From collection Frances Willard Journal Transcripts
Poor Cossie came Home early-having ridden all night without a particle of fire on these atrocious sleeping cars. She has spoken to great mtgs in Sunderland, Durham, Newcastle & elsewhere, held councils, dictated to stenographer right along & now must go over her arrears of correspondence & get ready for bo[..]ing into next week with its delegations, meetings & Wales for 10 days following Thursday. I am putting in my time sending out articles to different countries in duplicate for we must prepare the way for the world trip. It looks as if we might go by P. & 0. steamer which offers to take 100 for 20 thousand dollars for 1 year. I shall be glad when it is "through." How often I used to say to my Mother "Have I that thing to do do you believe?" & she was noncommital but deprecatory-dear heart!
December 3, 1893
Poor Isabel had to get up her speech for Convent Garden Theater- the most important she has made. She took 3 points-solidarity of society; evolution of people's power through parliament enactments; the word people must come to mean all the people. She is undoubtedly the chief speaker in England on temperance. Bess in bed-poor child she is far from well; dear Nan with her. It seems queer to have no church & barren. My new pastor Dr Frank Bristol sent me lovely messages by Nan-he was my pupil in Freshman Class University 1874. Under all my crowded life something keeps saying "How strange it seems with so much gone of life & love to still live on." I say to myself "Lie quiet, Mother Dear, I shall creep in beside you soon."
December 4, 1893
Usual routine. It has occurred to me to duplicate paragraphs, items, articles &c for Australia. So Africa, India, & Canada-as well as here & in U.S.-thus reaching, probably, many tens of thousands more than Isabel& I possibly could by speaking. This is in itself an occupation for half a dozen &might be for an indefinite number. "Pass the word along"-about woman suffrage, temperance& labor is the watchword in these days. How many worlds there are& how prone are we to think our own the chief! I suppose it has to be so-else like little children we should want to play something else-I'm tired of this" as we used to say to Mother!
December 5, 1893
For the first time I have seen Immortality affirmed by press telegram! What a [....] on the wave is that-the NY Herald's editorial stating that science & philosophy no less than religion proclaim immortal life for us is cabled to the Paris NY Herald& comes to me today. Well-we shall know we've heard from over sea (the "sea of glass") one of these days I believe. Went up to London with Nan-maids 3 & stenographers 2-on account of the great
