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whose strong hand guided wisely the many untried and new members of a later day; and whose generous ways decked our marble palace with a regal wealth of flowers, and brought into it the highest officers of the Government of the United States to pay their homage to the memorial we women have wrought to the Founders of the Great Republic those officers now serve. Truly the contrast is great between the palatial Home of our Society now, and the ' ' dark, steep stairway, ' ' our beloved Second President General, Mrs. Stevenson, climbed to "the little narrow room over the Biggs Bank," where she first presided over the Board of Management. "Ah, then the Captain of our ranks has fallen! And 'twas she our Second President General, 'Twas she who then our slender columns led, Gathering a mighty force to win the fight, Keeping our Country's Flag always in sight, 'Twas she who worked with us in our great cause, And from every heart let our applause Ring forth afar, Oh, Daughters, fair and proud! But hush, hush ye, sing ye no longer loud; Soft be your sounded praises like memory's minor lay, For she of whom we sing tonight has gently passed away, Only the great example of her life, so great and true, Like a whispered benediction rests on me and rests on you I" 28 LETITIA GREEN STEVENSON TRIBUTE BY MRS. WILLIAM D. CABELL, OF CHICAGO, HONOR- ARY PRESIDENT PRESIDING

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