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OMAN has emancipated herself In.
f 'ri the tropical liles of the Pacino.
I Once the did all the drudgery, now
t J I ,he makei ,el" 01 nowera for tha
ft I men to wear about their head
white they do the hard work nec
eisarjr to support the family. At
best the Polynesian woman will
only work with her husband, but
never for him. The beautiful re
sults of her industry of long ago
In the South Seas, when man was
master, are almost things of the
mat. to be found nowadays as price
less relics In the museums of the world.
In the good old days before a Hawaiian queen
celebrated the death of her warrior husband by
declaring nothing taboo or forbidden to her sex,
the Hawaiian woman lived on a slim diet She
might make nets and catch flan for her husband,
but she could not eat them, nor could she dine off
the same mat, made by her bands, from which
her lord and master ate, nor could she even sat
In the presence of ber own son whom she brought
Into the world.
Once the "taboo" was removed, the woman be
came the equal of the man, and the arts lan
guished. When kings could command and kill
the disobedient, rulers of Hawaii wore a robe of
feathers that took many women a century to com
plete, and thousands of men as long to gather the
tew feathers that each wild bird of the mountains
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wove some of the most
wonderful feather robes
ever worn by royalty, and
to this day the few old na
tives who still preserve
alive the art of beating
tapa cloth, turn out de
signs the like of which Is
to be found nowhere else
In the Pacific, real works
of art, while the few Ha
' wallan mats that are still
woven rank above any
made In the South Seas.
Modern aniline dyes have
Uzhtened the labors of
the Hawaiian remnant of
but all over the South Seas the handicraft of th
native workmen la becoming more and more a
rarity to be snapped up for preservation In th
world's great museums.
In New Zealand It Is a penal offense to attempt
to export a bit of Maori carving, no living Maori
may be employed upon a bit of native art work
for a foreigner, no matter what the price offered
the workman may be, be must sell to the gov
ernment. In the New Hebrides, wood carving li
all but a lost art Today In the native villages,
In the home of a chief where the old filigree
woodwork dividing the hut In two rooms still
stands, only the very oldest workers In the vil
lages can repair it properly. Where there are no
old men, clumsy patchwork Is made of It, and
as for the young men, they know nothing what
ever of the art Practically It has already died
out
I had seen the Pandanus tree growing In
Hawaii, I have even sat down and watched the
Hawalians who. In spite of their childhood spent
In the public schools, still preuerve the art of mat
making, and seated upon the flooring of tbelr
modern piazzas, their legs under them, keep tbelr
Angers busy with the long strips of leaves that
some one else has dried and cured for them. It
was not until I had spent some time among the
Fljlans that I met those who collect their own
leaves and Itollow the process of mat making from
start to flnlsn.
supplied for the royal robe of yellow, valued at
a million dollars, tne most cosuy royai rooe in
existence, and the handiwork of savage women
who have long forgotten the art that once was
theirs, when their Angers created feather robes
for' their husband chiefs to wear.
Today when a royal personage dies In Hawaii,
ancient kahilis, or wanda of feathers, are care
fully reconstructed by those who still preserve
the art of putting them together, and after the
royal Interment they are again taken apart and
put carefully away. In days of old even queens
worked on these, and even the present ex-Queen
Ulluokalanl worked with ber own hands a feather
wand that preceded to the grave poor Queen ,
Emma, last descendant of the first American to
make Hawaii his home. Again this kjahlll was '
carried before the funeral cortege pt Prlnoe
David, and will In time precede Lllluokalani her
self to the last resting place of Hawaiian kings .
and queens, the royal mausoleum. '
- Sometimes one may still observe a family of
women In Hawaii wearing one of the old-time, all
but priceless mats, but It ls'tedious work and the ,
over-educated college-bred girl of Hawaii does
not , take toll kindly. Besides the art must be
learned In childhood when the fingers are supple,
and nowadays the publio schools have truant of
ficers and every family a sewing machine. Every
Hawaiian girl, however. Is an adept at weaving ,
wreathe and chains of flowers. - The lei women
are one of the sights of Honolulu. . For the man
he loves the Hawaiian girl will still weave a
hat of native fibre around which she will make
a band of feathers to express her "aloha" or love
for the -wearer. '-?'.'
