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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-18

brews. This opinion is confirmed by
the discovery in Palestine OF Babylon
ian seals and religious elnbIems in the
Amorite period, and 10y the use of Ba-
bylonian writing by the people Of Pal
estlne i'll their correspondence with
their neighbors and with one another.
The Amorites understood the use of
copper. and in all arts We're more adj
vanced than their non-Sen.itic. prede-
cessors. Their chief divinity was the
mot her goddess Ashtart. who was wor-
SHIPPED at high places containing one OF
more sacred standing stones. and to
whom frst-born infants were sacrificed
by burial in large earthen jars.
The third period may be called
Egyptian. because during it Palestine
stood under the rule of the Pharoahs of
the eighteenth and nineteenth Egypt-
ian 1ynasties. 1t extended from 100
3. C. TO 1900 B. c. It was the period
of the greatest development of Canaan
lite civilization IT was contemporary
with the recently discovered remains in
Crete, and Palestinian art of this period
shows numerous traces of Cretan inf1u-
thee. About 1900 B. G. Egyptian an
thoritv declined. and this gave an OPP
portunitv for the Philistines AMI He
brews to make permanent settlements
in the country.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-18
ARCHAEOLOGY GIVES
WORLD ANCIENT LAW
Researches in the PaIatinate
Result in Discovery of Old
Statutes.

Professor L. B. Patton Of Princeton
University recently summarized a great
deal of the results of archaeological re-
search in the ancient lands. He has
used this material in lectures which
have proven popular in the West.
Until recently nothing was known
about Palestine in the earliest times, ex
cept what could be gathered from the
seanty traditions Of the Old Testament;
but within tie last twenty years two
new sources of information have been
opened to us '.he first is found in the
excavation of the mounds Of the cities
of Lachish. Gezer Taanach and He
giddo in Palestine itself; the second in
rhe discoveries that have been made in
Babylonia and Egypt.
Earliest Monuments.
The earliest period of Palestinian his
tory NAV be called South Babylonian,
because during it Palestine stood under
the influence of tie Kingdoms Of South
ern Babylonia This extended from
about $500 b. C. to 2500 B. G. Records
discovered at Telloh and at Nippur in
Babvlonia show that during this pedlod
Palestine was repeatedly invaded by
Babylonian kings, who established their
authority there for longer or shorter
intervals The contemporary remains
in Palestine show that it was inhabited
by cave-dwelling race that used only
bone and stone implements. This race
burned its dead; and this, as well as
other facts, indicates that it did not
belong to the Semitic stock.
Ancient Code of Laws.
The second period may be called the
North Babylonian, because during 1t
Palestine stood under the rule of the
CITY of Babylon in Northern Babylonia.
IT extended from $500 b. c. to 100
B. {. About $500 B. C. the Amorites
entered both Babvlonia and Canaan. In
Babvlonia they founded the so-called
First Dynasty of Babylonla. whose
sixth king was the famous HammurabI,
believed to be the same as Amraphel in
Gen. Il. the contemporary of Abraham
He unified Babvlonia under his rule and
rromul gated a code of laws IN over
three hundred sections, a copy of which
has recently been discovered by the
French expedition at Susa. HIS author
itv extended as far as the shores of the
Mediterranean. and it is probable that
his code was enforced in Canaan, and
that in this way we are to explain the
numerous parallels in the later Hebrew
legislation In like manner the stor-
les of Creation, the Garden of Eden, the
Flood, the Tower of Babel, and other
Babvlonian elements in the Old Tesla
men1s. probably migrated to Canaan at
this time. and were subsequently learn
ed from the Canaanites by the He
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-18
WHY RAISE HAT?
ASK THE GERMANS
That Is the Motto of the Society
for Promotion of the Teu-
tonic Mode of Greeting.

