Show K A HARSH WORD f t r. r Not Ion long ago one ono of the thc preachers o I of or Salt Lake Lulie delivered dell a n sermon on the thc life liCe and services er of or Miss Francesi Frances V i E. E the woman who never ne said ald 14 t a harsh word old to nn any one Ma Many ran women young and old admire admire admire ad ad- mire the lofty character of oC that first apostle of oC the Womans Woman's Christian Temperance movement mo Many an more moreo go o a little farther and desire desile to exercise ex ex- cx- cx e some seine measure measure of the power powel that x was entrusted to Miss for Cor or so many years e rs even down to tho the close of oC her beautiful life The They wish the they could Influence the thc world as she Influenced In- In It For she sho was a power It was not nol alone that she swayed the women with whom she worked It was not alone f p that she sho exercised her strength through the feminine personality of adherents among among- those of or- her hel own sex She was strong enough to Impress Impress Impress Im Im- Im- Im press men with her arguments and antI direct them Into the channels of her own thought When Then Frances Willard began her work thc the drinking lawyer was a commonly observed observed- figure In professional life UCe Attorneys s 's with a reputation for eloquence made malIc a practice of oC getting about half drunk before they attempted to maJ make e an nn argument before beCore a JUl Jury To see sec them stagger from the tho court room room room-or or Into it was wa was by no meins means a n rare ralo spectacle When she began an her work the drinking drinkIng- doctor was a well known character in every town He Ic was a aman aman man of oC ability of oC professional skill but a great deal more a striking In Individual Individual Individual In- In because of his bibulous habits When she began her work worl printers n w were er far from the tho steady an and reliable I Imen men the they arc aIO today The They dle dressed ed badly and and drank a great reat deal Tailors Tailors Tail Tail- ors were wele even en worse wOre and sho shoemakers makers for for In that day we had our boots made Instead of oC buying the factory output output only when they t I fOber were 3 It was vas not these men alone DrInkIng DrinkIng Drinking Drink DrInk- ing to excess was common And It was before the tho day of beer as we know It now There were breweries I Ir r but they were unimportant The drinking drinking- was of or strong alcoholic liquors usually liquors usually whisky Today the drunken lawyer is unknown Not once in a years year's attendance on the thc court room will you see an attorney under the influence of liquor An In Intemperate Intemperate Intemperate In- In temperate physician would be he ostracised ostracised ostra ostra- socially as he would be he ignored In his profession proCession People not dare call him They would not dare trust him The Thc printer who stands as a type of ot his class Is a sober man man I j saving his money mone and owning a home The tailor and the are men of family instead of wanderers on the face of the earth carth I 9 Intemperance has become un un- un- un fashionable And it Is the tribute of men who know that the Influence of Miss Villard Willard Wll Wil- lard was greater g than an any other one Influence In securing that most neey- neey 1 ful fut of oC reformations Sho She was a Woman woman wo Wo- wo- wo man mati and antI came camo from a home where vice and penury had never ne entered She was a woman and e- e gave ee e her life to wO working with vilh women Yet her In Influence Influence In- In fluence was distinctly upon men J their theil behavior No one ever saw her leading leading- a drunken man from a saloon No one ono ever heard her ranting at men who drank No orle orte ever knew of or her hel grasping a hatchet But Bul she sobered the tho manhood of her nation to a degree greater than did t an any other one Influence e. e x A later laler worker In Miss Willards Willard's field a woman with a heart as big as tho the needs of or It and a soul that comprehended the weakness and the strength of oC her sex when asked the Iho secret of Miss WIllards WIllard's s success said lId She never ne spoke e an ill word o of an any one And those who had hap followed tho the former Cormer leader Jeader who were loyal to the thc later leaders paused to le rc- rc fleet and then thon broke Into Inlo applause It was tr true e. e The Tho strongest woman of I the thc past century tho the one who did greater good than an any other ther one In all this nation ruled from her throne in the tho hearts heart of or mankind and never had a harsh word never a term of oC condemnation for fOl an any one She knew lenew what she sho wanted done and she knew how to achieve her ICi tx ru- i Sl suits Jt And in iii all the the chest of OC armor almor which she might pick and choose j. j i sho ho never ne sought asperities She never J- J wounded Sho She never ne left len a word to ta tos 1 s rankle and burn urn Sho She never stood I l' l j i on tho the Mount of or s and flung Huns anathema on any one And she We Ve trust we wc mn may be 10 pardoned It if we suggest to those who have come after her to lo those who have ha more to wIn Iri and less Jess to lose 1050 than she who stand on the I good platform she who really wish for Cor better belter- i- i it ti t 1 r rS i I I u S ment In th the morals and nul the manners manner of or American life that there is on one secret which may have havo been hidden front from them And In tho the success of oC a wonderful woman the they may nay find that tha touchstone in tho the gentle ente world |