New-York tribune., 1908-03-12
BE NOT A STUNTED ROSE
EroIre Into an american Beauty or
aCeIlar Potato.

n.-a ,o,, roor stunted wild roses crowded De-
hind q hedge?" demanded Mrs. Mildred 1Haiii'
Caldwell If the members OF the NatIoHaL 60
of Ohio Women at her lecture at the WALDORF
Astoria Yesterday morning. Those flowers hou-
ding at some American Beauties IN vase al ne
side were stunted wild roses once Ihey "e
developed into what they are You can uIa" o4i
the mower that is in you and master and reinahe
yourselves. -, -.
Every one is full of power, Mrs. Caldweli salo.
but in most people it is locked up behind gates OF
habit of inertia-"gates that keep US on one s.-
of ourselves The people who unlock these sa'e7
are the people who do things-the extraorolhary
people President Roosevelt stands at the nead OF
the unlocked energy" works. the lecturer SAID
He was busy before he became PRESIDENT
she observed but since then-why, ne las un-
locked and unlocked; he is into every thlhe' anu
doing everything And what set him unlocking
his power? Why, his sense OF responsoIlIly u ''-
people and himself
Christ was the greatest master Of life, Mrs Cald-
well said not because He was God, but because
of the way He used life. When He healed people
he did II by appealing TO the power, ana the Ia4'1
in them made them heal themselves
Call your little part Of life picture. and pant
il with all the power that is In YOU" she ad1ured
her hearers. BE artists-not artisans The artlsan
may be sincere. but-he lives because he can he4p
himself The artist Is full of faith The artisan
drudges at his work The artist plays The artisan
pties himself because he's got 10 earn his living
Such women pity themselves because they haven't
the chances some other women have It's; On II
1 could dress like Mrs. so-and-so, what figure I
could cut in society! If I had the chance Mrs
Dash has. how much I could do in club work.
Now, no one can establish ideals for other peo-
pie but as a striver myself I want 10 say TO
you. face your own particular responsibilities IN
life braveIy. What is material for the picture
you've got TO paint? Why, everything-the air you
breathe, your families politics-I don't mean poll
tics in the ordinary sense but things as they af-
feet US. Everything in our lives is material
Then Mrs. Caldwell told how TO unlock ones hid
den stores of energy. 4 don't want 70 be like the
Irishwoman who kept saying, Katy. Katy. be a
lady and didn't tell Katy how to be a lady" she
observed. Now. you know, accident is always IN
locking our energies. I know woman who Is
lazy She envies people who do things. but sne $
just naturally lazy. The other morning found
her in bed.
LOT course she yawned know this fat ought
10 be cleaned. and CIaras coat needs mending-
but I'm so tired 1 simply must take day Off
Just then the telephone bell rang She got up
answer IT. She came flying back ON. dear
she cried. my husband is going TO bring that aw-
full man dinner-his wife is such a housekeeper.
I can't let him this fiat the way II is-and
there this lazy woman was hustling around clean
ing, planning the dinner Now what was the key
that unlocked her energies? Why, new interest
But what accident does for US that way We can
do for ourselves and all the time"
Then Mrs. Caldwell talked about false values
in life. We teach our children TO ring the door
bells Of the best people, she said. and think
we've given them good start in life When a
big diamond is found experts gather 70 discuss how
to cut it and workmen spend lifetime doing IL
When a soul Is born do experts discuss how 10
develop IT?
II know a woman who entertains lavtshly. Her
wines are OF the best, her house splendidly fur
rished-but Oh. how her conversation jars! There's
a woman in my street, don't know heT-but the
way that woman walks and holds her hands has
made an anarchist Of janitors wife Now.
these women haven't learned 10 put themselves
in harmony with the best
BE a potato was one OF the final pieces Of
advice Mrs Caldwell gave. Every who has
ever lived in a house with a cellar knows how
a potato will put out little feelers-way across
the cellar they Will creep, sometimes. reaching
for the light. Now, can't be as intelligent as
a yegetable?'
National Society of Ohio Women. and will be fol-
lowed by three others, on the three remaining
Wednesdays of Lent