ld stand together
against men they could get anything in the world they wanted--equal
rights and privileges, equal wages, fair treatment in every department
of life; and do away with evils of ignorance and poverty, child labor
evils, prostitution evils. We could have an ideal world if women, using
their sex power, would only stand together against men.

Hundreds of letters were received from women, who thought this a
wonderful idea; but they all agreed that it was impossible to carry it
out, because women would never be loyal to one another.

That is true; I know it, and every woman knows it--women are disloyal to
other women whenever it becomes a question of men. They might agree on a
W.S.S.U. program, but they would never stick to it, poor things, because
every blessed one of them who was at all good looking would be ready to
go over to the opposition at the first favorable opportunity. Only the
homely women would be loyal!

ARE WOMEN GREATER HYPOCRITES THAN MEN?

In all my troubles I kept at least to the form of religious belief,
although I missed the substance, namely, that any life can be made
happy, even glorious, if it is founded on purity of soul and unselfish
love and service. I was selfish--even in my love; therefore I brought
upon myself the fruits of selfishness which are ill health, inefficiency
and unhappiness. _The beauty of a selfish woman fades quickly._

Once I wrote this in my diary:

"Alas, how soon love passes! Ten or fifteen years and the best of it is
gone. After that the dregs! A woman of thirty! Ugh! I shall be thirty
next year. A woman of forty! No wrinkles at forty, says the beauty
advertisement, but that is a lie. A woman of forty is a pitiful, tragic
figure, especially if she is a little beautiful. No man wants her any
more."

I was mistaken. The beauty of unselfish love never passes. There are
sisters of charity whose faces are exquisitely beautiful at fifty.
Seraphine is forty-five and her face shines with heavenly radiance. Her
skin is as smooth as a girl's and free from lines because she thinks
good thoughts and does kind acts. The greatest beauty tonic in the world
is the habit of kindness.

In one place I find this:

"Women are naturally religious, especially women with a strong sex
nature; they believe in God, in spiritual mysteries; they are deeply
stirred by religious music and by the ritual of worship; they love the
architectural impressiveness of a church, the stained