The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-06-22

would not be inclined TO treat Will Ioh
derness and forbearance, nor even res,
pect, the being who Was fighting anu
iostlinp him in al his walks OF lie,
wranpIinp with him in the law courts,
wrestling with him on the stump, man
euvering with him in elections, ana nag
Cling with HIM IN Wall street.
Oh, woman,
To thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the Gay.
Thou cans't Lot, then, be false TO any man.
Miss Perry was followed by VIM.
L. Whitney, on
THE PROBLEM OF THE CITY.
More than forty years ago, De Toque-
vile said: 81 look upon the SIZE o.
American cities, and especially upon the
character of their civilization, as rea
danger which threatens the security OF
the democratic Republics OF the New
World F." Ii this was true forty years ago,
what can be said of the present?
The stability of any Republic rests
on two fundamental principles-that OF
local self-goyernment. and that OF feder-
alton The latter must necessarily be
upheld by force of arms. NO power OF
the ballot-box, however strong, can tear
one or twenty States from the unit and
peaceful settlement ensue.
The safety of the Republic has always
lain in the ballot of the industrious,
common-sense farmer, whose vote can
practically b. depended upon as on the
right side Ii the size Of our cities con-
tinues to increase for the next twenty
five wears in the same proportion as IN
the last decaie, the cities will then con-
tain .,000, 900 more than the country,
and the ruler of the city, the boss. with
his machine, will be the ruler OF the ma
ton.
A second difficulty to overcome is en-
yironment. Favored Honolulu has no
slums so shudder at, but if ever one has
seen the amount of poverty, squalor and
wretchedness that can be crowded into
single small room In a tenement. the
sight must BIZ forever stamped on his
memory as one of the darkest his eyes
have ever beheld. In the solution OF
these problems the religious societies
will play a prominent part. But the
problem cannot be solved at all If good
men keep out of politics.
The time OF legislation by the rich and
for the rich has passed. As Lord Rose
berry said, ''the politics of the present
are the politics of the poor" Does the
voter realizs the power he holds in his
hands? Why not use this power? Why
be bound longer by jealousy and false
idea of the demands of party? But,
throwing aside all party differences in
our love for our fellow men, let as go
down shoulder to shoulder into the
depths, and bear our brother out of his
wretchedness. What matter If we soil
our hands? What harm if our patty
does not win at the next election? We
will 60 along our path of life with a
lighter heart and q more elastic tread,
knowing that by our efforts fellow
man has been blessed.
Another song, by the girls glee
club, preceded Frank G. Atherton's
grafton on
MANUAL TRAINING.
'I call complete, generous educa-
tion,'' says John Milton, ''that which
fits a man to perform justly, skilfully
and magnanimously all the offices, both
In our present school system, we may
not reach this high ideal, but at least We
can struggle towards il. The modern
theory of education is to bring about a |
harmonious developement the whole |
being, to produce a man fully equipped,
mentally, morally and physically, for |
the conflict of life. The time is at hand |
when boys will have more curiosity |
about the expansion of steam than in |
regard to Greek roots.
Nothing SO stimulates and quiekens |
the mind as the use of tools. The boy |
who begins to construct things is COM
PEELED to think and to reason. Tue |
training of the eye and hand reacts upon
the brain, and stimulates it to the study |
of science In the manual training |
schools of the United States and Europe, |
il has been found that the scholar !,
spending three hours in the shop and
three hours in the class room. make as
much progress as those spending six
hours over their books
The moral power of manual training
can hardly be overestimated. 1t is the
faded nerve and brain that bring the |
desire for stimulants and debauchery,
while the manual training tends TO pro
duce healthy body, the home of a sound
mind
Mane things combine to form the |
character OF a people-commeree, CHI |
mate, location, inventions, the chances |
of war, all havs, their inf1ue nee, but the |
beautiful must Is cultivated as we'll as |
the useful and 81 ladustry, ''that wax |
ing giant III the fuaure'' is already knock |
ing AZ the doors OF onr common schools, |
Offering not only 10 tgfnish skill to our |
labor, but to elevate our taste with It's
refining influence. And so, knowledge,
Virtue, IndustrS2nd art all contribute
to the permanaEce and prosperity OF So
ciety.
Clarence IL. Cooke was the next
speaker, bis subject being
THE BROTHERHOOD OF THE RACE.
Aa oach Ooporation mas sas hy tho
world becomes smaller. The railroads, |
telegraph and cable have |
drawn together nations once far apart. |
No longer can one nation view with in. |