Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-05-30

lnJ olIhNNt iNAl lNlN uANA NNlN 'l'NS
who arc uommalN ON their side yet
secretly against them
Those hc noble virtues Without
them modern society could NO, hold
toecthct We, Ia every community un
der heaven the appcr and miners Of
doubt. temptation, >codne aud udicule
arc irving 90 prove that each is either
a myth of a mistake
It's So socially. Il IS SO politically
And 10 i, cmincntly So Ia Honolulu.
Here, As everywhere, fairly good men
and fairly good women are doing their
best to undo the teachings OF religion
aud unsc,,lc the foundations OF belief
That is startling charge but it is
true Men who know tha, liquor
drinking means ruin to every moral
wcakhng who is fond oi it, selhshly
drink in public and reokleSsly invite
th1Ne to ioin them who IN doing so arc
taking peuilous risks Men invite to
their homes men not only OF olouded
regulations hu, ci proven bad character
because they art witty, OF oompan-
iooAhle. OF helpful in amusing guests,
or because they may influence others
Ii has always been so, |, may continue
always to be so, But it Is bad IN theory,
worse IN practice and worst in its ef.
Zee, upon society
The clever fellow the magnetic
fellow has always succeeded socially
and the more superficial his clever
ness the more likely he is to
succeeded lie is humming bird
with a voice as well Is wings, and ex.
changes his notes OF wi, Tor notes OF
invitation. He may dance well, talk
well, sing well and he a gentleman He
may do all three no; less well and be
an unScmpulous blackguard
We admit the justice OF believing no
man a knave until he is proven one
But we also believe in the policy that
makes the entree to society depend on
far more substantial considerations than
now obtain. Honolulu is moral
community on the surface, The more
iagrant vices are restrained, kept out
OF sight Some people say doubtless
with perfeo, sincerity that society has
no right TO demand more, We disagree
with those people We hold tina, our
society ought 10 be so constituted tina,
those who lead decent cleanly lives
should have opportunity Tor associating
with those who do
OF course there Is an objection to
this How are we to reform the out
cast unless by personal appeal, and by
throwing around them the kindly and
retormaloIy influences OF private life ?
We think the mos, wholesome influence
upon the sort OF men we mean will be
",he cold shoulder" Men know very
well wha, they are doing when they
keep depraved company, drink them
selves drunk and gamble II they may
do 50 with comparative impunity, if
there are hospi,able doors open to re-
oeiye them all the same, ii NATIONS
speak Of their acts as wild GA, sowing,
ii maidens do no, shrink from their at
tentions, if fathers do no, frown and If
big brothers merely reflect that they
have been OF are in the same boat, it can
no, be long before Honolulu's white
society mus, suffer what society is sui.
fering the world over--disgrace, anguish
and ruin.
We say this in no sensational spirit.
With facts before him which fully JUS
ufy what he is writing, tine ~iiie. asks
the fathers and mothers OF Honolulu to
look into the lives Of their sons and
scrutiniEe vigilen,ly then home visiting
lists. There can be no possible harm
in such scrutiny. 1t will develop much
that cAnno, be otherwise than satlsfao-
tory. 1t will show that Honolulu has
many high-minded, cultivated, bright,
manly young men, fitted by nature and
training for home-loying, seliresPeo,ing
husbands But ii will also show tha,
some OF Honolulus young men and
SONIC older men IA few OF whom are
connected with our most respected
families speedily iurn over new
leaves in their lives. OF else deserve
perpetual osifacism from social com
panionship for which they are now
unworthy.
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