From collection Frances Willard Journal Transcripts
bit o' zest.
I do not go to ch of England-there is nothing else-so I read &wrote up in my quiet room. I told Hannah she was "a snob" & she said [here entry goes on to space for 10/23] she must admit she dearly loved a lord. RPS said he too felt quite set up when he had interviews with the Queen of Holland, Empress of Germany (A...neta) Grand Duchess of Baden "and the like o' that." But they recognize I hope that this is but man's love of power& whatever represents it & is to be replaced by a slow process-by the love of Love-that "never faileth." "Love moves the sun & all the other stars" said Dante-it is God's truth. We rode our 14 miles once more& took tea with Mrs. Rogerson who has a home for boys & girls-one of the most remarkable characters I have ever known-more of her anon. What [entry continues in space for 10/24] she said of Lady Brooke made me more than ever anxious for poor W T Stead: "She is a woman with whom no man can safely be alone. He is mad poor fellow-[...] or he would not take up spooks& her." (That was her verdict.) Alas& alas.
12 cables in 10 days from Isabel& Nan& Fan-good girls. All seems to have gone well. The usual ride in the exquisite woods & much talk of famous men& women that my good friend has known.
I'm getting data for a record of his wonderful work & Hannah's- which I cannot bear to have go without being at least set down for future times by one who feels sure that this great movement ought not to have been so rudely ended by man's unwisdom.
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Cable from Cozie: Have seen Anna St her Mother-going to Georgia- Bessie stay longer." Good only I hope my little Nan will come along soon-when her Mother is settled with her son Fred.
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See "cash acct" at end-some mistake here in paging.
October 25, 1893
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God guard them each& all. Isabel, her son, Alys Smith, Arthur Pollen all sailed on the Teutonic.
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Letters came from my beautiful one-full of her now unequalled charm, courage, wit& patience. She& Alys Smith made a droll picture book for Bess & me-surprisingly good (in view of their small materials. It has 20 pages but,Bess' & mine had 40. Both must be kept as soouvenirs of the movement! They had a hard passage I fear-both sick. But Cossie is a wonderfully brave,
