Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-06-14
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these islands their physical, industrial
OF social characteristics As the
avowed publication organ Of this soc
iety, tho monthly would enter a field OF
usefulness whose occasional observers
would bc the world In degree. the
Hawaiian Monthly might become what
the publications of tho Asiatic Societies
Of India and Japan have been and are
Not that its usefulness need cease at
that The Mission Chidrens Society
has many OF tho brightest minds in tho
community among It's members The
Male Wreath makes private puhlea
ton monthly Of clever papers that arc
often worth preserving Nh Kinney
wrote 'uf the Ntile Wreath ono OF the
most logical arguments IN favor OF pre-.
hibition ! remember ever TO have seen
in print 1t was tepuhIshed in the
Press Mr lottn rhufston wrote fot
the Male Wreath an account OF trial
before a justice court at Waialua, OF
somewhere else on this island, that
suggested powers OF humorous char
actef dellneaton not unworthy the
worlds great humorsts say posi-
bilties because the sketch (aIso re
published in the Press was more
hint OF what the writer had in him to
do than fair measure OF his humot
Gus ability Why not republish the
best things in the Male Wreath in the
Hawaiian Monthly ? And the Homo.
lulu Library and Reading Room Asso.
citation has in mind a scheme OF useful.
ness which may he made to aid the
Monthly not only in usefulness but in
profit. It's proposed to give inthe library
room scmi.monthly, monthly % bi-month
ly lectures on literature, that shall help
10 put readers in the way of new ideas.
that shall open new fields or discover
the hauenncss OF old ones. II lee
lures be taken up with enthusiasm
backed by earnest resolution to con
tinue--thcre are plenty OF men and
women here who are capable Of pre-.
pairing and delivering them---the Ha.
waiian Monthly is just the place TO
publish them.
The Friend this month is taken up
almost altogether with number six OF MIR.
Frank Damon's Ramblcs in China.
The topics treated are A Rush Among
the Hakkas, A Country Mission Sta
ton, Chong Hang Rang, The Provice
OF Heang Shang, An Interesting Walk,
Ligh, in the Darkness, Our Duty The
concluding topic concludes as follows,
speaking of the Chinese returning home
from here
Shall they come back here as heather as
as they leh, 10 worship the same gods their
fathers worshiped, to burn incense before the
Gods OF War and Wealth, at the shrine Of the
Goddess Of Mercy" and bend before the tablet
of Confueius Shall they take the money
which they have made in Christian land To
build new temples and gid and ornament new
shrines, as fear is now too frequently the
case These are questions which are forced
upon one here from day to day. Our duty is
plain and simple So far as it lies within our
power, God calls MS to give the ligh, Of the
Gospel 10 those who come to us from this land
Our duty is at the same time high and holy
privilege.
The Anglican follows in the wake of
the Fundamentally, OF course,
and takes issue with the Hawaiian
Monthly in IFS discussion or the Chi
nese Question here do not fully
agree with the leading article in the
June Anglican, but it is capitally writ
ten and deserves to be read in connec-
ton with a careful editorial in last
weeks Press entitled Hope for Ha.
waiian's, There is much more in the
four local monthlies the
Planters Mon,hly-about which
should like to write, il the city editor
had not remorselusly limited my space.
l quote from the Anglican's leader,
which, in a measure, supplements the
Press initial editorial OF last week:
When the Hawaiian likes TO exer, himself
he can do more and succeed far better than
most people give him credi, for. He
knows how to take care OF his women too, and
woe be to the Chinaman or any other man
who darcs to moles, them. But the fac, is,
there is difficulty tina, the young educated
Hawaiian male has to contend with, which
has nothing to do with the Chinese. The
educated girls will no, marry the young men
That the men would marry the girls we know
a,suredly in many instances. We have said it
before. and we say it again, that there is a
lack Of true patriotic feeling among the young
people, which must spring from some defect
in their education. How can this defect be
supplied This defect is the cause Of the
decline of the race far more than the China.
man, and it will not be supplied by vigorous
measures agains, the poor fellow, who is, after
all, much like every one OF US. looking after
himself, only he is to be censured for doing
il 80 well and so successfully
All the foreign monthlies for June
are good. Harper has profusion OF
excellent engraving. The Century,
though it has less than Harper's, has
some equally good work. The Allan.
tic has number Of clever articles, in
GLIDING one on The Sea Serpent that
does not tell all the stories abou, that
monster though it Processes to tell