Evening star., 1916-12-26
lAUD TIRE MEMORY
OF MRS. BO|SSEvA|N
-~Suffragists Hold Services in
Statuary Hall at the
Capitol.
PRAISE WORK FOR WOMEN


devotion to follow where she has led"
This closing sentence from the reso-
luton unanimously adopted by the con-
course present gives the keynote of the
memorial services held yesterday after
noon in the Capitol of the United
States for Inez Milholland Boissevain.
the young suffrage leader whose early
death was largely due to her work for
the political emancipation of women.
The ceremonies, which were staged by
the Congressional Union for Woman
Suffrage, and which were the first of
the sort ever held in the Capitol, were
in Statuary Hail. by permission of
Speaker Clark. So great was the crowd
that the hall and its galleries were
packed before the program began and
the police had to bar the entrances.
Optimism and emphasis Oh the
shoulder to shoulder idea in future
labors outweighed even the evidence of
the feeling of deep and personal loss on
the part of those attending the pro-
ceedings. The scene was impressive In
the extreme as her comrades and
friends acknowledged the great debt
they owe the departed worker.
Procession to the Capitol.
Forming in the House Office building,
the suffrage leaders. with girls carry
ing banners Of suffrage colors. and
choir boys from ST. David's Episcopal
Church, led by Miss Alice Paul, na-
tional chairman Of the Congressional
Union, marched across to the Capitol.
Miss Paul bore a banner that Miss
Miiheiiand carried as girl in 1910 in
the nrst suffrage parade held in this
country. Close behind Miss Paul came
Miss Lucy Burns of Brooklyn. with a
banner inscribed: As He died to make
men holy, let us die to make men free"
Inc HVe speakers were Senator Suth-
erland of Utah, Miss Anne Martin OF
Nevada, Rowland B. Mahany of New
York, Miss Maud Younger and Mrs.
William Kent of California
People from all parts of the country
representing not only woman suffraee
put lapor, peace, prison reform and
many other movements in which Mrs.
Boisseyain was interested, attended the
memorial. ~
In the audience We're members of +be
diplomatic. congressional and other Of
ficial circles
Labor was represented by William n.
Johnston, president of the International
Association of Machinists; Woman's
Peace Party by Mrs. w THOMPSON
Burch president of the District branch:
consumers a1 League by Mrs. Harvey W.
by Mrs. Frank P. Odenheimer, presiden.
general; socialist party by ]. Wehh
tary. eee
Lived and Died for Women
From balcony and pillar of statuary
HAN hung the purple, white and gold
colors OF the Congressional Union: at
the back of every chair was raised the
manner or the cause, while the same
hues we're borne aloft by young women
who stood as sentinels around the con-
lines of the hall.
The resolution read bv Mrs Kar+
VIE of Representative Kent of Cali
fornia. referred to the sorrow of those
present s: . over their loss as measure
less She spIendidly believed in
women" it said, in part, "and unceasn
ingiy asked that they enter into their
Kingdom Inez MilholIand stood for
won women. She lived for women. She
women we accept her gift and proudly
honor her triumphant death"
AS tne audience was fling from the
nall to the strains Of The MarseiIIaise"
spectator began singing the song loud-
ly In French. His booming voice re-
verberated through the deserted Can't
toll corridors until the last note had
been sounded by the orchestra.
Women Who Took Part.
Mrs. o. H. P. Belmont was a repre-
SSA@eA"S AAc1i tuo NeW YORK citv
branch Of the Congressional Union
while other state delegates to the me-
mortal included Mrs. Francis E. Warren
wife of Senator Warren of Wyoming.
California. Mrs. William Kent wffs
of Representative Kent; Kentucky. Mrs
John w. Langley, wife of Representa-
tive Langley; Connecticut, Mrs. %. +
Hill. wife of Representative Htn. Wash
fngton. Mrs William E. Humphrey
wife of Representative Humphrey: wis
consin, Mrs. John NJ. Nelson, wife Of
Representative Nelson; Montana. Mrs.
s E. NJ Young: Georgia. Mrs. William
Bailey Lamar; Maryland, Mrs. Town
send Scott. Baltimore. chairman Mary
land branch: Virginia, Mrs Sophie {,
Meredith, Richmond, chairman Virginia
branch; Massachusetts,. Miss Eliza
Hardy Lord: New Hampshire, Mrs. Mary
Kelly Macarty, Portsmouth: Texas, Mrs.
Lewis II. Honey: Maine. Rev Mabel
Aialvy Irwin of Dexter; Florida, Mrs.
Katherine Livingston Eagan, Jackson
VILE; Delaware. Mrs. Annie Arniel and
Miss Rachel Howland, Wilmington.
Kansas. Miss Mary X. Bates: Pennsyl
vania. Mrs. Reuben A. Fowler, German
town. and Miss Caroline Katzenstein.
Philadelphia: Arkansas. Mrs. Lola Pur,
man Thurston. and Missouri, Miss Anna
Evans, a classmate of Mrs. Boisseyain.