The Washington herald., 1912-01-14

lectures. which, in their turn. developed
into platform work OF ten full years. dur
ing which I talked TO big audiences of
women filing the biggest auditoriums in
the country; women eager TO learn how
to make life a thing of tremendous physi-
cal force. and corresponding mental ac-
tivity: for, of course. the mind that
draws its stimulus from a devitalized
physical being cannot do its best work.
years before my full awakening TO the
highest possibilities OF womanhood. a
two-fold mission.
IT hope" said Mrs. Jenness-Afiller, that
you will not think that am overestimRt-
ing my work or my own purpose in life
when I tell you that 1t seemed 10 me
then, and seems 20 me now. that Il was
my misslon-the purpose OF the divine
will for me-those years OF going out
throughout the country and showing 9TH
er women how great a thing correct and
artistic dressing and physical develop
ment had done for me when medical sci
ence was pOwerless to help. Had IL not
been me, II would have been some one
else, for each link in the progress Of life
must be forged, and God uses human
agents 10 forge them. But l am glad
that the mission was mine"
Divinity shapes Our Ends.
Her face shone with a sort OF inner
radiance, and sat very still thinking of
the wonder OF that Divinity within US
that shapes our ways.
As Shakespeare puts it:
There's a divinity that snaps our ends,
ROuEh-heT them how We will
Certainly there was a divine purpose
in the inspiration that came to a sick
girl to find both the cause and the
remedy Of her weakness, and when she
had proven them for herself, to carry
the message to millions Of other women
who Were vainly putting their depen-
dence in doctors when they had the
power within themselves TO be healthy
and happy.
What It meant to these other women
to have the actual method explained to
them was attested by a vast number OF
letters that found their way 10 the busi-
ness ONCE Of the Miller Monthly
and Mrs. Jenness-ATiIler's other publIca-
tion in New York during those strenuous
years when she delivered more than 1,lOO
lectures. in which time she received more
than $1,000 personal letters, expressing
the gratitude of a nation of women.
Means "a Bigger End.
when gave up lecturing. writing, and
publishing along physical lines, that work
had Served its purpose as a means to an
end. and that is why had rather talk
to you of my work of the present and
my purpose for the future Mrs. Jen-
ness-Miller resumed when, at the end
OF ten years. my husbands I'll health
called me from public work. colleges and
schools were fully aroused to the neces-
sity of physical development Many
women were making physical culture a
profession. Changes in dress that had
advocated had come to stay, IN spite Of
temporary fashions.
Even in the last year OF my platform
work the dawning perception Of the unity
Of forces-was whispering TO me. That
human development is more
than rounded muscles, sound nerves, and
vital red blood, important as these are
to health and usefulness, I began to feel
and understand in those last years of |
my work along physical lines.
Just as IL seemed that I had been
sent out to carry my physical message |
TO women. so II seemed that 1 was re- |
called when that work was over, for |
there followed years of public inactivity, |
years given TO the care Of my III husband. |
who passed into the new life two years |
ago. But in all these years the inner I
grew: this inner leading |
for which there is no arbitrary name but |
which has led to full flower and fruitage |
IN triune development, a system Of |
.eaching for the unity Of physical, men
al, and spiritual forces"
New Work Nearly Ready.
This work in triune development is to
20 out TO the world that has come 10
rust Mrs Jenness-Miller, and her mes
;age, in the form of several books. one of
which is THE Triune Order Questioner'
! catechlsm in the triunlty Of the hu-
nan race.
An introduction to THE Triune Order
(uestioner'' explains that The tri,ins
rider stands for proportion and balance
which all, without distinction OF class
must have to make life better worth
living In the here and now. The world
5 what we make It. When you or I ne
'lect duty TO God. self, family, or So
iety the general equilibrium is disturbed
a the ratio Of one TO many. When
Millions do the same, social dispropor-
ion becomes widespread"
For" says Mrs. Jepness- Miller, Tack
{ self-mastery among the masses Is