The evening world., 1908-03-13

priesteSseS are usually "discovered'
draperies under a becoming lamp W
them. l found Mrs. caldwell with her
sleeves rolled up cooking dinner. and
she told me that having a message TO
deliver to the world did not prevent
her from being a good cook.
I'm fact" she declared, Il can cook
scrub. dig-do everything domestic.
just love to. I'm not a New Woman
al all"
Yes. you are" I asserted.
What Is New Woman" she re-
;orted
Its a woman with a standard.
answered "A woman who for one
thing. exacts from "A man as much as
he exocts frcm her. A woman who. as
wife. won't buy happiness at the
price OF selt-respect.
How Women Should Look on Life.
Mrs. Caldwell looked relieved.
Then III own up 10 being New
Woman for in that sense it's just an
other phrase for being a decent wom-
an"
Then she reverted to her philosophy
Il think every woman should con-
slider her lie as picture that she
8 painting. The materials at hand are
the colors Some peoples lives are 100
intellectual. That means there is too
much blue or violet in the picture they
are painting. Others nave too mucn
black Tlat is gloom worry. foreood-
ing They should mix in a little animal
rcd to brighten 1t up. That is. the!
must infuse vitality in II.
Painting the best picture means iiv-
ing ur to the best in yourself, whether
you are quiet. tireside woman or In
an active profession or trade.
THE way we go at things makes
all the difference in the world II you
make up your mind to walk five miles
and are very tired. yet toward the end
meet friend who interests you and
SAYS come few blocks further, | nave
something to tell YOU You may find
that without knowing 1t you have
walked twice the distance you expected
TO cover and feel fresher than when
you started. That is because YOU have
gotten Your second wind Well. there
such thing as getting second wind
in life There's mental wind ana
n moral wind. There is a third and
fourth and fifth wind"
Every Woman Has a Message for the
World.
| was beginning to feel that l had
struck a regular philosophic gale when
Mrs Caldwell concluded.
.If whenever we feel most tired we
realize that we are just about to get
our second wind we will reach what
ever our best seif-I call It our God-self
undertakes.
"That Is a part of my message For
/ really feel that l have message
that every woman has message, to
deliver mc the word-an important
message"
More important that giving cough
medicine to the baby?" l questioned.
for | had Just been listening to man
discourse on woman's omission"
"A woman" temporimed Mrs Cald-
we'll, "can take excellent care OF her
baby IL she has one and yet have
message to deliver. II she lives baby,
baby. beby.' and thinks baby, baby.
baby all the time she will have
nothing to give that baby.
She Must Seek the Contact Of Souls.
She must seek the contact of souls by |
which she and consequently the baby J
will be made wiser and better.
That American Beauty" Mrs. Cald- /,
well waved her hand toward stately !
flower that presided over the tea table,
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that hung its head under hedges and |
grew amid thorns. Women may de-
velop their lives In the same way.
That is what I am trying to tell |
them In my four lectures on Life as a !
Fine Art One of these have deliv-