Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-13

say yes, returned the man
But there is doubt about YOU said the
woman. You have made yourself You started
with little nothing, if l may believe the news
paper accounts of YOU
Have you been reading them
Every word answered the girl Il was quite
proud of being able to say my friends that l knew
you and hat what they said about you was true.
~ at this frank, spontaneous expression OF ap-
prevail.
You ought to put these great talents of yours
at the service of your fellow men; not IN buying and
selling but in doing something for them, she ran on.
Don't you think that in selling them honest
goods at fair profit, in telling them the strict and
only truth about what one has to SELL IN allowing
them the utmost freedom of return and exchange,
in providing generously for employees, IS dong
service to ones fellow mem"
Certainly, it is. 1t is doing service to the little
world you touch, larger world perhaps than most
of us can touch But l want you to do something;
/ want every man and every woman who has the
ability to do something in great, splendid way
But what would you have me do,
Il don't know" answered the girl Il don't
know what would have anybody do; but there are
so many things to be DONE so many wrongs to be
righted, so many causes to be espoused and advo-
Gated so many things to be achieved The great
goes out and makes opportunities Part OF his
greatness, take it, consists IN seeing what there IS
to do. Ruskin says somewhere that the greatest
thing anybody can do is to see something. II were
great woman, could answer your question better;
but am only
Il think you are a great woman said Gormly
softly, and l would be perfectly willing to take
your answer and abide by it.
Il would not have it that way, answered the
girl dreamily when my father asks what l
would have him do, say to him, Go and see. He
laughs at me; most people laugh at me. You don't,
Mr.. Gormly."
.Never" said Gorrnly "And 1 confess to you
that of late have had similar thoughts. l want to
do something for humanity" he went slowly.
For seven months and one day. to do something
great and splendid has been my aspiration
Seven months and one day! exclaimed the girl.
why, how curious! That's the time that has
elapsed you said since you'll
THE very time, Miss Hadane
Il don't understand
1t is easily explained There certain people
who stimulate us to achievement, who awaken our
ambition, who quicken our hope who Don't you
understand? You have put something into my life
that it lacked. All these long years see that
have been preparing or being prepared to do some
thing / needed just the flip to the imagination
that you gave me. Now want to do something
for-you, Miss Hadane'
For me, Mr. Gormly?"
For you and my fellow men, for your approval
and theirs You see, you have brought me in touch
with state of being of which knew little. was
not born into your society: Until l saw you, had
enough consequence before you awakened for
the world to have noticed, it would have called me
woman hater Save in a business way among my
employees and among the people to whom l sell,
literally and actually knew women. l have not
taken vacation, except business trips abroad, for
twenty-five years. For instance, this is the first
time in all that long period that have stood alone
in room and talked socially, by her gracious priv-
lege, terms of outward equality with woman.
Can't you understand how you exert influence.
how you have brought new force into my life, and
that from my acquaintance with you results
certain to Gomez.
LIE sat down in chair the other side of the
~ fireplace he spoke, bringing himself on level
with her. She looked at him with curious intensity
His face averted from her; he searched the
depths of the fire with his direct somewhat fierce
he could a he