"Whv raise your hat? is the motto
of the Society for the Promotion of
German Modes of Greetings. whose
headquarters are at Darmstadt. says the
London Chronicle. j. IS wasteful
habit, because it wears out the hat
brim / Is unhealthy. because in bad
wea thor it is apt to bring on colds.
And. worse Of all. it is unpatriotic, for
the custom was dopted from the French.
the first nation in Europe to bare the
head as g form of politeness. The true
mode of greeting for Germans. we are
of purely Teutonic origin, having origi
mated among the officers of the Prus-
sian Grenadiers The society has gained
many adherents. and the inhabitants of
Darmstadt are now accustomed to see
elderly civilians stand rigidly to atten-
tion and bring the hand smartlv to the
forehead when they meet acquaintance
in the street
The mere salute. without raising the
hat, will be welcomed by many of us,
for when we wear the soft hat or the
cloth cap we find it easy enough to pluck
it off. But how to return it to its
place. There is no brim-the clutch of
courtesy rs stopped midway. and there
is no cou1tier living who can take off
a golf cap and return it to his head
gracefully. So let US agree not to take
off cur hats, but merely indicate with
our hands that we would take them off
if we could putt on again.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-09-18
A NEW TWIST.

Knicker-'' Bread is to be sold by
weight
Blocker Then my wife can. make
Us rich New York Sun.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-13
WMEwryGlrIShould earn aDuCineW

other exigency, they viii not be left
penniIess sooner or later? II is taking
large chances. when one person as all
that stands between family and an
Indifferent world Prolonged invalidism,
sudden death, loss Of fortune. moral
weakness. even crime, have overtaken
the best of men. and will continue TO do
so.
It comes to this. then: Is 1t right to
bring UP our girls 10 be dependent? Is
not that state Of mind unQuestionably
injurious? The dependent woman is
lacking in initiative. self-reliance. poise.
mental astuteness. decision. She is
always a weakling. never achieving the
full measure OF her capabiIity. Is it
just TO teach a girl TO lean upon father.
husband or brother. when at any mo-
meBt these may. for any number OF
reasons, fail her and she. possibly with
babies at her knee. be exposed to every
winds that blows? Is il the square thing
to give girl no choice in life. to make
marriage necessary because she has no
means of self-support. TO make a re-
marriage compulsory for the same rea-
son IL she be widowed?
Seek where you may, no single BIT OF
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-13

oaby waiting with a neighbor. to get on
their nerves.
Men have other queer habits on the
street. and perhaps the queerest OF all
Is tneir Inaolllty TO cOntne their gaze
20 the world in general instead Of set
ting II on some one woman or. for the
matter OF that. en- every pretty face
that passes.
You can see them one and all from
your quiet concealed nook. they are no
respecters OF persons. and there's no girl
SO young as TO escape the penetrating
noticed
Women look. too. you win have OBJ
served: They do indeed: they look at
ana aIter one another Clothes is the
magnet that attracts. and in the frantic
eu0rt 20 get one more last look at The
other woman. those from whom you
nave right to expect better things
stumble and fall They literally 40:
stand in criticism. rapt.. and start on
again with still averted face. only 70
walk plumb into an OncOming counte-
nance or new spring hat, and knock
II all awry. Mad? Well. I should say
so: and the worst Of il is, we aren't cur-
ing ourselves OF these street maladies.
The youth and innocence OF our towns
and cities are growing up with the same
inherited faihngs- Girls who haven't
learned TO see themselves as others see
them sook at their elders and are con-
vulsed with suppressed mirth: and
young men who are no longer boys
the exclusion OF all other passersby-
These two last are hardly in the class
YOU first were drawn 10. when YOU took
your post hack OF the big store door.
but you found them all n subjects for
reform Some were pathetic and others
ridiculous. and as a whole they would
provoke were you not painfully aware
Of personal shortcomings.
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AS OTHERS SEE US

TF WE could but see ourselves as we
walk abstractedly along the street.
= it is altogether likely that we would
correct few OF our small. personal pc
culiarities. Have you ever stood just
within the doorway of the most popular
shop on the most crowded street of
your own town. where friend and foe
alike were wont TO pass? It's an ideal
vantage point and no doubt you've
stood there first while waiting for some
friend.
It's fact and no fallacy that hosts of
the women who go by talk to them
selves. not in a concealed way hut per-
fectly open and aEoveboard, with their
very lips They hold unending imaginary
conversations as they walk along the
It. Of course; they don't or they'd
stop ii, at least until they lost control
again and drifted back into the whiri-
pool-the contemplation Of injuries re-
ceived and the vengeance they would
wreak.
Now take a rest. and then get a good
look at passing man.
As whole. he isn't so nervously ex-
cited. He is walking with certain de-
gree Of placidity and at least he is keep
ing his mouth shut. except for his
cigar. That little roll Of the weed may
be the stopcock that prevents him from
talking to himself: but as you stand and
see the varying expressions you'll prob
ably decide that the real reason IS his
lack Of nerves. Woman has the in
nings here-if quantity IS gain-for
nerves are hers. Most Of the men who
pass are on business bent and the
short walk on the street is relief.
They have become Injured to the rush
and stress of business life, and, besides.
there's not a dinner to be got when
they get home, nor the knowledge Of a
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-13
Is it Worth While?

