The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-01-20

sincerity; that he should be con.
demned to board at some filthy foul.
smelling Chinese cookshop, in all
sorts of low company, to have his
ears polluted and his eyes offended
by the ribaldry, blasphemy and
loutish manners of some of the
patrons of these haunts, until in
sheer disgust he seeks his solitary
den IN the lodging house, if,
luckily, he there escapes from OBJ
jectionable associates, with the
option, to be sure, of lettering at
night, IN company with others
equally unfortunate, on the side
walks of the streets, somewhat
after the manner of the hoodlum
gangs at the corner groceries in
San Francisco? And if, unhappily,
he does not possess the needed
fortitude and mental equilibrium to
bear this dreary existence ad in
tinitum, and seeks, at intervals,
diversion and brief forgetfulness
where he ought never to look for it,
is be therefore to be henceforth
doomed to irrevocabIe social ostra-
cism, to be branded as q Pariah
and an outcast among his fellows
and to go on suffering IN
silence to the end of the chap
ter? Will no friendly hand pull
him back from the brink that he is
approaching? May not the AD-
vERTIsER's sentiments, in speaking
of the mariners, apply to this
weaker and erring brother also,
viz. "That to improve their phys
ical condition, add to their COM
forts, rouse their ambition, raise
their standard of living and multi
ply their civilized wants is the way
to prepare the soil in which there
is some chance for is spiritual truth
to terminate ?" Where be your
boosted Hawaiian hospitality, my
masters ? Where your Christian
charity Has it come to this ?
Has religious fanaticism, hypocrisy
and intolerance gone so far, indeed,
that independent thought and free
dom of speech in Honolulu have
become cardinal sins that nothing
will eondone? Irefuse to believe it.
Why is it, in this age of pro-
gressive civilization, that we here
in Hawaii nei are content to keep
along in in the old jog-trot style of
eighteen hundred-and-ever-so-few?
Why, in the name of goodness, can
not we move little with the times
and, putting aside for once our alb
surd and pernicious race prejudices,
borrow a leaf out of the book of
other nations? A vast continent
lies to the southwest of us, as
bright country as any on Gods
earth, whose people can teach us
lesson or two in practical philan-
thropy. What is there to prevent
us in Honolulu, for instance, from
having Coffee Palace?
For the information of those of
your readers who have not visited
Australia, suffer me to ennumerate,
as briefly as possible, the salient
features and principal attractions
of one of these institutions which
have done so much to further the
cause of temperance and Christi
anity in the country named. Let
US take, for example, the Oldest
coffee palace in Melbourne, where
now they have nearly dozen. 1t
contains, besides an immense num-
Der of airy bedrooms, q spacious
and lofty public dining hall, with q
smaller ditto for ladies upstairs;
elegantly furnished drawing rooms,
with pianos and well-selected
library; lecture and debating club
rooms; snug smoking and read
ing room, with newspaper files,
periodicals and handbooks, chess
boards and other games; hand
somely-ftted and bright refresh
ment bar, where light edlbles, such
as choice sandwiches, pastry, ice
creams and candy, and every i'm
aginabIe description of temperance
drinks as we'll as good tobacco and
cigars are dispensed; bath rooms,
hot, plunge or shower; BARRIERS
shop, Iavatories, ladies toilet
rooms, ETC., ETC.; comfortable seats
everywhere, on the balconies and
in the vestibule; o glowing fire to
cheer you in cold weather. A
glass-covered letter-rack and q
mail box-regularly cloared-for
those who expect to receive or
wish to despatch their correspond
ence here; note paper furnished
free and writing materials to be
found at desks provided for the
purpose. The "Call Book" enables
visitors to leave written messages
for their friends and make appoint
ments, whether on business or
pleasure bent. All these little priv
ileges are extended to outsiders
also. Meals la carte, prepared of
the best viands and eXcellently
cooked, are served up to 10 P. NJ.
Bar, smoking, reading and draw
ing rooms are open till midnight;