The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-10-06

Porter" said the fussy lady in the
parlor car, Il wish you would open this
window"
The lady in the seat directly across
the car heard the request and drew a
cloak about her.
Porter, if that window is opened"
she snapped testify, Il shall freeze to
DEATH"
And if the window is kept closed"
returned the other passenger, Il shall
surely suffocate"
The porter stood tim;dly between the
two fires.
Porter" remarked the commercial
traveller, your duty is very plain. open
the window and freeze one lady; then
close it and suffocate the other"
DR.. Bullock-WorkmAn and Mrs.
Bullock-Workman intrepid mountain
climbers have recently assembled a peak
in the Nun Kun range, Cashmere, over
$4,000 feet in height, a feat never be-
fore accomplished. They spent two
days and a night at this elevation af-
ter a five days climb. The daring
couple have made five ascents of peaks
in the Himalayas, each time reaching
a greater height. They fought their
way, at times, through snow to the
waist and encountered a terrific storm.
DIR. and Mrs Bullock Workman are ma
tives of England, with an international
reputation as mountain-climbers.
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THE WAY OF A WOMAN.
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Whose brav'ry none can doubt;
In circuses they face the lions,
At home put thieves to rout.
But when the storm has passed away,
The trouble disappears,
Why is it that they always say.
"She then burst forth in tears"
A sudden panic thrills the school,
The children rush to death;
The gentle teacher calm and cool,
Controls them with her breath.
But when the horrid fear is queled,
The tumult once more sleeps,
Why is it, by some force impelIed,
She sits right down and weeps?
The fire is burning in the mill,
The terror-stricken run
To dash pell-mell across the sill
And perish every one.
A woman leaps before their path;
They stop, i'm ordered streams
They file to safety from deaths wrath,
While she sits down and screams!
I guess, from Helen, fair, of Troy,
Unto Joan of Arc,
Twas ever woman's way of joy
To move in mysteries dark.
No doubt, when Mollie Pitcher, bold,
In battles blood was painted
She fought like Amazons of old
And went right home and tainted!
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In "The Awakening of Helena
Richie" Margaret Deland has written
what is termed a problem novel. The
question which she has propounded is
the rehabilitation of woman who has
erred. If ever there was an excuse
for such as she it is in the case of
Helena Richie. The brutality of her
husband has caused the death of their
son, and she turns from him with hOr-
ror to the consolation of a lover, a
widower, with the intention of mar
riage when the death of the man who
has caused her to deviate from the
line of matrimonial fidelity shall set
her free. Had she been a woman of
strict principles she would have re-
manned faithful to her husband despite
his terrible wrong to her motherhood
but, on the other hand, she is no hypo-
critic. while giving no place to open
scandal and true to the man who has
taken her husbands place. Her con-
science does not reproach her until
after the adoption of a little boy. Then
he awakening begins; but the process
is somewhat long and painful, includ-
ing a tragic episode, and is only made
perfect by her confession to the rector
of her parish, who spares her not, but
shows to the woman her unfitness 10
bring up an innocent child, her sell
fishness, and the fact that redemption
is not to be obtained through the con-
ventionality of marriage by the break
ers of the essential matrimonial vow
"What sort of happiness could there
be in a marriage where the man could
never respect the woman and the
woman could never trust the man?'
asks the severe but kindly clergyman
Only renunciation of that which she
holds most dear can atone for her sin
and in the case of Helena Richie this
is shown to be in the surrender of the
child David, on whom she has placed
the profoundest affection of her heart
But mercy is tempered with justice
and when the SHINING woman has CIV
en- sacramento contrition to her con-
fession and satisfaction for her sin in
her remuneration of the boy, the words
of absolution are spoken In word and
deed by the restoration of the child to
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