Y VERY productive the best stands
II something worth while To busy who
occupied with the affairs the home the world beyond these
pages offer the resultant forces brought TO bear
vital topics the day.
Is worth while! To who be aed with the questioning
doubts Others whether be social
offered.
the who has decided opinions of her there
aught but beneficial results with other tenes OF other
involved unbiased
acceptance, the being, of other broadening and
helpful
ousnnded who hold before them the ideal of
and individual growth this standing for the
best Of everything, Is offered.
while profit the combination of wisdom expert
and high aualityl The question needs
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-13
The Saleslady

if the modern salsswoman was
ever in the servant class, as it
has been asserted was her position in
England in the none too distant past.
she has moved on a peg in the present
age OF progress. Now there are sales
women and salesladies, and it is well
to make the distinction at once There
is. in the dictionary. definition for
saleswoman, but saleslady is slurred
over. The saleswoman is "a woman
who sells good In a shop" and appar-
emily the other isn't-and small, wonder.
The world of women has only the
greatest respect for the one who in her
vocation in life fills it to her own credit
and to the satisfaction of those who ex-
pect much. land be it here granted that
there is no limit TO the things they do
expecD.
But the salesiady who. apparently. does
not sell her goods is she who has learned
by rote one phrase, and only one: Cant
give 1t to you." She snaps 1t out on the
smallest possible provocation, or on none
at ALL
She has method known only to her
kind. which is to grab the cherished
sample from the unoffending customer,
to give 1t one hasty look in the dubious
light, to throw 1t in the direction of the
no longer hopeful one and to hurl out,
Cant give it to you.
The personal pronoun is even lacking,
and so is the politeness that might have
been expected.
There is Qet me here say for the bene-
fit of young shoppers and the faint
hearted generally way to get waited
on under such trying circumstances.
The shopkeeper stands in with the dig
nffied saleswoman who helps wherever
she can-helps him and herself and the
customer. 1t is not to be expected that
he. the man who wants to sell his goods.
will long contend with the saleslady type
who rejoice in their inability to satisfy
the customer, and while they need not
be reported on the first offense, an inti-
nation of report will usually bring them
round.
Fear is the virtue of slaves and the
saleslady is not far above the slave ac-
cusation, and just one VIII you wait
on me now. or shall l call somebody
else?" will usually do the work-that
is. she will do it for you. and right wei.
The saleswoman would not be over
worked. nor the customer disappointed.
If the average saleslady would do her
part and learn to eliminate that phrase.
Cant give 1t to your
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-13
Auf w iedersehen

"HE little gate was reached at last
Half hid in lilacs down the lane.
She pushed it wide, and, as she
passed.
A wistful look she backward cast.
And said, "Auf wiedersehenr'
With hand on latch, vision white
fingered reluctant, and again
Half doubling II she did Alright.
Soft as the dews that fall at night.
She said. "Auf weidersehenr'
The lamps clear gleam fills up the stair.
/ lfnger in delicious pain;
All, that IN chamber. whose rich air
To breathe in thought I scarcely dare,
Thinks she. "Auf wiedersehenr'
'Tis thirteen years; once more I press
The turf that silences the lane;
I hear the rustic of her dress.
I smell the lilace. and-ah, yes,
hear. "Auf wiedersehen."
Sweet piece of bashful maiden art
The English words had seemed too
fain.
But these-thcy drew US heart to heart,
Yet held US tenderly apart:
She said, ''Auf wiedersehen.'
James Russell Lowell.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-13
A SISTERS SACRIFICES

