The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-23

hood in Melbourne. Australia-that t great, beautiful. wonderful city-and l had only seen 1t by day. Presently there came into my life circumstances
 which called me to the slums of Mel bourne. There I saw the Little Sis ters of the Night in all their sin and
 misery and terrible surroundings, and said If by giving my life to their redemption 1t could have one atom of | weight, I would then and there con- | secrate myself to their uplift. Before very long I was called upon to speak
 at various meetings, and later I was
 called to the great Mining District of
 Australia; then to England, where
 made my talks, and from that humble
 beginning the work which I am now doing evolved"
 Which prompts me to ask what you regard as a womans chief duty in life?"
 The glory of her home," replied Miss Millar, unhesitatingly, with all of its privileges. That, to a woman who has
 the work to do that I am engaged in, is left out But when God puts forth
 His hand, you must answer the call. I often ask myself the question: What
 would MY life have been without my
 home? Without my mother and her
 beautiful, exaeisite influence and deli | cacy of touch?. No! There is nothing | | "What, in your opinion, Is the mod ern woman's greatest deficiency? l tasked.
 'I am frequently asked about that | sort of thing said Miss Mil1ar. About fashions, Woman's Franchise, about | this thing, that. and the other NOT | that I'm not interested in everything | that pertains to the economical well l fare of the country, for I am; but in regard to the modern womans de- | ficency l should say that she Is too prodical of her time and talents For l instance. Fashion has much to do with | the modern woman's waste of time.
 Men are responsible Largely, however. i for that. They have commercialized
 fashion so that no sooner do women ar ! ray themselves in comfortable clothes I than they change to another style, which diverts them from the real things that should be occupying their ! attention and time. THEN the mod. ern woman is too prodigal of her time
 In, the matter of literature. She reads | tob much trash. In this prolific age
 of writers one must give up even the
 good to take the best. No one person
 can read everything. Again the mod , ern woman is too prodiga as to her l recreation. Card playing occupies too
 much of her time. Again she Is too
 prodigal of her emotions Her tears are too CoPlouSly Sneu over the unreal l things of life, and when 1t comes to the real things. she has none left to she'd"
 Yet even in spite of such conditions | we find more feminine workers in the church than masculine" I said. True, but the men are largely
 driven to such conditions by their ex- travagant wives" said Miss Millar In
 America l find men old and gray at 40
 and 50. and why? It's the eternal greed | for money, which is the root of all
 ovi1. The American husband humors his wife in all her extravagances, and
 to do this he must work, work, work !.
 until he is so tired out that he has no time for anything else, no interest in
 spiritual affairs. Then, too. women
 are naturally more spiritual minded
 than men"
 1 Don't you think oft times. in re- Vivals or meetings, that men and wom-
 en under severe emotional strain be- lieve that they are going to change
 their mode of living and then when the
 excitement is over immediately lapse into their old ways?" I asked. 1 T, personally, dislike any undue
 emotion. said Miss Millar, ''or public l demonstration in my work, so that aft-
 CT l have gone there may occur no
 cruel reaction. If I can hinder this and touch the hearts of those whose
 lives are open to reconstruction, and
 point the way to them so that they
 are sure to arrive at some definite
 plan, then I can give to them what KNOW Is the foundation on which
 Success must be built--THE BIBLE"