The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-06-02

lSlduu, bdlu she ulu uOl huOW lnl0B
about brides. and blushed up to the
roots of her fluffy hair when she lin
gered with such loving newness over
the word husband" that she was rec
ognized as one. She came clear across
the continent to meet her husband in
San Francisco, and blushed sea-shell
pink when she modestly said her ex-
perience with Navy life was limited
to two days at Old Point.
You see, when a man goes away
on a two-year cruise" she explained
"he feels ever so much more content
ed if he is married to the girl he
loves. You see, in case of sickness
it is better; there is no trouble about
chaperon, and besides-besides-
well, he's afariad she might marry
some one else before he got back
Evidently he isn't afraid of being
divorced, and if all that the dear la
dies of the fleet have to say about
the Navy men is true it is small won
der they seldom figure in the divorce
courts, and Uncle Sam shows his
wisdom in keeping them shut up in
little floating cages on the water,
where Cupid's arrows have to fly
short of the mark most of the time.
They are just the best, the truest,
sweetest, darlings, oh, too-nice-for-
anything husbands in all the world,
according to the ladies, some of whom
philosophically admitted that they
never were with their husbands long
enough to find out their mean traits
NryI,fI nfh
confessed that a lifelong series of
partings and reunions was preferable,
in their extremes of joy and sorrow,
to one long, monotonous, reverend
till death repetition of seeing the
same face at the breakfast table ev-
cry morning in the year.
And every one of the dear ladies'
periodically advised every girl in the
country to marry naval officer, new
er stopping to consider how many
times a bigamist and over each otfi-
cial of the Navy would become if the
girls acted on their advice.
WIFE OF ADMIRAL THOMAS.
If woman married In the service
does not occupy one of the highest so
cial positions in the Nation, or world,
for that matter, 1t is her own fault"
was the verdict of Mrs. Charles M.
Thomas, who was born in the service
az the daughter of Rear-Admiral
Sampson; married in the service when
she became the wife of Rear-Admiral
Thomas, successor to Evans in command
the fleet, who has a brother and a
son in the feet now anchored in the
tn To, L.
q great authority ON what marrying
in the service" means.
81 have travelled all over the world
as the wife of a United States naval
officer, and the best and greatest So
ciety of every nation has entertained
me as an officers wife. An officers
wife is entertained at court in Europe
and the Orient, and in her own coun-
try she is no less entertained.
AN officers wife never has to wor-
ry about anything social There is no
place in society more secure than is
hers She knows If she is going to a
place of amusement a vehicle will be
waiting for her, sprung from some
where, when she wishes to start. At
every social function the wife of the
sailor or soldier is treated the same
as the titled nobility of Europe. All
that is required of her is that she be
a lady and remain so.
Then there are the chances of see
ing the world-not as mere visitors,
but as persons really belonging in
that part of the world, as a woman
does when her husband Is stationed
in a foreign port. The wife has her
own home, and, though she may not
occupy it for months or years at a
time, 1t is still there to go to. Some
ladies reside at the navy yards, and
the wives and children of the navy
men have little social centers all their
own.
"And l say that any girl who has a
chance to marry naval man ought
not to stop to consider, but Just say
Yes as quickly as she can without
appearing too anxious"
And as was said before, Mrs Tho
mas knows.
Mrs. w II. III. Switzerland. wife OF
Captain Switzerland visited the Fair
mont with her two daughters, Miss
Switzerland and Miss Mary, and all
three of the ladies' are proof of the
happiness of the wives and children
of navy men.
Though not one of the ladies even
so much as whispered such a thing, II
was in the atmosphere-that happi
ness among women depends much or
having their own way, and what "Jac
kie Tar" can tell a woman what to dc
and hang around to see that she does
it when Uncle Sam tells him to lft
anchor and sail away?
Mrs. Switzerland and her daughters
told of the delightful winter they
spent in California after bidding good
by to the fleet at Hampton Roads, OF
the family reunion at San Diego ant
Of the enjoyment of being I'm Sar
Francisco; how they intend to take
a trip to Honolulu when the fleet sails
and meet Captain Switzerland I'm Oct
ober I'm Japan, the land OF sunshine
and flowers
Two things have impressed them
selves on the minds OF Mrs. Souther