CORRESPONDENCE.

Horowhenua Chronicle, 28 May 1912, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

[Our correspondents' opinions are their own; the responsibility of editorial ones makes sufficient ballast for the editor'b shouiutuß.J LABOUR TUOIIJiLJiS. (To the Editor). Sir,- It is to be hoped that "Democrat" now .sees the Tolly of his letter. •).Miles Prou-.e needs 110 dofoudin<r: lie can look alter himself, hiit ;•> a worKiii;: mint ! would like to say that he i.« well-known as an exr.'ll'Mit employer. "Democrat'' apparently belongs to that windy organisation known as tho Federation of Labour, which is a revolutionary body composed for thr very Line j 11if el' men who have thrown restr".ir.!' to the four winds of heave:;. Ido not say that "Democrat" ha<« mono this far, but I do say tliat if lie conmioiiseiise lie will drop the Keileration and al! it-! tortuous, shifty and corrupt principle-. If "Democrat" thinks that we are to be gulled by such a mendacious, vicious, and mischievous organisation as the Federation, then I say his political foresight ab i.it as limiied as his in--1 ellect air car - 1■ >

Yours. etc.. | {IIIUCiJCOIvU.

.MIXKI) DANCIXC A I!KI'LY TO I!KV. lIYDK. To tlio Editor. .Sir. Not ;i |V\\ of your readers HO doM'l! were surprised ;it. the article which a ppeared in ,Saturday's issue ecu:'<• 11111in dancing. mid quoting from l ln- Scriptures to prove that tlic sexeis never danced together. I'robahly the writer does not see beneath the surlace why no mention is made of women. All through Scripture history -lie is looked upon as an inferior creature, unworthy of taking any part in [uilili" functions. 'We are tni'rlij t|>nt i! u.'s throieili women that mii came into the world, and death by sin: it was woman that deceived man and caused lii.s lall, an<l the early Christian Church. Following tin- teachings of Si. Paul, forbade \i-oiiicm to take any part in Church work. fiulcr siieli a han can we be .surprised tliat we never read of women taking part in dancing:' And your correspondent, in his ignora nee of (lie status of Women in the past, and the absence ol any example ol woman taking part i.'i the d'H! e-; oi the people, rushes into print to show that he. o'bjeets si roii'dy to the sexes dancing together ai the piwnt day. The Church has kept women in darkness and servitude. At a Council held at Marcou in the year 080. litty-nine "bishops" disputed as to whether women possessed a (soul. A thousand yea i s after this it was still contended that the woman of newly-discovered America belonged to the brute creation. As late as the end of the (sixteenth century ;i work appeared arguing that women were no part ol' mankind, hut a species of intermediate animal between the human and the 'brute creation. And about live years ano the bigots () | America, when they discovered that the sculptor employed to decorate one of their buildings with statuary, had erected some in lemale toriu, got excited, and called a meet inn. where it was .settled that there was no mention of "female angels ' in the Bible, and the images creeled had lo be taken down. Now another Solomon has come to judgment denouncing dances with women because ol the temptations, etc., etc. It is the antiquated cry again. Woman was lorbidden to receive the Sacrament once. The Huguenots v. "re charged with pel mitt ing their women to sing at their religious .Meeting'-. The .Jew, in prayer, thanked (bid that he was not born a heathen, a slave, or a woman. \c young maidens and farmers wives dare you attend another dance and imperil your immortal destiny by dancing with brothers, lathers, husbands or lriendn! J It is terrible to think that you have broken tlirough all the restraints imposed by the Church in days gone by.

,y. — Yours, etc.. PLAIN" SPJiISC'JJ. S!i;lI)IIOll, Miiv 20,