The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-03-17
The Other Side.

Mr.. EDITOR: Referring to an
editorial note in this mornings
ADVERTISER, | was surprised to
notice that a complaint had been
made regarding the riding and
driving around Emma square
while the band is playing on Sat
urday afternoons, and was more
than surprised to find the ADvER-
User taking the position it does
on the matter.
As a resident on the square l
may be presumed to know some
thing about whether this riding
and driving, or let US call it par
aiding" for short, is a nuisance or
not and, anyhow, as there are
two sides to every question | claim
the right to be heard on the other
side. The complaint must have
come from some old disgruntled
dyspeptic, one Of those who would
grumble when invited to the king
dom of heaven because St. Peter
was not sent down with a special
invitation printed in blue and
gold nobody else could have been
mean enough to make it.
But as to the other side: The
street surrounding Emma square
is public highway, and the many
handsome ladies and gentlemen
who parade there on Saturday
have perfect right to do so, whe-
Their our dyspeptic complainant
likes it or not. That individual
cannot have been a great musician,
even in his own estimation, and
gone there to hear frst-class music,
because, with all due respect to
my friend Professor Berger,
he would not have gone to Emma
Square to get it, at least not in the
past two months. The class of
music that we have been treated to
since the revolution is the best that
could be got, and [, with others,
think that great credit is due to
Prof. Berger and his boys for the
efficiency they have attained in so
short a time. Certainly what music
we have had lately has not been of
that class which would require the
very air to be still in order that
our dyspeptic friend might have
the sole, selfish enjoyment of it.
In your note, Mr.. Editor, you
have mentioned Hyde Park. Now,
I will ask you what do the people
ride and drive there for of an
afternoon? Simply and solely to
see and be seen. The fair ladies
and the dashing young swells of
the greatest city in the world spend
hours in Rotten Row daily because
it is the fashionable place to see
and be seen, and for no other rea-
son.
The same causes result in our
Saturday afternoon parade in En-
ma Square, and [ would be willing
to wager that nine-tenths of the
people who visit the square go
there for that purpose, the music
of course being an added attrac-
ton. Does any one suppose that
if the parade were suppressed that
the usual delegation of the United
States Navy would visit Emma
Square on Saturday afternoons?
No, sir, they 60 to see the parade,
and | notice before they leave some
of them have front seats in the pro-
cession.
But, seriously speaking, if our
dyspeptic friend wants to help
matters around Emma Square let
him complain to the Marshal about
the gang of young hoodlums of
both sexes who infest it at all times,
bowling and shouting, climbing
the trees, picking the flowers and
destroying the shrubs. Let him
ask the Marshal that the police
man who spends most of his time
sitting down in front of the Chinese
grocery store at the corner of Bere
tania and Emma streets be ordered
to exert himself enough to walk as
far as Emma Square at least once
an hour, and not have to be sent
for to suppress lot of young native
hoodlums while the band plays, as
he was last Saturday. Let him do
this and he will earn the eternal
gratitude of
THE OTHER SIDE.