The diamond drill., 1902-11-01


banyan tree. thinking. thinking. think
ing. SO that In the thought OF God he
may lose himself: troop OF Bacchana-
lians dressed In white. with crowns OF
vine leaves dancing along the Roman
streets: martyr on the night OF his
death looking through the narrow win
dow to the sky and feeling that already
he has the wings that shall bear him
up" (she moved her hand dreamily
over her face); IAN epicurean discours-
Ing at a Roman bath To knot OF his
disciples on the nature OF happiness:
Katiir witch doctor seeking for herbs
by moonlight. while from the huts on
the hillside come the sound OF dos
barking and the voices OF women and
children; a mother giving bread and
milk 10 her children IN little wooden
basins and singing the evening song
| like 10 see IL all. | feel Il run
through me. That life belongs 10 me.
IL makes my little life large. Ii breaks
down the narrow walls that shut me
In"
She sighed and drew a long breath.
Have you made any planY' she
asked him presently.
Yes" he said the words coming in
jets. with pauses between: 81 will take
the gray mare VIII travel first |
VIII see the world. Then | will find
work"
what work p
II do not know"
Size made a little Impatient move
ment
"rhat Is no plan travel see the
world Gnd work. II YOU 80 into the
world alnless without a definite OH
ject dreaming. dreaming. you Will be
definitely defeated. hamboozled knock
co this way and that. In the end YOU
will stand with your beautiful life all
spent and nothing 20 show They talG
OF genius II Is nothing but this that
man knows what he can DO best and
does Ii and nothing else Waldo" she
said knitting her little fingers closer
among his, II wish could help you. /
wish could make you see that you
must decide what you will be and do.
II does not matter what you choose.
BE 4 farmer business man. artist,
what you VII but know your aim and
live FOR that one thing. We have only
one life The secret Gf success Is con
centrution Wherever there has been
great life or d great work, that has
gone before Taste everything little,
look at everything little, but live for
one thing. Anything j. possible TO a
man who knows his end and moves
straight for IL. and for II alone. VIII
show you what mean. She said con.
cisely Words are gas ill you con
dense them into pictures
"Suppose woman young. friendless
as / am. the weakest thing on Gods
earth But she must make her way
through lfe What she would be she
cannot be because she is q woman, SO
she looks carefully NJ herself and the
world about her 20 see where her path
must be made There Is no one 10 help
her she must help herself She looks.
These things she has sweet voice,
rich IN subtle intonations: a fair, very
fair face. with power OF concentrate
ing IN Itself and giyl.- expression 10
feelings that otherwise Wnst have been
dissipated In words. rare power Of
entering int other llyes unlike her
own and intuitleely reading them
Alright These Qualities she Las How
sllall she use ,lemi
~ plet. n writer. needs only the men.
tai What Use hns hu for q beautiful
body that registers c',ar.y mental emo
| timis? Au3 tie painter wants an eye
for form anu color and the musician
an ear for time aud tune and the mere
drudge has no need for mental gifts.
! But there is one art in which all she
has would be used. for which they are
lall necessary-the delicate, expressive
body. the rich voice, the power OF
mental transposition. The actor, who
absorbs and then reflects from himself
other human lives, needs them all, but
needs not much more. This is her end,
| but how TO reach lti Before her are
endless difficulties Seas must be cross.
ed. poverty must be endured, loneli-
ness, want. She must be content TO wait
long before she can even get her feet
upon the path. IL she has made blum
| dcrs In the past, " she mas weighted
herself with burden which she mus:
bear TO the end, she must bear the bur
den bravely and labor ON. There Is no
use IN wailng and repentance here
The next world is the place for that
This life Is too short. by our errors we
see deeper into life They help Ms.
She waited for awhile. II she does
all this--if she waits patiently. IL she
Il never east down. never despars
never forgets her end. moves straight
toward It, bending men and things
most unlikely 10 her purpose she must
succeed at last Men and things are
plastic. They part to the right and
left when one comes among them NOV
ing I'm straight line TO one end.
know IL by my own little experience.
she said Long years ago resolved
TO be sent 70 school. II seemed a thing