The age-herald., 1899-06-21
WOMAN AND SOCIETY.
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" ANNIE KEH0RTCR WALKER.

power for good can be evolved. Self-exam- ination through analysis and criticism Is the descent referred to by Carlyle and by Browning in Paracelsus when he says: Truth is within ourselves; 1t takes no
 rise
 From outward things whate'r you may be-
 lieve.
 There is an inmost center in us all Where truth abides in fullness;
 All visible things, said Mrs. French, whether in nature or art, are the express ions of interior forces. In the uncultured these forces do not find adequate channels for operation. Many a latent beauty re- mains undeveloped in the innermost re- cesses. Education is the means by which we endeavor to open these choked-up chan nels, opening out a way whence the tm- prisoned splendor may escape"
 The laws of expression then, are those laws by which invisible forces are devel oped into tangible, visible objects May we call 1t the descent of spirit into natter" says F1chte. There is a moral world within; our mission is to transport 1t without" How we are to do this Is the great study of every life or 1t should be, said the lecturer Many have made the mistake of reversing Fichte's statement and are looking for the moral world with out with a view to absor rbing it. The great man is recognized as an original man, not an imtator. Two practical methods by which we may study the laws of being, its manifestation or expression are analysis and criticism:
 "Watch narrowly the demonstration of
 truth-its birth,
 And you trace back the influence to it's
 spring,
 And source within us."
 Separate the parts from the whole, learn hnxxy tbotv tod xx,l,r- fba each plays, study the course as well as the effect. Not only must one do this of the great things, but of the small common every day things and acts.
 Criticism Is the salt in the ocean of thought-it is the preservative; 1t makes the good better and keeps the bad from getting worse. Criticism is not fault find ing. but a classifying of things according to their qualities and uses. This distinc- tion is important. Judgment, discrimination and even tact are developed by criticism. We call woman tactful when she instant ly, seemingly without reconciliation, does the right thing in a difficult situation. The truth is she has prepared herself for this occasion by long habit of separating, In thought, the right from the wrong.
 If we stop with the development of the analytical and critical faculties our life will be a bitter failure. The power to separate and compare is but the process for devel- ODlnR the COuSlTuCtlNS d6ChNiCS' AheNiSSsS and criticism prepare the way for the con- structive faculties to manifest our mental and spiritual being on the material plane of life.
 Every lofty idea that finds place in the mind, every noble sentiment born of feel ing should be moulded into deed, else no benefit derived from it even by the Ego. The great study of life then is how to ex- press the thought of feeling. Speak the thought and another and higher takes It's place alo1g the current evacuated Put the feeling into action and a superior one pours forth. We learn to do by doing. Better and better methods follow in quick succession when the workman is active and on the alert. Do not wait until you can do a thing perfectly before you do it. Many failures lead to success.
 The studies of psychology. eocution and government were those Mrs. French espec- ially recommended as conducive to the de- velopment of the higher faculties. Illus trations were given in support of this view and a lesson in the expression of sen- timent by tones was given the ladies present.