The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-04-13

iatr' ihffr tAifN visions We're.
hurmuf that milne eyes have known
ne burden Of a reeiing tear:
hlt sun the heart will fondly cling
10 hopes no longer priced as truth.
Ana memory stln delights 20 bring
TIE happy visions Of my youth.
Mark Lemon.
Frances D.. willard An oaeIai Opinion.
From the Union Signal. 30 one
loved home better than Frances viii
lafd. hut few In her rank had less OF
H. The author OF Home. swee.
hone never had home. with her.
as with him, II was all through life
and always the song OF the dying
swan"
Next TO her mother and her nest al
Evanston Frances willard had her
nome on earth In the hearts Of white
ribboners. They were 10 her always
IN her own language. Our folks" and
her home festivals were mostly where
they gathered together, So It came
about that all OF our meetings. includ-
ing our great conventions when wo-
men came together from the ends OF
the earth. have always been homelike:
ana the sweetest and most touching
things ever said by Miss willard we're
her quaint and pathetic uilerances al
such meetings about home aud mother
and father and little ones They were
the charm Of our gatherings. She
threw IN 30 many appreclailye sayings
about people and things ON the insplra-
ton OF the moment. that they came 20
be called Miss Wizards embroidery
Happy are We u We. too. emhrolder
lifes pathway with sweet and lovely
howers. rather than wound the weary
feet with thOrns and nettles.
Frances Wizards lie work vas pre-
emlnenily for the home. and Il was
consistent throughout. The loving care
she gave her mother. and the words
Of almost exerueiating tenderness the
daughter penned Of the last days o.
St. Courageous. as Madam willard
came 10 be called. have nodded many
life for good
Women have been accused Of being
severe and unforglving and critical TO.
ward each other but the lie Of our
gentle Frances forever denies IA,
charge Tor one a. least. and marks q
new era 10 the centuries. when Il {,
written, Women demand a white llf,
for two. and extend an equally help
ing hand 10 both equal pity and equa
love 10 fallen women aud fallen men.
One % the great elements Of Frances
WIZARDS success was her power owe
women. Il was only necessary for gal
young girls or society women 10 COM
within the pervasiye atmosphere o
love which enyeloped her like the MIN
bus Of the ancieni saints. from hca,
90 foot. 90 become her deyotees. 10
the time being NJ least. and 10 deslr
nothing more than 10 serve her am
her cause-for the two were INSOFAR
able Their devotion vas given In re-
Spouse 10 the appreciation she gave q
the good In them. for she was a see
who disccrned the possibilities In 9th
ers' lives. and she breathed upon laten
good. that Il might become lnstlnc
with life She was an this 10 he
white-ribbon constituency and IA
more Her head was set upon her shoul
ders Ike a rose upon Ia stem. and
turned or lifted or dropped with IN
sentiment that sclntlllaied through he
great brain like flower moved by N
gentle wind. In our conventions. whel
at the last moment OF tho las, eyenin
session. the sisierhood forms. as
their custom. chain Of clasped hand
from the vast platform down into IN
auditorium and around fhe great au
diencc Of five or siK thousand peopl
and sing our parting song. God y
With You TIN We Meet Again. a deaf
mute might follow the sentiment an
the rhythm Of the song simply by N
central figure OF Frances leading ther
by the bend Of her head and the sway
ing OF her iorm-bu she was far NOR
than graceful Her aesthetic taste wa
cultivated In many directions. by he
college education. by books. travel. MI
seums OF art. and contact With cult
waited people In many lands. Thes
opportunities given TO NATURAL
bright, sensitive and strongly intellect
ual nature produced an elegant woma
who could not do an ungenteel act
but she was far more than elegan
She might have been. to the world q
least, simply an educated woman. clasl
ical and cold had Il not been for N
great cause which developed her emo
tlonal nature. and brought her Int
close touch with an humanity an
made her great-heartcd. Hut informe
In mind and heart and then touche
with live coal from Oh the alta
with love for humanity. she coul
adapt herself to the lowllcst and N
most ignorant. Through all her wor
love pulsated and by her kindly splr
women were melted 10 their best an
brought nearer 10 the full stature
womanhood. She was a great educi
tor Of her followers
The destruction Of the base and 4,
noble possessed her. The building ane
and the polishing and perfectng COZ
sumed her Her desire for progrel
toward the good was Unsuitable. 81
was Infinitely palustaklng and col
sclentous. aud never satisfied wit
present attanments One height reacl
ed and she caught glImpscs Of peal
beyond. and thus she inspired all h,
followers Her resources were practica
~ llmitless. She rarely failed to sett
differences amicahly She was new,
partisan. Her mental polse SCENE
perfect and that Of her heart rs wei
She never forgot the supreme aim
the Womans Christian Tempe
ance Union In the do-ever,
thing policy as some have though
but made all things oontrlbu
"a the one great object the Anal ove