The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-12-09

sidered greatly inferior to men, and the
idea of females in the character of an
gels would have been quite impossible.
"The church has always founded it's
tradition on these views, and angels
have been always represented accord
ingly, like the two young men who are
said to be seated in robes of light at
the head and foot of the tomb of
Christ.
THE idea Of female angels has come
in through the influence of the renais-
sance reviving conceptions of the
heather goddesses. There has also been
tendency in art generally to Symbol
lie the virtues and powers of nature,
such as Courage, Truth, Purity and
the Spirits of the Storm and the Noun
tains, ETC., in female form. But, to
speak generally, the ecclesiastical ira
dition is founded on the Hebrew, and
that is very strictly exclusive.
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New York florists are fond of start
ling color combinations and in the
season scarcely a day passes that some
novel scheme of decoration is not
shown in their windows. Sometimes
they will be bare except for a column
of orchids in the center; another time
branches of autumn leaves and golden
rod will fill every inch of space; again,
a single huge vase will be filled full of
American beauties or a bowl will con-
tain water lilies; vivid blue hydrangeas
will be tied with mauve ribbon and a
purple box will contain another day
contained scarlet gladiolus. But per-
haps the most effective decoration was
a cluster of pink La France roses in a
green vase, at the side of which repos-
ed white Angora cat contentedly lick
ing her paws.
Immortal Life, is something to be
earned
BY slow self-conquest, comradeship
with pain
And patient seeking after higher
truths.
We can not follow our own Maynard
wills
And feed our baser appetites and give
Loose reins to foolish tempers year on
year,
And then cry Lord forgive me, I be-
lieve-"
And straitway battle in glory. Men
must learn
Gods system is too great a thing for
that
The spark divine dwells in each soul,
and we
Can fan it to a steady flame of light
Whose luster gilds the pathway to the
tomb
And shines on through Eternity. or else
Neglect it till it SINNERS down to death
And leaves us but the darkness of the
grave.
Each conquered passion feeds the Iiv-
ing flame;
Each well borne sorrow is. a step to-
ward God.
Faith can not rescue and no blood re-
deem
The soul that will not reason and re-
solve.
Lean on thyself, yet prop myself with
Prayer:
For there are spirits, Messengers of
Light
Who come at call and fortlfy thy
strength.
Make friends with them and with thine
inner self
Cast out all envy, bitterness and hate
And keep the minds fair tabernacle
pure.
Shake hands with pain, give greeting
unto grief,
Those Angels in disguise and thy glad
soul
From height to height, from star to
shining star
Shall climb, and claim blest immortal
ity. Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Margaret e. Sangster says mot to
read the newspaper is to have no opin-
ions, to be ill-informed, to be boorish
Men who are really broad-minded read
several papers. They want to hear
both sides. Complaint Is often made
that the newspapers tell too much;
that they do not respect privacy; that
they are INSCRIPTIONS in the search
r for news. But the news of the day in
terests every one, and the newspapers
make us all one big family, with kind
ly feelings for our kith and kin. They
flash a searchlight ON crime; they
awaken sympathy for DISTRESS they
r give us things to talk about
I'm choosing reading for the home,
take in, as our British cousins say as