The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-03-16

Willard. The Honolulu lady met the
distinguished advocate Of Christian
temperance at the first Worlds Con-
vention in Boston, in 1891. Miss Will
lard was then in full health and was
extremely active and earnest. She did
grand planning for extension of the
work in all lands and forced or COM
municated her enthusiasm and earnest
ness to all with whom she in any way
came into contact. Mrs. Jones was
very much impressed by the ability,
the conservation and the gentle kind
ness of Miss Willard.
Miss Mary E. Green of this city is
the member of the local union who
last met Miss Willard. This was at
Toronto, last year. Miss Willard was
then failing, but was in possession Of
all her faculties and her resolution to
carry forward the good fight was sound
and undiminished. Miss Willard ex-
pressed deep interesti in the Islands and
expressed the earnest hope that she
would be able to visit Hawaii for sight
seeing and a needed rest.
Mrs. R. J. Greene, like Mrs. P. c..
Jones, saw and met Miss Willard at
Fanuel Hall and in fremont Temple
during the first great gathering of the
leaders of the forces in the year 1891.
Said Mrs. Greene: I'm the conduct of
the sessions of the convention she i'm
pressed all with her wonderful tact.
She kept the body in constant good
temper by her knowledge of people and
her kindly utterances. Her personali-
ty left its impress upon all, especially
in contrast to that of Lady Henry So
merset 1t was with these two as the
lilly to the rose. Miss Willard had a
pale, highly intellectual, somewhat Sc
rious face and the face of her Britain
sister was bright and rosy. Perhaps
more than anything else Miss Wizards
great mind commanded and held adj
miration. Her addresses have always
been evidences Of brilliant and deep
thought on all phases of moral reform
She had a remarkable ease and neat
ness Of turning sentence or of making
a telling point. Then her views on
any and all subjects were broad and
uplifting. 1t is difficult to bring home
the unwelcome truth that she is dead
She still lives in the hearts of the ma
tions of the earth. No woman has ever
lived who so belonged to the world
at large and no woman has ever died
who left so wide a circle to grieVe.
She crowded much into the years of
her life
Mrs. Mary S. Whitney, the Presi-
dent Of the local branch, presented
the following testimonial, which will
go to the General Officers of the Ma
tional and Worlds w. c. T. Z. and
which was adopted by rising vote:
Dear Sisters:-Our last mail from
| the United States brought TO us the
| heart breaking news that our dear
Miss Willard had been called away
from the work she had so long, sc
| bravely and so efficiently carried on
| for the Master, into the Masters i'm
mediate presence. In this far-off land
which she never saw, in this w c.. T
| T. few of whose members have ever
| looked upon her face, there are sad
| hearts and tear-filled eyes today as we
meet in her memory and contemplate
our personal and official bereavement
| How we loved Miss Willard, Her
letters were always such an inspira-
| ton to us and we confided so in hel
| leadership and rejoiced in her express
! ions of interest in our small efforts
We had more than a half promise thai
in another winter she and Miss Gordon
would come to this summer land and
make Us a long visit. And now she
| is gOnei
I'VE may never see her here. bur
we can hear her say to US and to al
our loved bands the world over. Goo
| be with you till we meet again May
God indeed, in double measure, be with
our bereaved Unions mourning our de,
parted chieftain and under his specia
leadership may we all fight with new
courage and power till our battles are
happily won"
Mrs. F. S. Lyman, of Hilo, was in