The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-01-05
THE TEMPERANCE CAUSE.
womEss, CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE
UNION.
Full Text OF ITS Annual Report w ,h'
work Done In Hawaii for the
Year rsge-fso3.

nearly half the year and we have simp-
" held the fort without making any
important or aggressive movement.
Our meetings have been held regularly
with the exception of July when, as was
in order we took vacation. Mrs. 7. c.
Jones, our first vice-president, pre-
sided very acceptably during the abb
sence of the president.
In the early part of the year we were
favored with the presence. and inspir-
alton of the first Worlds w. G. T. U.
missionary, Mrs. Mary Clement Leavitt
She was with us for the first time at
the December meeting and sixty ladies
were there to greet her. She gave us
a cursory review of her mission.
Among the interesting things she told
us, none pleased us more than the fact
that her success in this country was the
hinge upon which hung her decision AS
to her future movements, and we all
remember she was encouraged to go
forward around the world. This
Union" said she, twas the first born OF
my mission and was born full grown as
no other has BEEN" She had found no
place in all of her travels where
temperance work was not needed.
She was with us about three months
and returned to the Coast in March
promising to come back to us for the
winter months of '93. She cannot say
enough I'm praise of the perfect climate
of these Islands, and hopes to spend all
her winters here. Her presence any.
where is q. benediction. and we esteem
ourselves favored in having her with
us. She not only attended our meet
ings, but visited all branches of the
Union, giving such deeply interesting
talks that to announce that she would
be present at any meeting was sure to
bring out large attendance. She gave
also several public lectures one as a
benefit to our society.
Too much cannot be said in honor of
this noble, self-sacrificing woman. The
trials and hardships of her rouud-the-
world mission have told seriously upon
her health but her tireless spirit has
neither failed nor tagged. Returning
from her visit to these Islands in i'm.
proved health she has been lecturing
and inspiring new interest on the coast
all along the line and is at this date
writing a book and planning work in
our saloon-cursed city.
While thu monthly attendance of our
only about twenty-five, there have been
several meetings at which there have
been from forty to sixty ladies present /;
these were while Mrs. Leavitt was with
us, and one meeting when DIR. Andrews
gave short address ON the "Bi.C Chloride
of Gold Cure for Inebriates." He gave
an interesting account OF the method
from its first effects upon the patient
until the cure is complete. He also
enumerated many of the pre-disposing
causes of inebriety. First among these
is public opinion, which is in favor of
the liquor traffic, temperance men and
women being in the minority. Next in
prominence is heredity. Formerly the
custom of social drinking was
almost universal consequently there is
the hereditary taint Social drinking is
still the thing in many circles and is
most disastrous. Many kinds OF employ
ment are conducive to n thirst for
stimulants. Men drink to make up for
the great strain upon thesystem many
in the sedentary trades seek pastime as
well as sttmulants in the saloon. Sailors
and soldiers are notorious for this let
loose after long terms of confinement
they are ready prey for the saloon.
There is also vast army of men inter.
ested i'm the manufacture and sale of
liquor, and large majority of these
succumb to the habit of drink. The
whole system is affected by alcohol, but
especially the nervous system, of which
the gold cure takes possession and con-
troll.
The patient suffers intensely at GER
tain point while undergoing the treat
ment he is allowed free access to the
drink, but after three or four days the
appetite is gone; in fact, the thought or
sight of liquor is disgusting to him. The
cure is effected in from two to six
weeks, according to the severity of the
case. The doctor instructs his patient
before beginning the treatment that the
permanency of the cure depends entirely
upon himself il he continues cured
man he must exercise his will power.
The appetite can be acquired in the
same way as before by indulgence in the
nabit of drink.
Kelley, the founder of this treatment
has been studying and experimenting
for ten or fifteen years. DIR. Andrews
stated that he had obtained his instruc
tions in administering the cure from O
friend in Chicago. 1t was reported that
eighty. five per cent of those cured had
remained free from the appetite. Al
that time, six months ago, the doctor
said that it was too soon to say anything
of the permanency of the cure here; but
few days ago, when interviewed, ht
stated that out of about twenty success
fully treated four had fallen one OF
those had been treated the second time
but having no strength of mind or pur
pose, he had again relapsed. The other
were persons sincere in the wish ant
determination to be free from the ours,
I'D Of 10 do fa. hx. Il
free men. l think that DR.. Andrew,
e.,vill bear us out in claiming for thii
Union the credit of giving the first i'm
pulse to this enterprise. 1t was intro
duced to us about year ago by Rev
DIR. Wolfenden, an agent from DIR
Thomson's sanitarium in Chicago. Hi
propositions were discussed at our meet
ings, and we even selected Dr. Andrew
az the physician INTO whose hands W,
would clare the treatment in case Ia
would accept it, he being absent at tina
time. But after months of deliberatior
it was decided that our funds were no
sufficient to start such expensive,
an institution as this promised t.
be. DIR. Andrews becoming inter
ested wrote ON to his friend in Chicag,
and was encouraged to begin the treat
ment on his own responsibility. Hi
appointment as physician to the hos
pital seemed providential and certainly
was favorable. And so we claim tina
the influence which eliminated in tn,
"gold cure" being established her,
emanated from the w. c. T. T.. II
saying this we do not wish to detacl
one iota from DIR. Andrews truly phil
anthropic spirit and admit with graft
tude that but for his fearless enterprise
we should not be able to count so. man,
reclaimed from the terrible drink habit
and we pray that many more will avail
themselves of this opportunity of beinl
cured of the tyrannical appetite.
We had our usual New Years recep
ton at which fully 100 gentlemen wer
present. One young man kind,
wished that all our New Years might b