WOMAN'S FRIENDSHIP.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 267, 26 May 1888, Page 3

WOMAN'S FRIENDSHIP.

For ages, wiites a contributor to an Enir li-li journal, men have loproached women with'a want of iiileiity to each othei. So often has the statement boon made by men thai no such (Mmr exists as true, tea! iiicndship between women it i- now accepted a* an axiom Women who wi.shlobo popnlai with men >-a\ , " T don't like women; they ao so :ne in ami spiteful. 1 ca.nalwu\s get along with men." Naturally, this i^po ot wemnn anuses men by her blatant" vamt\ which can be played npontoam extent In Hatieieis. She occupies a false position in the woikl. She is led upon toleiance and untiuths unti' (he relations ot life aie to her disjoined and nnnatmal. \ml men themselves are hiftreh to blame that more leal fiicnd.ship dot> not exist between women By perMstentlv di-rouiauiug the women who work toi a inelihood. In pulling eveiy obstacle in the wa\ ot m-'cu^ and i elation;? who wish to take independent action and ftuke out lei themselves, then ba\e made useless ,uid omlntteied main a woman's lite, and -lie, disappointed and discontented, with no aim or definite ness, becomes that mo-t w i etched object. ,t souiod dependent o'li maid. Thooisno reason win a single woman should not ha\e a-s much tieedom. ami bo as much honoined. and li\e as independent a lite as a man led woman. Tho nune women lely on each othet tht moie tiaukne-s and eon ridence and em ouiain-ineni thes gi\e each other, do tney help them-ehis, ami help also the btav'e women who have fought on, ini*un-itistood, luwepie-ented, and liihculed. toi the lights ot theii weaker .sistCK-. But it we aie to believ the woul* ot sciipttue. tnend-hip the most noble, and tender, and tnw in -ill the w-oilif, was that between two women -Kuth and her mother-in-law. Xot long Mine a closer ani .sentimental statesman aid to me, "The m oct btMiiri'ul woids in the world from man to woman aie ' lititieai me not to leaxe thee. or to ictuiu tiom tollowinj^ after thee. toi uhithet rhou goe>t 1 will tro, and wheie thou lodtre-t I w ill lodge; thy people .shall be my people, and thy <;od m\ 'Jod. " "Not s O fast," J answeied: "1110-0 woul? weie riom one woman to aiuithei. and the woman towhomthe\ weiet-aid w at- a mother inlaw. The .s'toi) ot Kuih i> a touclnrg one. Naomi lost her husband and two -sons; the ton* weie maiucd. One daughtei-in-law kis?ed hci niothei, wept, and went back to hei own people, but Kuth— though hei mothei-in-'a^ «^ uneeltish. and wished her letuin to hei own people, tor a'ie wa> sad, had been .s'lieken -o\e\\ — paiil, "En treit me not to leave thee, foi whither thou fjoe*t J will yo, and wheie thou lod^est I will lodge ' — wold? s 0 lull of laithtul >eltsaciirice tiiat the} ha\ebeen u^etl a thousand time* in sontr and story. Ruth mairied a man bia\e ati K-tiot!g and lioh, and when she modest lj a«ked him why she had found fa\our in hi? e\es he leplied, " It has been showed me all that rhou liast done to th> mother in-law -mcc the death ot thine husband It mustha\e liecii a -aciitice toi Naomi r ') m\c up hci he-~t beloved daiiirh f ei- to -cc hei -on s w ite man led airam Isoa/ pi omi-^cd her he would lie asev en s-ou- to hei, -he went home to live with lili- daughtei. who kept hei v\ord. " Tn\ people shall be mv people." And now who shall s a\ that woman* tnend-hip did not exist s C \eial thou -and jeais aero.' Histoiv lepeat? it-elf — it e'xi-t* ro-di\, the ~ame tiue seltsaenticinvi atlc turn between women Onh to-day a let tei iiorn aoo-s the seas comes to me. and a piutt\. uay \oung thing w riteof hei mothu m-'iaw "Vou]knew, dear mo + hei. and can foun a faint .de<\ ot what our 10-- i?. Ko one can c\ei know what dear mother wa- to me. We wcte con=tantl\ togethei, ami -0 loved each other — depended on each othei -o much in evei\ wa\,and [ mi-- hei >0,--I cannot ieali-e that I am never to -ec her beloved face in thi< woild. I rind m\-elf going tow aid hei 1 100 m s 0 often every day to ask hcr^ advice. It is dreadful not to be able to find her. Forgive me. but I must -a) what is in m\ heart to iome one who love- mothei, and will, I hop-, kneineior hei deai .-ake. I do not give wav bctoie my husband and Charleyf I nnis't not let them know how lonely lam thiough the da\-, and how I long for mothei. It was so -udden. Why don't God let u- know ' I had x> much to say to hei. ' This i- a sweet, tiue, nine-teenth-centur) Kuth : her Naomi ha-s gone i-he mouin- and ltfu^es to be comfoited. bless her tor bunging back so forcibly the .-weet Bible -toi^, aIK I making it live and bloom again.

