THE WOMAN'S TEMPERANCE TEMPLE AT CHICAGO.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVIII, Issue 8470, 22 January 1891, Page 6

THE WOMAN'S TEMPERANCE TEMPLE AT CHICAGO.

A late American mail brings accounts the laying of the foundation stone of t Woman's Temperance Temple at Chicar

At the grand ceremonial on the occa.riithe principal address was delivered by Mi, Wiliard, one of the chiefs of the Women Temperance Union. A leading part u-' taken by .Mrs. Matilda B. Carse, whet Miss Wiliard called "the chief busing woman on this continent." In this addr« Miss Wiliard said The Woman's Tes pie at Chicago means a new era in womar work. Why shpuld it not, for never befo since the world began was the inspiratii given to any woman to arise and build on scale so vast and for a purpose so procure sive. Other women have indeed combine to erect orphanages, hospitals, and prisoi in which .to house the products of t liquor traffic ; this woman plans for not ing less than to' cut off the traffic itse] She is a type of the W.C.T.U., which ei pects by God's blessing to banish the ui of alcoholic drinks from the customs , society, and the license to sell alcohol drinks from the laws of the land. . A building thirteen storeys high, nearly 2< feet in length by 100 in depth, and 2<>o fei in extreme height, enclosing '2,500,000 f», of space, and costing 1,100,000 dollfr, standing within stone's throw of the Bar of Trade, and yielding 250,000 doltirsat; nual rental, is such a body for the pro'ibi tion soul and Crusade spirit as bows ie tj the dust." , '

Mrs. Carrie in her address cave thffoi lowing information " The financial pl ai; of the building is as follows : The Tmpl, will cost 1,100,000 dollars. Of this atoun| 600,000 dollars has been raised in stoc. It is to be bonded for 600.000 dollars nore allowing a surplus of 100,000 dollas f o | necessary expenses which will accrij be fore rentals are due. The stock hasbeen subscribed by those favourable to the aus, of temperance, who are willing to aceol five per cent, for the use of their mone, allowing the YV.C.T.U. the privilege of my ing back the stock at par in five yeas or within twelve years. The lot on whiclthe Temple is built has a frontage of 190 fee on La Salle-streefc by 96 on Monroe, j»» owned by Marshal Field, and is wcth at a low estimate 1,000, OCX) dollars. Ye have leased it from him for wo hundred years, without revaluation, at a rental of 40,000 dollars a year, ''he style of the building is French gotie It is to be thirteen stories high, and till be used as an office building, with th« i\-. ception of the rooms set apart a* neai. quarters of the National, State, an( ciiv organisations, and a hall on the firs, floor to be called ' Willard Hall" in hoiour oi our beloved leader and presides, Mis; Willard. The Hall will seat about 00. It will have memorial windows, and pdestal; will support busts of illustrious person? who have lived and died for the cause oi temperance. Memorial tablets «iil tell oi the great and noble departed. From Willard Hall the incense of prayer .vill ascend every day in the year for the suppression of the liquor traffic and the salvation of th: drunkard."