| Show a LOOK UP GIRLS The Physical Value of High Ideals S Mrs Sarah Cowell Le Moynes Advice to the Girl Going Into the World I am a great believer in high ideals living with the masters of literature and art as your most intimate friends It keeps a woman young and fresh it gives her a desire for perfection in whatever lines her work may fall Let the girl who aspires for journalism live with Shakespeare Dante and BrownIng Brown-Ing Though she be but a pennyaliner on a popular paper her work will be more pleasing none the less popular I and her Improvement sure Or let the I music teacher live with Beethoven Mozart Mo-zart Wagner and the other giants of music she may never displace the German Ger-man professor of her native village but she will be the better for having made the most of her little talent I think girls depend tQo much on assistance I as-sistance from others whereas to succeed suc-ceed they must depnd entirely oil themselves Their success Is of their own making Incentives come from the souls 5 self The rest avails d pot A drunkardma say he refrains from > drink for the sake of his wife but his reformation will not stand unless the wish springs from his own soul If the desire for success 53 firmly implanted in the heart of a studentit will not matter mat-ter who helps or oppOses she will fight ork into which she has brought such rce shejfeels the reaction She will cerestand should take it for the icz > vhch we impart to our work Heswithln ourselves and we can never jjtodiice the desired effect when the ain is fatigued What are your recreations Mrs Le MoyneV questioned her listener I My recreations smiling and repeating re-peating the question is housework I I ti how to polish paint make jellies I d preserves and do the thousand I d one little things necessary in housekeeping When my brain seems thoroughly worn out almost paralyzed ter a reading I take a turn at house rk and am soon refreshed My the you see is change of work not idleness What influence do you consider most potent in developing talent Mrs Le Moyne < It seems to me the first thing for a student to ascertain is her fitness for chosen profession And it takes me pains to find that out There are many things to be considered sony so-ny qualifications absolutely neces y for us to gain anything like adequate success in a chosen field Butt But-t knowledge of self comes from hin us at least it should If a girl ls honestly with herself after an earnest trial in her chosen work she judge her own fitness as well or ter than anyone else She will know at qualities she possesses What will have to uproot and what to cultivate I But once she has chosen her life rk let her make every circumstance means unto her end She knows bet than anyone else what she would accomplish and should keep it always ore her eyes We all of us at some e have to do little things aside from object in the majority of cases y are necessary to make the kettle and we should do them willingly well considering them as stepping nes toward our ambition Why all great masters give that advice and may make It personal An instance m Browning is Norbert speaking In Balcony I count life just a stuff To try the soulss strength on educe the man Who keeps one end in view makes all things serve I am not a believer in environment If we were dependent on out surroundings surround-ings would Lincoln ever have been president or how many of the giants of art and literature would have risen above poverty and obscurity If the spirit is strong enough within us we will overcome all adverse circumstances circum-stances We will rise above them I believe there are no unheard poets If the true spirit is there it will compel an audience But I do not think that all are equally gifted 0 no for in everY ifne c > f work there are the great and the small but I feel assured that our work will show the true metal that i Is within us A student should place herself in a position to recognize circumstances cumstances She must prepare herself to see the situation if she would be benefited It is not the Savior it Is the man who hears the message to whom it is of such vital importance And success means untiring effort In order to succedd you must always work As in swimming to keep your head above water you must always keep swimming if you stop you will sink And whatever you do must be done with your whole might and main in that way there is growth Even drudgery may appear divine ir you throw your whole soul into the doing and work for the thing itself and not for what it brings you That is one of the greatest secrets of success the dong do-ng of every task you undertake as though it were the most important thing in life Have no thought of the reward think only of your work It is the surest way to gain a reward Then much depends on our attack No man dares fire a gun until it is ready For instance to write forcibly a writer must own her subject There must not be the slightest trace of the superficial The world always recognizes the truth If an actress knows her character she can give it expression so that the public will feel that they are seeing the real thing But knowing your subject do not think of your manner man-ner of expression be as simple and direct as possible But there is one last thing I would like to say to the young woman who aspires for success She must not be in too great a hurry must keep herself down to the working level and be prepared pre-pared to try and try again Never give up and success is bound to come EMILY MLAWS 1 er i ii i 1 S 1 It r El A p 1J J fi i t4I I I J S T flILJji 1 Jf f TO FIND ONES CENTBE OF GRAVITY the whole world All unconsciously her attitude will be Give earth yourself go up for gain above But you must never be satisfied with the quality of your own work Always look upward and never give up And it seems to me as a rule young women lack concentration To accomplish I accom-plish the very best of which we are capable even our surroundings must be obliterated and we must think only of our work Of course such command over ones mind is agreat effort and when a woman has finished a piece of r J S S |
