The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1894-06-22

wrangling with him in the law courts
wrestling with him on the stump, man
euvering with him in elections, and bag
/ Cling with HIM in Wall Street.
Oh, woman,
| To thine own self be true.
| And it must follow, as the night the dav.
/ Thou cauS't not, then, be false 10 any man
Miss Perry was followed by VIM
L. Whitney, on
THE PROBLEM OF THE CITY.
More than frty years ago, De Toque-
/ Vile said: Il look upon the size o
American cities, and especially upon the
| character Of their civilization, as rea
| danger which threatens the secnritv o.
| the democratic Republics OF the Ne"
/ World Ii this was true forty years ago,
What can be said OF the present?
The stability OF any Republic rests
on two fundamental principles-thato
I loca self-goveTnment. and that OF feder-
alton. The latter must necessarily be
| upheld by force Of arms. No power oi
| 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,
cummon-sense farmer, whose vote can
practically D. depended upon as on the
! right side. II the size Of our cities con-
| tinues to increase for the next twenty
five years in the same proportion as IN
| the last decade, the cities will then con-
| tain ,OOO, 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 u overcome is en-
/ vironment. Favored Honolulu has nc
slums to shudder at, but ii ever one has
seen the amount Of poverty, squalor and
| wretchedness that can be crowded into a
single email room in a tenement, the
sight must be forever stamped on his
memory as one Of the darkest his eyes
have ever beheld. In the solution oil
| these problems the religious societies
will play prominent part. But the
! problem cannot be solved at all If good
men keep out of politics.
The time oil legislation by the rich and
! for tue rich has passed As Lord Rose
berry said, "tne politics OF the present
are the politics of the poor" Does the
voter realize 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 partyP But
| throwing aside all party differences IL
/ our love for our fellow men, let US &C
/ down shoulder TO shoulder into the
| depths, and bear our brother out OF his
Indebtedness. What matter il We sol
our hands? What harm if our palty
| 4 res not win at the next election? We
! will 90 along our path OF life with 8
| lighter heart and a more elastic tread
knowing that by our eforts q fellow
man has been blessed,
Another song, by the girls glet
club, preceded Frank c. Atherton''
Grafton on
MANUAL TRAINING.
I i can a complete, generous educa
tion," says John Milton, "that which
fits man to perform ;;:::ss..lly, ssiifufi,
/ and magnanimously all the offices, both
! private and public, OF peace and war
In our present school system, we may
not reach this high ideal, but at least VT
can struggle towards it. The moderr
theory of education is to bring about {
harmonious developement the whole
being, to produce a man fully equipped
mentally, morally and physically, fol
the conflict of life. The time is at hand
when b1ys will have more curiosity
about the expansion OF steam than in
regard to Greek roots.
Nothing so stimulates and quickens
the mind as the use of tools. TIE 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,
it has been found that the scholars
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 a healthy body, the home of a sound
mind.
Many things combine TO form the
character of a people-commerce, eli
mate, location, inventions, the chances
Of war, all have their influence, but the
beautiful must be cultivated as we'll as
the useful and art industry, "that wax
ing giant OF the future" is already knock
ing at the doors of our common schools,
offering not only to furnish skill to our
labor, but to elevate our taste with lis
refining influence And SO, knowledge,
Virtue, Industry and Art all contribute
o the permanence and prosperity of So
ciety.
Clarence H. Cooke was the next
speaker, his subject being
THE BROTHERHOOD OF TIE RACE.
As each generation passes By, the
world becomes smaller. The railroads,