The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-02-23
A GRAND CAREER
Tribute Paid to The Memory Of
Miss Willard.
NAMED AS A SAlhTED ONE
Her Sef-S acrJficIns Life ana Sue
cessfui Work-Afternoon %
Reading ana Remarks.

An especially interesting meeting
was held By the woman's Christian
Temperance Union ON Tuesday after
noon in the Central Union Church
parlOrs 10 commemorate the 3nu5ver-
sary of Miss Wizards death.
The exercises opened with rcspon-
sIve reading prepared Cor the OCCASION.
led by Rev. Mr.. Eincsid, and the sing
ing OF the hymn, God be with yCu
till We meet again These were fol-
lowed ~ payer and N. crusade
hymn i
Give TO the winds my fears
Hope, and be Undismayed
So inspiring a theme - the beaut.-
full life OF Miss wElard could not fail
To be OF deep interest. but when pre-
scented by a speaker 50 happy in
thought and expression as the Rev. Mr..
Kincaid, & was sufficient 20 hold the
audience spollbouRd. The sixty ur
more ladies present listened with the
closest attention 10 the RevC-end gen
/ y
tie of truth IN al its forms. Among
other things Rev. Mr. Ftncaid said
was that ne felt that instsad OF dwell
| ing u"on the lives cf the early saints
we should recognize the saints II the
present day. Frances willard was ia
vored with > good ancestry. men and
women OF sterling moral qualities for
generations back. 4 good mother and
noble father. good iterature-chiefIy
the Bible and Uncle Toms Cabin
had much to 10 in forming the unique
character OF this great and sanity wo-
man. As 4 leader and organizer of
women she was unsxceiied. and her
untirIng devotion to the cause she es-
poused cut short = life OF heroic sac
rifices. Both the high position OF Dean
of a Woman's College and the liberal
salary OF s4OOO-wnich we're offered
her. she sacrif~ed to enter n work
neither popular nor lucrative. but
which in the end tpcught to- hcr dis
tinction AMI honor
She died. loved b. al women. ans
honored by ali men
ION Heights OF Power" u hymn com
posed by Miss Willard as a tribute q
white Ribboners, was very sweet,
sung by four young ladies' from Ka
waiahao seminary. accompanied b!
Miss Hammond.
Following this VS. On interestin.
paper by Mrs. whitney.
Miss Coan read from = memorial b!
Lady Henry Somerset and H1Ipal
Whitehall Smith, English ladies ans
J. close friends OF Miss Willard.
Mrs. Williams. OF Minneapolis. In
voice that was trenulous with emotion
spoke of Miss willard as q persona
fr1end-as one who always saw th
best in everybody.
Mrs. Wz.erhouSa had experience
the sad pleasure 81 attending n mem
orial service in Westminster chape
led by Lady Henry Somerset and Mr..
II. w Smith
\ collection VS. then taken for IN
promotion Of the work. two dollars q
the amount TO be seat To HcadquarteT
as part o. the National Memorial or
ganizing Fund" for me extension q
q the w. c. +. u.
The meeting closed with singin
Gently. Lord. on gently lead u
through this vale OF smiles and tears
instead 81 "sighs and tears"
change suggested By Miss Willard.
Lovely flowers we're contributed b
a gentleman who had . grea; admir-.
ton for Miss Wizards noble chara,
ter.
!. The above IS from the report Of y
W. G. T. ". Secretary. Mrs. Z "a
Greene.