The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-09-15
WOMAN'S WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS

WOMAN'S WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS
The Armenian Correcting Brother and Sis
ter"-Coeducational Society
The ArmenianS have q custom as
beautiful as 1t Is unique. Among them
man and q woman who are good
friends may become a greeting broth
er and sister" The friendship between
them must be entirely platonic and re-
main so They appear before a gather
ing of their fellow men and women and
r&ke vows to become to each other q
brother and sister. Thenceforward they
may associate together as freely a., q
real brother and sister, travelling to-
gether and working together, with no
suspicion Of any other relation coming
between them. They are frequently
married TO another husband or wife.
but are allowed all the same to become
the greeting brother and sister. Their
ties of relationship are observed as
strictly as if they were blood brother
and sister, and their children are looked
on as cousins This friendship is re-
garded as thoroughly proper, nor is it
ever abused. 1t is a pity that men and
women could not have such friendships
in countries that claim to be more en-
lightened than Armenia 1t would be
for the good Of both sexes. A gentleman
told me the other day of the difficulty
young men who come to a CITY as
strangers experience in making the ac-
quaintance of refined, respectable young
ladies. They are all alone in hall bed
room in 4 cheap boarding house usual
ly, knowing no one. The gin palaces are
always open, always bright and invit-
ing. The young man would be glad to
meet good and refined women, but there
is no way. Temptations to evil are all
around him, with no opportunity to
make his way into Il higher social
life. 1t is pity, q thousand pities
The same is true of young women who
are strangers in city. 1t is natural for
young men and women to be fond of
each others society, and they have
right to be together. 1t is good for both,
quite apart from the question of matri-
mony. Self supporting young women.
good as gold, refined and we'll educated,
live year after year i'll New York and
other cities as solitary as if they were
hermits in n desert. They have no
pleasant chums or friends among men
because they have no opportunity to
meet such as they would like. Here Is;
a sad lack in our city social life. The
young men and women living thus lonely
are among the best people i'll America
There ought to be formed social clubs
of some kind where respectable stran-
gers cf both sexes should be welcome
Tn 90 t. 1oIo.
Garnett, Kan, the procession was led
by ladies' band of music, and the ora
ton was delivered by Miss Laura Gregg.
There are so many college girls now
that good speakers with thorough elocu-
tionary training can be found among
the women in almost every neighbor-
hood.
Girls, learn to swim. You have no
idea how much fun it is
Method'"t conferences, Presbyterian
and all other organizations
of the ministers and rulers of the differ
ent churches could dispose of the wom-
an question at one stroke if they would
only follow the New Testament teach
ing. In fact, if they would follow tC
the letter the New Testament teaching,
there would be no woman question at
all. 1t would decide itself. There is one
text that settles in four lines the whole
matter. 1t is Galatians iii, &c, '"There
is neither Jew nor Greek, there is
neither bond nor free, there is neither
male nor female, for We are all one in
Christ Jesus. In truly Christian as
sembly the question of sex would never
come up at all. There would only be
the question of individual fitness.
When the cornerstone of the new
church was laid at Wood
stock, o., the address Of the occasion |
was given by Rev. Henrietta G. Moore |
Rev. Hannah NJ Mullenix is pastor
If the Congregational church at Grand |
Meadow, Mimi.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hellman, postmaster |
IF Williamsbridge, N. Y, has laid up |
! snug fortune in the real estate bust |
ness.
1t is astonishing how many people
Ire acquainted with the exact mind of |
he Almighty on the woman question.
Miss Maud Sutton is lovely English |
yirl who owns a yacht and sails it her
elf. The Herreshoffs in this country
quilt her yacht, the Morwena, and she
las raced with it frequently in English
waters, steering with her own hands.
LAST summer she won so victories in
match races This year the number has
cached 10 by the latter part of July,
With more to come. Miss Sutton in
lerits her passion for yachting from her
ather Sir Richard SuttOn
Did you ever observe how many old
elbows of 60 or 20 think themselves
'lenty young enough for husbands for
women of 80 or even 20?
Rifle target shooting practice is be-
oming very much the vogue in Eng
and
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