home that Edward is quite attentive 10
the pretty young girl In the next street.
She works quietly and unprotestingly;
it is not known how great the despair is
in her heart as she sees the home which
has been kept happy under her care
slowly broken UP. No one seems 10 stop
in his mad rush of migration to think
just what disposition shall be made Of
the sister
She is no longer young. 1t is too late
to take up the brush or to continue the
music. Her poor fingers have lost their
nimbeness in the performance of the
daily chores. She is the first to realize
that the golden youth has slipped away
she is not fit for much else than the
good general housekeeper
The solution of the heart-breaking G
question should be in the Prince Charm
ing Do you know that very few men
wait patiently for their loves? We have
been reminded of the force and en-
durance of true love, but sister is kind
and self-sacrificing and has fought this
matter out in her own mind. She has
usually answered the question in words
that are irrevocable When the last
=
to the ideal. If he remain true. which is
not common occurrence, and ask for
a home which she has previously re-
fused. A man wishes more than de-
pendence. and cannot understand why
she refused if she loved him.
She feels out of place as woman who
is sent from pillar to post. ekins out
her existence as the "oid maid sister
in-law.' There are few of these martyrs
who have been given their much-de-
served spending money. Their slim
wardrobes generally have been bought
from the scrapings from the house
money Bank accounts are unusual with
the sacrificing sisters.
And thus she works. with her eyes
fixed not on the future joys of most
young women, but on the past hours of
a long-ago happiness before her real
true powers were diverted into other
channels.
There Is always a deep joy resultant
from sacrifice. But let this be length
ened and widened by an appreciation
and clear conception of what this
woman has renounced-a1id let the first
thought be directed toward the one who
rarely speaks for herself-the wsman
who submerges her own hopes under
the moving waters of family affairs,
which in an ironical way, drift and
leave her on a hard, unfriendly rock
alone.
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-13
Melissa's S Musings
!" HE ways Of maid with man an

I" HE ways OF a maid with man are
queer enough goodness knows,
II but | do think-and I'm not alone
in my thoughts, either-that the every
day manners OF the man you Ike best
toward you, the girl he seems to be
breaking his neck TO please. are some
times the limit.
There was a time when we were girly-
girlies and looked hopefully into the face
of each man we met. thinking that per-
haps here was our volume of romance,
our "lifes sorrow" opened before us;
but he failed to call us dear lady" when
we met; he never leaned respectfully
over our white hands with imprinting
kisses" as he left: he never knocked a
ruffian down for our dear sake.
Now we have reached the age of suf-
-fragette and professional woman. and
we have learned to take man pretty
much as we find him. We don't greatly
worry when the man who is with us
keeps his seat in the crowded car of
women shoppers when he is dead tired
and probably has his new shoes on. We
don't expect bunch of violets and a
carriage every time he takes us to tea
on a roof garden, and we are not ut
terly shocked when he soothes his tired
nerves with a smoke or two. It keeps
him quiet and gives us chance to talk
a little ourselves; but we do feel a
shiver all down our back when he fails
to rise to greet the chance friend who
strolls over from another table and has
TO be introduced; and when he actually
shakes hands in that position, we could
slide under the table.
Then. too, when 1t is time to go and
he allows-yeS, actually stands and
watches-a grinning waiter help US into
our coat, we know we have reached the
slightly when he let the waiter draw out
the chair for Us to sit on, but that was
only neglected courtesy; but this-how
could a man with sentiment allow It?
And probably the whole time this un-
suspecting soul was admiring the poise
of your head or the effective background
that set off your special charm.
You don't mind mans smoking after
supper at the table; you rather ike 1t.
But when the same man meets you
on the street and stops to talk. and
clutches, economically, his cigar, you
begin 10 hate him. And If he walks
along the street on the outer side as he
knows he should end the turn of COR
ner puts him on the inside, why! oh,
whyI does he let you maneuver to get
him on the right side again?
enough to know 1t, could date his final
rundown to some such trivial breach of
the unwritten social code that every
woman unconsciously holds dear, and
that no equal rights" or shoulder to
shoulder" creed can totally eradicate.
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and therefore has no call TO seek reTnu-
nerative employment AS a theory it is
beautiful. and n so far as it is a fact.
most satisfactory. UnhapPily. the con-
trary is 50 often true that We are no
longer justified IN depending upon II.
= IS assumed that the girl viii be
supported by her father until she is
PASSED over to her husband. who will
continue to provide for her. What need
has she of earning money! II is re-
garded as a nice, simple arrangement.
which the young woman ought to ap-
preciate and be thankful for. Under
certain conditions she may.
But Il IS by no means certain that the
father viii be able 10 provide until his
daughter marries. and sin more con-
5ectural whether her husband can do
so as long as she shall live.
There IS 2 vast army OF girls. work
tng in every branch Of the commercial
world. not only 70 save the household
purse their own shares Of expense, but
70 provide for the others as well. Thou
sands Of young women, some Of whom
you know. have deprived themselves of
all the pleasures OF youth, Of the ad-
vantages which are their birrhright, and
even the privilege OF marriage. in or
der 10 support their fathers family.
But suppose the girl passes safely into
the home Of her husband. What are
her chances OF having q protector and
provder for life? AS good as any other
girls. Precisely; that is TO say, II is
not a thing We can insure. That being
50. she should be prepared TO support
and protect herself Disaster has over
taken other women: what is to prevent
i from overwhelming your daughter
Trouble IS no respecter of persons. If
Il should come. IS she trained TO meet
IL Is she self-reliant. capable, re-
sourceful2 Can she make money! That
Is the test.
No man. however healthy. wealthy.
good. powerful or far-sighted can be
absolutely sure that his family will not
suner for the necessities OF life while
ne lives, much less after he is gone
He may amass a fortune for their pro-
lection, but what assurance has he that,
owing TO nismanagement. extrava-
Sance. rascality. hnancial depression, or
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-13

