The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-05-13
:: NOMAN'S WORK
FOR WOMAN.
A THOUGHTFUL PAPER.

$3.50
helped In the way most ncediul to her
1T must be, either directly or indirectly.
through the instrumentality OF woman.
The more frequent my contact with
women OF foreign races. the more in
innate my intercourse with them, the
more firmly do | believe that I'VE have
all OF us one human heart" Woman
should be dear TO woman regardless OF
color or condition
believe it will be universally con-
ceded that the most efficient work done
for woman in the lower walks OF lie
has been through the personal influence
OF noble, consecrated women,-women
who give not only OF their money ana
time but themselves, their real lives,
and the more Chrlst-like these lives the
more OF Christ do they give to Others.
There are few OF us who believe with
Jacotot that one may teach successfully
subject of which he hlmseIt IS 1gno-
rant. Would one woman teach love,
faith, truth, goodness-in a WORD,
Christie another woman, it IS essen
tial that she herself should know Chrs,
or words avail little
From Phillips Brooks we get a waltz
able suggestion for the test OF a
wOman's llfe-and what a beautiful
work for woman, even though it re-
CURED a whole lifetime, il only she
could bring one other woman 5 life to
stand this test: Can you say to yom
sister L wish you were like me?' Can
you take your purposes and standards
OF living and quietly, deliberately, wish
tor all those who are dearest 10 you
that they should be their purposes ana
standards too?" He adds, Be nothing
which you would not wish all the world
to be-and yet mean to be something
with all your might-and be sure thai
ambition and charity Will both grow
mean unless they are both inspired and
exalted by religion" God hath i'm
planted in every heart energy, love,
faith, the three elements which we are
told make up the perfect woman, Goo
hath planted, but woman may be called
upon to resuscitate, to nourish, to
direct. The souls awakening is the
greatest event of life and worthy of any
sacrifice.
Missionary journals contain many in
teresting and often wonderful accounts
of these awakenings OF the soul and
the bringing to activity OF latent powers
through the influence OF holy men ana
women. Much has been said in public
meetings and through the press of the
heroic efforts OF women both in home
and foreign fields. OF the accounts OF
the work in North America among the
Indians and Negroes, in South Amer
lea, Africa, india Persia, Japan, China,
the Islands of the South Pacific. each
has its own peculiar interest for us.
J,, ~,f
with the great privilege of hearing mis-
sionaries from far away countries re-
count their own experiences.
Woman's work for woman is a
boundless subject 1t means all man
ner of work by all manner of women
for all manner of women. 1t is evident
that justice cannot be done such sub
ject in the space of a few minutes, eS-
pecially by one whose field of observa
ton and experience has been decided
ly limited
It is apparent to all that there are
racial characteristics which cannot be
overlooked in the solution of this great
problem, yet, in the main, women do
not differ so widely in nature as we are
often led to believe.
There are vast fields for work even
on this small island Demands for
money, 1aborers, courage and patience
are large. Responses are encouraging
but not adequate.
In this cosmopolitan land the differ
ent nationalities each draw to them
selves their own particular devotees,
large hearted men and women where
only motive is to help those less for
tunate, to point out to them the ideal
life which, in the light of superior edu-
cational advantages has been revealed
to themselves, and, having pointed 1t
out to seek to make it to them tang1-
Bile thing, to keep it ever before them
and to make it in their sight SO beauti-
full, so possible so necessary that they
must perforce strive for 1t and lead
others to strive.
Everywhere the character OF a nation
depends upon the character OF its IN
dividua1s and in this land where so
much of evil is said to Turk the lives OF
the girls and women should concern us
deeply.
The question OF labor for women in
these islands is so widely different from
that in America or England that 1t IS
difficult for recent arrivals from those
countries to know just how to con-
front it. There, with few exceptions,
the domestic servants are women, mere
with few exceptions, men
In this city native girls rarely appear.
seeking positions, yet the problem OF
their employment should appeal to US
none the less strongly. We have great
reason frequently to be troubled over
their moral condition as a result OF
their unemployment at some snonest
work in some wholesome atmosphere
It is an old time thought, but 1t comes
again and again, that where common
seamstresses and servants tor Ordinary
domestic work are required, woman
should be given the precedence over
the man, especially IN those MONIES
where the mistress expresses a deep
concern for the welfare OF all woman
Lind Tn obscure corners OF the city
NAV be seen cards of poor women call
;,r for cax,;,o or washing but we pass