Springfield Weekly Republican

The Republican.

RELIGIOUS INTELLIGENCE

MRS LILLIAN M. N. STEVENS,
Who Succeeds Miss Willard as President
of the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union.

Mrs Lillian M. N. Stevens, who was picked by the late Miss Frances E. Willard to succeed her in the presidency of the Woman's Christian temperance union in the case of her death while she was in office, is a Maine woman. Her title is vice-president-at-large. She was elected to the office four years ago, and the office was created at that time at the suggestion of Miss Willard, who insisted that provision should be made for an emergency like the present mournful one. Mrs Stevens is well known in Chicago. During the fair she represented Maine on the board of lady managers. She also found time to have charge of her state's exhibition of charities and correction in the anthropological building. She is a woman suffragist. She always supported Miss Willard in her campaigns along this line. Her husband is with her in this sentiment. Her home is in Dover, and she has lived there for 54 years. The Woman's Christian temperance union has had her services for about 25 years. Miss Willard had intrusted a great deal of the active work for many years to Mrs Stevens, and she will step into the place with ample practical experience. The union feels that the first mate has been made captain. She knows the ship and the waters thoroughly and has one daughter who is with her in the work.

MRS LILLIAN M. N. STEVENS.