The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-12-18
WOMAN'S WORK IN
MOULDING STANDARDS
Bishop FaTthing Says Moral Code
Is Set and Maintained
by Her.

That the browning work of woman,
especially the Christian woman, is the
part she plays in the moulding of stand
ards of both public and private moral
ity and the opportunities she has for
helping to ennoble and purify the lives
and characters of members of her sex,
in fact that no work is higher than
rescue work, was the keynote of an ad-
dress recently delivered by Bishop Far
thing on "Woman s Work. before the
Montreal Women s Club.
MAN can not do the work of woman,
nor can woman do the work of man, -
said his lordship. g Each has his or
her own peculiar work to do, and of
course the preparation of each for that
work must differ; still the aim of life
is the same, the standard is the same
and our responsibility is the same. Sure,
~ there is but one standard of life for
all Christians, no matter what the sex
may be-one standard of purity, one
standard of morality for each. Every
thing which lifts up the life is just as
much for one as for the other-educa-
Woman has as much right to receive a
higher education as man, she has as
much right to have her whole being de-
velOped as man.
Speaking of the work which woman
should find n trying to raise the stand
ard of purity and morality III the social
life in which she moved, his lordship
referred to the press and the stage,
which he said adapt themselves to the
public taste. One Of the finest things
he ever heard about the late King Ed
ward was the fact that he once left
theater because an improper song was
sung. As evidence of a higher standard
in public taste in Montreal in this re
spect was the tremendous popularity
which has been accorded such plays as
''The Passing of the Third Floor
Back, and the play of last week, The
Dawn of a Tomorrow. which, he said,
q had the pleasure of seeing, as you
all know, for the morning newspaper
unfortunately. or fortunately, reported
the fact next morning, although | could
never see why they want to touch a
man $ private acts. | should have
thought his public ones were sufficient
But | could not help feeling most thank
ful when [ left the theater the night |
saw The Passing of the Third Floor
Back. that so many thousands had
received a message of the grandest
Christian ideals. | feel sure. that many
went away with a determination to look
upon the best in men and not the worst
Such plays are doing more than can be
done by many sermons. Encourage the
pure. the true, the good in literature in
art and in the play
His lo-dship spoke of the relation of
the moral to the physical life, and en-
phastzed the necessity and importance,
in his opinion, of properly instructing
children on the matter Of such relation
ships, and teaching them that the work
of the soul was to keep the body pure
"To prevent impurity, whether pri-
vate or public said the Bishop ''edu-
cation is necessary. Every child should
be taught that it is the work of the
soul to keep the body in which it dwells,
and which has been lent to it by God,
pure and holy. To keep children in
ignorance is not to keep them in in