The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-24

cothtnAfsQeu the admiration Eue ONLY
o. the women OF the world. bu. q. men
% thought who pronounc-. the wo-
mans Christian Temperance Union
me mos perfectly organized society
the world has ever ssoa. 1; vas the
first attomp; to unite women ta.o a.
organization whsch would make the
influence OF vOmanhood an apprcciabjs
power In the world" Miss Willard cav
in this organization not only a great
power To- be arraycd against the sz.ooa.
bu; which could wish proper lelder-
ship % directed aEainSi Amos, every
other evil which threatens the Po~cr
and strikes az our civilization. she
threw herself into the Spirs. OF thss
enterprise with such devotion. thIs
within ten years. she had visited every
city and town in the United States %
10000 inhabitants and IN many cf
smaller size. In the year iSSS. she
Travelled 10000 miles. visiting every
state and territory. During a doEea
years. she averaged one meeting a DAY
and during all this time the long and
weary Journeys were never allowed TO
interTupi tho fow OF thought and
work. She aroused tn the women who
rallied to her call. nos alone "a deep
love and devotion to- herself. but \
new faith in their own possibilities
and new hope for the race OF which
she Is a part" Miss Gordon SAYS OF
her: The goal Of her conSccratcd am
bltton was n universal sisterhood.
united in common cause. and she
was deaf tn all sounds. and blind to
aI sights which might lure her from
that goal. In pursuing this great aim
Miss Willard found Il necessary to- in
corporate in her scheme much more
than the founders OF the W. G.. T. 4.
drcamcu of. The one thought and pur-
pose which animated the leaders OF
the Temperance Crusade. which waS
the root OF which this organization
Is the spreading tree. was ''Bro;hc-s.
we beg OF you not to- drink. and not
tn sell II took Us years to discover
how this drinking and selling reaches
into every branch not only ot social
and business life. but also OF the poll
s.Cal fabric. Having gTaSpcd this idea
under Miss wtilarri's leadership Nc
were forced tn adopt che DO Every
thing Policy" and the Union stands
pledged before the Wort to cas- up
any highway of influence and power
and gather out every stone of evil
habit and practice. tiat thus We may
prepare the world for the coming os
the Prince OF peace ard love. Every
thing Is not in the Temperance Re
form. but the Temperance Reform
should be in everything" was Miss
Wizards favorite statement in defn-
ing the DO Everything Policy.
But to- those OF us who knew Miss
willard with some intimacy. whom
though having not seen. we loved. her
ability and wonderful success as n
leader. mus; always take n subordinate
place In our memory Of her. to- what
she was in herself. to- her personal
character. Her soul was the seat uf all
Gods best Eraces. and just 20 be in her
presence seemed to- De uplifting and In
spring to- all high living. AL speak
OF her Astounding love. love for nature.
for trees and flowers and hills. for the
helpless little creatures whom man too
often considers his natural prey. the
birds and wildwood animals-for our
sometimes misused dumb servants.
but most OF all for the helpless and
SHINING and suffering OF human kind.
Having In her own heart this unbound
ed love. IL IL doubtful IL any leader
among men or women. save only One.
ever drew about him or her such a
band OF loving. unselfsh souls az those
women who surrounded Frances VIII
lard and gave to her their fealty and
devotion.
And yet. IN the words OF Lady Henry
Somerset. NO one but those who have
been intimately connected with lead
ers. can realize what Is the real cross
that such a position entails. We ar,
apt to- think that the plaldits Of the
multitude. the fair words spoken ot
platforms. make the sum total OF th'
career which marks n successful chief
but only those who are within the innet
circle can understand the wearing mis-
understanding the jealousies. the con
slant care. the hopeless failures. tk'
insratitude. that constitute the leav!
FIRE which the commander needs .
face. During the eight years that i
has been my happiness TO be intimate
~ allied with the creates; woman lead
er OF our time. have never on any &C
j Casion. no matter what may have bcci
= the prOyoCat!on. no matter how bite
! the attack. how cruel the ins!nul;ior