A QUIET old maid in a sad-colored
n gown seated at a desk. Lamp
4 u light and the silence OF a house
hold at rest She unlocks drawer and
lifts out package Of worn and yellow
letters. A sigh escapes her as she rev.
erently lays them down and, unfasten-
ing the knot, counts them carefully as
miser might his gold. Then. selecting
from the bottom of the pile one yellow
er than the rest, she raises 1t gently 10
her lips. A smile fits over her face.
She looks at the address as If even that
were precious. and slowly draws from
the enveiop two closely written sheets.
They are limp with age and frequent
handling, and the ink is brown; but the
penmanship is clear and bold.
The letter, 1t was TIE first from a
friend. who was more than friend Just
thirty years ago. Who could measure
the value of such letter? To the girl
who received 1t it was full of poetry.
inspiration. life. Every word was pure
wisdom every sentence well-guided inu-
sic. the whole an exquisite blending OF
intellect and emotion. That little sbit Of
paper was the chain that stretched
across thousands of miles of interven-
ing country: that slender envelope was
the ak that hewed down all barriers
barriers of misunderstanding prejudice,
convention That letter opened her eyes
to the goodness, the sweetness, the full
ness Of life. 1t was the richest treas
ure of her girlhood; it is the priceless
relic of a happiness that Is now forever
past. She reads It carefully. word for
word. though she knows 1t all by heart;
she fingers over the sentences lovingly,
as a mother might over the garments OF
a long-lost child That letter In the
past has made glad many dreary day.
1t revealed to her the basic facts of life
--of life. which is bound up not with in
tellect and outward form. but inextrica-
bly, with the beat of the heart and the
throb of each passing emotion.
She goes through all the letters, ten
derly replacing one after another in the
pile. The hours speed by but she knows
not time. 1t is near morning, and the
last letter, scarcely less yellow than the
first. Is in its envelope. The woman sits
with bowed head under the lamplight.
Has life been all barren to her since
those letters ceased to come. since that
voice became forever silent? mo, no;
all that is good in me today ! owe to
him. without those letters, without his
friendship, the years would have been
all dull. black and improbable. 1t is
worth while to have lived merely to
have known one brief time of happi-
ness; ii is worth while still to live. If
only to prove that i deserve a meas
ure of his affection. Thank God for life;
thank Him for the gift Of lover
The San Francisco call., 1910-03-13

might have meant much to her. and
who have, from the discouraging re-
fusals, quietly ceased their attentions?
Oh. no. The sister is merely accepted
as the pleasant and inevitable solution
of a veSipg problem that arose when
you were young
/ have seen one Of these women go to
her room with head bowed down and
tears springing in her tired eyes. after
reading of the triumphs of friend who
was able. to pursue certain line of
work to the heights of success.
'-Oh. we will take care of you, caro-
Ene. You never shall want for a home
ss long as your big brothers live is the