Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1898-03-10
". c. 7. U. NOTES.

luONkUt Nlu CHEB w tulb, lHNb NlON w
with theo in every Thing thou unsat. =
Thomas q Remt,is.
"Tho senson II college alumni din
nors Ia Just over, and wo regret ak
coodingly that in Hono of them encb a
defiant attitude toward total abstinence
principles was maintainul. II tho
papers arc to DO believed, thu Now
Nork Amherst Alumni sent bottle OF
champagne draped in Amherst colors
TO tho Princeton Inn. At nlrlust al
tho alumni dinnerH of Eastern colleges
wine wac served 90 more or loss of tho
guests, though il was not on the regu-
lar menu, but was ordered by each
gueRt for himself. On 8omo &C casionB
We arc told college alumni who are old
enough to know better became da.
cidedly hilarious hefUro the evening
was over. All this cannot but have
rcmoralizing effect upon tho colleges
th0y represent. such disggaceful scenes
NJ were rupnrted from New liaven after
the victory over Princeton will be con
doEoi by multitude of college stu
dents, who will say, 'Wo are only fol
lowing tho example Of our elders and
our betters' 1t is none too aonn for
every Christian pnrent to ask himself,
What ia tue moral effect Of the saloon
nron tho college where my boy IL
going? Where can he be most safe
from the temptations to dissipationp
M college will Bntisfy the great mass
OF Christian people by ignoring this
question or laughing il oIt of court.
1t IS a srrinua matter, and one which
appeals directly and most forcihly TO
thousands OF our best Christian homes.
We are confident that the interest
aroused in this matter will bsnr good
fruit and that whun the ATTENTION OF
tho authorities ia fairly called TO tho
question, they will do their utmost TO
check the blight OF intemperance 10
the places where of most others it Ia
most deadly. THE Chriatian En-.
deavor World.
"Garmany. with all it's reputation
for bear drinking, takes the lead among
the nations in It's stringent measures
to prevent pnuperism AMI crime through
drunkenness. II has made provisions
for Il new civil code to 90 into effect
two years hence, in which tho ordinary
rights and privileges of citizenship
will ba denied oil peraons who through
inHbriety arc unable to pruviho for
themselves and thair families; or wbu
| through drunkenness imperi the safety
of others. '-Christian World.
At tho monthly devotional meeting
of tho Smyrna W. g. 4. u Monday
afternoon, March 7th, resolutions ex
pressing appreciation of Mrs. Adam
Stengle's Christian character, ami of
her work as a member of the Onion,
were unanimously adopted.
By the tsrma of the will Of Miss
FranceH j.. Willard. Ludy Henry
Somerset and Misc Anna a. Gurdon
are appointed her literary executors.
They will issue n hook as 5000 as pos
sible, covering Miss Wilard's life,
especially tho last 10 years. An official
picture in tho form of large steel en-
craving will be ready in a few weeks,
md can BIO obtained Of the Woman d
Temperance Publiahing Association.
We give the following tribute to NJ iBs
Willard by the Rev. Frank De Witt
Talmage, pastor OF the Chicago Jetler-
son Park Presbyterian Church:
| "While all the Christian world ia
mourning over tho death OF Francis l..
Willard, can wo not realize as mover
before what one Christian woman Gun
do in the heart OF great city? Frances
II. Willard is one of tho contest,
sweetest, nurest, truost numas in all
tho pl1Rant centurj. France1 L. Will
lard'a namo proves TINT IL is possible
for woman 70 d" a greater work than
any man. And Shut woman, IL God
details her TO that task, may keep her
maiden name and yet have heart large
enough TO Gull all alan and women her
brothers and sisters, hnd all tho CONS
and daughters oi drunken parents her
own little children, just as much az
though they werG her own flesh and
blood. D We motGerB that have rocked
ua in our cradles o ys wives who
hsre stood by us in our trials q We
| sisters with whom We have played il
cnildhoeil, aud 30 daughters who will
| bury 90 whom we are dead Are ys not
better and truor and purer and nonler
b=cauRe this country girl who once ran
ba' efooted over the iiolGs and drove up
the cattle from the meariow land, az a
wild rose was plrcsod and manipulated
TO bloom with evon Bweeter fragracce
amid tire slima and the mud OF the
ain and of the wretcbs,lnsas 10 this
great throhhing Town?
ia not Chicago better because
Frances h. Willard lived here. nnd was
not Frances Il. Willard sweeter and
gentlcr bseause sho WAS rSady to MAKE
that sacrifice?"
These words concerning Nj ISIS Willard,
from Union Signal editorial, will
touch the tender chord in tho heart. of
my readers: mo ono loved home hptter
than Frsnces Willard. But few 10 her
rank had less OF it. The authur of
Homo, Sweet Home, never had a
home. With her, as with HIM. it was
all through life and always the song
OF the dying swan Next to her
mother and her nest at Evanston
rrancea Willard had her home on
earth in tho hearts of white ribboners.
They were to her always, in her own
language, our tolks, and her homo
festivals were mostly whore they
gathered toesther. So it came about
that all of our meetings. including our
great conventions when women came
together from the onds Of the earth
have always been homelike, md tho
sweetest and moat touching things ever
said by Mics Willard were her quaint
and pathetic utterances at such meet
ings about home and mother and father
and littlo ones. They were tho charm
! OF our gatherings. She threw in SO
many appreUiative sayings about peoyle
and things OH tho inspiration of the
momont, that they came to DO called
Miss Wizards embroidery Happy
| arc wo IL we, too, oinbroider life's
pathway With swoet and lovely Flowers,
rather than wound the weary feet with