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"The Only Girl
By Nell Brinkley
Copyright, 1 '!. Intern I. News Service.
By. ELLA WHEELER W1LOOX.
(Ooryrislit, 1915, Star Company.
am the voice of the voiceless;
Through me tho dumb shall sprak.
Till the duuf world's car be mad to
hear
Tht cry of the wordless weak.
From street, from rage, and from kennel,
From Jungle and stall, the wail
Of my tortured kin proclaims the sin
Of the mighty against the frail.
The same forre formed the sparrow
That fashioned Man, the KinK;
Die liod ot the 'Whole gave a spark of
soul
To t-ach furred and feathered thing.
And 1 am my brother's keeper,
And 1 will light his fight.
And speak the word for beast and bird,
Till the world shal sit things tisht.
It would seem that In this critical hour
the clergymen of the world, who con
sider themselves God's mouthpieces,
ought to be very careful In their utter
ances. There was
, never-a time In the
history of the
world when the
ology stood on such
shaking ground a
-It , stands today.
f The edifice of or
U tnodoky (as it has
I been presented by
modern reprosen
tatlves to the
worltj rests on an
Insecure founda
ion. It must 1
reouilt with bettor
material. It seems
Incredible then
that so prominent
m man - as the
bishop of Okford. tho Right Rev. Charles
Gore, should write a pastoral letter
which will cause the house of orthodoxy
to trenibWj still, more dangerously, and
make It seem an unsafe edifice to all
large hearted and right thinking people.
Tho bishop of Oxford has written a
letter to hi diocese prohibiting- prayers
for the animals engaged in .war becauaa
he aays: "It ha never been the custom
of the church to pray for other beings j
than thoe whom we inma oi mm
tlonal." This la a distinct etep back-
ward toward bigotry. Ignorance and love
lessnes in religious thought. It Is this
ort of cold, unhumanltartan creed whtch
has made the Church or England such a
dead letter In the way of progress.-
It was this aort of a creed and this
sort of teaching which drova that areat
brained and great-souled woman, Anule
Besant out of the Church of England
Into socialism and made hor. for 'a time.
sthelsttcal in her. feeling until sne came.
Into her own kingdom, that or Uren
. Kracimr. all-lovin and all-explaining the-
tafituiir - .... ... . .
If the world had taken no step forward
In religious thought and had alwaya
, rested ou the slogan, "It ha never been
the custom to do this,' where would; hu
manity stand today T 'It'1 was only' by
doing thlnt,s -which were not customary
with the past generations 'that Henry
Bergh ' came .before the world and!de
, clarod that animal bad. rights.
S) Until then "It had never been custo
tnaxf ' to pass law which protected them
from torture and abuse by their-owner.
-4, -fex.ii1' sSs
Success is in the Man, ,
" :i Not the Nature of His Work
Si. .,,"Vi'"
But those laws are a part of the, educa
tional and humane system of every civil
land today. .
The Church of England has a somewhat
higher authority than the bishop of Ox
ford for a belief that animal life la dear
to the Creator. Christ said, speaking ot
sparrows, "Are not two sparrow old
for a farthing? And one of them shall
not fall on the ground without your
rather." If all. created life,. even' to the
Inslgnlfitan sparrow, is dear to tha
Father, would He not then be glad to
have prayer rise from human- neartj
for all animal life? Perbaps tne Disnop
of Oxford does not think that there are
prayer enough to go around.
I would advise the bishop to read the
rreat book. "The Universal kinship." It
is a scientific epic In the line of human
ltarianism. - Here Is a quotation from It
that would make better reading for the
diocese of the bishop of Oxford than hi
pastoral letter:
"Ixok upon und treat all life as you do
your own hands, your own eyes, you
very heart and soul with infinite car
and compassion as snffeiing and enjoy,
ing tha Mime Great Being with yourself.
Thl la the spirit of the Ideal universe
the spirit of vour own being. It is this I write our own price tags.
alor.e that can redeem this world, and It doesn't matter what we
give to It tho peace and harmony for only do it well enough.
which it tonga.
Oh, tho madnese. and sorrow, and un
brotherKness ot this mat-wrought world.
