The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Putnam County, 7 September 1965 — Page 3

Afghanistan Women Get Hep To Western Styles; Discard Purdah

Natives Mourn Jungle Doctor

By JOHN r. BARTON KABUL, Afghanistan U PI —Afghan women are discarding the purdah veil and gaining more rights. But not all are happy about their new status. Like their counterparts throughout the world, Afghan women are learning that a woman’s place is not only in her

home.

Many educated Afghan women are entering social work, teaching and politics—activities considered scandalous for them only a few years ago in this landlocked mountain kingdom. In 1959 King Mohammed Zahir Shah abolished the system o* purdah, the manner in which women lived behind veils and high garden walls. Since King Amanullah was forced to abdicate and flee Afghanistan in 1929, mainly for passing similar decrees. King Zahir's action showed considerable courage and conviction. But liberty, once reserved for men only, is proving difficult for many Afghan women to accept. Most of the women on Afghanistan farms, where the majority of the country’s 12 million people live and illiteracy is 95 per cent, are not taking off their veils. Many of them still prefer the purdah system’s strict rules of conduct and guarantees of woman’s standing in her community. They know what their traditional roles are and what is expected of them socially. While there is no specific in--struction in the Moslem Holy "Book, the Koran, that women must wear veils, It has become a custom in Muslim countries. I From the original half veils; “worn in middle eastern courts •of centuries ago, the custom grew into the long flowing outfits which cloak women from | ’head to toe. I King Mohsimmed Zahir Shah “and his family have broken “many such traditions. He has iset the pace for most of Afghanlistan’a educated people, most •of whom have only one wife instead of the four permitted by the Koran. Many discarded their veils I following the August, 1959, ap- ^ pearance of the royal family 4 during an international fair 1 celebrating Independence. The women in the royal family made an unannounced public appearance—eans veils. ~ No riot* followed this bold

act. Many resulted from King leaves them little time for the

Amanullah's decree 30 years luxuries of life,

earlier. Instead, more women The village woman cooks and have been following the royal sews and keeps the house neat, family’s example. and helps plant crops and harOne example is Dr. Mahbaba vest them; she herds animals Siraj, an official of the Min-! then weaves rugs and hunts istry of Foreign Affairs. She for firewood; she bears chilwas the first Afghan woman to dren. According to custom, a obtain a doctorate in literature large family is a sign of Allah’s

from a foreign university. She blessings.

received it while her father was Rather than gossip over ambassador to Turkey. back yard fences like women in Another example is Dr. Mah- other parts of the world, an gul M. Ali, the first woman in Afghani village woman s greatAfghanistan to become a doctor. es t relaxation is to take her Graduating from the Fatima. weaving on top of her mud Jinnah Medical College and the roof where she sits among dart-

LAMBARENE, Gabon UPI— The jungle hospistl Dr. Albert Schweitzer built for his “African children” was more like a native village. Pigs and chickens rooted and roosted in its

Hawaiian Women Make Quilts For Decorating Hotel

The Daily Banner, Greencastle, Indiana Tuesday, September 7, 1965

also

largest single order ever placed, she enlisted the help of her

students and friends.

The project was divided. The less skillful quilters basted I them and appliqued the designs. Then the state's five

revived interest in a nealy lost best quilting experts finished island craft which began back the job at the rate of five per

Punjab University in Lahore, Paaistan, she studied gynecological surgery and obstetrics

in the U.S.

ing children and drying fruits. Here she converses from one rooftop to another, keeping up to date on the latest village

Other women, not as ad-; news,

vanced as these two. are going For the most part, Afghanto school to improve their minds, istan's village women remain to It is not unusual in Kabul to be convinced that any changes see some older women study- are necessary, ing elementary school subjects But Afghanistan officials hope or learning home economics at that 0 ne day illiteracy, disease Kabul’s Women Institute. and poverty will be eliminated But Afghan women in the vil-1 completely from the country, lages are still tied to a strict They believe Afghani women schedule of duties and chores will play an ever increasing role in their family’s battles. This j in meeting that goal.

