The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1890-03-27


tender touch cools the fevered brow.
Her love and sympathy are more
tender than that of man because she
had suffered more.
Hearts like apples are hard aud sour
Till crushed by Pains resistlcss power,
Aud yield their juices rich and bland
To none but Sorrows heavy hand.
The choicest streams of human love flow
naturally never,
Eut gush by pressure from above
With Gods hand on the lever.
The Rebekah Degree Lodge Of
Houolqlu is young, and 1T behooves
her big brothers, Excelsior and IIar.
mony Lodges, to care for their little
sister As it is tie duty and pleas
nre of older brothers to watch over
and help their baby sisters, so strong
old Excelsior and vigorous Hair
mony should guard and protect this
little one just learning to walk. 1t
is too often that men think lightly
of the work Of women, and il is so
easy for them to jest about IL. But
in the great work OF redeemiEg the
world and saving men aud women
from suffering and ruin, woman
leads. The iorbearance, patience
and loyalty Of women, in the war
fare against evil, is the greatest
power on earth. In closing ] would
recite that beautiful tribute to wO-
man given by j. e. Holland:
More human, more divine than we
In truth, half human, half divine
Is woman, when good stars agree
To temper with their beams benign
The hour of her nativity.
The faircst flower the green earth bears,
Bright with the dew and light Of heaven,
l., of the double life she wears,
The type, in grace and glory given
BY soil and sun in equal shares.
True sister of the Son of Man:
True sister of the Son Of God
What marvel that she leads the van
Of those who in the path he trod,
Still bear the cross aud wear the ban:
If God be in the sky and sea.
And live in light and ride the storm.
Then God is Goe, although he be
| Enshrincd within woman's form:
And claims glad reverence from me.
so. ~ worship Him in Christ,
| And in The Forms Of l. nth and Air.
| 1 wor-hip him imparadised,
| Aud thrOncd within her bosom fair
Whom vanity hath not cnticcd.
. Woman--mothel Woman--wife--
The sweetest name the language knows.
| Thy breast, with holy motives rife,
With hOlicst affection glows,
Thou queen, thou angcl Of my life.
Noble aud fine in his degree
Is the best man my heart receives:
| And this my hearts supremcst plea
| For him. lie feels, acts, lives. believes,
And seems. and is, the likest Thee.
| 0 men! o brothers. Well know
| That with her nature in our souls
| Is born the elemental woe
| The brutal impulse that controls,
Aud drives, on dTags, the godike low.
Ambition, appetite and pride
These throng and thrall the hearts of
men:
These plat the tborns, and pierce the
side
OF him who, In our souls again,
/. spit upon, and cnlciiied.
The greed for gain, the thirst for power,
The lust that blackcns while 1t burns
All! these the whitest souls dellowcr!
And one or all of these by turns,
Rob man Of his diyincst dover!
Yet man. who shivers like q straw
| Before temptations highest breeze,
Assumes the master-gives the law
| To her who, on her bended knees,
Ressts the blach.winSed thunder flaw. .
| TO him who deems her weak and vain,
| And boasts h's own exceeding might,
| She c,ines through darkest fortune fain:
Sill loyal, though The ruiilan smi;r;
still true, though crime his hands
distam! .J
Miss Parmelce played piano solo
in her very enjoyable style, Mrs.
+. Earto tonchingly rcciled Decor
alton Day poem. Mrs, retrie and
son gave an instrumental duet
blue Bells of Scotland" with vari-
ations--their performance giving
great pleasure, Master Thomas
handling the bow with Il skill that
was praised by experts. Miss
Hughes sang vocal solo pret,ily,
accompanied on the piano by Mrs.
| Petric.
Mr.. Carter thanked those who
had entertained the company and
announced that, as the next number
on the programme was dancing, he
would resign the position of mas
ter OF ceremonies"
The floor being speedily cleared
and waxcd, dancing began merrily
and was kept up with animation TIL
after midnight. Messrs. II. H..
Williams and w. G. King were the
efficient managers of this part. Prof.
Berger on the piano led the orchcs.
ira. Mr.. j. Steiner Of the Elite Ice
Cream Parors had well-arrangcd
tables on the back veranda, with an
ample staff of walters serving an
excellent bill of refreshments includ-
ing hot coffee. The Daughters Of
Rebckah are to he congratulated on
the very pleasant celebration of their
second anniversary.
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