The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-11-16
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NEW YORK CITY, October llth, 1878. }
I have pencilled q few notes for the ADVERTISER.
thinking that observations abroad. though neither
new nor rare, may have q modicum Of interest. as
coming from an old acquaintance Of many Of your
readers.
The delights for me at this time, are the iints Of
the North American forest. What a glow Of color,
l observed the other day in the virgin forests OF
Shrewsbury. The festive foliage was ~sPaugled with
intermingled a~methysts and carbuneles. And when
l got back TO gay Broadway. the fair and fashiona-
bic m~aidens, who were t~hronging its promenade.
seemed to have brought with them from their late
sojourn in the country, and placed in their new CO.
q%uettish hats, and tasteful costumes. all the rich
glow and sparkle Of the autumnal decoration Of
the wild woods. The feather and flower trimmings
Of ladies in the great metropolis are marvels Of color
beauty. The cardinal blaze, and all the glowing
J hues of bright aniline tints give heightened elect TO
charms just toned up with a little frosty i~nvigora-
ting brace. So that l, fresh from the lAssitude Of
the tropics. was led to feel that the finest show
abroad is this Broadway.
But I looked at other shows. As have looked
around everywhere,-wherever / could find fellow
DtluBS SuBaStus AlumhuH IL II HitNb bhoh III
wonder of the world. l have been TO the theatres Of
the great metropolis and Of other cities, and have
been instructed and gratifed with music and decor
alton, but still more so with fine simulations Of
human emotion and action. Miss Davenport made
me really suffer on accounted the temptations and
wrongs of Olivia after leaving her home ct the vicar
age Of Wakefield. And Mary Anderson in Julia and
Modjiska 10 Camille wrung tears from me, so that !
was delighted to still have sensibilities that allowed
me to be so carried away with an illusion.
But don't mean TO say that the theatres arc
among the best shows. 1 went to the Twelfth
street Grammar School, and saw over six hundred
bright little girls between about seven and ten years
of age. drilled by u staff of noble lady teachers,
The array of bright, sweet young faces; (for mind
you, these little ones came from well cared for
homes) with their crowns Of curls and pretty tinted
dresses, was for me n picture Of the promise Of woman
hood, Of heart awakening beauty, surprisingly lovely
and bright. And this picture seemed all the brighter
from being shaded by other dark pictures near by
Of an inferno, which only a great metropolis can
produce. l was led by a clerical friend, who repre-
scented certain Howard and Magdalen institutions, 10
witness some desolation Of womanhood. / stood by
the bedside Of a dying girl Of the street. And whilst
my friend talked with other sufferers, / had a few
words with this poor sister. whilst / arranged a few
flowers before her failing eyes. She said, among other
things, "Sir, you will believe me, because 1 know |
am dying. 1 was not bad, and the most Of the girls
have known were not bad, for badness sake,-but
we could not help ourselves. iiy work would not
keep my poor mother, and q little sister, aud me,
alive-and when work failed-what was 1t TO sell
myself?'' "But,'' said /, there are SO many
merciful friends in this great city ready to help such
as you. Why did you not seek them out 70 "Sir.
they will not believe US at first; or they put US into
gangs in a comfOrtless building. and 90 we want to
run away, and run on to destruction for the sake OF
independence, and some companionship that does
not condemn US" My clerical friend said that
there were tens Of thousands in this city, and hun.
dreds Of thousands throughout the land, of lost ones
from honest homes, whom the charitable cannot
reach or rescue at the right time, because they would
rather sin and suffer, than be subject to the disei.
pline Of an institution.
And so this great city is at one view resplendent
with good and great things, or hideous with its load
Of crimes. But this is only an old story, that every
great city has to tell. However, it is one that makes
me feel contented to make my home in quiet isles
where great disorders cannot find sufficient soil for
growth.
l. hBOW We NAuuDA DDaElluls binCt ~ bDll
or climate. or both combined. have favored our great
disease Of leprosy. 1 was glad to meet DIR. n. b
Emerson, a son Of the islands, who returns to them
to take charge Of our sad Leper Settlement I an
highly impressed with his fitness for the great and
arduous charge, and / doubt not his administrator
OF affairs at Kalawao, on Molokai, will well vindicatt
the advantages to be derived from the liberal provi.
sion for the superintendence Of the settlement
which I may reasonably claim 10 have induced oui
Legislature to make.
And another measure in which 1 took such deer
interest will l trust have pleasing and satisfactory
results. The idea Of the Kamehameha Statue, com.
memorative Of our Centennial Of Discovery, bal
awakened much interest here. In Boston il wa
much commented upon. The fact Of Kanakas voting
ten thousand dollars Of their public money for
work Of art to commemorate an epoch, has produced
a striking impression wherever mentioned. AnC
Bostonians are DESTROYS that one Of their gifted
townsmen, Gould the sculptor,-shall have tb,
honor Of designing and executing the statue o
Kamehameha the Conqueror.
But I trust that New York enterprise is going t.
undertake for Us the greatest work ofall,-the crown
ing act Of our Arcbipelago's prosperity,-ihe layinI
Of the TELEGRAPHIC CABLE from the California coas
to Hawaii. Mr.. Cyrus W. Field favors a Pacifl
cable. and can decide capitalists to take hold. Anc
Hawaii, the most interested Of the insular parties il
the Pacific Ocean, in having continental communica
ton, can do something towards helping the decision
She must be up and doing, and soon she will b
flashing her wishes simultaneously from Honolulu
to New York.
How science is flashing forth its new discoyerie
all around US. The world is becoming all ablaz
with new light The electric shark is 10 Ilumin
our cities with a brighter yet softer light, than eve
oil or gas afforded. I have been delighted with IL
soft, efulgent balls Of starry radiance. l travelled
with Edison the inventor from Omaha to New York
! What wonders this ardless youth is producing