The sun., 1919-04-27
Endeavor to Help Others, She Urges
Those Afflicted-Tells of Happiness
fin Work and the Power of Love

every person. no matter how complete
may seem to be his great abilities and
privileges, really has his limitations,
but that every one, no matter how
complete may seem to be his disabi
ties and lack of privileges, can do
much if he will find his place and that
to no one is denied that help which
may be necessary for the finding of
his place. 1t may seem slow in COM
ing it may be refused from that quar-
ter whence it seemed most logical, but
II will not be withheld finally from the
insistent soul.
Tell the handicapped for me--oh,
urge this on them.-that no matter
how dependent they may be on others,
they never in their souls must cease
to try to help, in turn. nor ever must
forget that they can help.
Soldiers Courage an Inspiration.
MY greatest help has come from
others who are handicapped. Every
blinded soldier every crippled soldier
I have talked with has helped me. The
courage Of our splendid boys inspires
me to new effort. AS I think of them
! thrust suddenly into their dreadful
problems, my own difficulties are re-
vealed to me as truly trivial.
I'VE who are blind are sure to learn
the beauties of the, human soul. All
the world pours out fits sympathy
toward us. mankind is ever tender with
US. The blinded soldiers need not
worry. Hands will be outstretched to
help them: guides will be beside them
to lead and comfort when the road
, is difficult
Some of the soldiers I have met
personally and by correspondence have
been wonderful. one wounded British
soldier has written to me that II he
could share his sight with me he
gladly would give me one OF his
eyes. And he wrote this after hav-
| ing heard reports that such a sur
gical operation as eye transportation
might soon be a possibility. It was
not an idle. graceful thought. A
Japanese girl once wrote TO me, say
! ing almost the same thing.
1T does not matter how small may
/ seem the niche which one may fill
how unimportant may appear to be
the work which ono may do. il il IS
the best niche one can find, if II is
/ the most important work that one can
do--and IL one fills or does it earnest
| ~ 1t will give happiness to others
which is the first consideration, and
! to ones self. which should be sec
ondary matter. What IL the broad
highways OF life be barred? Usually
the byways are more peaceful and
| R,,l
be less dusty and less crowded.
Life Need Not De Dali.
| Life need not be dull for people
who are blind. Adventure awaits
| everywhere. It is astonishing to find
now many great adventures We may
find in friendship. and friendships otter
| follow on the wreck of what has
seemed to us to be all that there was
OF life, blessing us who know them
filing our existence with rare bios
| SONS which we did not know were
In the worlds bouquet of flowers
Let me make n statement just {
| little more concrete and positive
Lameness is not OF the limbs MOI
| blindness OF the eyes. II the hear
leaps out to other hearts and the sou
sees into other souls small things like
F, bodily imperfections become exactly
that-small things. That is my mes
sage to the mcn-the brave men ant
the true who have suffered in thi
war as patriots Of good and of theil
country.
| my heart especially goes out, o.
course, TO those blinded in the war
but that which I must feel for then
| is more like camaraderie than sym
pathy. The blinded man has not beer
wounded hopelessly. Only those who's,
spirits hsve been mutilated unto dealt
have been wounded hopelessly in thi,
or any other war.
"They, I fancy, are more numerou,
among the ones who stayed at HON,
than among those who went to war
among non-fighting women thar
among the gallant soldier boys Wit
we're privileged to fight. 1t might b,
reasonable to suppose that my owl
limitations would bind me closest t,
those of the wars sufferers who hav,
lost their sight or hearing or in SOM