Los Angeles herald., 1910-10-21
PAY TRIBUTE TO
JULIA WARD HOWE
Votes for Women Club HonorS
Memory of Author of the
Great Battle Hymn

Members of the Votes for Women
club had a specially prepared pro-
gram last night in their clubrooms to
do honor to the memory of Julia Ward
Howe. Appropriate musical selec-
tions were furnished by the club choir
ister, Mrs. Brennan, and the Rev. f..
Stanton Hodgin of the First Unitarian
church paid an eloquent and thought
full tribute to the great woman whose
passing away has been so momentous
an event of the week.
I'VE are constantly paying tribute to
the self made men and women" said
Mr.. Hodgin, ''who have overcome pow
erty and ignorance and who, in spite
of the circumstances and conditions
against them, rose to places of dis
tinction and responsibility. We are
sometimes wont to forget that it is an
even greater test of strength to have
all possible advantages thrust upon
one from childhood up and not be
stihed and softened and weakened by
them.
Few people have had more ad-
vantages than Julia Ward Howe. In
the very best, physical, mental and
moral. Her ancestors for generations
back were people who left their i'm
press upon their times-were promi-
nent in an constructive activity Her
father was a rare combination Of the
successful business man, the educator
and the philanthropist and it is doubt
full if so many men of virile culture
men Of ideas and ideals gathered in
duented this magnificent home. The
daily companions and associates of
Julia Ward Howe from the day of her
birth to the day of her death were
the men and women who most pro-
foundly Influenced the thought of the
nineteenth century, both in America
and Europe.
USEFUL TO SOCIETY
"That she maintained her poise and
individuality and self-reliance in the
midst of it all speaks volumes for
strength of character. While she did
not have the advantage of public edu-
cation which was not open to women
at that time, she had the best private
instruction. At 20 she was one of
the recognized bellies in New York So
cial affairs, and still survived to be-
come a useful member of society.
Mrs. Howe was a reformer of the
more conservative type" continued the
speaker. "She always kept her poise
and avoided the weaknesses of the eX-
tremist. She was always found work.
ing with the minority because she al
ways espoused causes long before they
became popular. Benjamin Franklin
once unwittingly said in giving a toast,
Where liberty is, there is my coun-
try Thomas Paine at once caught
up this phrase and replied, Where
liberty is not, there is my country
The latter is the true call of the re-
former. He must go where liberty is
not and do battle in its behalf. Julia
Ward Howe had the instincts of the
true reforner and her interest always
centered in the unachieved.
when asked what should be the
ideal aim in life she said, ITO learn, to
| teach, to serve and to enjoy What a
magnificent working creed of daily
life as that. What a splendid example
she was of the realization of her own
aim; always learning, always teach
ing, always serving, always enjoy
ing.
"I think it was she who said: The
deeper I drink from the cup Of life
the sweeter 1t becomes. In my case
it was not the dregs, but the sugar
that settled to the bottom"
SPEAK OF CHARACTER
Claudia Hazen White recited lib
erty Bells" and a number of other
speakers made brief remarks, either
reminiscent or eulogistic of the woman
to whose memory the evening was
dedicated Mrs. Dora Belle Let's, at
whose home Mrs. Howe had been a
frequent visitor, spoke of the simple
ity of this great woman and her gift
of making all those about her feel en-
tirely at ease. Miss Rose Ellerbe, Miss
Mary Foy, Mrs. Gould and Miss King
were among the speakers, and Mr..
Hardy, former congressman from IN
diana, rose to predict that the next
congress would make an appropriation
from the treasury toward the erection
of a monument to the memory of Mrs.
Howe. 1.-THE Battle Hymn of the Re
public" and Lincoln's address at Get
tysburg are the classics in American
literature" he concluded.
The debate which was originally an
nounced for last evening will be held
Thursday, November 8, Miss White
head having the affirmative and Mrs.
Cora Belle Lewis the negative. Plans
for the production of Miss Whitehead's
play, "How the Vote Was Won" will
be formulated at a meeting of the dra-
matte committee to be held next Tues
day evening at the home Of Miss
Fanny Wills, when a reading of the
play will be followed by the allot-
y,oant M the n1Ttg