When Julia Ward Howe died, memorial services in her honor were held at San Francisco, and the local
literary colony attended practically en masse to pay by their presence a tribute to the writer.
A municipal officer was asked to preside. Dressed in his long frock coat and his broad white tie, he advanced
to the edge of the platform to launch the exercises and introduce the principal eulogist. He bowed low and
spoke as follows:
"Your attendance here, ladies and gents, in such great numbers shows San Francisco's appreciation of good
literature. This meeting is a great testimonial to the immortal author of 'Uncle Tom's Cabin'−−the late Julia
Ward Howard!"
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