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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-12-20

change the thing for the better, but that
seems out of the question.
A native Hawaiian child comes for the
first time to school. Nature has already
gifted it with wonderful requirements.
It has taught the child a language, by
| which it can easily comprehend what it
is told. How is the child received at
school? Kindly, yes, of course, but as a
stranger and accosted i'll a language it
| hears, maybe, for the first time. 1t is
confused and each new day adds to the
confusion, till after long while it begins
to understand and partly misunderstood
its teacher, till the years in which it
should have obtained some general
knowledge have passed, and all that has
been gained is smattering in English.
The Hawaiian common school up to
1880 or later sent out intelligent pupils.
Is it 80 now2 If you speak the Hawaiian
tongue, ask the intelligent Hawaiian
parent, and your answer is, that the
children do not comprehend what they
have learned to speak in English; that
they cannot read in their mother tongue !;
that they cannot frequent the Sunday
school, as they cannot read, nor can
they sing the Hawaiian hymns in
the meeting. We all know what a potent
educator a newspaper is, and some
of the Hawaiian papers are quite good.
The modern pupil of the English school
cannot read it, nor can he read an Eng
fish paper. Then go and peak with the
children in their native tongue, and try
to find out how far they have been
taught intelligently. Foreigners who
understand fully the Hawaiian tongue
remark, that they OF late find the Ha-
waiian children not as bright as formerly.
Why? A friend tells me that lad in
his business knew neither English nor
Hawaiian, though he had been for years
in the best English schools on Kauai.
But you say the Hawaiian language will
die out anyhow. OF course it will, and
the sooner the better, but let it die a
natural death, and do not let us strangle
it. Let us not allow ourselves, in our ca
gerness to introduce English, to endanger
the education, the intelligence, and the
friendly good feeling of a generation.
The race that has brought intelligence,
knowledge and frmness of will to this
kingdom must of necessity lead, but it
should not Cypress the untaught, half
civilized native. Reverse the rules, and
make it necessary for every teacher,
agent and inspector of schools, who has
to do with Hawaiian children, to speak
and understand the Hawaiian tongue,
and to teach and explain in English by
help of the Hawaiian. Such schools are
wanted as we had formerly, and as we
have yet in Honolulu at Mr.. Mackin-
tosh's and maybe other schools.
The writer is SO convinced that such
should be the way of teaching Hawaiian
children for their and our common in
terest, and that the contrary must lead
to mischief, that he may have expressed
himself too strongly, in which case, Mr..
Editor, pray ask the public to forgive
your servant.
VALDEMAR KNUDsEN.
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WHITTIER Is the Hawaiian Youth Drift
inp2


whittier Is the Hawaiian Youth Drift
ing?
Mr.. EDITOR: In June, 1887, the peo-
pie of these Islands took a grand step
forward. It was step for good govern.
ment, for a government by the people
and for the people. 1t was not for party
but for the nation, for the native Hawaii
an as we'll as for the foreign born citizen.
Every man born on the Islands has
the right to vote, and the people must
see to it, that the voters be brought up
to be men of intelligence. Do we? AS
regards Honolulu and also the foreign
born children we do, but as regards the
Hawaiian native youth, which is by far
the largest part, it is very doubtful if we
do. We give them school houses, teach
ers and books-but-
Suppose His Imperial Majesty of Ger
many caught a mania for a universal
language, and through his Department
for Education ordered that from January
next every common school in the Empire
should teach in no other language than
in English. All children from the sew
enth to fourteenth year had to learn the
B G in English, then spelling, next
reading, and by slow degrees a little
arithmetic, history and geography. All
in English, the German language not to
be allowed in the hours of school. At
present the German common school edu-
cation is the worlds model, but these
German-English pupils would no doubt
turn out ounces.
There is only one highway for any
child to intelligence. Block up that road,
and intelligence is obtained with diff
Guilty, more or less SO, as the stopping
the road is more or less complete. Go to
a school for deaf and dumb and see what
endless trouble such a child has
to conquer what costs another child
small effort. Such endless trouble would
the German Emperor cause by his
edict-which' of course he has too
much sound sense to issue, and
very much trouble do we cause
the native Hawaiian children, if we
force them to learn in English only.
A child learns easily and quickly what
it understands; it loses heart and mind
where it does not comprehend. Try it,
my friends-for we are all frieads-try
to tell the children story or a Joke in
French or German, or any foreign Ian
guage; try to explain it and note how
slowly or not at all they see the fun of it,
even if they partly understand the Ian
guage. 1t takes bright mind to learn
any lesson in foreign tongue, and here
are these Hawaiian children to take in
all their learning in foreign tongue. If
they all went to boarding school and
heard nothing but English spoken for
years, that of course would materially
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Water Notice.

