The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-01-01

of sickness be developed before the 4th inst. they
will be liberated on that date.
- The birthday of Her Majesty Queen KapiO-
lani was celebrated yesterday On the previous
evening Thursday a large company OF loyal and
musical Rawaiians assembled in the Palace
grounds; and made the night,-vocal with the
incessant mele. in praise of good Queen Kapiolani.
A royal salute was fred from the battery on the
Esplanade in honor of the occasion.
V DR.. Emerson will be in attendance at the
dispensary from this day forward, at IL A. NJ, and
Drs. McKibbin and Hutchinson will be in attendance
at the Hospital, at the same hour to meet the call
of these requiring vaccination. And a physician
will make the tour of the island for the purposes of
vaccination of the people, to start Monday next.
Notices of his appointment will be Placarded.
E- The Strangers Friend Society appeal to the
benevolence of the community. We regret very
much that a certain apportionment of the passenger
tax for this purpose did not, as was sought, become
9 law. Private bounty must be invoked to meet the
need of some INDECENT sick ones, who no doubt come
here hopefully, but are left in the lurch by a combi-
nation of untoward circumstances. We will all
suffer in our turn, and should be ready TO SYM
pathize to the extent of a dollar or two per month at
least. to relieve fellow sufferers, stranded on our
shores.
HIGH MAss.-It has pleased His Lordship of Ara
thea, Louis Maigret, to give a High Mass at 10
O'Clock A. NJ, on Saturday, Jan. LIST, 1881, implor-
ing the Heavenly Father to impose His blessings on
His Majesty the King of Hawaii mel, and all those
whose donations have been received for the purpose
of d~efrsying the expenses necessary for furn ishing
the interior of the Roman Catholic Cathedral of this
city, with suitable seats and other necessary accom-
modations. All are cordially invited to attend said
service.
ST. STEPHENS DAY.-Sunday being the feast of
81. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, the appro-
pirate services were used at st. Andrews. The mu-
sic Of the Christmas services was repeated, with the
exception of the anthem. In the morning, the Rev.
I. Blackburn, B. A, was the preacher. The appar-
emily conflicting sentiments of the Angelic Chorus
which ushered in the Advent as the token OF 60 Peace
on Earth, and Good Will to Man. - and of Christ's
own words 81 came not to bring Peace, but a Sword,'
were the theme Of the Reverend gentleman's dis
course.
81 The Telephone Company have now seventy
five subscribers in Honolulu. and have had to send
for o further shipment of instruments. The system
adopted by the Company is the proper one, and not
the " cheap and nasty " arrangement tried by some
companies when telephones first came into use, by
which the same wire was made to serve for several
individuals, on the chance Of more than two Of
them not wanting to use it at the same time. Until
once tried, the telephone is looked upon as q rather
costly luxury. Those who have become habituated
to its advantages. think it the cheapest necessary of
life. g...
CRIcKET.-The regular monthly meeting of the
Honolulu Cricket Club will held on Tuesday evening
next in the Pacific Hose Company's room on King
= oAt-poC oONOhs ANGOOAc "a ~ Slub
ought TO make a point of being present at this meet
ing. 1t has been suggested that cricket having been
the rage for a short time will according to what is
said to be the custom here fall into oblivion very
shortly. This is not really OF all likely. Another
suggestion which has been publicly made that q pro
per season - for cricket should be fixed upon. as Is
the custom elsewhere, is more worthy of considera-
ton and the Honolulu Club should lead the way and
propose something of the sort.
- Tong Lee and other laundrymen now say,
Sc no more washee, since our Judges declare that the
laundry act is constitutional, and the knights of the
wash tub must slop, and wiring and rinse, and squirt
the smoothing spray in the great lumber lavatory on
mud creek. And Tong Lee and ~co-washers all urge
some strong objections to the Government wash
house. Rooms too small, strong wind will tear
clothes into strips; and as the laundrymen do the
most of their work, such as ironing at night, they
must live where they work; and they cannot live on
mud creek. (although plenty of them have lodged in
the mud boats of Canton.) And therefore Sc no
more washee next week. So we will have to utilize
our wooden shirts without any dickey.
81 There were only about twenty cases of drunk
enness before the City Police Court on Monday
morning, as the result of the Christmas holidays.
Last year there were over forty. To what influence
shall this favorable change be attributed ? There
would, as q rule, be less drunkenness on holidays, if
there were any amusement provided tor the popu-
lace. There is absolutely nothing to take people out
of town, or afford them, in any way, wholesome
recreation in the open air. For any other town Of
the size Of Honolulu steamer excursions and sports of
various kinds would be provided at holiday seasons.
ANY one who will take this matter up in a business
like way will make money by it, and will, at the
same time, confer an actual benefit on the working
classes of Honolulu.
The thousand benevolent wishes which have
been INDUCED in during this Christmas season
have awakened in our minds a regret that one of
the best media for the expression of charity
the collection in church, is not more common in
TINnnlnlr If q he O plo nrnoo 70 1o
the support of the church depend on an auction
sale Of pews or the annual donations of mem
bers. But If this system is to make church
collections unpopular and to cause them to be
disused, its merits, If any, are overshadowed by
this loss. The older system of sending round
the collection plate every Sunday, and of appro-
priating the offerings of worshippers to various
objects, was a better one. 1t suits many people
rather to make a weekly Offering, than to pay a
considerable sum at one time. This is one point
that needs consideration. But the aspect of the
case which presents itself most strongly to our
minds is the varied appropriation of such offer
ings, which a weekly collection opens.
The - Strangers Friend Society," is short of
funds other charitable objects require attention.
No way of collecting moneys for such objects is
simpler or more appropriate than that of making
4 collection at church on Sundays.
NE The Board Of Immigration owing to the
large influx of Chinese males have deemed il adj
visabie to make special arrangements for the in
PRODUCTION OF Chinese women, with the view of
modifying as much az possible the present dis
proportion of the sexes among Chinese immigrants.
Naturally married women cannot be brought here
without their husbands; therefore all employers
who have the interests Of the country at heart, as
well as the future benefit of their plantations.
ought to engage married laborers in preference to
single men. Those who have undertaken TO secure
female immigration under arrangement with the
Government are people well versed in the know
ledge OF Chinese character. acquired during many
years residence in China. From what is known Of
previous foreign Interference in the emigration of
Chinese females (more especially those which have
been to taken to California; it is evident that dis
cretionswill have to be exercised in order to carry
out the objects in view. and to satisfy the author-
tiles OF the districts from whence The female immi-
grants are to be recruited Little or nothing is
known on these islands of what Chinese females
are capable OF performing in the field. bnt to those
who have visited the shores of the Central King
dom. 1t Is but too well known that they form the
majority of the agricultural laboring class. This
day twelve months. il lie expected that Chinese
female immigration may be spoken OF as an ac-
0omolished fact and that the statistics of 1881
will show q wide change in the proportion of male