LITTLR KIXDNK-SK^.

Li 1 11 I word- of kmr'ne^. Whimpered soil and low, With a thrill of gladness To the heart they go. Lighting up it-, daiknc^ With a cheering r,n, Changing hea\ > sadnes-i To the light or da\. Little words of kindness Do a vvoik of love : God s own hand lacords tliem In the woild abo\e. Thej whose words ot pity Dry the mourner s tear-) Have the saviours ble<-aing Through ihoir earthly yebJb. Little deeds of kindness, Heartily bestowed. I Help a fainting brother On life s weaiyioad. Little deeds ot kindness To a wandering soul. Blessed b\ God, may lead him j Back to Jesu-s' told. Little words of kindness ot little worth, Yet we cannot buy them With the gold of earth. ! Scatter, then, like smnbeams. Manyaword of lo\c, And the Lord of Heaven Will ble^s you from above. Child' 1} Companion.

A SHORT CUT TO .SCHOOL.

1 On, who would go to school to-da.\ Along the proper road Where all the --now is swept away 'I hat late like sil ■ er glowed '. Come o'er the gleaming path of white, Ho beautiful to see, Come in the cheerj morning light. Come down the slide with me ! " Oh, come, and never mind a fall ! We boys know naught ot fear; We'll fetart together one and all, And raise a ringing cheer . Hooiav, hooray, ofr and awaj ( Come hither every one ; Jack's nearly down, no time to stay— Oh, here & a bit of Urn ! " All right, old Jack, let's rub your arm ! Come, tell us whore's the pain i I'm glad ) on did not come to harm. Now, join the line again I We'll keep the pot a-boiling 'still Till cheeks are all aglow : If j ou'd be tree from damp and chill, Keep on the move, you know ! " Why here's wee Sissie—see her htand, Afraid to join our throng; Run over Frank and lend a hand, And bring her safe along ; We boys have always help to spare For all things weak and small. And even Prince our fun may share— There' -5 room enough for all. " Conic, good old Prinny bark away ! We're having such a game ; Now. one, two, three-were off—hooray ! But li&ten—what a shame— The bell for lessonh has begun. Come, come, we'll not coinpiain; . Work hard, and then, when school is done, We'll try the slide again i"

astonishment of the court, the words were taken up, and lustily sung by all present— men, women and children. The face ot the judge and consternation ot tho court rede something indescribable in their lv aiorousMiCi^. The judge rose and actually wan cod, putting his lingers into his cais, dud altogether impulsively acted in a mannei quite as lnueenous a- thoso who had caused this ebullition ot temper.

