Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-06-14
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myudon o report ihe meeting ile io9kei
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rue. where enivhilr al tbe g8sh reporter
now slain by HE rsrhan sfpv ~ in anna
tour Hchet. sleeping The sleep ~ ,bf Just
Whom shall ,end. .aid ihs elly editor
and vi. ~, feil upon Dc mo.iest fepodrr aho
.al sharpening Ole rabr silh john tnifc 9
little lc large ibsn b seyhe "Go, young
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man ht, never done before
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porter reached ihc hall me ladies' ser
gathered boz doe lr,iur roam to the pglt ~
the entrance The presiding Officer noted hi.
approach, came forward. smiled, asked bn
business anl invited him 10 enter This W
oui ol lhc usml," ,he ssid. bul II sos will
come In and iahe ,eai 10 The Wnkiki comet
maukh. and keep quiet anil refrain from ~
piuding Uhcn anything exciting is said md
ny and avoid the eye of the only anaion
damscl In The room and pat IN ihe butter
would nj melt 10 youi mouth expression n The
usual newspaper man and fltb rem nat, h5ot
ohl9/ Dghf guess It will be all right
II was ,hr mo. critical moment N biz ca
feer Black eyes 70 right Of him. bloc cye, 10
lef of him, gray eyes in front u him, mildly
inquistyc 10 dope o. not Ia slope that
sas the question. Whether II we're better
Then and there to cross that Rubicon threshold
Or to return crcsifalleu to his chiei and admit
that he was not worth forty dollsn a week
that was BIZ alternative llii decision was
taken Instantly lie entered the room blush
ing 50 furiou,ly that It was impossible 10 tell
where bushes began and compile sion ended.
lie had come curious and un-u understanding.
Disposed 20 be somewhat nippant, critical, eS
acting. lie remained an apprecialive listener
a symposium of earnest women who have
something better than tiitle.tatile 10 talk about
IS generally instructive and always improving
II had been part Of the young mans earpng
creed that charity should begin al home, He
some other men were not lie did not believe
in sending money to the heather what had
the heather ever done for him. There were
heather enough al his own door-were that
door in San Francisco. New York. Chicago,
New Orleans OF Honolulu; and yet, somehow,
he had not been IN tina, assemblage ten min
utcs before little wave Of the general en-.
thusasm rolled into his quiet corner and quite
submerged him. II was not that this general
enthusiasm was eauberant there was no gush,
no pothcr, no penny-a.line sentiment. no bun
combe. The meeting was as digni6edly bust
ness.like as one hls right to imagine the
Mrs Lowell Smith presided. Mrs Serene
Bishop and Mrs. Dr. Whitney were secretaries.
Mrs c. VI. Hyde as chairman Of one Of the
committee, read report. Mrs. d. 4 Dilling
ham read financial statement Ali tina, Wa
said was brief, business like and to the point
But underlying every sentence that was uttered
was an earnestness that carried conviction
the rim Of the metal Of true devotion
The ahcroon session was more generally il
its scope. Mrs X. W. Logan who goes witt
her husband to a new post in Micronesia
related several incidents Of her eight year
stay in that farthest outpost Of Polynesia
labor She spoke Of her husbands wor
Of translating the New Testament into ihl
language Of the Islands Of Ruk. Mr.. an
Mrs Logan arrived by the Alameda boun'
for the islands Of Ruk Of the Caroline group
In the last year Of their residence in Microu
esia, these devoted missionaries endured hard
ships tina, may not be easily appreciated b
those Of us who have never been in like ciI
cumstances. II is very hard for those OF Il
who have never been more than a day, rid
from grocery store to realize wha, il mean
to be without what we have learned to con
slider the essentials of diet-houT. meat. tn
vegetables and fruits Of the temperate zone
I When the Morning Star reached the isian
, OF which Mr.. and Mrs. Logan were liyin
\ about two years ago, Mr.. Logan was sufcrin
h from extreme prostration the result OF yioler
n hemorfhages OF the lungs, superinduced b
fatiguing school work and lack Of proper i5oJ
nj They had been outstanding their resource
: for two months and when the Morning Sta
r dropped anchor de the reef tina, cncircle
Il their isle, h they had opened their las, Il
of beef and were eating their last loaf Of breac
= Mr. Logan was so bound up in his work tina
4 he though, he might be able to continue
!, after few months recruiting at the prineipi
# missionary station in Micronesia lie Judge
d wrongly aud shortly after the Morning Sis
:. sailed ON her return voyage TO Honolulu h
!. hemonhage returned and the resultant pr
l. STATION left him weaker than ever. At tn
!. juncture British man-of.war arrived AT Il
@ island. The surgeon of this.v made car
e full examination and declared that unless NJ
: Logan could be removed to drirr and cool
climate he could not live. The man.of. ".
a was bound for Sydney. Il was imp racticab
4 to give Mr.. and Mrs, Logan passage. II
y man.of-sar sailed away, and hope went wit
!. it. But few days later there came lit
{ New Zealand trading vessel, schooner
!, only 10 tons burden. This schooner loads
: with copn TO return to Auckland. II was e
n pected that the voyage would be betwes
y forty and fly days; and. eluehing al Nra,
" they took passage thereon. There was !
. room for them in the little cabin; they could n
J: have existed in the sitting hold. It's swelierir
e atmosphere thrice heated BY the heat, eSalir
" copra; and % they were obliged 10 remain {
o deck covered by low and narrow roof
d exceedingly thin boards--their only protect,
j, against rain and sun. rheirsupply Of food al
ie only food tina, Mr.. Logan could eai--was sc
low. His wife used 10 prepare il herself, III
none might be wasted. I, was not quite
i, bad as being at sea an an open boat witho
:. rudder OF compass or water OF food but il VI
. the next thing to il. !, was fight against slo'
> consuming ,onuse; and death has no mo