The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-04-05
In MRS. WALLACE'SHONOR
TRIBUTES PAID TO HER MEMORY BY
INDIANAPOLIS WOMEN.
An Afternoon Mass Meeting Mt the
PropyIaeum-Mrs. McWhirtcr. Mrs.
Clark and others Speak.

Many beautiful and touching tributes
were paid TO the memory of the late Mrs.
zerelda G. Wallace. in a memorial meeting
OF the women of indianapolis held I'm the
Propylae,m yesterday afternoon. The
meeting was presided over by Mrs. May
Wright Sewal, president of the Interna-
tional Council of Women and a friend of
the deceased Of many years standing. The
committee that called the meeting was
made up of representatives of various
organizations in the objects of which Mis-.
Wallace was especially interested during
her lifetime. Its chairman was Mrs. Sew
all and the list of members follows: Mrs.
b. W. Cole and Mrs. p. II. Jameson, rep
resenting the Ladies' Aid Society of Cen
trail Christian Church; Mrs. Luella +. Nc
Whittier, for the State w. c. T. T.; Mrs.
Martha l.. Gipe. for the Marion county
w. c. T. T.; Mrs. Margaret +. yelling,
for the Meridian w. c. T. T.; Mrs. Ada
Is. Leck, for the Frances f. Willard w.
c. T.. L.; Mrs. Frances L. Potter, for the
Central W. c. T. Z; Mrs. Bertha O..
Wade, for the Indiana Wornan's Suffrage
Association. and Mrs. Grace Julian Clarke,
for the Political Equality Society. The mu-
sic was in charge OF Mrs. Philip Goetz.
who sang Lead, Kindly Light as a solo
and led In the singing of Nearer. Ny God,
to Thee" and America" by the audi
ence. Miss Adelaide Goetz supplied the
piano accomplishments. The opening
prayer was offered by Mrs. Martha w.
Bond. Mrs. Luella f. McWhirter, repre-
s%enting the temperance movement. deliv-
cred the first formal address.
r MWHIRTER'S ADDRESS.
Mrs. McWhirter paid a glowing tribute
to the valuable service rendered by Mrs.
Wallace in the cause of total abstinence,
saying in part:
Mrs. Wallace was the moving spirit and
Christian Temperance Union. For many
years under her leadership it largely
thought its thoughts after that great brain
and it's heart-beats caught the rhythm Oh
her resistless pulsings of life and love.
with unframed workers and little man.
cial strength. this woman, with her won
derful clearnesS of vision, was able TO see
the end from the beginning. She organized,
encouraged and inspired her comrades. She
infused loyalty into the ranks by her own
~loyalty-loyalty to husband, children; 10y
atty to the thing she believed; loyalty 10
the principles OF the w. c. t. u; 10y
atty TO total abstinence, whether at
the festal board or in the medicine closet;
loyalty to Christ. She recognized the sa-
loon as a part Of a great system which is
protected by law and intrenched In the gov
eminent. She urged the use of every avail
able implement Of warfare against the sa-
loon, meanwhile seeking for this purpose
/ the ballot.
THE w. C. T. U. of Indiana. with it's
large membership. it's widespread influence
and its remarkable achievements, is to-day
a monument to Mrs. Wallace'S broad con-
ception of the need of the homes of our
State and Nation, to her indomitable couf-
age and TO her executive ability. Francis
Willard said Zerelda Wallace was lndiana's
Deborah. She is promoted, but Deborah's
are needed to-day to battle against that
modern Sisera, the rum power. Mother
Wallace, as the White Ribboners loved TO
call her, was a noble specimen of royal
motherhood. The home is safer. the world
is better because she lived. She has made
| for herself a monument in the hearts OF her
countrywomen.'"
MRS. CLARKE HEARD.
The next speaker, Mrs. Grace Julian
Clarke, Of Irvington, talked eloquently of
Mrs. Wallace's powerful influence exerted
in the woman's suffrage movement, in
which her sympathies were first enlisted
about twenty-five years ago: Mrs. Clarke
said. among other things:
"It was after a spirited appeal to the
Legislature by Mrs. Wallace, In which she
urged them TO consult their consciences in
voting, that one OF them, a member or the
church. regarded by her as a Christian
gentleman, said that he was not there to
represent mis- conscience, but his constitu-
ents. 1t was this remark that anointed
the eyes of that mother In Israel, with the
result that she then and there resolved to
labor, In season ana out Oh season., 10 De-
come a constituent. Henceforward she was
one of the most powerful advocates of the
suffrage cause. writing and speaking In its
behalf all over the United States.
Always governed primarily by the sem
timent of humanity, one secret Of her sue
cess was her utter absence OF personal
ambition. L am in earnest-just simply in
earnest she said recently, in reply 10 some
question as to her art as a speaker. Sin
sularly logical in her mental makeup, she
dealt with the of her opponents
I'm a calm and ALWAYS telling manner She
had a wonderfully strong and sympathetic
voice, and a serene and motherly presence,
that made for her friends wherever she
AN ORIGINAL POEM.
AL original poem, eulogizing the character
of the deceased, was read by Mrs. Mary A.
Leavitt, a lifelong friend and coworker.
The poem was. in part, as follows:
Majestic Mind that made the law
OF helpfulness its living creed;
A graciouSness which felt and saw
Only a tempted brothers need.
ITO break the tempter's power and sway,
Protection round the home to wind,
She pleaded in her own wise way
For equal rights for womankind.
with all the gifts of womanhoOl.
And all the fervent fire of youth,
She pied for justice; all, she stood
An advocate for Gods OWL truth.
'Oh, for her mantlei May il fall
On us who in lifes conflict stand,
And down the years and over all
Who bear Truths banner thro' the land"
MRS. SEWALL TALKS.
One of the principal addresses OF the &C.
casion was made by Mrs. Sewall. In the
beginning Of her tribute Mrs. Sewall re-
called that about twenty-five wears ago
she first met Mrs. Zerelda G. Wallace
through the latter bringing for her sigma
ture a huge petition which had as it's open
ing sentence. we, the undersigned. do
not clamor for political rights" Mrs. Sew
all declined TO sign the document. stating
that she herself belonged TO the class OF
women who do clamor for political rights.
In a short time Mrs. Wallace again vis-
tied Mrs. Sewall. for the purpose OF inform
ing her that she had changed her convic-
tions and decided TO Join the ranks OF
the women who clamor." Thus began an
intimate friendship hat lasted until the
recent death of the distinguished advocate
for temperance and women's suffrage. In
concluding her address Mrs. Sewall said:
MY last long intimate converse ton with
the dear friend whom for a quarter of n
century | have called my 'Hoosier mother