As the native arts and industries In' the South
8eas are abandoned one by one before the on
ward march of civilization, the aboriginal of the
tropics are left Idle, quickly forget how to work
and pass away. In the good old days It took a
muscular cannibal full six months to chop out
with primitive stone Implements Ms log canoe.
In New Zealand the most expert wood carvers were
employed for years at a stretch fashioning with
tone hatchets the headpiece for a war canoe.
In every South Sea village the sound of the
women beating out tapa cloth was hoardxtrom
morning till night but nowadays all these things
are done In a twinkling by machinery In civilised
lands, sold to the South Sea Islanders for the
cocoanuta they pick up under the trees. There
Is no further Incentive for them to work, so nature
seems to say to them. "Then why liveT" Clvlllsa
' tlon has clothed the savage and robbed him of
bis handicrafts, but It has not yet succeeded In ,
making him work for the white man, as the white
man wishes him to work.' ., '
In the good old days of the great king Kame- '
hameha, some ninety odd years . ago, every
Hawaiian man was a warrior, skilled in the con
structlon of artlstlo war clubs and double canoes
almost as large as modern ships. , The women
The woman's work In the South Seas is to help
the man. He builds the canoe, she helps to pad
dl It; she yreates pottery, he takes It to a mar
lrat. ha rllmba to cut down the ripened cocoanut,
tne Hawaiian remnant w . . - - . , .
native cloth v makers, but , ihe wtsa,ves the baskets that carry the dried
FSXL ..! r,.mr'Mm"? 'kerneror copra to the trader. If tapa Is to be
l D-i c . , a j art
It goes, the South Sea Island woman has nearly
everywhere In the Pacific achieved her emanci
pation, owns her own sewing machine and bids a
rHaerful "kofa" farewell) to the industries at
which her mother was an artist. She has attained
equality with man, but the world has lost some
thing that she might gain everything.
across the Fijian men and
women In their forests
working all day long with
a will digging roots and
herbs from which to ex
trart colors. The time has
not yet quite come In FIJI when all the population
may sit with hands folded, waiting for the end.
Peace Made The Quaker Face
m tuiiiii n .iinittttttttTmtttm
What made the Quaker facet Not a broad ,
brimmed hat or a gray bonnet as the flippant as
sert Costume will not make It. as you may prove
for yourself at the next masquerade. In part. It
was the mysticism, the reserve and the self-reliance
of the Quaker mind. These things were
the very essence of the society, and they led to
a subconscious command to he silent to be calm,
to hide the emotions of the too often rebellious
heart, which In turn helped to mold the faces one
sees In the portraits and among the Friends sUU
left who belong to the old rule. '
It used to be said In our Quaker town that one
, could tell by their manners the children who had
been sent to the Friends' school, because once a
week In meeting they had to sit for an hour In
perfect quiet Think of a family, of a community,
where the heart was put under discipline for life I
But this is not all, for I have left out the causes
which were chiefly responsible for the most charm
. lng element of the features of the old Friends an .
enduring peace. There have been unpeaceful
Quakers and unpeaceful Quakeresses. More than
one member of our meeting, so I am told, stamped
out of First Day service and slammed the door be-
thalr Dreachinir. I have heard that one of our an
cestresses was a scold, and there was Cousin
a mono whn used to shake her flniter at an ob
stinate driver when he refused to uncheck his
horse, and say: "Just wait till tnee gets to ins
nriri Then thoe'U boa what will happen!"
As I have remarked, the Quaker project was not
always successful. But lor once popular opinion
Is quite right the Quaker face, particularly the
Oimlror wnman's face, was transfused With peace.
T. i nnt natural? Where could be found "th
.M'a inn frnm naln and wearisome tur-
v.n ii nnt Art tha nMar Mrmmunlties of Friends
communities In which prudence and self-control
kept away poverty! where not only war, dut, sims
iu and civil and domestic discord, were banned
so expllclty that It was forbidden to decide by ma
jorities at meeting; wnere rivalry in uress ana
station were restrained as far as fallible human
nature would permit? How could peace fall to be
resident In a society which believed that God was
not in his heaven, but among us, and that as long
n without affectation, did the dally task,'
kept the heart tender and the body pure, all was
right with the world? Henry Bewei uaupy. m v
Century Magazine.