In accordance with Section of Chapter
XVII of the Laws of 1886:
All persons holding water privileges or
those paying water rates, are hereby no
tilted that the water rates for the term
ending June 80, 1889, will be due and pay
able at the office of the Honolulu Water
Works on the 1st of January, 1889.
ALI such rates remaining unpaid for tif-
teen days, after they are due, will be sub
ject to an additional 10 per cent.
Parties paying rates will please present
their last receipt.
Rates are payable at the Office of the
Water Works in the KapuaiWa Building.
The statute allowing no discretion, strict
enforcement of this clause. will be made,
CHAS. B. WILSON,
Supt. Honolulu Water Works.
Honolulu, Dec. IA, 1888. 175-16t
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From an article signed GA. B." which
appeared in the afternoon paper, we
make the following extract:
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Notice to Parents and Guardians of
School Children.
AT the re-opening of the Public Schools
ct the close of the Christmas Holidays on
the 8th of January next, all pupils will be
expected to produce to their teachers,
Health Certificates, signed by some re-
sponsible medical person. Pupils failing
to produce such certificates will be required
to be examined.
By order of the Board of Education.
w. JAS. SMITH,
Secretary.
Education Office, Dec. IS, 1888.
1T 1250-3t
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advertisements.
Stolen or Lost.

ONE NOTE FOR $780, DATED NOV. IA, 1883,
" for mo nths, due to Juck Yeap Tong, signed
by Sam Tai.
One note for $50, dated Nov. II, 1888, for 8
months, due to Jack Yesp Tong, signed by
Wong Tong Yau,
These two notes, with about So in purse, were
stolen or lost on the 18th inst, at the house of
Ling Yick Wal Co., in Manoa.
Any pereon finding the above notes are re-
quested to leave the same with Ling Yick Wal
Co., payne MT having been stopped
I58-2t I25O-IL#
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illusions arrived at are more logically
consistent, as we'll as safer to follow than
those of the opposite school of thinkers.
Since the above was written, we have
received a letter from Mr.. Knudsen of
Kauai on another branch of the school
question, to which we invite the atten-
ton of our readers.
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Bp Antboritp.
Dog Notice.

The attention of owners of Dogs is
hereby directed to Sections and g,
Chapter KILL, Laws of 1882.
JNO. Fl. SOPER,
Marshal.
Honolulu, Dec. 10, 1888. 1885,
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FOREIGN OFFICE,

MR. HENRY EDWARD STOKES has
been appointed His Hawaiian Maiesty's
Vice-Consul. at Newcastle, New South
Wales, vice Mr.. G. F. Stokes, resigned.
177-2t 1250-1t
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CORRESPONDENCE.

We do not hold ourselves responsible for the
statements made, or opinions expressed by our
correspondents.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-05
Theatrical, Ea,,s.

Fashions at the theaters change as
we'll as outside. Last season the fad"
in London was the long cut-glass SMELL
ing bottle. At Henry Irving's last pre-
sentation Of Hamlet" in London, a lady
well down in front dropped her huge
cut-glass truncheon. Itbrole square in
the middle and the place smelled like q
bar-room away back to the last rows,
for her scent bottle was filled with
choice old rye. Get thee to a nun
merry advised Irving, and the poor old
girl who owned the gaudy comforter
departed, smelling as if he had hidden
her to get to distillery. Now the latest
tad is the lorgnette. Women sit with
these huge tortoise-shell things held to
their faces.-Philddelphid Ne,rs.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-05
battle Of 1nkermann lo.t

