The Portland daily press., 1898-03-21
THEIR NAMES REVERED.
Tribute Paid to Neal Dow and
Frances Willard.
'PTLOGtSTIC ADDRESSES DELIy-
Erred in CITY HALL.

the Two Great Temperance Leaders
Were sounded-President of the Ice
land National Union One of the
Speakers.
For several years it has been the custom
for Portland's temperance people to as
semble on the Goth of March to observe the
anniversary of Neal Dow's birth. Com
bined with that observance, in City hall,
last evening was held a memorial to Miss
Frances Willard the lamented leader OF
the National Woman's Christian Temper
arce Union.
City hall was filed with an attentive
and intelligent audience, who came early
and remained to the close Of the interest
mo and impressive service. On the stage
sat the leading members of the Portland
w. G.. T. u. several members OF that or
ganization from neighboring cities, a
member of the national union and a
commemorative of the Iceland White Rib
boners.
The stage was tastefully decorated for
the occasion. The background was
combination Of flags and festoon OF
white bunting. The desk was covered
with draped flags and white ribbon
streamers On the left stood draped
easel bearing large portrait OF Miss
willard, and on the opposite side was
picture of Neal Dow. Here and there
bouquet and.potted plant added to the
attractiyeness of the decoration. A ban
ner bearing the word "Maine," and an
other on which was the motto OF the W.
G. T. IT,, "For God and home and every
land also figured in the decoration.
| The opening exercises included few
introductory words by Rev. Il. L. Hack
of the Second Parish church, reading of
Scriptures by Rev. +. O. Rogers OF the
Pine street Methodist church, prayer by
Rev. DR.. Asa Dalton Of the High street
CONGREGATIONAL church and selection by
the choir of the Church of the Messiah.
Rev. Mr.. Hack then read letter from
Mrs. L. NJ. N. Stevens, vice president at
large of the National W. G. L. u, who
is at present in Chicago, taking up the
work at national headquarters SO recently
laid down by the beloved leader. Mrs.
Stevens expressed regret at her inability
to be present at this memorial service,
and contributed oharacterisoally tender
message to the occasion. her letter con-
Guided with the statement that the most
meaningful tribute we can pay to the
memory of Frances Willard is to take her
life as an inspiration and go on doing as
raarlv as we can the work she SO ener-
getically performed.
Rev. Mr.. Hack made ten minute ad-
dress in which he paid glowing tribute
to the lives of Miss Willard and Neal
Dow. With her coming, he said, there
came new spirit of dealing the fallen
humanity. Before that an Intoxicated
person was looked upon rs degraded and
unworthy of notice. She introduced to
the world, new spirit, new way OF
looking at all men as brothers.
She did her work, he said, in a Christ
ike poweraand spirit. She was great
enough and Christian enough to bear
abuse and defamation, to meet opposition
and keep sweet through it all She went
forth with the power OF divine love. AS
we look at her life it seems to be just the
kind of a life that was needed to bring
about the results she achieved, to reap the
great harvest of women whose lives are
pledged to s9sGod and home and every
land We can best honor her by giving
ourselves to the work that was so dear to
her. VIZ stss grisa a3th -
/ = Rev. W. F.. Berry, g pastor of the Con
gress street Methodist chnrch, was the
next to address the audience He alluded
to the tremendous cost of the liquor traffic
and said that every dollar expended in it
had better have been cast into the sea.
The total expenditure in the various
municipal departments of Portland in o
single year is 81 100000, and the liquor
bill Of Portland's citizens at conssrva-
| tive estimate, Ia fully half that sum. He
spoke of the influence of the liquor traffic
upon the community, and added that
| when the rights of mothers and children
are abridged by it's use 1t is time for the
state to step in and see to it that their
interests are protected.
He WAS opposed to license, because he
whole trend of the liquor business is OPP
nosed to the best interests of the state and
municipality and this family. "Some of
YOU may say that prohibition does not
nrohibit," he continued, "but say to
Won that license does not regulate the
consumption Of liquor. I challenge a
most careful comparison of any license
city with any city in Maine. and am
J.confident that such comparison will find
/ a balance in favor of prohibition, however
imperfectly law may be enforced. No
where is every provision of a license law
absolutely enforced. There are violations
OF it in one way or another"
| He said that chief reason why the sale
| of liquor is not stopped is because there
is so much profit in it. In Maine city
where he once preached big manufactur-
ing corporation used to make it's repairs
Reware of Ointments for Catarrh That
| Contain Mercury.
| as mercury will surely destroy the sense OF
| ,,,d oon,DIet1v deranpe the whole SvS-