The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-06-19
THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF
FRANCIS WILLARD ONLY
DESCRIBED "WONDERFUL"

All over the country last Sunday
there were given france. Willard
programmes, ~ u phase ui the TEN
p%cfnncr work ut u great church So
lcty. aud draws my memory tu this
great character, gained from years
uf knowledge ut II back IN the odd
dart.
Great ~ Frances willard was. II IL
most ~ u woman that her character
appeals, eleven years after hri death.
Ia this belief there d, no desire To be-
little hrt wonderful accomplishments,
fot 10 other word than wonderful dc-
rIibrs them. She WIS appointed pro
tossut Ut csthctics ~ the great North
western University IN 1853. ~ the age
If thirty, 10y the sheer force ui her ~
t%ainm"nts breaking down the barrier
that had fenced out women from the
chairs ui even the most progressive
] cu educational srhuul-. Two years
later she became dean Ot the Woman >
College ui that institution, the highest
educational position attained 10y % We
man IN America up To- that time. llcr
greatest work was the founding of
the World Woman = Christina TEN
uetaucr mon ~ iSsI, which gnNc
! III" first impetus tu the temperance
movement that was really OF effect
II laid the foundation that have made
possible III" temperance wave thai T.
now sweeping the nations ut earth
aud washing them clean. SLOW ~ 81
BE-. IT, effects are becoming apparent
10 every civilized land, and a., great
WORK iut humanity A. "a fitting muuu
mrni iOr this great woman, the later
aud best years ut whose life were giN
"u up To prohibition.
Still with all these accomplishments
aud successes, the great woman
heart was uppcrmOst ever. When she
finally gave up college work cutirtly.
% was not because there was mUir
fame IN the new calling. Temperance
advocates were not popular IN those
days, for intempcrHuec was u nation
aI condition.. she cuuSrrTatcd her litc
iu u ~ she said, 'Ircnu~c u n the
direction ~ which eau de- most fur
womnnkInd. Woman can never attain
the station for which Gud intended
her until the liquor interests are dcnI
eel control ~ government, aud she l.
given equal Voice with man ~ the
formation of law. The home will ney
~ hc safe until IT, greatest enemy l.
under control. shul give the rest
~ my life To the women at the world
iu preparing the way fUt safe home,
m tue future. 30 SURELY there could be-
uu gtaudrr dedication. fut few wu
men would have had the moral
strength To turn aside FROM literary
fame, which already ~ hand, aud mon
cy which Was offered her Ia great sums
To- continue her educational labufs.
Frances Willard did, and it l. the
greatest proof ut her love
IN her capacity ton work Miss Vii
lard created u new mark. For the last
ttIttN years uf her lite her toll was
iuccssaut. She averaged "A meeting
a day IL all that time. II was her
pruudcSt recollection that she never
refused AN invitation to speak fui
temperance II 1t was wituIn human
possibility Tor help to he there. Her
estimate of work was decidedly W.
manly, aud certainly correct. In az
address ~ Springfield in lSNp she
said: ~ have no use for the healthy
woman who shirks the lubUrs laid
upon her, OF bcmoans her fate. Cod
Almighty himself laid the burden vi
labor upon woman ~ we'll rs man.
The woman who seeks go cNale the
responsibility II dlsluyni To tod ~
well rs dlsloyal to herself, aud the
greatest obstacle of scientific temper
ancc today l. the woman who thinks
II questionable 10 work. II all of the
women at this g.'at land went cheer
iIl about their daily tasks, thanking
nod Tor the privilege, utilizing such
lime ~ could be spared TO spread the
doctrine of prohibition aud social pur
ny, ~ one generation this nation
would Ice one Ut the wonders of the
world. That has always appealed to
ne ~ one Of the most splendid jus
uiicHtions of industry have ever
known, and one to inspire the healthy
normal woman ~ the smallest things.
II puts It right up to ~ to he loyal
10 God hy the discharge Ut the labors
that God assigned 10 us ia the begin