A SmuAz ^WASHINGTON MARCH OF EVENTS

KAMUELA, Hawaii UPI — Twenty skillful women needled some special fabric with 60 million stitches and helped fill

comund. He refused to modern- i the decorating requirements of i ze | a new resort hotel here. More than 1,000 Africans, | When they did it, they

tears streaking the dust on their black cheeks, wept Sunday as the simple wooden coffin containing “Le Grand Docteur” was lowered into its grave. He died Saturday at the

age of 90.

Today, the hospital is in danger of being razed. It must

abandon the methods Schweit- orange and apricot. The colors pagan bodies of the Hawaiians, zer steadfastly refused to coordinate with eight floral missionary women taught sewchange and move forward in prints painted by Hawaiian ar- ing.

pace with modern Africa or die

in 1820.

The craft: making Hawaiian

quilts.

The quilts the women made are hanging in corridors at the Mauna Kea Beach Hotel. They are pink, blue, green, yellow,

month.

Mrs. Kalama said quilting as an art form originally came around Cape Horn to Hawaii with the New England mission-

aries in 1820.

In their desire to clothe the

with the great humanitarian who founded it more than 52 years ago.

tist Lloyd Sexton. The prints To cover the enormous frames hang in the hotel’s 154 guest of the 300-pound women, weight

HISTORICAL

rooms. Mrs.

Mealii Kalama. coordi-

was considered fashionable in those days, they designed tent-

nator and pattern innovator like garments, using the simplest for the Mauna Kea Beach Ho- New England night gown as a

tel’s quilting party, said: design.

“Each quilt tells a story of From these evolved the popHawaii’s natural environment, ular muumuu worn in Hawaii

its flowers, fruits, leaves, fa- today.

NEW YORK UPI — Turn-of-the-century wives scrubbed their clothes and linens

against washboards in zinc tubs mous landmarks and legends. However, few scraps were left — after the wash soaked over- 1 “The Hawaiian quilt unlike over the quilting and economy night and before it was boiled American ‘patchwork’ an- dictated the use of a single colto make sure it was clean. ! cestor. features a bold pattern 0 red fabric for this purpose.

Open Drive On yiet Cong Base “ SAIGON UPI — U. 8. Marines and South Vietnamese troops, striking near th® scene of a big American victory last month, today launched a largescale offensive against a suspected Viet Cong stronghold 20 miles south of Chu Lai. The combined force landed by sea from amphibious tractors and from the air abroad helicopters early reports said helicopter crews ran into Communist small arms fire in the landing zone. Details were withheld during the initial stages of the opera-1 tion. The location was only a few miles south of the Van Tuong Peninsula where American Marines killed 600 guerrillas in two days of fighting that began on Aug. 18. Today’s offensive was dubbed “Piranha” after the man-eating South American fish. Last month’s anti-guerrilla mission, called “Starlight,” was described as the biggest victory of the war for American forces.; In other ground fighting today. several companies of U.S.' Marines moved into the second day of a search—and destroy gweep six miles south of Qui Nhon. Spokesmen said the LeaQwmecks killed 25 guerrillas and captured three others during the first day of the operation. Two other Marine patrols, fanning out. Monday from Da "Sang, killed five Viet Cong, ^rounded two others and captured three suspects.

multiplying mice T BOSTON UPI — A pair of meadow mice may have as many as 17 litters a year, with an average of five to each litter, gpys the Massachusetts Audubon Society.

HOLLYWOOD UPI — Richard W i d m a r k and William fiblden. who hasn't made a picture in Hollywood for a halfdozen years, will co-star in '{Alvarez Kelly” at Columbia.

GOP GETTING READY TO MAKE VIET NAM ISSUE

PREPARING DOCUMENT FOR SPEECH MATERIAL

A type of washing machine was introduced early in the 1900’s, but It had to be filled manually. Since there was no such thing as an agitator device, the washing just sat in a solution of water, soap, alkali, and essence of turpentine. A few years later, an electricpowered model was marketed, but still without the agitator which did not put in an appearance until 1922.

By HENRY CATHCART

Central Press Washington Writer

WASHINGTON—There are distinct signs that United States policy in Viet Nam will become a major political issue In

the weeks and months ahead, and very probably will figure

strongly in the congressional elections next year.

