Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-02-21
THE MEMS SOCIETY.
w the Church of the Covenant Ad.
dressed by Prof. Atwater and Msus.-
ter Thurstou

VT the Church of the Covenant Ad.
dressed by Prof. Atwater and Mfnfs-
ter Thurston.
TO crowd two such addresses as were de.
livered last night at the monthly Meeting
OF the Mems Society of the Church OF the
covenant. which was held in the church
chapel into one evening displayed a GER
tain profuseness in entertainment for which
this organization has become noted
The members and their invited guests
formed an appreciative audience and Prof.
W. o. Atwater of the Wesleyan University
Middletown. Conn, and Minister Thurston
OF hawaii made interesting and Instructive
addresses: An octet of the Capital Gles
Club, under the direction OF Mr. n Du-
shane Coward, with MIR John p. law
renee as accompanist furnished in admira-
bic style the musical part of the evenings
entertainment. The president Of the So
ciety, Mr.. John b. White, occupied the
chair at the opening of the meeting, which
was devoted to the transaction of business,
and then Mr.. Louis p. Whitaker. the chairs
man of the social committee, took charge
and under his direction the program was
carried out.
Mr.. VIM. f. Curtis made a happy little
speech, which introduced Prof. Atwater to
the audience, and the latter proceeded to
discuss the relation of food to wage works
ers and the poor. His statements. which
were reinforced by the data of scientific re-
search, as to the nature and character OF
the different food material were highly
practical He said that the difficulty with
the American people was that they ate too
much and that their food was too rich and
expensive.
Not Always the BEST.
He spoke about the nutritious quality oe
what is known as cheap food and said that
there was as much Of the protein or muscle
building material in sirloin or round beef
as there is in tenderloin. The latter costs
so much more that IL is ignorantly supposed
TO be the best food. Even II ignorance OF
this character did not exist. he said that
the American people were determined to
have what they considered the pest food,
Independent OF the cost. What was needed.
he said, in this country was TO preach q
gospel which would make economy respect
able. There was no doubt, he thought. Of
the evils arising from the drink habit, but
he very much questioned whether the eSi liz
that came from the abuse of food were not
fully great.
The speaker displayed diagrams showing
the actual food values Of the various arti-
cles used food. He showed why the cod
hsh balls OF New England formed a cheap
and nutritious article of food and now the
combination of pork and beans was q par
tlcularly good one. In conclusion he faid
that he believed that all movements tend.
ing TO ameliorate the condition OF the Door
III they Were to be successful must have
their origin in the betterment Of their ma
terial condition. They must lie taught Tow
TO live and how to eat before they can b
expected to reach higher plane Of life.
Minister Thurston's Address.
Minister Thurston. who was the next
speaker, called attention to The fact that a
had been announced that he would speak
on the New England influence i'm the ,la.
waiian Islands This was the first inro-r,a.
tion that he had of this particular subject
and he thought the title was due 20 the In.
genuity of Mr. Curtis. he would, however.
say something about the Hawaiian islands
a ton Anu
or the United States, Hawaii might b.
said TO be the hub of The Pacific being
about centrally located from The United
States on the east and Auckland on the
west, with a tendency to wobble toward
San Francisco, and, he added. this latter
fact might o. might not be significant .he
audience laughed heartily at this refcreace
ana Mr. Ihurston went on 70 talk about
Hawaii Among other things he spoke cf
the almost universal use of the telennone
in those islands. People use II for almost
every imaginable thing and upon retiring
at night, IL they wish to be awakened at a
certain hour in the morning, they call In
the central Office and ask them TO perfor1n
that duty. He said that there was no roy
atty paid on the telephone in the islands.
winch accounted he thought, for the cheap
ness of the service.
Later i'm the evening this remark ELECTED
from Rev DIR. Hamlin the witticism that he
had the impression from reading the ne pers
that during the last year there had not
been much royalty in laval but ne rad
not been aware that this change even ef-
fected the telephones. Mr.. Thurston spoke
OF missionary influence in Hawaii as II IN
so called, and denied that either the mis-
sionaries or their sons had prominence I'm
public affairs. He said that The Hawaiian
people have no conception of the truths
which were fundamental to an Anglo
Saxon mind. and therefore they did not
realize their rights men and citizens
They had been brought up TO be dependent
upon chiefs, who told them what 20 do and
n aRf In LII inc 49, 81. L.
the present movement in Hawaii he said
the only purpose was TO give Hawaii a rep
resentative form of government
Mr.. Thurston was frequently appiaaded
during his address, and at the close he met
personally nearly all of those who wee
present Refreshments were served, and
the remainder of the evening was spent In
social Intercourse