Mrs. Howe, whose acquaintance Ole Bull had the pleasure and honor of
making at the Woman’s Congress in Madison, Wis., the autumn of 1879,
sent this warm tribute:—
I can contribute a few grateful words concerning his chivalrous interest
in all that regards the welfare of women, recalling also the great
personal charm of his own companionship.... His death, which was so
sincerely and so publicly mourned in his own country, did not fail to
cast in our midst its shadow of sorrowing sympathy. In the association
of the New England Women’s Club, Ole Bull will long be remembered as a
kind friend, as a distinguished artist, and as a personality unique and
charming. He was at once cosmopolitan and patriotic. He loved his own
country, and loved ours also, which became his by a sort of adoption. He
was a lover at once of art and of humanity, and deserves a place in the
record of those who unite skill with sympathy, the artist’s cunning with
the frank loving nature of the child.