The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-07-26
woMAN's WORLD IN PARAGRAPHS
DIR. ParIlhurst on "ManhoOdlnania"-
Mistakes of the Masculine Sex.

DR.. PariIhurst on Observation-Disclosures
Mistakes of the Masculine Sex.
Rev. Dr. Parkhurst, who disguised
himself and spied among the homes Of
certain hapless women in New York
and drove them out Of the city where
the men who made it possible for them
to live still remain and thrive, does not
go in for woman's rights. This is I'M
fortunate for Dr.. Parkhurst. He says
there is no mention in the Scriptures
that Mary and Martha ever busted
themselves in the public affairs of Beth
lehem. OF course they did not. And
look at Bethlehem, look at the whole
orient todayi If they had done so, Beth
lehem would not have been such mis-
cradle, sickly little hamlet as it was.
Women of the orient never busy them
selves with public affairs. That is why
cholera, ignorance, filth, superstition,
poverty and semibarbarism brood like
dark winged pestilence over the whole
of Asia today. Dr.. ParkhurSt says further
that our sex is afflicted with imam
hOOdmania' - That is what he calls our
efforts to get justice, liberty and enlight-
eminent. Does he not see the egregious
self conceit he and men like him in
dulge when they claim all intellectual
aspiration and development as mascu-
line? Has woman brains? She is imam
nish' forsooth. Does she want dress
that will release her from the painful
thraldom which Is Il survival Of the
Mary and Martha business which Park
hurst glorifies so? She wants to be
man. Does she lift her voice to ask
that she shall have clean streets, moral
surroundings and beautiful, healthful
Fairgrounds for her children? She
wants to be a man" again. Has she
an eloquent tongue which can move to
tears and laughter and convince with its
logic, and does she venture to use that
tongue on the platform as the AL
mighty meant her to when he gave it to
her? 1t is because she wants to be a
man. again. In brief, whenever a wom-
an has exceptional powers i'll any direc-
tiC>l and ventures to cultivate and use
those splendid gifts, in the estimation
of the Parkhursts of the earth it is only
and solely because she wants to be a
man. 3" If she does not use them, then
she Ought to have been a man. - The
majority of men are actually ignorant
of the sublime self conceit there is i'll
the assumption that brains are 4 mascu-
line monopoly. Gentlemen, don't mis-
take Us We only want the largest op-
portunity for growth. As to turning
ourselves into men, knowing you as we
do, the Lord forbid,
The first person to suggest the observ-
ance of a national Decoration day was a
woman, Mrs. Martha @. Kimball, who
died lately in Philadelphia. At one
period OF the war Mrs. Kimball was
chief inspector of hospitals, having re-
ceived her appointment from General
Sherman.
Miss Virginia Baldwin, lately of the
St. Paul Daily News is soon to start on
a three years journey around the world.
She will keep her eyes open and collect
materials for writing Her party have
chartered a large sailing vessel on the
cooperative plan and will 90 whittier
they please and stay as long as they
like. Considerable time Will be spent III
the soft south seas wandering ION from
island unto island at the gateways OF
the day" IL Will be the ideal journey,
and to a young man or woman it will
be invaluable III an educational way.
The ship leaves Chicago and will sail
first through the great lakes and down
the St. Lawrence. July is the time fixed
tor departure.
ELIZA ARCHARD CONNER.
Cherubini copied all his own scores,
and that with such care that the manu-
script looks as though printed. He even
copied all the orchestral parts, for, as he
said, there is always something TO be
learned in copying music. =