battle Of lnkermann lost h.
when the soldiers Womb nj MS fod
he said. No; I do not mn rtS hi1
battle is won?" So if our r. t I'd
or lost let it be in the s 100. be-
God. our home, or our co, service
That is the most beaut aif,1y; :
goes about the paths of grea treat tot
ness. and that the most beaut;;te.. ,
that does the most to helm ntha
reading of three women o ',.l
rivalry about the appeara mno '
hand. And the one reddenaSSe,
with berries, and said the ne
tinge made hers the most haa,, oe
another put her hand in ths a',fa
brook. and said as the water I'd d,i mo
that her hand was the most p
And another plucked flowerso yea
bank, and under the bloom 10. I
thatsher hand was the most Wv. .,.
Then a poor old woman ianno a,.l
looking up in her decrepitudee " Ut;
aims. And a woman who had ~" "s
part in the rivalry gave her aims a0'
the women resolved to leave to :,
gar the question as to which Of
hands present was the most a.
and she said: The most beaM,;
them all is the one that gave !,
my necessities, and as she So ~ ~
wrinkles and rags and her dccr
and her body disappeared, and i,
thereof stood the Christ who 10
said: "Inasmuch as ye did it to
the least Of these, ye did it to IN
who to purchase the service of q,
and foot here on earth or in resn,
state. had His own hand and f6u
atel.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-05
A Mistaken Idea Of Exercise.

Women seem to think that hoaseN'1
the daily toll that reaches from sun
sun, is sufficient; whereas it is asa
from exercise as labor is from fes',
this incident will show. And ye' W
at its best our exercise must be So -, \
ular and systematic as to seem s nra
like toll. For q general rule 'h'' \
no form that does woman so m!'cn y
as walking. The best period IS J."
forenoon, when natural forces III
mounting up and carrying Nean N
upon their tide. After the morning 1eo !
and toilet, and time will permit ','' n
rangement, an early breakfast % .nl
and a biscuit should be taken ""'
start made.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-05
The Late Lester WallacE.

Lester Wallack in truth came of a
race of actors. His father was, ass,,r-
eddy, great actor, and VIM. Wallack,
his grandfather, earned high distinction
on the English stage. His paternal
grandmother, Elizabeth Field by name.
played with immortal Garrick.
Lester Wallack was born in New
York on New Years Day, 1920, but was
reared in London. He came back to
America in 1S47. and his first appear
ance on the stage in this country was in
the character of Sir Charles Coldstream
in the farce Used Up" He was then
~ years old.
Mr.. Wallack was the author of several
plays the "Three Guardsmen" pro-
duced in 1849; the -Four Musketeers, -
lS49; the Fortune Of War;" 1851:
1.-TWO to One," 1854: First Impress
ions.' 1856: ."The Veterans" 1859;
Central Park" 1861 /; and "Rosedale, -
1868.
It is worth while to remember that
the honors which Lester Wallack wore
so modestly in his later years were
earned by unflagging toll. It is a
lanentable delusion that actors earn
money and renown' easily. We are told
Of Lester Wallack that when young
player in England he acted two parts in
one night in Southampton, and at the
close of the performance took stage
for Winchester. All that night he spent
in studying new part, with which he
was ready next morning at rehearsal
For years he was known to rise at and
5 o'clock i'll the morning and devote sew
eral hours to hard study. Later in the
day four hours were occupied at rehear-
sal. and after hasty dinner the hours
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-05
Curative Powers Of Iron Ring

Il was somewhat surprised to
the other day that a. Lewiston
blacksmith is amassing small iol1
by the manufacture of iron and
finger rings which he sells to the
elry trade at half a dollar each.
reason given is that iron finger \
have long been considered sover|
specific for the cure Of rheumatism
take the story with large grain Of
SO far as the price paid and the mum
manufactured are concerned.
II have not, however. the slglI
doubt that demand for iron III
rings exist in jewelry stores, for
articles have for many centuries \
supposed to possess certain medic
virtues. Cramp and the falling s
ness have for a long time past been
garled as ailments which could be- CD
by such rings.
",The belief is said to have origins
as far back as the eleventh century,
ring presented by pilgrim to Ed1
the Confessor, which, after that r n!
death, was preserved as relic in VI
minister Abbey, and was applied TO
cure Of epilepsy and cramp. Hence Ct:
pears to have arisen the supe1stl
That rings blessed by English severe
were etticacions in such cases, and
custom of blessing for distribution
Good Friday large numbers Of ra
rings which continued in EXIST
down to the time of Queen Mary
"The accomplished Lord Bern
Ambassador to Spain in the TINT
Henry WILL, wrote from SaragossS
Cardinal Wolsey: If your grace
member me with some cramp rings
shall do q thing muche looked Tor: !,
I trust to bestow thaym with TO"
grace. >" .Je,Velers' Weekly.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-05
from 6 to II we're ,assel in the severest
mental and bodily strain. Ambitious
young players. make note Of this
Detroit Free Press.
w~,,aes.. o.o,.esx 'nnx .r.f-c.s,,os.

