The Washington herald., 1910-07-10
.I.EAn KINnLY IIGHrl,

LEAD. KINDLY LLGHI-
The mirror Is symbolcal The world s a mirror
you see there your rejection.
To-day I see the world of trees and
waters. Of cities and men. Tomorrow
1t may be the battle Of secret forces
upon which I shall look; another to-mor-
row. a mist. a wraith-nke mist. that
shrouds ali and leaves us gazing az the
vail.
To-day have the happiness. OF know
ing that my violets are sent by a friend
who loves both me and Jack, They give
me great pleasure. I am not lonely with
them beside me. for they are the concrete
thought. as Il were, OF affection. Some
one cares. That seems so sweet. To
have some one csre-that adds tenfold TO
ones appreciation OF everything. l have
not felt well-dressed since Jack ceased
to observe what I wore have not felt
charming since he ceased 20 feel the
charm. MY power has diminished &C
cordingly. But now / breathe the per-
fume of the violets. and II speaks TO me
OF a happier. brighter day Or is it
because spring is coming that I am
happy? II is odd. this upspringing of
the spirit. just Ike the budding of trees
after nipping frost. We are not al
ways aware Of the correspondence be-
tween our lives and the lives Of trees.
grass. and all growing things in the
world II seems TO me to be almost
Identical. I am sometimes alarmed at
the trend OF thought toward the physical
identity between ourselves and the rest
Of creation-we who have been taught
TO think that we are the things for which
ali the rest of the world was created
and that We are made after a special pat
tern never before used
Man looks upon life In a practical way
and it is this which makes him so de-
termined TO get all out OF it while hero
and let woman wait for hers beyond the
clouds. Perhaps he has grown to dis
trust tomorrow; enjoys all he can now
and If anything is deferred it IS pay
day. He takes the goods the gods pro-
vide. although he must pay the price
but woman hesitates.' life has taught
her to DO so. She must weigh the cost
She says I want this. but I cannot pay
the price. and oftentimes the days 20
empty by her so that she may not owe
anything. She knows that she is asked
an extortionate price for the same things
that would be given away to her brother
for the asking. Is this fair play? what
has she gained by her fears She has
held her ignorance Of life TO be innocence.
She has called her timidity by another
name. but to-day she is doing a bit OF
fhfnirfucr on T,or-
suit is the upturning of the social fabric,
the desoIation of many homes. the loss
of ideality, and we do not yet know how
she shall appear Doubtless under some
new dawn We shall see her a natural
healthy, and beautiful creature, free and
strong and able to viii and realize her
life. A creature who win be able to give
and take-who viii know the rules of the
game and keep them-as men 40 or dc
not, who will learn to be a good loser.
and thus live many lives in one. She is
being evolved this moment. and see her
often in multitudinous ways not wholly
agreeable to contemplate Just now in
the unfinished state. but she is becoming
more than pawn upon the chess board
of life.
] am amazed when look back into
the chaos Of early life-no clear concep-
tons, no grasp Of reality. no true ambf-
lions; the within a terra incognita; the
without playground-when the senses
alone made our heaven and our hell.
A young girl is but quivering mass
Of sensation She IS almost as uncon-
scious intellectually as her pet kitten,
Strangely enough, her power for future
perception is in proportion to the keen
ness of these sensibilities, so that a
little careful watching Of her emotions
gives the key to the scope OF her future
life.
She is as irresponsible as a young kit
ten until the intellectual being awakens
and begins to measure cause and effect
The time OF this awakening differs in
each individual L seldom comes early.