The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-06-29

HILo.
The Hawaiian Centre of Learn
Mug and Exclusiveness.)


June 3rd. 1898.
EDITOR OF THE STAR:--The undersipn
ed grasps his pen by the butt end witt
the intention of laying before YOU
readers an exposition of what is, witt.
out doubt the viiest plot ever hatche'
in the wicked BRAIN Of man or woma;
In it's conception it shows such r.
fine,nent uf devi,ish lngenuit, couple,
with such disregard of consequences
rs would whiien the record uf Jack tn,
Ripper. Never have ! seen or heard 81
such an awful thing. alth' ugh | an
myself reformed missionary am
priest and have had personal interview
with all sorts of confidence games
Here is the idea:
A iew days since several of the young
ladies of Hilo received duplicates OF
he following, by mali
IA IN dIcal institution has promised
To treat a young lady of Kanevill..
Illinois. who has been "A cripple since
her sixth year. il she Will collect on,
million postage stamps. So we hav'
started this chain in which we kindly
ask your aid. Make three copies of tins
letter, only changiny date and number.
When done, mail the three to three
friends asking each in turn to do the
same. When in the series the numbers
reach fifty, the last recipients may cease
from further operations. Kindly reply
to this letter by note enclosing ten or
more cancelled postage stamps To
Edna Brown. Kaneville, Kane
County, Illinois, giving names and
addresses of the parties written to.
They IN turn are asked to do
the same. Although this may seem "A
small thing to do, yet any one breaking
the chain will evolve y perilous loss to
the enterprise
What simple looking, easily carried
out, charitable project this appears
| to be.
But the first line damns it.
Medical "Institutions" do not treat
unfortunates for postage stamps. The
etiauet,e of the profession does not
allow it. Quack dispensaries might,
hut Ednas prot ge will obtain no bene-
fit from that kind of fakirs. Nay, nay,
! misguided young females, this is not
that kind OF case. The object is not
charity, not that loving kindness which
prompts the virgin heart OF a dear
Young thing to aid her defOrmed friend
Alas! no. Let us dig deeper and ascer-
tain the real object and from thence the
effect of Euna's willy idea.
Edna sends a letter (see copy ahove).
A party gets it and sends out three re-
turning reply containing the ad-
dresses of three victims and enclosing
ten stamps.
Each of the three send three more,
result, 30 stamps and nine addresses.
Each of these three do the sa'ne. re
suit, 90 stamps and twenty seven adj
dresses.
Next series, No. A. go stamps,
Next series, No. 5, $40 stamps.
No. 6, 2430 stamps.
No. Z, 1890 stamps.
No. 3, zlS10 stamps.
And so on until there is easily
reached by ready computation
$3.50, ,4S9, ,926, 81 ,26l429, $50 s,s ssps
There are about |, 800 ,OO0. 900 people OF
. the globe. =
A canceller could cancel. say, 200 pei
minute: it would take him "a, l46. .133,
: 701 ,2l0, 628 years to cancel these STAMPS
working continually. $500 new or 5OOI
cancelled stamps weigh one pound
Ednas order would load 3.5SD. IS0 999,
S9l 1861 freightCars, carry Ing 10 tons eat h
The U. >. Government manufacture
about 4 900, ,OOO, 900 stamps per annum.
they Increase their manufacturing faCl
lities a million-fold it would requiT,
S9I ,312, ,4S2 years to make enougi
stamps TO satisfy Edna's distorted cray
J ing.
Your correspondent feels it hi
bounden duty to expose this awful
/. awful scheme. So | have burned mn.
: light oil lat the expense of the FureigI
church) to reckon this out and sav,
from utter ruln-not this lovely tow
with its beautIfui buildings and It'll
= lovelier people; not the good and gr a
republic; not my own, my native land
America; not "A county, not con
tlnent even, but the whole earth
threatened to given over to tn
limitless greed of this dreadful person
1t Is evident to me that a second Mes
salina, double distilled Lucrezi
Borgia has grown up among the fertll
corn-tields and virtuous, peaceful life q
Kane County.
Not satisfied with the wrecking o
homes and families of her own sectiol
of country, she proposes to clean up II
one fell swoop the World-its enter
prises, its industries, its wealth; al
must go to satisfy her. Grea
, Caesar Can this thing be!
this the result of our civ
ilization? Is this the climax of tn
hopes and fears of centuries? Oh, Edna
:, Edna; would TO heaven that your phila
, tellic neck were here that 1 might ste
y y on it.
Ye people. who may read this unit
d with me In destro, ing this fell power
+ Don't answer her letters. Ignore Edna, q
your brothers and fathers become slave
to her hideous invent N. Talk G
j., corp ration greed; of the sinful, vi,
ious methods of the railroad hydras; q
A the horrid menace of sugar barons
!, Why they, continued, are but as bab
). ceniipede compared to this blood,
bleedin' bloomn' idea And under th
cloak OF larity. Alas! II the thin
were true, that poor child, once, al