The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-05-13
WILLARD TEMPLE.

standing stock is 100000. No change
can he made in the name without the vote
of n majority of the stockholders. There
are unpaid interest obligations amounting
TO almost 500, 900. These must be cancel
cd before the stock will be transferred.
Mrs. Carse therefore explained that 1t
would be required to have in hand at least
$500. 600 to get complete power over the
building. She thought about 5000, 900 OF
this amount had been already pledged.
The appeal to the women of the world
will be addressed, as far as possible, to the
heads of the organizations OF women.
Susan B. Anthony will be asked to urge
upon all woman suffragists that they SEND
81 each for the Willard monument to hon.
or the memory of the best and most inhu-
entail exponent of the cause.
Mrs. L. b. Lake of st. Louis will be
asked to urge upon all the members OF the
Women's National Catholic league to send
! 81 each for the monuments TO the woman
| who never recognized creed In trying 10
| advance the cause of women. Lady Henry
! Somerset of England will be asked 10
make the same appeal to all the women III
the Worlds Woman's Christian Temper
| ance union.
The union has distinct organizations In
| Canada and Australia. The presidents OIL
each will present the request to their local
| unions. All the women in the Order Oh
Good Templars will be expected TO sena
81 each. The Federation OF women
Clubs, both the state and the natlonai,
will be asked to help on the salvation OF
the temple in the name OF the woman VINO
was the first woman to advocate woman
climbs and who was the first woman presi'
1 Tho other as
sociations of women will be urged to Join
an the movement. and a small fraction Of
the faithful. who are sure to pay, VII
mako tho raising of the fund, Mrs. Carst
!, feeIs confident, as easy as tho asking.
Mrs. Carse will send statement OF TIT
condition of the temple finances along
, With the letter to the women of the world
She will insist that women must act nov
or lose any claim on the marble palace
She will try to appeal to the women on Tn
ground of the sentiment rather than Oh
, the basis of money making enterprise
which is complete change OF policy.
Miss Willard's wishes, as expressed u
a | ber talks with Miss Anna Gordon, Will
sat forth, in addition to explicit direction
from Miss willard in her last letter
Mrs. Carse. While the sum asked VIII
only 81 for each woman, the trustees ar
n | not promising to reject any contributor
: of more than that amount. rhey eApee
many large gifts Of many times the siz
}. of the minimum limit. The little one'
II however, will be just as welcome as tn
o bio ones, from the standpoint OF sent
u ment. Jttt A.
;. The trustees expressed confidence In u
!. ability of Mrs. Carse to carry out the pia
!. and adjourned after electing an executiN
= COMMITTEES to act during the time betwee
annual meetings. a,
2 Mrs. Carse was made chairman OF u
D committee. The other members are:
l. Mrs. L. A. Hagans, Elmhurst, LIS
D. Mrs. L. B. Tying, Peoria, llls.; Mrs. "a
la rion II. Durham, Burlington, Ia; M
,e Mary Upham, Marshfield, Wis.
~ This work concluded the deliberatio
~ which had been in progress for two ia
~ and which were thought to be the me
:. important in the history Of the entire tei
ple movement. a..
in The trustees all agree that the Fate
the temple will be sealed within the ne
YEAR. IL will be made the property OF
women, as q memorial to Miss Willard,
m be abandoned as an example OF what WOO
b. en- cannot do in the way of commercial
or financial undertakings In the heart Oh
% great oity.-Chicago Times-Herald.