Republicans are circulating a 33-page document which at> tempts to spell out the part of Viet Nam policy formulated and

W'

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The Capitol

Looking ahead

to elections

carried out by the Eisenhower administration, and the parts which were or are the responsibility of the Kennedy and Johnson adminis-

trations.

Hie document is designed for use as basic material for speeches. Undoubted the material will find its way into addresses and debates by congressional figures in the closing days of the present session of Congress. At present the paper does not,embrace such matters as a different policy to be applied In Viet Nam or a sharp division in the use of military force there. But, as the argument over responsibility widens, these two factors

most likely will be injected.

Key to the document is the Republican charge that the two Democratic administrations that succeeded Eisenhower’s have deep-

ened our commitment without making use of vigorous diplomacy which might have avoided widening the war there. Further, It indicates, that once the war was widened, the present administration probably didn’t escalate fast enough or far enough to knock the props from under the Red military opposition. One consideration may slow down the planned assault on Viet Nam policy. Some more cautious Republican leaders fear that a too-untempered assault may open the party to the charge that its accusations are playing into the hands of the Red Chinese at a time when unity in foreign policy is essential.

• • • •

• POLITICAL THAW—Victor A. Johnston is convinced that there is a period of political thaw taking place at the White House. It is the first time that he has been invited to an official ceremony at the mansion in many years. Johnston, for example, never was invited to the White House during all of the years that Dwight D. Eisenhower was in residence there. This is surprising in view of the fact that Johnston is the professional staff director of the Republican Senatorial Campaign Committee. In that job one would expect that Eisenhower rather than President Johnson would be the issuer of such an invitation. Johnston was invited to the White House the other day to witness the presidential signing of the Herbert Hoover National Historical Site bill. He not only was present, but he received one of the pens the President used to sign the document. And he was invited to remain on to see Republican Henry Cabot Lodge sworn in as U.S. ambassador to South Vietnam.

• • • •

# COINING DOUGH—Government agencies like to stay on the good side of federal legislators. One method is to let/congressmen announce the award of government con-

tracts to businesses in their districts.

Thus it was that the other day Rep. Charles Joelson (D-N.J.) was able to announce the award of a Treasury Department contract to the Du Pont Co., of Pompton Lakes, N.J., for the

manufacture of dimes and quarters.

Joelson had this wry comment to add to the formal announcement, “I am glad that some employes of my own congressional

district will literally be making money.”

COMF1 TOR-TI TOR TALLAHHASSEE, Fla. UPI —The instructional and testing ability of a computer which serves as instructional aid in a i dozen or more academic experi-1 ments at Florida State University have been carried to the j football practice field and basketball court. A typewriter-like terminal connected with a computer whose memory has been stored with the plays and formations of an opponent enables Florida state players to study them and for supplementing actual practice work.

in a single color on a back- Beauty was achieved through ground of white. It is bordered design by Hawaiian quilt-mak-

in the same tone and the pat- e rs.

terns are cut free-hand. ! Mrs. Kalama said the HawaiMrs. Kalama said this free- ian quilt, a symbol of love and hand cutting eliminates the the most intricate needlework, possibility of duplication of de- is used traditionally only as sign. The Hawaiian quilt-maker bed coverlette, for special holiguards her patterns as a highly days and for favored house prized family secret. | guests. “It is considered impolite, by

standards, to request a quilt pattern,’’ Mrs. Kalama said. !

Mrs. Kalama teaches quilting HOLLYWOOD UPI — Pamfor the City and County of ela Tiffin will be the first AmHonolulu, a swell as for the erican actress to star opposite congregation at Kawaiahao Marcello Mastoianna when she Church, oldest mission church appears with him in “Paranoi” in Hawaii. in Italy. When the church was asked

to complete 30 quilts for use in the new hotel, the job was given to her to accomplish. With only six months to finish the

COMEDIAN KEITH HOLLYWOOD UPI — Brian Keith will play a comedy role in the new’ Miri.sch picture, “The Russians Are Coming The Russians Are Coming.’*

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“PONGEE STICKS"—A U.S Marine holds two "pongee sticks” he dug up near Chu Lai, South Viet Nam. The Viet Cong bury them with spikes protruding to make a simple but dangerous trap fjr foot soldiers. (Fartiophoto)

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