Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-07

life and duty Men are less subject to such
temptation, because they find very early
that their success in life depends upon
sterling qualities of heart and brain, and
not upon good looks or upon powers of
cajolery flattery or ability to excite
admiral ton
The line of demarcation between ambi-
ton and discomfort is very finely drawn,
and one is sometimes taken for the other,
but there is a vast difference between the
underlying principles. Ambition is found
ed on honest effort to ameliorate harsh
conditions. and elevate moral perceptions.
But thwarted ambitions and clipped-wing
ed aspirations can be turned into discon-
tent in the twnkling of an eye, if condi-
tons are just right. l always feel such
hearty sympathy for the young ambitious
girl who longs to be somebody, to DO some
thing that will be of benefit to human
ity OF course there must always be a lit
tie selfishnesS connected with all great am
billions, for self IS the motive power of all
advancement. mental. moral or physical,
but the truly ambitious woman has abiding
faith in herself and in her projects, and
honestly believes that she has found the
philosophers stone that will revolution
ize her small world, if she only gets
chance to exercise her talents Sometimes
she broods and frets and worries over her
circumscribed sphere, until she, too, gets
disconnected, and then a lot of unhappi-
ness ensues Tor everybody connected with
her.
Home is the Best Field.
There are times when ambition must be
curbed, or it will grow into noXious a
weed as discomfort. Sometimes We quite
settle it that our ambition and only OPP
portunity to achieve anything must take
outside of the home, when, in fact,
home will scarcely be home to those who
are left behind if we go out of it. Is 1t
wise or kind in such case to insist upon
"career?' Wouldn't 1T be better to re-
main with those who need us? When it is
not a case of necessity to earn bread and
butter, wouldn't the helping hand extend
ed to the invalid mother, the oversight of
the housekeeping affairs, the gentle Shout
derng of the household burdens rebound
far more to your credit than the plaudits
of a public which VIII forget you the IN
slant you are out of sight? 1t may be that
the cares OF a house are distasteful to you,
that they make you feel like round Wo-
man in a square hole but the conauering
of that diStaSte will be leaf in your
laurel crown, a step upward. 1t was
long, long time ago that one who was very
wise said that he that ruleth his spirit
Is better than he who taketh a city," and
that applies just as forcibly now as then.
Learning to adapt ones self to the place
and people and the task is one Of the
gree test arts in life, as well as one of the
most difficult.
Possibly you have an ambition to do
great things. but limitations of environ
nsnt and education seem to render ad-
vance impossible. Keep your eyes open for
UHillSS, ana II lItFG IS any sH-ilS IL:
you, if you have any latent ability be sure
that some day it will show itself Don't
worry and fret and fume over the Gistaste-
ful work that you must do, and DO it bad
ly because your eyes are SO full of tears Of
lol giDg for things that you only aspire
to that you can't see to do the work in
hard. Do with your might what your
bands find to do, and gradually you will
find that the path opens wider before you,
that The skies are clearer and the hopes of
youth nearing realization. But while you
are doing the best you can inside the
rev circle which seems to shut you from
the realization of your ambitions, do not
cease to study and read and plan. Try to
famiiarze yourself with that which Is
eieVating and refining in literature. Good
books are the best friends that an ambi-
ti0us girl can have, and the best use YOU
can make of your spare moments is to
spend then with these silent counseors.
Care for your physical being as well as
your mental Try in every way to make
yourself conform to the worlds idea of
a broad minded, beautiful woman. Let in
dGStry, cheerfulneSS and adaptability char
acterize all that you do, and before you
know it you will have to be setting the
aim of your ambition higher, as the first
mile-post is overtaken unawareS. And above
all, keep in view the fact that if you de-
sire to even up your side of life's in
equalties you have got to fit yourself to
MI with more spirit and greater adaptable
lily the place that you are striving for than
your rival possesses, or you will get left in
the lace. unless you take unfair advantage.
and then in all probability you will find
that you will have to give way to some
one better fitted for the position which you
got by unfair means. 1t is just as true to-
day as it was in the time of Pope that
charms strike the sight, but merit wins
the SOUL, and you know it as well as
SONORA SARA.