Hawaii holomua = Progress. [volume] (Honolulu) 1893-1895, 1894-04-20

the Feast of Nations to rebel
against the acceptance of the
proceeds from the Hawaiian
booth. because a Punch was
among the articles dispensed
therefrom. What a pharisaical
excuse. Ia all probability, had
the Punch been disposed of at
some other booth. nothing would
have been said. 1t has been said.
however. that there was a suspi-
cious looking bowl lurking around
another booth, and that a per-
chaser at this booth asked for a
glass of Punch. Perhaps, If
the lady smeller had nosed
around this booth, she might
have smelt aniseed also. Why,
Mr.. Editor, at fair held on
former occasion, "Rebekah at the
Well" dispensed prepared cocktails
from a bottle. yet that was per-
fectly correct. Is not a cool
Punch very refreshing, and is it
not drunk at social entertain
mentsl Why should il not be
just as refreshing at a fair?
Nearly all of these who INDUCED
in drink of Punch, would most
likely-if there had not been
Punch served have gone to the
Hotel and paid for a glass of
cool beer. or fer drink of gin,
or whiskey. as the drinkers, taste
may have been, besides paying
the cost of hack hire, because
proper tasty drink they would be
bound to have. Was it not better
for sweet charity's sake" to keep
all Of those persons, and their
quarters, on the Fair premises if
possible!
For fear of doing an injustice
to Mrs. Haalelea the board OF
management have decided to ne
cept the money collected at the
Hawaiian booth, so says one of
the ladies. Oh, how considerete.
The Hawaiian assistants at the
booth who gave their aid and
time to help make the fair a
success are of no account, they
may be insulted with seeming i'm
punity. Il is to be regretted
that any young Hawaiian girls
were allowed to take part on that
occasion. 1t would have been
much better if the man
agement of the Hawaiian
booth had received, the aid of
,cl.ite girls instead. Their Punch
could have been sold with i'm
punity How the management
can disclaim any knowledge or
responsibility for the sale of
Punch is beyond comprehension,
and has the appearance of an at
tempt to shirk the responsibility.
Who drank the Punch? 1t is
said that Mr.. Dole had some, that
a Castle drank Punch and paid a
dollar for a glass, that a we'll
known society lady on the hill
also INDUCED, and there were a
great number of others, nearly
all of whom were the Hawalians
achite brothers and sisters, and who
drank more than one glass too.
1t might be suggested to the
board of management. that, be-
fore handing the amount of the
proceeds of the Hawaiian booth
to the Maternity Home. that they
pick out the exact pieces of coin
that were passed into the booth.
and to save any mistake they
might also look on the reverse
side of the coin for the words
this was paid for a drink of
punch - 1t would be a great
pity to have to devote money
collected for the sale of punch
to the Sailors Home fund.
The remark. elf some Hawai-
ians wish to disgrace themselves
in the way that occurred at the
Feast, then Hawaiians can use
the money obtained in such
way was uncalled for and un-
necessary. There was no oe-
casion to have spoken In tina,
manner. There was not anythipg
done of nature which coald be
called disgrace. If having
bowl of punch in booth Is
disgrace. then those who drank
of it and pad for ii may be term
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