The Press., 1895-07-18
w. C. T. U. DEPARTMENT.
HOnOrs to Mrs. Livermore.

The Melrose Woman's Club recently honored Mrs. Mary A. Livermore, who is resident of that town. The members of the Melrose Club, not to be outdone by their wives and sisters, rendered the use of their beautiful club house for the reception, which was attended, not only by the prominent residents of the town, but by those of the surrounding towns, while large contingent went out from Boston, comprising many well-known lit erary and philanthropic people.
 Mrs. Livermore was introduced by the president, and after the storm of applause with which she was greeted had subsided, she spoke of her 20 years of public speak ing, saying she should think the club would vote to have her keep silent. She then said: "The worlds standards have differed with the years. So the perse- cuted of one age have become the stand ards of the next"
 Mrs. Livermore then drew picture of the gradual evolution of nations from families, tribes and races, and spoke of the different standards in different na- tions, saying that to be admitted to the aristocracy of Russia one must be pre- sented by the military; in Germany one desires admission to the literary or scien- tiffc, while in Italy one enters the highest circles only through some grandee of the church. In England the aristocracy has sway, and some of the noblest families descended from the greatest scalawags, yet the family is honored. In that coun- try wealth is held in great esteem, and there are no greater hunters for rich wives than the English.
 Our aristocracy is plutocratic, and we, here, are mammon wOrshippers. The richest man is the greatest, even without family or character, but we are growing out of this; there is another standard working it's way along-the standard of Him who said, "He who would be chief among you let him be your servant"
 Let a man become a helper of others, and back it by living the life of the Son of Man, who came not to be ministered unto but to minister. There has never been time when this feeling was so rec ognized as to-day. The pulpits preach a practical religion.
 "Bear ye one another's burdens' is in the air as never before. This club is ar indication of it. Women said we must come together, and what we know we must tell to others, and if one is in trou ble others must help her to bear it. Il men and women, instead of living on each other, only helped each other, somebody says, think what mush of 'goody"- -ness we should have But in this is the law of sovereignty, and the men and women who minister to others are the greatest among us.
 Sovereignty does not mean ruling by brute force; it is the gentler ones that live in the hearts of the people to-day the men who lived for others. So living, you will comprehend the infinite God. His is the force in and about us, giving us help, and by pulling yourself away from other things you will put yourself in touch with this infinite power.
 Col. Henry A. Thomas presented the regrets of Gov. Greenhalge at his inabili ty to be present, and his congratulations and those of the commonwealth to the club, and to the noble woman that it is honOring to-day. He appreciated fully her noble work for womanhOod and fol the elevation of mankind. Melrose, Mas sachusetts, and the nation ought to be prOud-as they are-of her. We cal think of no woman so we'll known by al the nations of the earth as the one we al honor to-day.
 I believe, he continued, that this nev woman's club movement is the outcom of what Mrs. Livermore has talked ant worked for in the past, and in future thu man who desires office and has not the in fluence of the women will not succeed.
 Col. Thomas cited cases where mel have been defeated who were opposed b, women, and in conclusion paid furthe honor to Mrs. LivermOle, "whose name, he said, "is the brightest star in the dia dem of old Massachusetts.
 A great railroad corporation recentl collected and tabulated all the facts per taining to the men and conditions of ever, accident which occurred on it's lines fo five years. Forty per cent of all acci dents were due altogether or in part t. the failure of men who were drinking, be side eighteen per cent. where there wa every cause for suspicion of a similar con diti0n. In one year over a million dol lars worth of property was destroyed b. the mistakes or Responsibility of beel drinking engineers and switchmen. They built church at his very door
 He wasn't in it.
 They brought him scheme for relievin
 the poor
 He wasn't in it.
 Let them work for themselves as he ha
 done;
 They wouldn't ask help of any one If they hadn't wasted each golden minute
 He wasn't ill it.
 So he passed the door with naughty tread
 He wasn't in it.
 And he scorned the good with averte
 He wasn't in it.
 When men in the halls of virtue met He saw their goodness without regret; Too high the mark for him to win it
 He wasn't in it.
 A carriage crept down the street one day
 He soGs iaa tt.
 The funeral trappings made a display He was in it. St. Peter received him with book and bel My friend, you have purchased tick fA