Emancipated South Seas Women Preserve Losing Arts
The article surveys Hawaiian and Pacific Island women who have entered the workforce, sewing, weaving, and making crafts, while traditional arts fade. It notes royal feather robes, kahili, tapa cloth, and mat making decline as colonization and modernization reshape gender roles and economies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oman
Pacific
South Seas
Hawaii
Daya
Liliuokalani
Emma
Kahili
Prince David
Honolulu
New Zealand
South Sea
Wari Club
Fiji
South Sea Island
The Quaker Face and the Seal of Peace
Henry Seidel Canby argues in Century Magazine that the Quaker face reflected mysticism reserve and self restraint. Peacefulness in Old Friends came from disciplined hearts. Dress and outward show mattered little compared to inner calm and nonviolence within the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friends’ School
Amelia
Henry Seidel Canby
The
Century Magazine
A Mistake and a Miss Ruse Leads to Vow at Avenue Garage
Hilton flees a rival and a posed confession in a chauffeured spin to win Alice Vernon. A mistaken appearance exposes him, but she reveals she knew his identity all along and invites a reunion tonight after Farland’s planned proposal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Vernon
Hilton
Sidney Farland
Sidney
Farland
Hoe
Alice
Farrand
Glenn Hilton
Gleason
Avenue
Bad for Her Child A humor piece on a golf caddy and family talk
A domestic vignette contrasts a husband using a neighbor’s boy as a golf caddy with a mother who stops the practice after overhearing foul language. The brief cartoon-like dialogue questions parental decisions and family dynamics.
Leprosy Strikes at Kameyama Hospital in Tokyo
In Tokyo lepers at Kameyama hospital revolt after a pay rise demand. About 300 patients, supported by French monk founders, work for board and medical care. A one-farthing daily pocket allowance becomes half a penny. over 100 escape at night but are recaptured and returned to monk care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Kameyama Hospital
Tokio
Separa
Hosspital
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New Hebrides
DLV
Elrseland
Arthur W. Peach
Emer
Associated Literary Press
George
First Avenue
Jephosaphat
Prue
Catholic Standard and Times
Roland
Oliver
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