The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1898-03-24


been mourned. Press and pulpit have We'd !
with each other in culogizing the matchless wo-
man, while countless friends OF every tongue and
nation have voiced their love and admiration be-
tween their sohs.
So much has been said, aud perfectly said, that
any word OF mine mus pcurile Indeed.
How shall the lesser express the greetcrs The
most that any OF Us can hope to do, is to throw
little light on one side of this many sided
'reen" A greater than she must come before
this largc-soulcd woman, with her stesdIast pur-
pose aud imitlcss resource. can be fully revealed
to the World
At first thought 10 speak OF her AS IN cdn-
Gator, which she was from hrst to last, in the /
highest trucst sense, but when read the motto
In the church this morning, ! thought the phrase 1
that best expresses Miss Willard is THE Ideal
Citizen" siuce she was true in every relation in
life and TO all the world, and could say with
Paul, My citizenship is in heaven"
How diligent She was in obeying the apostolic /
injunction to add to her faith virtue, aud 10 her
virtue knowledge, and 10 her knowledge temper
ancc and to her temperance patience, and to
her patience eodliness. and to godlnoss blothcrly
Kindness and to brotherly kindness charity, the
fruits of the spirit manifest in her life fully attest
Womanhoood has its chiyalry not less than
manhood, and Francis Willard was the l'ayard
of her sex II knight without fear and without re-
| proach. Wherever wrong was to be rlphted
| there wns She leader in the conflict ready TO die
II need be for her King and humanity.
<lt was the suffering of women, she declared,
(which first gave her courage TO speak in public,
land she broke her lance in their behalf TO such
purpose that the editor of The Literary Digest has
said: "Shc has probably done mora than nny
other person to bring her sex to realization OF
hthcir own powers
To me. the secret OF her phenomnal success
seems to have been n rare combination OF strong
Individuality nnd a clear comprehension OF the
value OF organization. One or two instances re-
corded since her death serve to Illustrate my
point In perfect obedience TO her father S
sweeping condemnation of the entire realm of
fiction She denied herself the comrnnionshlp
OF cherished authors until the day Of her major
ity. when she began ynnhoc and declared her
independence In the following characteristic
A words, II am eighteen am OF age am now
to do what think is right and to read this fine
4 historical story is. in my opinion, right thing
Nor to do
She was sunragist from childhood, when 'thc
willard children played at organization, = found
ing and governing cities aud conducting clubs
She wrote in her journal OF her brothers first
election day of how proud he looked ms he drove
of to the polls Il felt lump in my throat,
turned to Mary and she, too, seemed wonderful,
>Asobcr. ] said: Wouldn't you like TO vote as wei
Ias oliver Don't you and love the country jus
y us well MS he, and doesn't the country need on
l. ballots;'" Then mary looked scared but mn
swcrcd - Course we do and course we ought.bu
. don't you 90 ahead aud sa, so. for then we wou
= be called strong minded
Before leaving school she was already soca
power so when She was elected president OF tn
~ Evanston College for Ladics-the frst wowan I
be elected president of college no one wa
q surprised AT the tact skill and power which sl
f. cvinced in molding and transforming the chai
actcr OF her pupils.
W When the call came TO join the temperate
crusade. all her friends dissuaded hcr-ul sa,
one Mrs l.ivcrmorc, her kindred spirit Even
" ''her intrcpcd mother the step seemed, what t'
:, many made it, the narrowing of life TO poi'
~ Of view. Hut she trusted the voice that Gale
~ her and saw only an open oor TO n larger field
10 education.
TO her the dearest word on earth was homeb ID
ie with the courage and self-dona OF the trne he
o oine she steadfastly put behind her all that 81
held most dear to woman that She might he
ST the world 10 realize the ideal home. which sha
create n new earth when women become free al
men become strong aud pure 10 this end s.
labored and gave her life daily to the suifra
cause TO the temperance cause. and to the NOV
ment for social purity. With unerrine vision ;
saw that these three were one and that togeth
er they were ushcring in the nsw era.
She was essentially II womanly woman us
agree SAYS New York clergyman OF her: 20
listened to the orator. but SAW only the woman
Her favorie phrase was The world needs mot
orng" The temperance organization magni
ITO cent MS it is in scope and service. was TO
leader but means to the larger end she had
II view OF Purifying and idealizing the home II
SO mothering the world in the truest sense
III No party or sect could conilne this broad cal
ar: Ollie soui within its limits. Party, by It's Y,
name means part Of the whole. but her intere
were MS broad as humanity and as deep as life.
The motive and logic of Miss Willards aihl
tion with the Prohbitionists, which resulted
disahecton aud the formation Of q faction in
w c. r. T.. have been well set forth by
,,,- Lee that no words of mine nre needed. Suffice
to say that in the crisis. always. The cl
leader proved herself the consulnmate gonei
Because her eye was single the whole body y
llc- full of light; and with the statcsmanshp
which u great man said no politcnl prcsid
dared to put so much in his messages, She X
ic' the greatest organization in the world from sh
wreck while the fragment. mis-nnmed non-p
iss tisan noatcd OF and resolved itself into pc
clubs subject to the Republicans party which d
not yet recognize their political existence.
I'ss Frances willard had long been hailed que
:. but through her enemies she won the crow
lav sninthood and today all the world bows in r
or crence before the woman who, under the strong
proyocntion TO resentment, could voice her he
w. in the words OF the mart, ,red Lincoln. w
IRE malice to none and with charity for all