The Hawaiian gazette., 1914-03-27
SCENE OF STORY
LlIB IN HAWAII.
GoodAue'a Novel, "A woman Is .
Woman, TO Appear in Adver-
tiser IN Serial Form.

beginning next Sunday The Adver-
tiser VIII begin the publication Of a
novel by Dr.. =. s. aoodhae. "a wo,
man Is Woman" is the title Of the
story and The Advertiser feels certain
the serial, which will be Published in
weekly instalIments will be appreciated
BY its readers. et.
Doctor doodhue s story has alrcady
been accepted by a publisher aud soon
after itsieonpletion IN The Advertiser
u will appear in book form.
IL is a story Of Hawaii nci, pure
and.simple.
After residence of some eighteen
years in the Islands, during which time
the anthor has kept his eyes and ears
open, made characteristic observations
ais ehnnce afforded him, suffered tho as.
nal expcfienees and viefsgifudcs. he
cannot at least be charged with snap
shot Judgments upon people and things.
And while he has eudeavored to have
purely local atmosphere permeate the
narrative, he wishes all his readers to
understand at the outset and for all,
that no ONE personality is herein por
traged There Is no sequence OF events
in life hisbones. The whole, aiming 10
be true to life, as it was and Is in lila
wall, in no one instance degenerates
into personality or inyidious defini-
tisns p, rs.
Nc one personal history can be traced
and IL any reader fancies or imaxines
that nc secs resemblance. he IA III.
sing az 'capO according to his indi,if-
ual preeoneeptions; furnishing N man
for the image. The facts eonnocted
with individual characters are n patch.
work from several, aud every man ana
woman described is composite.
We presume after becoming aequairit.
ed with Sir John Falstaff, Dalgetty and
David Coppeftield, no man Is just the
same man that he was before. In his
subseqllent observations of life, ne sees
Fnlstaff and Dalgetty and Copperfol6
or parts of them in people he meets.
and 50 the anthor Of this story has
found his matcrials out of mis- contacts
and Appropriateness, necessity as use.
fnl as it is Inevitable.
The blend which must be recoonized
rs the result Of conditions of Communal
iife'is what the writer has sought TO
secure. 3e.f .,.-,,.e
With specific Hawaiian materials, the
story attempts to expose the virtues as
well as the foibles of men and women.
Judging none snPerfeially or harshly.
and preserying, throughout the reyer.
epce due woman aud her work.
Vet values are not underestimated by
angular vision. and despite disappoinf-
meBt and diilluaion in love. a man 4
purpose and high ideals prevail.
A woman. though only a, woman, Is
shown in all her value as a factor in
life Where she falls below standards
set for her sex, the man asserts his
mnaly preroeatiyes, and beneRcent evol.
ution goes on. ,a,,a,
The following note by the Reader,
may be over praise; IL will, however,
give some hint of the quality Of the
tale; .,l.. ~. .i5.tE. ~ ~, E. la-i1, "
Certainly Of unusual literary value,
pieturing without tedious description
the Hawaiian Islands in all their unique
beauty. and furnishing. by delicate
refraetion, clear insight into the init.
mate life of the people Of Hawaii The
touch Is skilled and genuine An in
teresting original and powerful story
written in a stvle- the authors own,
vet as chaste and pleasing as that of
Stevenson himself.p ~,