UUhVi " y ' .
bind them when tne unortnoaox nicamu ua- -
Bad for Her Child.
"I see that your husband is taking one of your
neighbor's children as a caddy when he goes on
the golf links."
-"Yes." 'c ' '''
"But why doesnt your own 'son go with him?
Doesn't he like to carry his father's clubs?"
, "Yes, hut I put a stop to it when I found out
what terrible language my husband uses when he
; foozles. I made him get another boy or drop the
game." .
Laxy Little Prue.
Sue Wouldn't you Just like to be as happy as
a lark?
Prue No, Indeed. Think of the time they have
to get up. JUppincott's.
Compensation.- :'
Tallor-r-The last suit I made Jor you was a
v little tight so I am making this one loose. 1
give every one a square deal. Pele Mela, v
Pvnlalnafl.
Ascum Tell me, which Is proper? Would yon
say, "It is possible for two to live on 110 a week"
or "on $10 weekly V
Wise Well. I'd say: "It Is possible for two tt
live on 110 a week weakly." Catnoiio aianaan;
and Times.
Warning Off.
Impecunious Nobleman Sir, I understand you
m naarlaafl rfaillrht.Ar. .
Old Moneybags Yes, and you might as well un
derstand first as last mat sne is bo'b w
peerless as far as you fortune hunters are con
cerned.' a Rnland far An Oliver. - .
Mr Btint. I want to marry your daughter.
-' "Would you promise me, sir, to support het
In the way to whicn sne nas , oeen aocua-
tnmailt" 7 --
"Oh, no, sir. I wouldn't be that mean to her.
RAJAH'S THEFT-PROOF SAFE
Andlan Bulert Shrewd Idea Whloh
Taxed the Ingenuity of the First
;" of Experts. . '.V ,"'
Some years. ago' a famous firm of
British lockmakers received an order
that taxed all the Ingenuity of their
sxperts. It being a point of honor
with the firm that no order, however
jfcle-sly Ingenious, shall baX2e the in
ventive faculty of their designers, or
the technical skill of their workmen,
It was determined that the customer
should have what he wanted.
Now this order came from an In
dian rajah. After the manner of dusky
potentates, he suitored from the dual
possession of dishorn- t servants and
magnificent gems. The gms tad been
disappearing at an alarru'i j rata, and
although only seven serraou 1 . 1 sc-
oess to the box containing them. It had
been, found Impossible to discover the
culprit Whether the rajah dismissed
his retinue or put them to death on
suspicion, the thefts continued with
unbroken regularity.
In his perplexity and distress the
rajah thought af the famous firm In
London. He wanted to catch the thief
besides preserving his. jewels. -
The rajah's order was for an ex
ceedlngly complicated lock. He want
ed a safe fitted with .eight different
keys, one for, each of his servants
and one tor himself. A piece of glass
about eight Inches square was to be
let Into the front of the safe.
To carry out his wishes the lock
must be so constructed that upon, the
opening of the safe by any particular
key the photograph of the opener
should appear Immediately In front
of the glass, to remain there until an
other key had been inserted. Thus
It would always be poslble to tell
who had opened the safe.
Whether this unique lock answered
Its purpose la not a matter of his
tory, but It was a clever device.
Sunday Illustrated Magaslnew
JUSTICE ALTON B. PARKER MAKES THE
KEYNOTE SPEEGHLFOR DEMOCRACY
DRAW3 A STRIKING PARALLEL BETWEEN THE QUIET DIGNITY AT
BALTIMORE WITH THE DI8GRACEFUL SCENES AT CHICAGO
NATIONAL CONVENTION.
TARIFF WAS ONE OF HIS PRINCIPAL TOPICS IN SPEECH
He Opposes the Clsss Distinction and Demands Laws For ths Mssses and
Also Ensctments to Restrain the Combinations of Wealth From Impos
ing Upon the Pool Many People Were Present to Hear the 8peech,
There Was Much Cheering Done.
Baltimore. Former Justice Alton B.
Parker of New York, who was elected
temporary chairman of the convention,
was greeted with great applause as
he stepped upon the platform to de
liver the keynote speech.
