Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-04-22

and HttlenesS- That is to say, IN both oth-
ers and himself he fosters the best.
The
Well-flled shelves of the public libraries,
the multiplying of magazines. the enlarged
field of the newspapers, all these offer to
the woman of today means for mental cul-
tivation unknown to past ages. The busy
woman has her limitations. a fact which
makes 1t necessary for her to use wise dis
elimination in her plan for self-fmprove-
ment. else she will fall into the snares ana
find her purpose defeatea.
A half. hour each day with leader or
thought and a master of expression VIII
save one from the mistake of following
ones own misdirected inelinations ana
small likings and will, unless one is ut
terly blind to true beauty and the best val
ues. start in the right path toward the
cultivation of real taste. Inc Woma Who
thus puts herself under the influence Of a
great mind, If susceptible in her nature
will at length Yield to the power of the un-
explainable charm of the author. and WIZ
find herself anticipating the reading hour
The womar1s whose time is limited some
times makes a mistake with reference to
variety in reading Philosophy, poetry,
works of fiction and humorous writings
may all be wisely included. We forget
often that true humorist Ii a born ideal-
list and that his gift of smiling while the
world is weeping does not exclude him from
sympathy with its deepest sorrows we
also may perhaps lose sight of the fact that
he is a moralist, painting his truths ana
showing the deeper meanings of Ire
through a few flashes of that quality which
is as rare as 1t is beneficent. a half hour
with CeryanteS or Goldsmith, or Mark
Twain. or Samantha Allen acts as an eff
fervescing draft on the jaded senses. And
while it viii not affect our earnestness OF
purpose 1t will hol dus from viewing alone
the dark side of life.
The critical faculty, the imagination, the
poetic feFvor, the sense of humor each
should have their nourishment and exercise
through the study and enjoyment of those
who can best give expression TO them.
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian
spring" The woman who tastes of the real
spring of wisdom, though seeking and find
ing 1t under great difficulty and under the
pressure of care and all the limitations or
a busy life, Will come again and again, and
each time take a longer draft. Self-edu-
cation has it's limitations and drawbacks,
but who shall say that it has not resulted
in great accomplishment and presented to
the world Its quota of distinguished men
and women?
How Do We Feel
Toward ourselves? Do we love ourselves?
We more than love ourselves. There is no
need for our loving ourselves. The most
disinterested love and unselfshness falls
far short of the condition that we know
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away from ourselves. We are so intimately
in harmony with ourselves that We cannot
be conceived acting thinking contrary
to our own interests Even in self-sacri-
flee or self-denial the self remains as that
which prompted the immoation the
thing which 1t preferred to do. The self
always remains as something to which we
cannot act contrary.
So 1T must become impossible for US to
act contrary TO the interests of others.
indeEfrnrtihle
entertain for ourselves we must have in
respect to others. We must know them as
inexpressbly near US, one with us. Our
course. This Is far more than being kindly
disposed toward people 1t is far more than
being ready to help them, far more than
speaking well of them, far more than
working for them.
It means that personal ease, personal
welfare. personal success, personal useful
ness, personal development, personal per-
lection, cease to satisfy. They are too
small and confined. They are too little
for the larger self. They do not touch
enough of US. Happiness. success, fulfill
ment must now affect other people in or
der that it may be happiness success and
fulfllment. There Is a nausea In the con-
seriousness over that which pertains purely
to the personal individual There Is aaffo-
cation in the confinement to the petty con-
Germs of our one small separated Individual
career when divided off from the rest We
do not know where your interests begin
and where ours end. This Is the larger un.
selhshness which has merged into unity.
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