The Washington herald., 1911-07-18
THE WORLD WANTS
FORCEFUL WOMEN
Active and Determined in
Its Work.
WHATEVER ANY ONE DESIRES
; II 1t Is Based on Common Sense and
Is PersistentIy and Fervent1y
Sought Can Be Obtained-It Is
What One Feels and Thinks that
Matters in This Case.
BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.

Use all your hidden forces. Do not mis-.
The purpose of this life, and do not wait
For circumstance to mold or change
your fate
In yourself lies Destiny. Let this
Vast truth cast out all fear. all prejudice
All hesitation. Know that you are great
Great with divinity. So dominate
Environment, and enter into bliss.
Love largely and hate nothing. Hold no
aim
That does not chord with universal good.
Hear what the voices of the Silence say.
All joys are yours If you put forth your
claim.
Once let the spiritual laws be understood,
Materia! things must answer and obey.
There was a woman who found herself
at fifty years of age a widow with a
family of half grown children. And no
income.
She had always written little stories to
entertain her children. and so she set
about trying 10 write better stories to
amuse and entertain the public.
The fact that she had lived almost a
half century did not discourage her. Be-
cause of this fact, she believed she had
a wider understanding of human nature,
and of herself In the face of innumer-
able discoura gements, she perseveredi
and before many months she hao solo
her first manuscript
Since then she has become woman OF
wealth. and her books are always among
the best sellers of the season.
Courage as Well as Talent Needed.
CHI
never have succeeded had not this strata
of talent been in her mind. on which to
build the structure she reared by unre-
mitting labor.
But hundreds of women equally talent
ed would have looked to relatives or
charity organizations for assistance, say
ing they were ''too old to begin a new
career.
A man died a few years ago and left
a fortune to be divided among his chill
dren.
Pesides the fortune. he left we'll es-
tablished and successful business.
At fifty this man had been bankrupt.
But he began at the bottom of the lad
der once more. and. although of delicate
physique and not overstrong, he climbed
far above the middle of that ladder be-
fore he reached the age Of sixty.
He wasted no time in regretting any
Of his past mistakes.
Know What to Avoid Doing.
He simply used them as stepping stones
to future successes. He knew the things
to avoid doing.
1t has become the fashion of the day
to say that the world does not want ma
ture men and women in business.
The world wants any man in any po-
sition where he can prove himself a
power.
The world wants vital. forceful, active, |
If YOU have allowed yourself to grow
old-fashioned in your ideas and phlegmat- |
ic and dull IL you have lost your interest |
in life, and are seeking a way to go |
through the world mechanically and make |
mere living. then do not wonder that |
You are not wanted when you seek a po- |
sition or attempt ito find a place in the
busy world.
Many times we hear people say, "I asl,
so little of life, it seems as If the little
might be granted
But the man who asks little usually
puts little effort into obtaining It, while
the man who asks much tries much to
obtain his wishes.
1t Is what you feel and think that
counts. Whatever you DESIRE if il is
based on common sense and is persistent
~ ana ferVently sought you can obtain l.
(COryrirht