The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1905-02-23
HONOR MISS WILLARD.
Statue of Great Woman Is Placed
in the Capitol at
Washington.
CONGRESS REVERES MEMORY.
Wisconsin Girl Was the Sculptor of the
Frances Willard Me-
mortal

Washington, d. c., Feb. 1S.-Bott
houses of Congress honored the memory
of a woman They formally accepted as
the gift of the state of Illinois statue OF
the late president of the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance union, who lived II
Evanston. Eulogistic speeches were
made and resolutions were adopted.
After the exercise in the House, 1000
school children of the District of Column
hia were admitted into the rotunda OF
the capitol, and between lane Of white
ropes marched past the statue and de-
posted flowers at its base.
Represented as Lecturing.
The statue was unveiled as they APP
peared and revealed a replica of Miss
Willard a little more than life size. 1t
is of Carrara marble, the entire white
ness of statue and pedestal being in con
trast to all other statues in the hall, all
of which have bases Of dark hue. Miss
Willard is represented in her favOrite
vocation as lecturer, standing by II read
ing desk, her right arm extended and the
left arm at her side. In her left hand
she holds manuscript. The head IS
gracefully posed and the expression Of
the face is strong and spiritual.
Upon the pedestal is inscribed:
All! it Is women who have given the cost
Hest hostages to fortune. Out into the bat
tie of life they have sent their best be
loved, with fearful odds against them. O,
by the dangers they have dared; by the
hours of patient watching over beds where
helpless children lay; by the incense Of ten
thousand prayers waited from their gen
tie lips to heaven, | charge you give them
power to protect along LIES trCacherous
highway those whom they have so loved
Frances l., Willard
Presented by the state of Illinois, Feb
ruary II, 1905.
Work of an Oshkosh Woman.
The statue is the work of Miss Helen
Farnsworth Mears of Oshkosh. Wis, Il
student of Augustus st. Gaudens. 1t
cost $4,000, the money for which was
appropriated by the Illinois Legislature.
The quota of the state in statuary hall
is low complete, Illinois already having
contributed one in bronze of Gen. James
Shields.
la the Senate the Mandatory addresses
were by Senators Cullom, Bevcridgc,
Hopkins and Dollivcr, and in the House
Representative Foss gave a biography
of NJ $ willard. Representatives Raj
ney, Graft and Littlofeld also spoke.
'"The state Of Illinois," said Mr.. Cul-
lon, presents to the United States the
statue of a great woman whose name is
familiar wherever the English language
is spoken. Miss Willard was n worthy
representative Of her sex, known to the
world for her devotion to the cause Of
temperance and for her efforts in the in
terest of the human race.
Wonderful Career as Leader.
"She had a wonderful career; begin
nlng III poverty, struggling with adverse
conditions, with courage and faith in the
right, She Oycrcame all obstacles in her
pathway and became one of the foremost
women of her time.
I'm 1879 she was elected president Of
the National Woman's Christian Tom
pcrance union, and in that position her
splendid executive ability and faculty for
organization had full sway. She Travelled
over this country constantly, talking in
behalf Of the white ribbon cause in ev-
cry town and city in the United States
having a population of 10000 or more.
In 1883 She projected the Worlds Won
ans Christian Temperance union, of
which she later became president. Under
her leadership the temperance crusade
spread as if by magic throughout the
United States.
'She lived bravely, helpfully and
grandly, and at the time of her death
she was one of the most beloved women
of America.
Greatly Mourned in Chicago.
illinois especially mourned the death
of Miss Willard 1t was in Illinois, in
the vicinity of Chicago, that she began
her great work and had lived for more
than forty years, and it was to Illinois
that her body was brought, and it was
there that the most touching tributes of
respect were paid to her. Her body lay
in state at Willard hall, in the Woman's
temple, in Chicago, where it was viewed
by more than 10000 persons, composed
Of all classes, the rich and tho poor.
equally anxious to look on the face of the
whose teachings had done 80
much for the world"
Mr. Rainey alluded to the fact that UNI
til today no state had contributed to
Statunry hall the statue of woman
He added:
''ln the years which followed the war
one of the forces most potent to sweep
upon north and south alike was the army
Of women led by Frances Il. Willard,
through the north and south,
following the white banners upon which
she had inscribed the motto. For God
and Home and Native Land
'She led the fight for the home-for
personal purity-for better habits Of liv-
ng-for tho rights Of clildren-for the
uplifting of women"
DJyynD HDEN ~ MIN WYNN