d call her,
especially those who measure age by the number of the seasons that have
come and gone since one's birth. But to call our friend old, would be
to call black white. She is no older than a girl of twenty-five, and
indeed younger, I am glad to say, or I am sorry to say, depending upon
the point of view, than _many_ a girl of this age. Seeking for the
good in all people and in all things, she has found the good
everywhere. The brightness of disposition and of voice that is hers
today, that attracts all people to her and that makes her so
beautifully attractive to all people, has characterized her all through
life. It has in turn carried brightness and hope and courage and
strength to hundreds and thousands of people through all these years,
and will continue to do so, apparently, for many years yet to come.

No fears, no worryings, no hatreds, no jealousies, no sorrowings, no
grievings, no sordid graspings after inordinant [Transcriber's note:
inordinate?] gain, have found entrance into her realm of thought. As a
consequence her mind, free from these abnormal states and conditions,
has not externalized in her body the various physical ailments that the
great majority of people are lugging about with them, thinking in their
ignorance, that they are natural, and that it is all in accordance with
the "eternal order of things" that they should have them. Her life has
been one of varied experiences, so that all these things would have
found ready entrance into the realm of her mind and so into her life
were she ignorant enough to allow them entrance. On the contrary she
has been wise enough to recognize the fact that in one kingdom at least
she is ruler,--the kingdom of her mind, and that it is hers to dictate
as to what shall and what shall not enter there. She knows, moreover,
that in determining this she is determining all the conditions of her
life. It is indeed a pleasure as well as an inspiration to see her as
she goes here and there, to see her sunny disposition, her youthful
step, to hear her joyous laughter. Indeed and in truth, Shakspeare
knew whereof he spoke when he said,--"It is the mind that makes the
body rich."

With great pleasure I watched her but recently as she was walking along
the street, stopping to have a word and so a part in the lives of a
group of children at play by the wayside, hastening her step a little
to have a word with a washerwoman toting her bundle of clothes,
stopping