DI.IiVTI.. It tlieio be 0110 thing more (lian another in which (ho lYluou is lastidiou.s, it i.- in that ot euphon\ ot explosion, uotds tli.it seem to n»\c .1 haid termination being discatded tor those inuic pleaMng— or the con^tiiu'tton ot the won! ise\en altciod to Mii( then (aste in I hi* icspeet. "It is noteiga »\an, * soft, and -mooth, they will say. On heaiiHg a name that engagetheir attention, the\ will exel'dui, "He mgo an^uu an." a -moodily .sounding name, pleasing tot he ear. What woiult-i then, it we Imd many ieall\. eloquent oialois amongst tliem, ami tli.t then naiangues aie as elleeti\oas aie those ot othei people <>, eelebiated tor their [tow ui sin tin- ic-p el.' We ha\o .seen a Maon Den.o-theni- mep his hoaiei s .simply cut In .died toi houis Te \\ lull, the I'anhaka piophet, in one instance that rvune under ob-ei\ation, spoke toi tne hoiu.s. To am) he.v a man like Taiapipipi Te Kapaitt, a man ot lonnnandin^ jnesenoi, ult. 3m. and ueiijluuj; 18 s(un^. ftiiinii; the eiowd ot li-te-ie -, ua- woith tit<\ellin^ miles to heai i.'i that o^u\ greater orator, the eelebiateil \\ ahatuii, .i HeieuL- w eiuinnjj; 2 i l stone, w nose oi^nilicd ilepoi tmetit hetoie tin biir c t the ILai-00l Ko\>\esont<iti\e.s excited thesui pu-e and ail , m; i a i Km ot a whuto huiiso ot le^i-Litoi •. Tl licai ami :-oe him addiet-injj, t ia a--em blanc, a- it \\a- o cc om j)ii\ne< r ;e to do at Maungataiitan, wa- a pLa-nie not -oon to be toigotten, when the '" Ixin^ite-, ot which he w<i- the -pokeainan .niii the " \Hjce ntc-. ' %\ lio ueic uelf lupiesented, met (o dL-<cu>- the gie.tt and bunimij 'jiieetion ot Imd which was then agitating alt the l-laiid. Seldom lia- one wit nes-ed Mich a dispia\ ot giaud oiatoiu-id debate a- was theie ium^hed b) those two debating gkuhatois, \\ ah.unu and Txiapipipi.the lartei abl\ at-i^teil b} thet v >uoenues Jiahi and Ie Kangikaheke, botli oiatui.s ot no mean deixieL. But it was towdids W'alianui that al^ e\es weie diieeted. Theie was no sti.uiang Jt the eai- to catch the -onoious sentences as tne\ were ponied toitli deltbeiatcl\ , diuncth,and with due iind mai\ellous piu eision and emphasis, u\ei\ sellable being clearl\ euuneiated, until tlie t?pcakei ended with the woids " ivoti uui, mete Keti, me te hake liv mutu memutu me mutu (tiie -ui\e\ eea-e- an.t -ik- upland must heucetoitli cea-e, 11111-1 cea-e, mu-t cease, nuisL cea>e), and tl\o-e listening knew that he not onl\ meant them to, but th.it tiie\ should. To ob-ci\e Ihe action and ue-tuie, not much ot either, the giaeetulnj-s pei-otutied, 1 ot tlds pondeiou> I )emosthene- actionwhiLh ' the best ot our F<ngh-h tiagedian- might j unu!ate, but w ho-e pu feetion in that le , -pect he ma} ne\ei hope to leach, wa- | woitha long day - joume\ to behold, his j -onorou- scntonces andgiacetul accompany - ing gestiucs electnt)ing e\en opponent-, and drawing torch the admnation ot those w ho undei stood noc one w 01 dot tne language -l)oken, e\cn as m Italian Upuia an Jhigh-h 1 audience will sit -pellbound toi houis. 1 The powei ot many ot these men to sway j the multitude ha- otten cau-ed astom-li ' ment One high- Inn n and gitted ehiet, celebiated alike tor hi- oratotical and debating poweis, travelled -ome hundieds ot mile- to confute Te \N hiti, whom he called the fal-e prophet, lie \\a- going to make a name tor bun-elf by demolishing the im-pcj-toi ; theie weie -ome two thousand a— embied at l'anhaka, the piophet- uv-id etue. l»ut altb.ougti the chkt had been l)iau ir mg all the wn\ that he would leave 1 Te \\ hit 1, the shining one, -peechles-, attei the prophet had delneied lv- addie— , hiboasting ad\cisai> w is mute, and returned to his home a continued believer, and so has it faied with e\ei>one who ha- made a similar attempt.