Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1895-11-12
WORD PI,TIj8E OF BAHBID
An Admirable Address Last Night by
Mrs. Ruth Ward Kahn,
At the Hebrew Temple on E0H
Street.-The Islands and the Peo-
pie Who Inhabit Them--VlslC 20 a
Volcano Queen Lii and King
K8l

Mrs. Ruth Ward Kahn, famed as
pcetess. Iitarateur. and traveller deliy-
cred an admirable address on the Ha-
waiian Islands. to a cultured and appre-
ciat;ve aueidnce at the Hebrew Temple
On Eoff street. last night. Her object
s TO raise funds for the higher educa-
tion Of poor Jewish girls. Mrs. Kahn
is woman abou. 80 years Of age OF
very Dleasant address, and posse59lHs
n clear and forcible delivery. She spent
two wears on the Islands, and was lne!e-
fore very familiar with ner suoJcCU
In opening her address she sa-a she
WIS reminded Of an auacdo,e concern
ing Wendell Phillips. lie Was oH q
train with some ministers from 'n5
South. and enc of thom approacIeu
him. saying: Mr.. Philips, Il you Del
lieve the negro is So shameIully aDuseu
in The South, why don't you 90 oouOn
and tell theme
Il presume YOU are minister OF inc
gospel" replied the great aboiitlonlst'
and It is your mission TO save souls
from help
The minister replied in the aitirma-
.'tive. Then why don't you so there
and save them9' said Phillips.
The speaker said she thought the Ha-
waiians were being abused more than
they deserved, and she went TO Hawai-
10 find cut for herself She would first
describe the geographical location Of
the island. A Congressman once said
tina. if it was put to q vote in the Sen
ate. as 20 whether Hawaii was in the
Atlantic of Pacific oceans, he thought
there would be an overwhelming ma
iority in favor of the Atlantic She
then described the location and climate
of the islands. She referred TO their
importance to the world of commerce,
and said the people were remarkable in
that It was the only place which had
supported the white re- for years.
the natives retaining The governing
power.
She then described her journey from
San Francisco in July, 1890, and the
STERN on the third day, when the signl'
Of distress was given, and all on board
thought they were lest 1T IS strange
how a common danger and a common
cause makes us strong friends and how
trivial worldly affairs seem when we
stand face to face with eternity" She
gave a vivid description of the entrance
Of the ship into the harbOr of Honolulu.
where the Irregularities of the streets.
and the strange costumes Of the people
made her feel az once that she was i'm
strange land. Ii seemed like the peo-
pie were enjoying one perpetual holiday.
Women, tall and straight, dressed i'm
bright c0lOrs bare headed and bare
fcc,cd, sat or doZod on the street cor
ners. Honolulu IS a city of telephones
and carriages. There is one telephone
for every nineteen persons. and an I'M
usual number of carriages standing
about the streets.
She spent week at the Royal Ha-
waiian hotel, which was conducted much
after the fashion Of American hotels
except that the bin of fare is such as
might be expected in a tropical climate.
and the guests sleep under netting. as
q protection aga.ns, mosquitoes. She de-
scrlbcd the custom Of bathing, the wo-
men spending hours in the water
idlinS away their time when all the
rest Of mankind seemed ID be subserv-
Ing some useful purpose She would
not speak disparingly OF them; she adj
mlred chem for their trUthfulness. thpil.
hospitality their uuselfshness. Some
or them were physically perfect even
thelr immense proportions seeming to
/ aaJ 20 their beauty. But they had the
lack OF energy characteristic of ali fr9p-
zeal climates. She passed to her resi-
/ dence at another point, where she sDers
most OF her time where her "ffa
seemed like golden dream of a Heav-
emily paradise"
aAe told OF her visit to the volcanic
island Of Hawaii. 7 was discovered bv
/ capt. Cook. To Englishmon he was .
/ great man; 10 HaWaiians an unscrupu-
/ lous man and a traitor. No channel in
Haues' she said, could hold any terrors
lot her after rocking about in the chan
mel OF Hawaii. She passed over places
! W1ere The steam and sulphur was issu-
/ Ing from the earth. and early in the
morning her parry Started for the era
/ ter OF The volcano. She described the
| periis OF the journey, which was a con-
| tnuous mental and physical strain. and
/ spoke of her d:sappoinlment in finding
that it was not in eruption On a sec
/ ond visit, she was well repaid She
gave an eXcellenc word picture of tie
scene, and then passed to a discussion
Of The king, and the charges against
/ him.
Kalakua, she said was much beloved
/ by his people. and had been more un-
/ justly abused than any other living
monarch. She spoke Of a scene on his
/ birthday. when ne sat on the steps Of
I his palace. with his queen beside him.
( and the subjects came to lay their gifts
1 before him in o large calabash. The
/ gifts ranged from $500 i'm sold to a
couple of chickens tied with q string
I ANY one who was fortunate enough to
/ know Kal3hua knew him as gentle
man with more brains han nine-tenths
of the men who are high I'm this nation
I and more character than nine--enths Of
; The European rulers. she admitted
that ne was great poker player. She
admired him because. Wi,hin thirty
/ wears ne had brought his people 20 q
state of civilization and by sheer force
OF will had compelled reorganization
from European soyereigns. One day
Mrs. Kahn was returning from she
mountains. when she came upon his
carriage. He aHehted from the car
lraee. and babe her take seat beside
his queen. She was driven to the pal
I ace. and after lu0chiug with The royal
! family. attendants famed her to sleep
, i'm the queens own boUdcir.
Tho lecturer described her visit 10 the
leper colony. which She was only en-
ab,ed TO make through the influence of