Judge Parker said In part: ,
"We meet while the bills yet echo
to wild cries of liar, thief, and trai
tor, and furious wails of fraud, bri
bery, treachery and corruption; and
our ears are weary with the din of
the articulate shrieking and passion
ate vllliflcatlon of the most shameful
brawl of our political history. Our
candidates, however, are, wjtnouc ex
ception, men of such lofty mien that
we meet Immune from the distemper
which seized the Chicago convention
and privileged to discharge a solemn
public duty calmly, deliberately, ser
iously.
"The cause of government by the
people the world over has been ma
terially checked by the disgraee?ul
brawl which terminated in the be J lam
of Chicago. Every good cltlien has
been put to shame by the brutality and
the abuse which characterized this
wmniria between a President and ex-
President. Gratitude, friendship, party
loyalty, patriotism and common tie
cency were forgotten in the tussle.
"The assault upon the unwritten
prohibition against a third term made
in the wild scramble for the Repub
lican nomination warns us of the vital
necessity of incorporating in our con
stitution a safeguard against repeated
terms.
"The man who split his party at
Chicago, once recognized the third
tarm tradition and acknowledged Iti
anDllcation to his situation. On the
eve of his triumph in nineteen hun
dred four he said: 'The wise custom
which limits the President to two
terms regards the substance and not
the form, and under no circumstances
will I be a candidate for or accept
another nomination.
"Wrone In this year of grace, he
was right in that. Teradventure he
was honest with his soul and he
may have confessed to it that even
a President may be tempted to resort
to sordid devices and shameless lro-
nnrtunltlea to Kaln his ambition. If
so, he was in mental condition to real
ize to the full the danger to the
rnnuhlia involved in setting aside a
custom constituting the only bulwark
aeainst assaults of men whose amDl
tlon chokes their patriotism and
whose selfish desire for personal vie
tory and power throttles those moral
scruples with which they may once
hava been endowed.
"Would the man who threw his hat
in the ring and sought to slug his
opponent over the ropes in his fight
for a third term rest satisfied with its
achievements?
"Clearly his lust of power would
have brooked no such limitation. A
third term would tout have whetted
his desire for more and as the terms
sllDDed away each renewal would dis
cover greater injury to our constitu
tion, to the form of government estab
lished under it and to every leeal curb
on his Imperious will This is the
man who menaced us with an Increase
of Federal power by usurpation of
states rights and without authority of
constitutional amendment; the man
who took the Isthmus of Panama, and
let Congress debate about It after
wards;' the man who having enough
money to send the fleet on Its famous
cruUe to the Pacific sent it without
sanction of Congress, leaving It to
appropriate the money for the return
when Congress deemed that necessary.
This is the man who advocated Feder
al Incorporation for the Increase of
power at Washington and the lighten
ing of legal burdens on the corpora
tions; the man who authorized the
absorption of the Tennessee Coal ft
Iron Co. by the tSeel Trust; the man
who, by many such drastic acts, and
by unnumbered words has sought to
batter down our statutory and consti
tutional safegards.
"He who runs may read the dan
ger of the country ruled by such a
man.
"Unquestionably we have been
wrong in assuming that a tradition
against a third term constitutes a
sufficient safeguard against unscrupu
lous ambition for unlimited - power, j
We need a definite constitutional lim
itation which shall prevent imperial
istic souls from forcing personal con
tinuation in office for long periods or
for life and the personal selection of
a successor In office. And the con
stitutional provision should limit to
a single term.
"In this great country which boasts
of a wealth of one hundred and thir
ty billion as against eighty billion
for Great Britain and Ireland; sixty
five billion for France and alxty billion
for Germany, all are conscious that
too large a part of our wealth has
been secured by a small percentage of
our population and that the cost of
living rises faster than the average
Income.
"The principal cause of all this is
to be found in the tariff statutes and
in the combinations restraining trade
and competition, created for the pur
pose of wringing from the public
every dollar which the tariff statutes
make possible.
'"(he average of duties under the
tariff of 1789 was eight and one-half
per cent Now the average is 60 per
cent.
"Protected interests benefitted by
two increases during ihe war, the first
to an average of 37 1-2 per cent the
second to 47 per cent That . high
average,, then excused only by the ex
igencies of the war la exceeded now,
as the average is nearly 60 per cent.