Mr.. Wallack was known in private
life as the concentration of GOODNESS.
This characteristic is illustrated by an
anecslote in Howard Carroll's Twelve
Famous Americans"
Wallack was playing in Home. Just
after appearing disguised as Col. White,
and being ordered from the house of his
father, who does not know him, num-
Der of persons in the audience shouted
excitedly:
Look behind you. Look behind
you!s
Mr.. Wallack quietly turned and
noticed that on the stage mantlepiece
the candle had burned down almost to
the socket and ignited the paper which
was wrapped around it. This was in
blaze, and curtain which hung above
it was ON the point of taking fire. The
danger was imminent, but the actor was
equal to the occasion. Without the least
show of excitement he drew the candle
stick away from the curtain and held it,
while the burning wax fel. fast upon his
unprotected hand, and all the time con-
tinued to deliver the lines Of his part,
thus completely reassuring the audience.
When the danger was past, to loud
applause he said, simply, of course in
terlining the words: We'll, the gov
ernor has turned me out OF his house,
for which 1 am exceedingly sorry; but l
at least have the satisfaction of knowing
that heve been instrumental in saving
the establishment from destruction by.
fire."
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-05
WordPaintt,,x at Se..
A writer in the BALTIMORE

A writer in the Baltimore .4me
gives a graphic account Of how
tragedy was communicated to Tho
sengers of q vessel far from home
was the news from home? was IN
absorbing question. In India !
heard of the reelection of Lincoln
the Mauritius, where we put in TO
the breakage by q hurricane, M
was had, or at least none that r
my ears. The captain was mani
wild with eagerness for Intelligent
when we met a vessel from the |
States 'Ship ahoy!" he yelled TIL
the brass. Our captain bawled |,
that we were with rice from Ram
Burmah, to New York; that We W
long time out and had heard No
from America for nearly five md
and old news then; gave him our
tude and yelled and yelled for ii
gence about the great civil cd
which the other captain with tm|
threatened to split his windpipe to|
but couldn't. This might not last
Each craft was keeping exactly he
course. The Catherine was leayir|
Her master was willing to tell viii
knew, but had no disposition
shorten sail for the pleasure Of our
going company. But an idea had i
that other captain. He tossed avs|
trumpet and we witnessed some !
pantomine. Then in few nome
mariner, probably one Of the mates
nimbly out over the rail, with Id
on the vale and a hand on the rail
and we saw that he had slung \
waist paint pot.
One by one great uncouth whit
tiers appeared on the ships black
That sailor would never have mad
fortune as a sign painter. But ths
tiers were plain enough to be read n
mile away. This is what came
view: "The Wars Over, Lii
Killed.
Our old man gave a llurrah folI
first sentence, a sort of groan at
next. That ended the interview.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-05
THE STAGE.
"AW the Worlds a Stage; the
Men and Women Merely
Players. -
GREEE-R0OM NOTES AND ANEC-
DOTES.
Fresh News, Idle Gossip, and AmusinS
Stories About Actors and tie His
trionic Art.
Ae,,~sses Who Bet OF Horse Races.

