Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-07-08


A woman's intuition! Yes, it's as
dependable as dreams and premon
itions. 1t hits the mark once in a
while, like coincidence
But often what's called intuition is
only the bias or prejudice of the per.
son who deals in it. -.
For example, read the other day
of man whose wife warned him
that a stranger with whom he ex.
pected to go into business had a "yel.
low streak" in him
why do you think SOL" asked the
husband. .@ =a..
Because he wears a blood-red tie,'
she answered. .a..
As matter of fact the stranger
turned out to be yellow all over, and
the wife's prophecy was verified
But know a man who for 80 years
has worn a blood-red tie. He wouldn't
wear anything else Yet he is man
of International reputation in his pro-
fession- quiet, modest, self-effacing;
of splendid character. There is moth.
ing loud" about him. He has wife.
children, hosts of friends. He is not
even a Unitarian.
Let us acknowledge woman's quick
wit and her discrimination. They are
enough without endowing her with a
superhuman intuition something akin
to astrology and kahunaism.
There are individual vagaries of
taste, too, quite compatible with an
even character. These are probably
due to some defect in early training
or association. They do not consti.
tute stigmata.
Dickens was overload of snowy
jewelry, yet he was quick to discern
oddities in the dress and manners OF
others.
.Disraeli and Roscoe Conkling cult.
waited a foppish curl to the exclusion
Of more important matters. Yet nei-
Their of these men could be said to
have any yellowness. They were not
even generally eccentric.
T Nearly every human mind has its
blind spot In some respects it fails
to yield to convention and, in so far,
becomes odd or ayellow-streaked.''
Even the stickler for style and con-
vention has some idiosyncrasy he may
never recognize. believing that he is
sandpapered down to a shining con-
sistency. His wife, children or init.
mate friends may be able to tell you
of some trait, preference or manner,
ism which amuses them because it is
so. peculiar and individual.
Snapshot judgments based upon
whims, prejudices and superficial pre-
possessions, are not becoming to men,
however excusable they may be In
women and children who do not have
the franchise.
One Of these judgments is that the
German Kaiser and his military sup
porters are heartless, cruel barbara
ans.
have no doubt that those who say
that personally, the Kaiser is for
peace; that he is unusually tender.
hearted, kindly. and we'll meaning
that those who tell us this are right.
He certainly is orthodox religiously,
pious, earnestly a believer in prayer
and invocation.
To him the war is a political ex-
pediency, a physical necessity, re-
ligious duty He seems to himself to
be fighting for his life, for the life
and perpetuity of Germany. In this
sense he is actuated by noble pur-
pose.
The cruelties which are part of
war, appear as details of military ne
cessity largely uncontro llable: disci-
pine, restriction and punishment.
If war, then war. Peace and war
cannot both be at the same time in
the same place.
A misconception of shallow think
ers, or of those who do not think at
all. is that this great war is an evil
dence of the innate depravity, barbar-
ity. wickedness and uneyoluted cruel
ty of the human heart.
! It is no such thing.
1t is a logical phase in the evolu-
ton of civilization at this stage; by
scientific men it is regarded as quite
a natural and expected reyersion or
lapse.
Until the explosion is complete, it
will go on; when it is perfected, the
world will take up its affairs with
moral purpose. War and its
will seem further away
than ever.
The desirability of peace and dis,
will need no urging by
wordy propaganda. =
BECAUSE THE TIME FOR 1T
WILL HAVE ARRIVED.
In great world movements nothing
comes before its time: and in all