The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-03-07

W Elnor Stafford Millar might w have chosen, she would have filled it with equally as much honor as she does the beautiful work that she is now doing
 She might have proven wonderful model for an artist for no Madonna ever painted has more sainty or spiritual face.
 She might have been a painter if she close to wield the brush on the canvas, like a Raphael or a Michael Angelo
 She might have been a master music ian. for there is much of the genius of a Mozart, or Schubert Mendels- sohn, in her makeup.
 She might have been anythng-for she possesses characteristics which some of the old Marshals of France possessed, which Joan of Arc -chara cter- istics of the people of genius who have accomplished the highest in their life work
 The universal culture of the greatest men and women whoever lived is well known; Rubens was the master ambas sador of his time, as well as a painter;
 
 musician as well as an artist
 Miss Milar has just .nat sort of tenn. perament I believe that she could have succeeded an artist, a musician, or a writer.
 She has the wonderful power and gift of looking things straight in the eye; of reading human nature straight from the heart; deep spiritual characteristics these; the power of seeing the complex ity of things like general and work ing way through difficulties to a de- sired end; all these and more are hers and nothing she might ever have at tempted would mean merely just the thing itself-but it would mean some thing more important far deeper than that; it would mean life and the work ing out of life's problems inspired by the highest motives.
 There is such a universality of char acter in her pure, sweet inspiring God loving, man-loving face ever ready to forgive and never recognizing defeat there is so much of the human as well the divine; that as you sit under the spell of her gentle voice and hear her eXpound the message of salvation to those who are tired and worn and hun gry and heart sore you realize that this wonderful woman is an artist, a music Ian, writer nonetheIess that she neither paints nor sings, nor writes
 
 she has given her life and all the capa- bilities of her artist soul to humanitarian la bor.
 Since Miss Millar's visit to Birming- ham, some three years ago, many inter- esting and striking incidents have oc- cured in the vast expanse of space she has covered and the people with whom she has come in contact
 Yesterday as she told me of some of her experiences, my renewed enthusiasm and admiration for this lovely woman took an even greater tension and [ listened to each word with delight and joy.
 Since I was in Birmingham" Miss Millar said, q have spent eight months in Australia-n my native home, Mel bourne. Not pursuing my regular work there-but as a convalescent after a very painful and serious illness I was in Australia at a most suspicious and at the same time most pathetic period, for it was during the mobilization of troops for the dread war. I saw 5000 young soldiers, brave and courageous, go forth at one time-with never a sigh or a re- gret-happy in the thought that they were going to serve their country. That was only the beginning; since then 300,000 of our men have gone-many of them, of course, have been killed; others wound ed. Never in my life have I ever un- derstood the meaning of the word patriot