THE BEAUTIFUL WHITE 

 STATUE 



Two thousand boys and girls once passed in 

 procession before the beautiful white statue of 

 a woman greatly beloved. The statue had just 

 been placed in the Hall of Fame of a great 

 Capitol building. These children, carrying lilies 

 of the valley and bright spring blossoms, paused 

 before the gracious queenly figure that seemed 

 to return their smiling glances, and each placed 

 a tribute of fragrant flowers at her feet. 



Reverently the children looked upon the kind 

 and noble face of Frances E. Willard. They 

 knew that she loved tlicm and had even given 

 her life to make homes happy, and safe from 

 the curse of alcoholic drink. How her beautiful 

 soul shone out from the white glistening marble ! 

 She seemed to be saying, "Tell everybody to be 

 good." 



Happy little Ernest in Hawthorne's wonder- 

 ful story about "The Great Stone Face," gazed 



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