The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-22
.RgALAZN'|S.a!ClO|lL! 4: \.
IAE M0THERS OF i
lew WALLACE

i his death summing up the whole.
When General Lew Wallace said, as
het 1ay lying: am ready to meet my
Max err he only declared the natural
result of he careful training in
sntth which he received at the hands
fsithfn. sstepmother to whom he
salways gave the credito Of his subse.
aentsnse fulness. writes Margaret Sui.
IVAN Bnrk for the Housekeper. He
sswas neyer5 nn8 unbellever, as some have
sisted for he srepudiated that story in
1efys igorons style and declared that
he learned Christianity at his moth
fSs knee. 5sSs sl;s5s4
The placing of "a statue OF Frances
Willard in statuary Hall at the Ma
donaIS Capitol calls TO mind one incl.
dent III which Mrs. Wallace was the
:tieff actor She had been sent as a
kasgate ito a iwoman's suffrage con.
ssntian at Washington and during
i stay in the city was invited to
speak DIT "a meeting of the Woman's
Elsristi tan: emperance Union. At
istat time this progressive body Of wo.
ats.1r while enjoying the opportunity
u organization and freedom from va.
rs1Es other old:time restrictions upon
tkeiri sex, that had been brought about
stssstIy through the agitation for
r1uaIS suffrage did not recognize the
slsfage people but Mrs. Wallaces
siish position; as the widow Of the
Eustarnor Of Ia great State, led these
EhtistianS women to make an excep
IN her favor hence the invita-
ST Fl
she was slightly nervous at the
thught Sof accepting it, but 1t was moi
Z il her makeup to shirk a responsible
She went, and as she listened t.
lfis Singing and prayers and looked in
q, ftale cain, chastened faces of Thu
glErnctpant a mighty struggle begal
IN her soul. For awhile her own vlsioi
sEs. Lear as TO 5the righteousness o
Iptnans ballot as; a means Of the sal
i szsions Of the outcast she felt tina
4 good people were blinded b.
gslTyenti onality to such an exten
tttEz EleyS would not take it kindly !
slnihted them to the only way, a
Sd ceived it,
sh.ss belonged to their organization
nd had worked on their lines whe
aasr own heart 5rcvolted at the idea q
+ u ssntnam at the polls; bit she ha
Esen, f:lade to realize the utter power
NESS OF women without ballo
truggle for any cause that me
rapuse from IN experience Of he
nxiz9 In truth this had awakened he
~ sieF fact that in a government b
me- Epeonle legal reforms can be Sc
utrefIss In no other way. Being III
fsmTn lady Of the State. as the wifi
ITS governor, she was an ornamer
to- the worldly society, that was !
Elm Eigh sdlsfavor with her own pei
zee tting QuHlers; but being a woma
o. the broadest mind, society coul
NJ. hold her long, and she soon idel
defE herself with the temperate
51yement, BY virtue Of her powerf
izdueneey the Temperance people a
pnaled her chairman Of a committ'
visit the State Legislature In Il
interest. Of a prohibition law. She W
dsditEeres that nothing could be don
III isgcauseS cir opponents held the b
suree gof spower,E in the ballot, as I
Il fiIsur dealers would all vote again
s6em From that hour she awoke
1Eef real meaning Of the right Of fra
Ehisess that it was not a plaything. b
III engine OF power for good or Ill.
True Ito! her Quaker blood, she +
4 NE moving Of the spirit" to tell Il
81 ssttSsy to the people assembled in Il
hRIl at :Washington. who, she felt W.
srE Topping of the branches, VIII
fhsa ruut Of the evil was taking h
mare and more deeply. But with
y natnra cowardice Of human nat
,ftR dreaded more to give offense.
teessnty eowardice gained the d
and rising she left the hall, and in
Eesarrid dor outside a mental strue
:ttossl place that was even more bit
\ 4ttlsn she first, until, dashed by c
science, she returned to the compa
detErruined to fill her engagement
$gpeak to- them, trying to keep in II
liue as n1ucli as possible and leave
& eth q higher power.
H size was called to address tn
and still trying to temporize she
gan, keeping the wheels of her
\ irotrse in the narrower rut, as she
1 futgutJsa But soon that Quaker, bl'
~ s1luyed by the inner influences