Show The rhe Woman Who Can CaTi Defy Father Time I Ia a By Sophie Irene Loeb Co 19 1912 12 2 by the Pr s Publishing company th the K Ner York Tork World lIE HB I r n people are preparing a a. T TUL birthday testimonial to Sar Sarah h Bernhardt one woman woman to whom all alt nations bow In homage ns a as the queen of or her particular realm She l isnow la is now In lit London appearing nightly In various famous roles rolet that have havo made Bernhardt a a. household word or 1 I went to sec her act one ono night this woman woman whom every evory civilized nation of the tho earth seeks to honor and had ll d the pleasure ure of ot talking with some Homo friends who knew her welL Ono One of ot them said eald When once she sho was ivas asked what she considered tho the thing thins most essential to hae have in order to secure Beaure success In life lite sh slid replied A DECIDED OPINION ION OF O ONES ONE'S S 'S OWN O AND A PERFECT T U UNDERSTANDING UNDERSTANDING UNDER ER- ER STANDING OF ONES ONE'S O OWN CHARACTER ChARACTER CHARACTER CHAR CHAR- ACTER ACTER- A AND D TALENTS And there you ou have ono of ot the secrets se sa crete crets of at defying Father lathar Time as this woman has done who though soon approaching the proverbial allotted three score years and ten is still sun inthe Inthe In Inthe the tore foreground ground of or ACTIVITY that will not slow down As L I sat there watching and studyIng studyIng study study- Ing her I could not but agree that I. I tho o above principle that she expressed Is the O ONE E element that has kept the fire a of youth ALIVE and the spark wark of genius aglow undimmed through all oil the tho ye years rs Now there are ae those of ot us ua who keep too good an opinion of J ourselves on tap and therefore there thoro is not satisfaction satisfaction satisfaction satis satis- since enough room for tor GROWTH faction with ones one's eel self stunts tho the growth g and leaves little or no margin POSSIBILITIES for Jor But with Bernhardt the tho opinion Is within the bounds bound of at CO CONTINUED TI de de- de Thus she has never neer stopped She has not allowed the harrowing harrowing har har- rowing conflicts of ot the tho human emotions emotions emo emo- lIons to touch her to lo tho the extent of ot losing losing- her BELIEF In herself herselt Thus friends said of her as DS ono one famous women nomen is of ot the few She one be maid eaid It of ot tho the world of at whom can she i h. h not jealous For she realizes that the eo green eyed monster Is one of or the things that robs Tob one of ot HIS OWN gifts So during the I sho she went through whole the gamut performance performance- of ot expressing feeling And Andone admit that she stands unrivaled unrivaled unrivaled un un- un- un ono one rivaled must still trul truly treat not alono alone In ability to EXPRESS oter but also her In her ability to S SUPPRESS PRESS it havo have tho story of ot nor bar f there you An And exemplified In her own words worde success She has suppressed that which would take tal a away a from her power and has hai expressed that which would ADD ADt unto it She he has learned d to understand to the greatest degree what hat she ho could or It could not do It lt IB is no unwise prInCiple for tor EVERY woman of ot us to emulate Th There ro are those of ot us who cringe o at the thought or of doln doing some seemingly Herculean 1 thing Yet if It we e would but learn to und understand r tand to the full of at what w we i MIGHT be capable if It we but put forth the effort even cn as does THIS woman i Father Time would knock In vain aIn for tor recognition a as to AGE But times without number our overwhelming over over- whelming FEAR JAR of ot failure to do had added wrinkles and arid made many a flower to wither unseen Tho rho little woman who looks longingly at the cleverness cle of or a a. neighbor as to this that or the other thing ma may HERSELF be bo just as clever If H sho ho but have a DECIDED opinion as to her own ability to be he so Often tho the belief belle In ones one's ability to do a. a thing has 1138 won won suc over the worlds world's opinion In th the opposite direction Most of at our Inventions Inventions have come through tho the opinion of at ones one's e self lf In ones one's capabilities In lesser degree perchance the tha day evory-day woman may be a n Sarah Bernhardt Bornhardt in her IMMEDIATE domain and start her own divine spark Into a n. real GLOW f |