The age-herald., 1898-02-24
THE DEATH OF MISS WILLARD

Miss WiMard's genius as an organizer. and her remarkable gifts as a public speaker, entitle her to rank among the really great women of the last half of the century.-Buffalo Commercial. Frances Willard, a gent1ewoman of mod est presence, undistinguished by rank or fortune had come to be the best known woman in the United States, and all through her identification with a great moral purpose.-Kansas City Journal. The historian of the influence of women on public questions must give a prominent place to Frances E. Willard. Perhaps her name is entitled to the first place by rea- son of the length of her service, the puri- ty of her motives, and the unconsciousness of her labors.-Des Moines Register. Tn every portion of the world tributes of affection and regard will be rendered to the memory of Frances D. Willard and dn every place econhums will be offered and benedictions pronounced upon her name- Cedar Rapids Qowa) Republican. Miss Willard was noble woman, nobly planned. She gave her life to the uplift- ing and amelioration of the lives of others denying to herself the sweets of domestici- ty and those narrower aims which usually content her sex.-Philadephda Record Miss Willard leaves organized what she found inchoate. She gave effective vohtion to what was before mere empty desire. In the great warfare for purity and sobriety she was a captain and leader in the new | age of organized wonranhood- Philadelphia Press
 In the death of Miss Frances Willard the world lost one of its really great wo- men. She has. perhaps, done more for the betterrnent of mankind than have all the queens of modern times. And, wtf1al, she was very essentially feminine.-St. Louis Republic.
 inspiration to her sisters throughout the world. She taught and applied the tender pospel of love and charity,
 and her name is written in last who have lived for the good of their fellows, and who left the world better than they found it.-New York Mail and Ex- press.
 It would be hard to point out another woman of this generation, and perhaps of the century, whose life illustrates more fully than Miss Willard's what one woman can do by way of contribution to the worlds progress. and especially woman's
 progress.-Detroit News.
 Miss Willard was a woman whose be- nevolence was as broad as the continent, and whose love of humanity was as deep as the oeean.-Detroit Journal. | Miss Willard's Lips are Eflenced in death | but in heavens own way the light of her | personal influence will shed extended ray | over the work of women for years to come -Des Moines Capital.
 For God and home and native landw | The motto of the Woman's Christian Tenn | perance union was the keynote of Miss | Wiliards life She wtls woman "nobly | planned" and she gave the best of which | she was capable to the realization of high CT ideals of human lving.-Milwaulee Wis | consin.
 | The secret of Miss Willard's popularity | lay, doubt, in the simple fact that. with l aM her authority and all the public life | that might have brought out objectionable | tralts,. she lost none of the characteristics | of the true lady. That she remained from | fact that such work as hers may be done
 without loss of the finest feminine at- l tributes-India anapois Journal. We recall no other woman of our day who has stood so high in the hearts of all | classes of people. Her personality was | known around the world. Her loss will | be as widely felt as her influence was l known.-Detroit Tribune.
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