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Rh in the kind and commendatory words of one of her dearest friends:

Woman, "last at the cross and first at the sepulchre," is always to be found in the van of progress. The noble enterprise to which Mrs. Coston is devoting hand, brain and heart deserves to be the pride and joy of all her sister women. Her success will depend mainly upon their sympathetic co-operation. Let them then rally loyally to her support. The Afro-American race must learn to respect and esteem the efforts of its own representatives if it would compel the regard of others.

But whether Mrs. Coston succeeds or fails, the very endeavor to elevate the race by creating and maintaining a refined ladies' journal will be an enduring stone in the "Temple of Human Culture." She may not have a monument of bronze or marble erected to perpetuate a grateful memory, but she will live, not only in the hearts of her two precious little ones, who will rise up to call their devoted mother blessed, but likewise in the pure and exalted lives of the grand women of the dawning future. "."