The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-11-13
JULIA WARD H0WE'S MEMORY
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rr'rui. If .hlil Ward Howe WIN mot
. ,r., hudson Ghrltr" yesterday morning
.ral, about her liz. were told by several
-..,>"r- that they remembered seeing
l.r ru his ar on that occasion tr,,Ss.-d
D. Whit" Each seemed tn think the
,.Urr -vmhollzrd her character The
u.r,,. uG wns held under the auspices
~ ru. League for Political Education
T.. audience. which comfortably filled
.." tpus" was composed mostly Of
women There Were many Bostonians
,r,.>-n' who had come on especially
e. %" tribute.
I.r Rev. Dr Charles T. Stowe. son
r'''trrlet BeeCher Stowe. saw III Co couple
,h.. names Of his mother and Mrs Howe
~ ll appreciation Of their life and works
.rtny were both Of the old New England
,n,N. he said. and expressed the spirit
Of their ancestry through their genius
Tor moral ideas Neither was purely
r~the,lC. they were both artists. bat they
w"rs raformers first. II may have spoiled
Ter hooks from n purely aesthetic point
ol Jew he said, speaking OF his mother
hut It did not spoil her life
The Rev Robert Collyer. who Is "A very
cid man and a great-grandfathsr. was
a friend 81 Mrs. Howe for forty five years
IN both Chicago and Boston. When he
stood up with his long. white hair stream
ing 20 his shoulders the audience was
prepared TO give him a deferential hear
ing. but he was well up TO the occasion.
/ remember one time soon after met
Mrs Howe he said. when she asked
me to com. To breakfast Needless to
cav | was greatly honored. but Couldn I
nut wonder what the breakfast would
ha like. for she had given me to under
stand that she would get it herself. Well:
people think literary women and those
with causes on their hands aren't good
housekeepers. but let me tell you that
that was the hest breakfast ever ate
Or Collyer told Of his church in Chi
cago where the Rev. DIR. James Freeman
Clark assisted and mentioned the names
Of the sunday night speakers they used
To have Elizabeth Cadv Stanton Ralph
Waldo Emerson. Wendell Phillips and
Mrs Howe. and Mrs. Howe was the
on. that could fill the old church TO its
limit
He mentioned the centennial celebrat ION
held last April of DR.. FRESHMAN Clark =
birthday and he told how they carried
Mrs Howe in and put her on n couch
She was dressed IN white. MIR. JoIiyer
digressed at this point To express IN ms
personal view the approprIai ene-S OF the
color From the couch she made her
speech distinct and clear and read poem
che had written for the occasion.
/ would like to have kissed her. SAID
DR.. Collyer Il wish | had. She is one
at,A
nv old age
President Mary L. woolley Of Mount
Holyoke College spoke 81 Mrs. Hows'S
many -IdedDe-s. Musician and poet
philosopher and critic. philant hropI>,
and rat riot. public speaker and leader
devoted wife and mother she was all
his and more said President WoOllsy
she also paid a tribute TO Mrs lloves
almost perfect balance. saying she wa-
int "nse in convict ion and had the courage
~ her convict ions. Yet she was ALWAYS
reasonable. always tactful The streng1h
that IL 40 often synonymous with exce-s
IN some one direction was not "A Charac-
teristIc Of hers
when she had seen Mrs Howe and spoke
especially OF the Smith college "Nercisa-
recently when Mrs. Howe received a
degree.
NO one present, said President
WooIley is likely to forget IN. picture
Il the little white ROBBED iigur. IN AGA
damic gown and cap honored by the
degree which in the granting conferred
honor upon the college that gave u
She spoke Of Mrs. Howe's interest in the
'ause Of liberty in ia many different
manifest atioDs and said:
With her passion for freedom she
.1Iid not be other than a valiant sup
rortsr Of equal suffrage. q cause 10 which
on. brought all the greater Influence be-
cause Of her sweet reasonablene~s.
President Woolley spoke Of the pat riot
-n If the woman who born and bred in
hIxury held up always a pat and
noble Interpretation Of what privilege
meant
Miss Clara Barton. first president Of the
American Red Cross, could not appear to
pay her promised tribute. but a friend Of
Miss Barton. Miss Evelyn Gurley Kane
read a short address, for her.
Then every one God up. including Mr.
Charlotte Wilbour and Mrs. Esther Her
mann. the fairy godnother Of wornen's
clubs and Mrs. Christine Terhune
tSlarion Harland), who were all upon the
platform. and listened to Francis Rogers
slng the verses % the Battle Hymn %
the Republic by the famous woman who
liked 70 dress in white. All joined In the
chorus.