"The Republican party has thus
geared the machinery of government
to enrich the few at the expense of
the many.
"An awakening of the people led
the Republican national convention
of 1908 by Its platform to promise a
revision.
"In vain did the people demand of
Congress the fulfillment of the Repub
lican pledge, for the masters of that
party the protected interests insist
ed upon the pound of flesh nominated
in the bond. ,
"Mr. Taft said In a speech in 1908
that during the preceding ten years
nine-tenths of the combinations to
restrain trade had come into ; exis
tence. During nearly all that time the
Republican party was In control of
every Northern, Eastern and Western
state. .
"The reason for the encouraging in
activity of the Republican officials is
plain. The tariff beneficiaries were
and for many years had been con
tributing to campaign funds of the
party which in turn protected the
special privileges enjoyed by the do
nors. But competition prevented in
some instances the collection 'from
the people of the full sum stipulated
in the tariff. To secure it all, tempt
ed the cupidity and stimulated the
ingenuity of the beneficiaries. But
one way could be found combination
to control the price up to the point)
where the statute let In foreign com-'
petition. The same party which shut
out foreign competition was found
willing to permit the formation of
combinations which effectually ban
act were treated by Republican offi
cials as repealed by implication. Need)
it be said that the protected interest
for these larger privileges made larger '
contributions?
"We are Indebted to the President
for the evidence that bis predecessor
having first enjoyed an Interview, wlthl
George W. Perkins restrained his At
torney General from bringing suit
against the Harvester combination.
"For the Steel corporation he went
further, for he wrote his Attorney
General In advance of Its absorption
of the Tennessee Coal ft Iron Co, that
he had decided 'to Interpose no ob
jection.' '
"Indeed he apparently stood ready
to perform similar kindly offices for
all corporations, for he advocated
the passage of a statute permitting
voluntary submission of all engaged
in interstate commerce to Federal
authority with the advantage to them
of immunity from prosecution because
of contracts made If stamped in ad
vance with executive approval as
reasonable.
"Whatever excuse may be offered,
the ugly truth Is that the Republican
national machine has received the
moneys of the corporate and indivi
dual beneficiaries of the tariffs and
combinations and In return has com
pelled Congress to continue high the
tariff rates and their Attorney Gen
erals to close their eyes to violations
of law.
"I submit that the jury of the peo
ple should find as a general verdict '
'that the failure of the executive and
legislative branches of government
both federal and state, to protect the
people from the special privilege
hunters and graft seekers. Is deeply
rotted in a corrupt alliance between
the latter and leaders of the Republi
can party.' Upon that verdict but
one Judgment can be entered that of
eviction."
Judge Parker quoted the much
discussed letter written by Colonel
Roosevelt to the late E. H. Harrlman
and said Mr. Harrlman read between
the lines of that letter, hurried to
Washington, hurried back and prompt
ly raised the quarter of a million de
manded with (10,000 over for good
measure.
"The time has come when the sal
vatlon of the country demands the
destruction of the leaders of a de
bauched party, and the restoration to
place and power of men of high Ideals
who will wage unceasing war against
corruption In politics, who will enforce
the law against both rich and poor
and who will treat guilt as personal
and punish it accordingly.
"For their crimes against American
citizenship the present leaders of the
Republican party should be destroyed.
"For making and keeping the bar
gain to take care of the tariff pro
tected Interests In consideration of
campaign funds they should be de
stroyed. '
"For encouraging the creation of
combinations to restrain trade, and
refusing to enforce the law, for a like
consideration they should be destroy
ed. - ;;
"For the lavish waste of the public
funds; for the fraudulent disposition
of the people's domain and for their
contribution toward, the division of
the people into classes, they should be
destroyed.
"For these efforts to seize for the
executive department of the federal
government powers rightfully belong
ing to the states they should be de
stroyed. .
"All destruction would be theirs,
this year, if we but do our duty.
"What is our duty? To think alike
as to men and measures? Impossible!
Even for our great party! There is
not a reactionary among ' us. All
Democrats are progressives. But it
is inevitably human that we shall -not
all agree that in a single high
way is found the only road to pro
gress or each make the same man of
all our worthy candidates his .first
choice.
