The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-01-24
ELIZABETH B. CHACE.
Memorial Service Held by Woman
Suffrage Association


There was a very large audience in
the Westminster Unitarian church
Mathewson street. yesterday afternoon,
on the occasion of the memorial ser
vice given under the auspices of the
Rhode Island Woman's Suffrage Also
! citation, In honor of Elizabeth Buffum
! Cbace. one of the founders and the late
president of the organization. On the
| platform were the venerable Airs Julia
| Ward Howe, Mrs. Ednah ID. Cheney
J and Mr, Henry b. Blackwell, co-work-
ers with and devoted friends OF Mrs.
/ Chace, and at one side. Mr.John Hutch
! 4nson OF Boston, the sole surviving
! member of the famous Hutchinson
! family who was closely Identified with
I Mrs. Chace in the anti-slaVery work
| Mrs. Ardclia Dewing, acting president
| OF the association. Mrs. Lille B. Chace
| Wyman, Mrs. James Tolman (nee
Chace) OF Boston, Mr.. Arnold B. Chace
and the grandchildren of Mrs. chace,
were seated in the audience.
Mrs. DeWing presided AZ the meeting
and after few words in allusion TO
the great loss sustained by the death
of Mrs. Chace she read letters of e.
gret from Gov. Dyer. ex-Gov. Ladd.
Secretary Peckham Of the state board
Of charities and corrections and Fred
eric y. iinckley OF Boston, all OF these
letters paying tribute OF respect TO
the memory of the noble and distin-
guished woman in whose honor this me-
moral service Is held"
Henry b. Blackwell OF Boston. then
spoke in part as follows: II feel as IL
belonged to another generation. She
was so long with us. so full OF life. that
we do not realize the number OF her
years. During the whole OF my life
have always looked toward Mrs. Chace
and looked up 10 her There are two
great principles which have made this
country what il H.. the puritan and the
Quaker. The Puritan, which stanCs for
freedom in the church. and the Quaker
which stands for the equality OF wom-
en. Mrs. Chace represented both those
streams OF tendency, freedom i'm tho
church and freedom in the state 1t is
pitiful to think that we are living iu
the nineteenth century and that the
principles for which Mrs. Chace stood
still remain TO be embodied i'm the con.
sgtution of the state
More than ever is 81 needed that
women. who are the moshers OF men.
who have always stood foS peace i'm the
home. should be allowed 10 have n voice
In the government. There was never a
time when the question of the consent
Of the governed was so much 10 the
fore I'm America. Mrs. Chace set us a
noble example Of womanhood She has
set lus a work 10 do and it is for the
younger men and women who can do
as great a work 10 emulate her noble
example"
After Mr.. Hutchinson had SURG
MAY Not Pass Again This Way"
touching words were spoken by Mrs.
Fdnah -. Cheney and Mrs. Julia Ward
Howe. the latter concluding her re-
marks by saying: "We are all marching
To the same bugle -~ll. in the ranks to-
gether one drons on the right and one
on the left, and hy-an by we are left
alone We come here 10 take uD fresh
hone, fresh COURAGE from her memory
And go let this blessed semory by the
earnest OF what we most believe i'm.
what we most hope for"
There were more SONGS and more
brief addresses. after which the very
Impressive services were closed with
the benediction.