If the general public, says the New
York Morning Journal, were aware
how many of our more celebrated actors
and actresses regularly patronize the
sports OF the diamond field as we'll as the
turf they would cease to wonder that
what may look like poverty and reck-
lessness 81 expenditure is merely de-
rived from slavery to the black
board, for as the slaves of the ''ticker
are satirized in newspapers, books,
and plays, the slaves of the turf,
no less generally unfortunate, are rabid
and interesting.
Even Mrs. Langtry, frugal as she is
in most Of her expenditures, outside of
the dresses that are portion OF her
professional stock-in-trade, cannot re-
sist the excitement of the turf. She is
usually an adniring and an admired
patron Of horsehesh. She has some
two or three pretty good nags Of her
own, but it is very seldom that a race
takes place within easy reaching dis
lance Of New York that Mrs. Langtry
is not there in gorgeous robes, booking
bets and giving orders to an eyer-regu-
lar attendant to invest on this and that
horses in the Paris mutuels.
Miss George Cayyan, is another ell
thusiastic devotee of the race-course
Miss Cayvan has less money to wager
than Mrs. Langtry,, but she gets just as
much fun out of it, and her bets are
usually confined to gloves, boots, hats,
stockings. and other articles Of useful
apparel. 1t is not said OF Miss Cayvan,
as it is Of Miss Dauvray, that she de-
mands payment in silk and pays in
cotton. Agnes Elliott and Ella Wilton
are two other ladies quite we'll known
upon the stage who are racing enthusi-
asts. The demure Miss Wilton, who
seldom shows excitement Of any kind,
even in the intensest scene upon the
stage, becomes rapturous at the move
ment of a well-contested race, while the
glowing-haired Miss Elliot has acquired
tastes for the turf that would positively
lead her to bankruptcy if she had an in
come of 800, 900 year.
Maud Granger and even Carrie Tur-
ner, have ideas that they know as much
about a horse as most women. As for
Estelle Clayton, she is very success
full horse reader, and without consulting
the table Of betting or the question of
tavorites, Gun in bunch pick out the
likely horse in the lot that will get to
the finish first. In this manner Miss
Clayton has made quite as much of a
little fortune as by what she would
probably consider her more legitimate
field OF acting.
Even the well-settled Miss Ada Dyas
occasionally takes little flyer on the
turf, but she does not pretend to any
more judgment in the matter than he,
natural knowledge Of what good horse
is. Kate Forsythe is another of the en-
thusiasts, and at Monmouth Park hel
presence is always welcome at the July
blaetinU
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-05
Stage Notes.

EDWIN BOOTH pays little attention to
what he wears.
JOSEPH MURpHY's summer season in
California was an ovation.
If there is too much repose on the
stage the people in front go to sleep.
Mrs. SHAW gets ten guineas every
time she whistles in public in London
ROSE CoGHLAN spends an hour each
evening making up her face for the
play.
LAWRENCE BARRETT studies Greek
and is said to speak it with a nimble
tongue.
PATTI says she has more wealth than
she will need, but OF fame she will
never have enough. ..5-..
BILLY FLoRENcE's clothes are ALWAYS
absolutely perfect and worth great
many mighty dollars
Mrs. JAMES BROWN POTTER has thir-
teen new Partisan dresses with which to
elevate the stage this season.
For single front Of dress worn in
Fedora" Fanny Davenport paid Marion
Foster, the artist cripple of Minerva.
o., 81, 900.
Miss FANNY GILLETTE has purchased
from the estate of the late Miss Lillian
Olcott all the scenery, costumes. and
accessories of ''Theodora.
HEREAFTER, DR.. Hamilton Griffin will
not be the personal manager and repre-
sentative OF Mary Anderson, which DO
sition he has occupied for thirteen
years.
MRS. D1MpFEL, the Baltimore beauty,
has been drawing good deal of money
in her town, where she has just made
her debut in Duncan Harrison's "Pay-
master.
NEIL BURGESS as young and inter-
esting spinster, not an old woman of
the Bedotte and Puffy type, will be a
novel feature of his new comedy, "'rhe
County Fair"
DESPITE contradictions Maggie Mitch
ellis new theater will be built. She
will have no partners in the enter
prise. The house will be modelled
after the Grand Opera House in Paris
as to the interior and will he of granite
ON the outside.
A FEATURE Of the advertisement in
serted by the Carleton Opera Company
for chorus girls recently was the words
"No dogs allowed" This was rendered
necessary by the fact that last season
every one of the female members of the
organization invested largely in dog
flesh.
Miss ALBERTA GALLATIN, who is soon
to begin u starring tour in Virginia, her
native State, is the great granddaughter
of Albert Gallatin, we'll known in the
history of the early part of this century.
Heheld the position of American Minis
ter to France for some years, and came
back to this country loaded with honors
and many rare gifts, which have de-
scended to Miss Gallatin,
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-10-05

QUITE a number OF cases OF SUI H.
vertigo" have been investigated at;pr
Decaisne. Of sixty-three es re
forty-nine were between 81 anu u"
of age. More than half OF theN s,e
fered also from digestive troup! IT, N
lessness, palpitations, etc. u M
cases the symptoms disappeared " vi
moval or abatement of the ca1lse, .se,
thirty-three out of thirty-sevep '' on
persons who habitually smokeu a.ess
empty stomach, it was only n n,ea]s
to refrain from smoking before i"'
-4rkQ7asaaU Traveller.