Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-03-22

her soul upon her fellow workers and
upon fallen, tempted humanity as hard
~ any other woman in history has done.
Moreover, she herself hungered for hu-
man love and sympathy as hardly any
other merely human heart ever hung
cred. 1 recall the pathetic words with
which she closed one of her addresses
years ago when some she dearly loved
had sadly misjudged her
IF l should die tonight,
My friends would call to mind with low
ing thought,
Some kindly deed the icy hands had
wrought,
Some gentle words the frozen lips had
said,
brands on which the willing feet had
sped;
The memory of my selfshness and pride,
My hasty words, would all be put aside
And so l should be loved and mourned,
If l should die tonight
'Tf 1 should die tonight
Fen hearts estranged would turn once
Recalling other days remorsefuuy,
The eyes that chill me with averted
glance
Would look upon me as of yore, per-
And soften in the old familiar way
For who would war with dull, uncon-
scious clay,
So 1 might rest forgiven of all tonight
30 friends, 1 pray tonight,
Keep not your kisses for my dead, cold
The way is lonely-let me feel them
now
Think gently of mel am travel worn
My faltering feet are pierced by many
a thorn;
Forgive, o hearts estranged, forgive, I
plead;
The tenderness for which 1 long tonight" :"
Crusaders of the Worcester of 1874
At not many more anniversaries will
you gather in unthinned ranks. But
your work will live on and may others
catch up and bear forward your falling
standard, until, in Gods own good time
the last death-dealing rum shop shall be
banished, never to return, from the city
we love!
At the close of the afternoon meeting,
Caterer c. S. Yaaw served supper to the
members and many guests. The evening
program consisted Of social, at which
many short interesting addresses were
made by prominent friends Of the 0r-
ganization. The Reform Club was large
ly represented, and some of the leading
members were among tine speakers
Mrs. M. ]. Churchill, president of the
Crusaders, presided, ami introduced
Hon. A. S. Roe as the first speaker of
the evening.
Senator Roe referred in glowing terms
to the good work done by the Crusaders
in the interests Of temperance. None
know better than they, wives and moth
ers, the curse of the drink habit, and
none have to suffer more than they from
the evil. Senator Roe then touched a
popular chord by declaring his belief in
woman's suffrage, and said the ballot
should be given to the women. HeAbe-
lieved in their judgment, and declared
they would all cast their votes for God
and the right. He closed with a fervent
wish that woman's suffrage would soon
become reality in Massachusetts.
Rev. B. d. Marshall was the next
speaker, and he re-echoed the praises
sung by Senator Rec, but said he could
not agree with the senator OF the wo-
man suffrage question. He was followed
by w. H. Robinson, president c1 the Re-
form Club. He said he could testify
from personal experience 10 the good
work donA by the Crusaders, Through
their efforts the club of which he is
president was organized He was the
first man to sign the pledge and Join
the club; and since then there have been
$4,000 enrolled as members, and today
has roll of 1900 OF course some who
have Joined the club have fallen from
grace; but for every one OF these, there
are many others Who have given up the
habit, and who can testify to the good
work of the Crusaders. James McCul-
Tough, another prominent Reform Club
member, spoke of the good work of the
organization, and referred in warm
words to the influence of Mother" Gift
ford, who has adopted the members of
the club as cher hGVS -
Rev. Nelson N, Deveneau' was the
next speaker and he referred to the
members of the organization as dashing
and brave. and likened them in their
work to Joan of Arc He was glad to
see the good work was going on, and
said the Reform Club was manifesto
ton of the work already done. If any
city in the country should be tenn
perance city, Worcester, the home of
John B. Cough, should be that place
Intemperance, instead of being of the
downward degree, as generally sup
posed, had an upward tendency, and
can now be found in effete society. The
sin of intemperance must be fought to
the very end. 1t never dies, ana never
will die. The speaker then referred to
the stories in the papers in relation to
intemperanee at Yale College, and many
people declared that things related in
those stories could occur only in pagan
Rome. The speaker declared pt~ln
America was worse than pagan Rome
Rev. Mr.. Deveneau then spoke of
woman's suffrage, and was outspoken
in favor of the idea, He related an in
stance at Rockford, Ill, where the
women were accorded suffrage, and,
out of 1000 votes cast, but two were in
favor of license. The ballot should be
given the woman because she doesn't
know any better than to do right.
Other speakers were Rev. George
Sanderson, Mother Clifford, Mrs. e,
d. Knight and Rev. Rufus Taft The
exercises closed with the singing of
Nearer, my God, to thee" The sue
cess Of the celebration was due to a
committee made up of the officers:
President, Mrs. NJ. j. Churchill; vice
president. Mrs. H C. Grafton; secre-
tary, Mrs. Helen De Camp; treasurer,
Mrs. ]. H. Martin. The supper commit
tee was made up of Mrs. j. H. Martin.
Mrs j. " Simmonds, Mrs. NJ. H. Shekle-
ton and Mrs Adela Clough.
Mr.. BARKER NOT Ill.