The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-11-12
"ANNOYED."

No; we are not annoyed" We are
gratified. A stray shaft from the AD-
vERTIsER's culver, it appears, made a
center shot in the Y. NJ. G. A. target.
Not that we intended injury to that in
stitution. On the contrary, we had only
it's reputation and general efficiency in
view. But the christian young men"
OF doubtful age and still more doubtful
character, who have fastened themselves
upon the Y. NJ. c.. A, feel annoyed at
our allusion to their laziness and pro
verbal filth, and in the Herald of
yesterday they take up the cudgels in
their own defense, and presume to insti
tute comparison between the Y. NJ. c.
A. and "places further down Hotel
street." judging from "those who hang
around" the respective pOrches. AS our
daily walk along Hotel street goes no
farther than Fort street, we are quite
ready to take up the challenge and stand
or fall by the comparison. We say that
if the character of the two places is to
be judged by the general appearance
and conduct of those who chang around"
them, then is McCarthy's cigar shop and
billiard room infinitely the superior of
the Young Mems Christian Association.
In point of fact, they cannot be COM
pared in the same breath, when esti-
mated upon this basis. We speak only
from the appearance of those who chang
around both places, to quote the ele-
CANT phrase of the morning champion Of
the Y. NJ. c. A. loafng fraternity, be-
cause we are in blissful ignorance of the
attractions inside either institution. "
1t does not lie within the scope of our
duty to explore either building, but if
one may Judge from the outside, which
is usually the most presentable, we
should have no hesitation in looking for
better treatment, or at least to meet
with much less Objectionable class OF
people in the billiard room and cigar
shop near Fort street than in the build
ing on the corner of Hotel and Alakea
streets, should we ever have occasion to
visit either.
Let it be clearly understood that we
do not attack "the executive of the in
stitution" for permitting the porch OF
the Y. NJ C. A. to be occupied day and
night by class of beings who not only
offend the sight, but insult every respect
able female who passes, by their rude
and villainous leers and filthy and de-
graded appearance. 1t is no wonder
indeed that refined women and children
hesitate to run the gauntlet OF the Y. NJ.
C. A. porch loungers, when many men,
not over-scrupulous, prefer to give it a
wide berth and select some other APP
proach to the city.
1t is not our fault if we refer to the
executive of the Association" They
have been dragged into this discussion
by the sheer Of the Herald" Our only
purpose in referring TO the side path was
to induce the dead beats" and "bums''
who sit upon the y NJ. G. A. porch
smoke bad tobacco and expectorate in
the face of a disguised community,
to do something by way OF cOmpensat-
inc the Association for rest, shelter
and countenance, by mending the side
path and doing an honest half hours
work for once in their lives. But these
pestilent nuisances must not be dis
turbed Let them enjoy their quiet.
There is "a tank OF ice water inside, "
and they are sober while they can
neither beg, borrow nor steal a ''drink. 3"
If they could do one or other they would
quit the porch, curse their benefactors,
and let decent people pass occasionally