"It is our duty to put aside all self
ishness, to consent cheerfully ' that
the majority shall speak for each of
us and to agree that this convention
shall stand shoulder to shoulder. In
toning the praises of our chosen lead
erand that will be his due, which
ever of the honorable and able men
now claiming our attention be chosen." :
SOME OF THE PROBABLE PLANKS OF THE NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM
Baltimore. They ' declare, among
other things, for the following:
A tariff for revenue only. The break
ing of the control of big business over
the affairs of the country.
A regulation of the money, trust so
that it shall not be a menace to the
country, and the destruction of its
power to create panics.
An income and, possibly, an Inher
itance tax. :; '....'.;,':'.
Effective regulation' of the trusts,
and a declaration in favor of the per
sonal punishment of directors of such
organizations as violate the law.
Full publicity in all the affairs of
the government
The publication of the names of con
tributors of campaign funds before
election.
The idea of having- the platform
short and crisp, with the pledges made
in the fewest possible words, seems
to be growing In favor.
It is regarded as unwise to have it
filled with denunciation of the Repub-
licannarty for its misdeeds, because It
Is regarded as certain that the people
are fully aware of this.
Several Southern delegates added
their voices to a protest against any
plank in the platform calling for the
free admission of raw materials. ; The
industrial development of the South in
recent years and the development of
its productive capacity of raw mater,
lals as well, causes delegates from the
states most affected to look with dis
favor on radical free trade legislation.
First Money King at Convention.
Baltimore. For the first time one
of the great money kings of America
has appeared In person at the national
political convention to carry on the
fight for the money Interests. Mr,
Thomas F. Ryan, multi-millionaire, of
New York, one of the heads of the
tobacco trust head of the New York
Traction interests, and a power in
railroad and financial circles generally,
came to Baltimore Tuesday In his pri
vate car over the Pennsylvania rait
road..'' c-v ;,o.--
Hand Will Show 8ays Delegates. .
Baltimore. In spite of the interest
in the temporary chairmanship fight
and the speculation as to whether the
Murphy-Mack-Sulllvan-Taggart combi
nation could put the "steam roller"
over Mr. Bryan,' there was consider
able platform talk Tuesday among the
delegates. Mr. Bryan probably will
be chairman of the committee on reso
lutions. He will be the representative
of his state on that committee and his
position in the party is such that the
place will be conceded to him by com
mon consent ; ...v; . V
Platform Underwood Forces Want
Baltimore. The Underwood forces
want a platform which will conform to
that adopted by the Democrats of Ala
bama, as far as It Is applicable. That
platform declared for a tariff for rev
enue only, and demanded that such
taxes be limited to the necessity . of ,
the government when honestly and eco- -nomincally
administered. It demanded
the rigid regulation of trusts and mo
nopolies, denounced the "profligate
waste" of public money by recent Re
publican congresses, and favored tha
election of senators by the people.
WILLIAM J. BRYAN DID AT BALTIMORE WHAT ROOSEVLT DID AT CHICAGO
Baltimore. Substitute William Jen
nings Bryan for Theodore Roosevelt
and the situation which confronted the
Democratic convention at Its opening
session Tuesday is but a repetition of
the Republican situation at Chicago.
Here, as there, Is the irreconcilable
conflict between the radical and the
conservative-progressive Wings of the
party. '
. Hera, as there, the national com
mittee stands for the conservatives
and la determined on the destruction
of the disturbing element '
By a curious coincidence, the figures
are almost the same. In Chicago the
national committee stood 32 members
against Colonel Roosevelt Last night
the national committee by 31 Votes se
lected Judge Alton Parker, of New
York, for the temporary chairman of
the convention. In Chicago Mr. Roose
velt's hat was in the ring. Here Mr.
Bryan has thrown his hat into the
ring, and here, as n Chicago, the
national committee baa welcomed the
challenge.
There'ls the same violent language.
Mr. Bryan Tuesday night gave out a
statement that recalled Colonel Roose
velt at his best The majority of tha
national committee, said Mr. Bryan, la
under the control of the "predatory
interests." "Talk about harmony," he
said, "is absurd." The Belmont-Rysn-Murphy
crowd, which dictated V.c.
Taft's renomlnation, is as active hers
as at Chicago, and the same corn;;',
lng Influences are seeSUrs cor'-.l. j