Of the poor, weak, poisoned, monstrous
natures of Its children. .Who can look
upon It all without pain, and sympathy.
and consternation, and tearsf What an j teas. No amount of human Industry and
By DOROTHY D1X.
A man want to know bow a person
can determine the kind ot work that be
1 best fitted to do. how to choose the
particular occupation In which hi
energies and abilities will find their most
profitable outlet. ,
I can best answer
this Question by re
peating the reply
that ', on ot the
wisest and most
successful men In
New York made to
me when I asked
him If he thought a
certain line of busi
ness offered good
opening for a lad In
whom i was much
Interested. .
"Any business I
a good business
and offer brilliant '
opportunities," re
plied the wise man;
"It doesn't make a
particle of differ.
ence what, occupation a man goes Into.
It' all in the' man himself. You can
find fame and fortune In any hole and
corner of the working world If you hunt
for It hard enough." .
Thl latter day Solomon I right. Sue
cess I In us. It' In the punch we put
into our work, and not in the work it.
self. We make our opportunities, and we
do, tf we
Of course, there I thl much exception
to that broad statement: There are a
tew profession, such a music, painting.
writing and acting, to which one must
have been dedicated before ever he was
bora In order to achieve any great sue-
opportunity for phllanthrophy. if the
"Almighty One" of our traditions would
only set about it.
"Lt us be true to our Ideals, true to
the spirit of universal compassion
whether we walk with the feathered
forms of tho field and forests, the kin
of the meadows,, the simple savage on the
banks of the river, or the outcasts of
hums Industry."
Oh, this poor world, this poor, suffer
ng. Ignorant, fear-filled world. How ean
Ten be blin J or deranged enough or eold
nd satanlc enough to be unmoved by
the groan and anguish, the writhing and
teirs, that come up from Its unparalleled
affectiona'
If to do gooj is to degenerate welfare,
then to causb welfare to a horse, a bird,
a butterfly, or a flati. I to do good just
as truly as to cause, welfare to men.
And If to do evil la to cause unhapplness
and ill-fare, then to cause these thing
to on Individual or" race la evil just as
certainly as to cause them to say other
Individual or. race. And if to put one'
e'f In the place 'of others, and to art
toward t!.em as one would wish them
tii act toward him. I tht one great rule
the golden rule by which men are to
gauge their conduct when acting toward
1 each other, then this Is also the on
great rule the golden rule by wMch men
are to regulate their conduct toward all
being. There is no escape from- theto
conclusions, except for the savage and
the fool
striving could make a tone-deaf man a
Caruso or Paderewskl, or a color-blind
man a' Whistler, or turn an unimagina
tive man Into a Kipling, or convert a
heavy, stolid wooden-faced man Into a
Henry Irving.
Tet many misguided rren and women
think that they ean become great and
famous artists and writers and painters
snd actor merely by their aspiring to
these career, and there are no tragedies
in life more bitter or more pathetic than
that of the near geniuses who starve
along year after year, trying to do the
thing they have not the talent to do,
failure and disappointment alwaya their
portion, because they have entered them
selves in a race they were not meant to
run. 1
But how are tha man and woman who
yearn to stand In the center of the stage
in the spotlight, or to see their names In
print, to kaow whether they are of those
predestinated to act or write? Mark
Train onoe gave a piece of advice to a
literary aspirant that has always ap
pealed t me a tl last word in common
en on the subject, it said:
"Give everything that you caa write
to any respectable paper that will publish
it for two years. If at the end of that
time some magailn or newspaper does
not want to buy what you write, be sure
you have chosen the wrong rslHng and
get busy at something else." These words
are apple of gold la picture of silver,
and if. after having given the so-called
fine art a reasonable trial, the public
does not clamor for their work, the em
bryo wrltera or actor do well to accept
the world' verdict on their ability and
turn their attention to other field.
There! are also certain people ot defi
nite talent who are called to their ca
reers, whether It be law, or medicine, or
sailing the seas, or selling dry rood.
They could nqt be happy doing anything
else. They must do that - pne thing
whether there la any profit in it or not.
because - their whole Interest lie In It
It la the breath ot their nostrils, with
out which they cannot live.
