Miss Mary Ann Abel demonstrated Saturday night at the Girls Work Club entertainment that when she predicted a new type of girl could be produced through the proper direction of the material she found available on coming here, she was uttering a truth backed up by a conviction that began at once to accomplish the idealistic prediction she made.
Miss Abel has been here only since February 1st, and in that short time she has organized an army of girls determined upon making a place for themselves, that will reflect credit on the community and upon wage working girls organizations here and elsewhere.
To lead in any great movement one must be an idealist. That is to say the leader must be a person of vision. Vision is the light that dispels darkness. Once darkness is driven out of the lives of a people, their attitude changes to one of radiance, self-respect, confidence and faith, from which the motive power comes and mental equipment follow in the process of character molding as surely as the grass responds to sunshine and showers.
If in less than three months Miss Abel can put a dozen classes on the stage before an intelligent audience as she did Saturday night, with unqualified endorsement, what may she do in three years?
Truly, she has made good her promise of a new type of girl—and she will be a good type at that.
From the editorial page of the Tri-City Gazette, Leaksville, N.C., April 23, 1923
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