The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-06-08
ONE RIGHTS.

Noble Life Of Frances Willard"
Prov. 31:1O, 1920, 25, %,
1881.
(By William T. Ellis.)
Rights come to those Who exercise
them. Real power is 20 conferred by
law; 1t is personal, and inheres in
In the ages and lands where
sphere is most restricted
some women have risen to places Of
leadership and world influence. The
royalty OF which the essence is great
personality may not be affected by
considerations of sex, age or social
conditions. Cleopatra and Joan of Arc
Welded their power in spite of their
environment. While some American
women were clamoring for full poll
teal rights for their sex, there wa q
~high-souled young woman in the mid
die who quietly gained for herself
such an influence as the ballot box
never could convey In wise omar
~ ways h SO exercised her abilities
in the service of her fellows that
Frances Willard was acclaimed by
myriads as the ~uncroWned queen of
America"
They are greatest who most serve.
rance Willard poured out her life
in self-forgetting ministry; and in its
century and q quarter of history the
American republic has produced no
greater woman than she.
e
When q man loses his manliness, or
q woman her wOmanliness, all real
power departs with it. Sweet and
gracious Womanliness was a charm
Of Frnces Willard to the end.
Great as an Individual life may be-
come, q cause is always greater.
n Willard believed profoundly
n the wisdom of attaching her life to
an unpopular and altruistic propa-
ganda. She identified herself hearth
~ with the temperance crusade; for
it she lived and in it she exercised
very last ounce of her power. Her
-,h,ilbutlon 10 the cause OF temper
ance was great: but the temperance
causes contribution to her was great
81. She got more. than she gave. It
vas IN Women's work for the promo
ton OF total abstinence. and for the
abolition Of the saloon. hat she found
herself and her life work. The advice
of France Willard, often reiterated,
is still good advice for the young peo-
pie OF today-nanely. to discover tire
most deserving Of the unpopular
causes Of the day and to throw ones
self into it with complete abandon.
Nothing ever requires the Sacrifices
of ones manhood and womanhood
That must be preserved at all costs
even at the sacrifice of life if na-l
arise. MS Willard con~spicuously
demonstrated that it is possible to pre-
serve the sweetest and most lOvaDle
traits Of wornanly cha~actar VIII. az
gagged in public work. Frances Willard
the wonan always overtopp.6. Frances
Willard the reformcr, and educator.
&
Pettiness is the peril Of these ma
terial times. How many young wo-
men there are who lave today not had
a oug above dress and beauX. Tri-
val gossip, stereotyped phrases. and
the inanities of barren lives have been
all that have fallen from their lips.
They have neither greatly dreamed
nor greatly one To all such comes
a f~ull-orbed life like Frances VIII
lard bidding women to live for
great goals worthy or them; and in
a that is truest to woman'S
highest nature. There IS a great ca
reer waiting Tor every young woman
willing to pay the price OF achieve
ment.
= = =
Ten years ago Frances Willard
quilted the life beautiful belo for
the life more beautiful above. le
she still lives in the eXtraordnary
victories which the caus" OF temper-
1nce is achieving All over the lafd.
She would be the first to say.
What matter. l or they:
Mine or another'S day;
SO the right word be aid
And Lille the sWeeter maGe?'
u =
Professionalism is q LANCER ever
lurking about the feet OF the person
who works in the public eye. When
one must be ever presenting the same
;ruths to new audiences it is not al
ways easy to feel them VT the vivid
ness and which accOmpa-
MED their first experience. Politicians.
preachers, refOrmerS, lecturers. and
teachers all feel the inSidiouS tenpta-
ton to say more than they ctually
feel at the time. From this defect
rance Willard was S~ingularly tree.
She felt profoundly the burden Of her
u-ac rnrnindol Of the Pro-