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Show Utat not do nscr. tli wlv-ry wvnbrain touching tho sa.i-.vy -,,p ua'l tae wt, pal '' liko a faint ii:.;:i.mati.-u from Uio h;ht i f a brighter world. Lilijs P;., wrux Eutxs. MVEimiAlTT. j Some Interesting Beniiniscetsees of Lillie t Devereux Blake, the Well Known ; Woman's Kighti Advocate, , A LION - HEASTED QUAKERESS, j She Had the Brain of Genius-How She ! Nonplused a Howling Kob ; j A Final Meeting. i ! w- "y ,s,i!l 1 became ! j I ! I actively intcre-tcd in the H Ift "uU'rago cans', j II I (ho people, the places, I 1 1 I tho mn rounding of llie 111 movement were nil en-I en-I J l ,i,,,'.v new t uie. Wl H Iti-oiight lii us I hud j been In the most j conservative, circles, it was the stepping step-ping into a new world to utteml a l.n.I.tK DF.VKRICfX BI.AKR. convention where tho advocAtes of tho cause assoiubled, and the figures of thoso I first saw there loom up in memory with something of tho majestic prosir-tious prosir-tious with which tho heroes of the Revolutionary Revo-lutionary war must huvenpiieured to tho young men who xvi ro hoys during that struggle. Foremost among tho iinpressivo personalities per-sonalities that wore even then near passing pass-ing away was Lueretia Mott. She was already touched with tho fragility of advanced ad-vanced age, but something of thn graeo and beauty of her earlier years still hung ubout her. No mora heroin character ever adorned the pages of history than that of this sweet Philadelphia (Quakeress. (Quaker-ess. Hho was endowod with a native trift of eloipience, gentle, yet forcible and persuasive, which sho early learned to use, because hIio belonged to a sect that permitted women to speak in prtV lie if moved thereto "by tho Hpirit." - She was married in ber lovely youth to .Tables Mott, a "Friend," like herself, her-self, who was her devoted husband for moro than bulf a century. Iu duo time a group of children surrounded her, but while never neglecting any of her dutiiM as wife, mother mid house-keeper, house-keeper, she continued her public preaching, preach-ing, her fame constantly spreading, as sho siMjko not only on "tho Sabbath," Sab-bath," but also at many reform meetings. meet-ings. Tho anti-slavery agitation early touched ber ardent spirit, mid she devoted de-voted much of her energies to tho cause .of freeing the slavosi, aiding in holding meetings and conventions, and enforcing her views, not only in stirring speeches, but also.iu practical acts. Sho wan an ardent lover of freedom in all directions; ber favorite) motto was "Truth for authority, not authority for truth." Lueretia Mott was one of the earliest advocates of "Woman's Eights," as the agitation was then called. Hho was present at the Koneca Fall convention of where tho demand for woman suffrago was first publicly made. Sho did not then go so far n to think women should have tho right to vote, and when Elizabeth (VI y Stanton put forth the revolutionary idea, Lncretiasaid: "Elizabeth, "Eliza-beth, does thee thiuk then is right?" with much questioning earnestm-. Gradually Gradu-ally she beeume coTiverb d to see that this was the only real guarunteo of freedom, free-dom, and was thereafter ono of tho most earnest champions of the cause. An her children grew to maturity, no longer newling ber constant cam, sho was n bio to lcr.VB her homo moru frequently fre-quently to sjieuk for the reform dear to her heart. As a pnniding officer she wan also greatly (rifted, combining dignity dig-nity with raro tact in ruling an audience. Her personal power wa very gnat. On one occasion when a disorderly mob waa howlim; nt the door of an Equal Bights meeting in New York, and some of the women speakers wcro afraid to leave th-j hall, Lucret:-i Mott. a tiny woman, but with tii soul of a lion, ; slepn'lUildly forth. Ajij.r.ia' biiigoiiof I the shouting rongln who si )iied t n, j the leader, she said b him gently, j "Friend, w'ill then ;ive m thy arm nod i In !p me through thei crowd?" Tho man i at once tik In r imiu r bin tare, touched land awed by h r gijodnoM and Ix-aaty. : I'm hit-bed the iioi-waiid Icl her an 1 her j companions through in safety. There lif- U : id j mo es I write a j !.' ' togr .ph taken frMii tho jsirtrait pair:te ! i of ber at uiciut that tlm--. It n-pn-vn' i a beautiful wo.nau in Uio fu'l pvhws of j ! i.ialuri';', ti"i b ur dark, the tw: tvl, j i with regular f.-itur.- en l woud"rf'i! j I dark cye.4. Tut cutiamt i that v.hfh j 1 1 he h! way Wore, a dre- of "..skr i i drab" plainly made ont of delvai'i Uii-,' ! t:ria! of the ri"bct Uk wher. the ' ra'jon wm nnitbb u spiare of fcnivt j j lawn n"ttA o'it th i hn,"it, arid a tip ! ! of th h.Hu' dainty ruaU-rial on her Vi; i. j Tlie Ltt lit tf.at I t-v.-r tw the rU '(-rm lead'.r anl thinker was o:i a wift i siuunier f'Vetiing during tr;e ( 'tit'-nuiU i of "6; a irty of n i-re invt'od to ber iCT;i.try hoaw n s'wtt dUtaoca from ltiiUuklfhta. fch'j b.ii alwy liti an i ' tx.yiLs'.-Jy i. -at housekt.-rp' r, a?.d t.iv I h'jtiw v.-a U:au: ifully or.lere 1, the cven-i cven-i in nwal chariuimrly srv.:'l. Later we lit iu a frrrmp tm the piaz y. t; (eatr;tl Egnn the ruiit! woman '.vh''' day on ' earth were so few, (;iU(hvu tml grind - -hUtffva and fri-nk all lookel uo to |