These are the moat blessed people tn
the world, because there is no other joy
In life equal to that of doing the work
we like best and tn which we find our
fullest expression. Also these people are
almost always successful, because they
put their whole heart and aoul Into doing
the thing they love; they are always
thinking of how to do it better and better,
and that Invariably leads them to the
goal.
but there are a great many people who
have no especial talent and no particular
inclination toward any one especial, line
or endeavor, and the question 1 how ars
these neutral and unenttiuslaatle Individ'
ual to find the thing they are best fitted
for. Most of them don't find It, and they
make failure ot their lives because they
are eternally changing, drifting from pil
lar to post, in the hopes that they will
find something to do that will fire their
fancies.
For such a one the real remedy Is lust
to take the best thing tn sight, and de
termine to make that, whatever It la, his
life work: to quit changing, and to make
up his mind that he I going to stick to
that particular thing until he make It
a big success. There Isn't any subject
In the world so dull but what you can
find a thousand interesting things about
It, and any business is full of excitement
and thrills In which a man really pit
his own intelligence and craft and skill
against that of every other man playing
the same game and determines to win out
Instesd of permitting himself to be merely
one of those who were also present In
the contest.
Tho excune for failure oftenest made
la that a man waa a square peg In i
round hole. This is a confession of Inef
ficiency. The thing for the square peg
to do Is either to have initiative enough to
find the aquare hole for himself or else
to whittle off hi corner until he will
fit his circle.
( A bright; Jolly, small musical lit
tle atorr running through plot
that you care to ae tha end of. Isn't
that aomethlng queer and -worth
trarellng to find ia a" musical eom-'i
dy? '; It lg not musical and It is r.
clever little comedy so the word
musical-comedy Is for once In many
silvery moons the right word. It
pokes aly fun at Romance, and rnt
it Is kind and tender with it; its fun
la clean and bright and blithe; it
sings and dances and enthuses and
goes the merry road that youth goes
as It falls in love. Here Is Just a
dash at the story. There are tour
In-Shoots
Friendship that 1 proved by Introduc
ing one to a new brand of drink I not
always desirable.
Nothing kindles the fir ef suspicion
quicker than an unnecessary explanation.
Sympathy ia extended to the widow la
many cases where congratulation would
be more appropriate.
The fellow who travels the pace that
kills has been known to give the innocent
bystander a hump, loo.
When marrying to spite some one It
U difficult to spits the right one. j
young chaps all busy,' al) Jolly,, all
clean and 'filled with the-Ideas and
ideals that yoi-ng chaps have; ono
(Kim) writes librettos, with. all hit
soli ; one "(Corksey) who is round
and Jaunty, is a broker; one (Fresh)
is a sedate young lawyer; and on)
(Bunkie) Is a long Scotchman (six
feet four honest truly) wl' a most
unco" canny way wl' him! And he,
bless us, Is a painter.' And a heap
of other things that are, perfectly
delectable. Better never take your
eye from his versatile face for you
might mil's a change In It and li t
a wonderful face that be does won
derful, fearsome things with. Well,
these four, fall In love one by one
very hard! And one by one they
come with their tale of VThe Only
Qlrl" who has lured them away from
the close-knit foursoma that they so
delighted in together, to the last one,
who holda out and Is scornful to hi
end "Klm.V the librettist. And tin
three marry and bring their troubles
and their delights to him. And he
laughs long and bard and sneers anl
sniffs and turps up his nose and
swears that he and "Wilson," the
silvery-voiced bird-girl who bas conn
Into his life, are only business part
ners and then ha falls and tvrs,
even as tha others -"But this lg tht
only glr.!!"
, There, are fourteen songs a .bit'
of dancing, straight comedy aplenty,
countless gales of laughter, a sraa;I
group of brilliant players, a pretty
story and a . witty one, Erneiit Tor
rence's face that can carry on a
telephone conversation winout
whispering even, so plainly it talks,
and pretty women! It's rather hard
to tell you Just bow charming "The
Only Girl" is for. It has a plan and
a story and a way of carrying It out
that is not the way of its anceitori
of Musical Comedies!
' -NELL BRINKLEY. '
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