant Young Temperance Work
er by the Press.

er by the ireSS.
At the Methodist Church OF this city,
Miss Kearney, of Mississippi, spoke in
behalf Of the ". c. T. u, and appealed
to her sex to come to the rescue of the
youths of our nation. Her address was
ornate with rhetOric's richest trophies,
logic's grandest climaXes, mingled with
the softest, most sublime and touching
pathOS the writer has ever heard. Her
language was the choicest verbiage, la
den with the most delicate and solemn
thoughts, enriched with touching il
Illustrations; the effort, heightened by
graceful oratory, was rarely, if ever
surpassed Corsicdna (TeT0S) Light
Miss Kearney, of Mississippi, a young
woman of pleasing personal appear
ance and wonderful Oratorical abilities,
has delighted audiences again and
again by her convincing eloquence, and
has had most marvellous success. | be-
lieve we are safe in asserting that no
young woman in the nation could ex-
eel Miss Kearney in logic, wit and
splendid oratory. The South should
be proud of her.-Letter from "The
Soldier" Columbus, S. G.
Miss BELLE KEARNEY.-H is no
vain ambition to win the plaudits Of
the multitude; no aspiration to win
the empty hOnOrs Of fame. bat as a
gentle eyangel of holy and righteous
cause, this gifted woman with uncon-
scious dignity and grace pleads elo-
quently, earnestly and decisively for
the happiness OF homes, uplifting of
man, for the protection of woman and
reformation of humanity. She is we'll
equipped for her work. With careful
ly compiled statistics, she graphically
presents the hordes of crimes, woes
and miSfortunes annually produced
| from the sale and use of alcoholic Ii
quOrs. We cannot follow her through
the salient points of her convincing
arguments and matohless presentation
of the Justice, moral and religious OBJ
| legations of the temperance cause. We
wish there we're ten thousand Miss
Belle Kearney's to advocate it's adop-
ton in our land.-CrolclGy tLo.l Signal
At the National Convention, Nov.
18th, there were 500 representative
women from England, Scotland, Wales,
| Canada. China, India, Japan, Burmah,
Siam, Syria, France, Spain, Italy,
Egypt, South Africa, and from every
State and Territory in this country.
Faneuil Hall was crowded to it's ut
most capacity to hear Miss Kearney,
who spoke in her sweet, clear voice,
and was greatly applauded. We all
known she is a graceful writer and a
fluent speaker.-Cdnt0n Miss Picket.
A GIFTED LECTURER.-Miss Kearner,
who is to lecture in the Grand Opera
House, is truly daughter of the New
South, reared in the secluded home of
an aristocratic Southern planter and
a deyotee of the most conservative cir
cles of society, she has heard the call
for higher living on nobler planes and
consecrated her talents to the great re-
form work of the w. G. L. U. Those
who have heard her, pronounce her an
inspiration to every listener.-AShuUle
IN. CO. Citizen.
| Miss Kearney, of Mississippi, "a most
charming speaker, and a typical South
ern girl spoke to the young ladies in
the evening. The audience was large
and interested one, and was fully un-
der the witchery of her magic words
The Daily Messenger, Greensboro, Ken
| tucky.
McCOmb City boasts of numerous