The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1895-07-27
Jimegy SopicS.
In6 20, fSos.

Quite a number of people
here felt a pang of regret upon
hearing of the death of Phillip
Phillips, the singing evange-
list During his later tours
he used a stereopticon and pic
lures were thrown upon the
screen as Mr. Phillips chanted
to his own organ accompani-
ment. His voice charmed, his
lantern views were the concep-
ton of religious idealist and
his whole manner partook
largely Of the spiritual 1t
was the wonder of many that
Phillips was a lesser light as a
rivivalist than Moody and
Sankey. This was really on
account of his pure simplicity
of character. He went at his
work with a personal directness
that gave no thought to man
agement or advertising. 1t is
pity that Reagan, the great
est of stereoptlcon lecturers
does not sometime come this
way. Reagan has visited not
only every quarter, but every
locale of the globe and he makes
slides equal to those of Mr..
Hedemann, of Honolulu, which
is saying a good deal. Reagan
is irresistible as a talker on his
travels. He tells you about
places so that you remember.
Reagan could have his price
for advertising cities, but he
keeps clear of that line. 1t is
wonderful how effective a very
few words are sometimes, with
or without any illustration. In
Reagan's lecture on Alaska he
dismissed Portland, the start
ing point, with a couple of
views and the remark that it
had the finest natural park i'll
the world. That little story
was worth hundreds of thous-
ands to Portland, A few
words fashion destiny, and
knowing how to arrange the
words or answer a question is
the wisdom that governs.
When Mr.. Stoneman was the
chief executive of California he
was appealed to most power
fully to save from the gallows
a young wretch who had muir
dered his girl wife. One well
meaning Christian lady in sub
hitting a petition said, Sup
posing the prisoner was your
son z" Stoneman replied:
Surprising the dead girl was
your daughter z"
Monarch Bicycles are the
best. That is what we are still
talking about, and as our con-
tinued talking is increasing the
sale of the Monarch why should
we not keep it up.
We desire this week to talk
to the prospective buyers and
riders of bicycles ON the other
islands. OF course horse flesh
is used almost exclusively as a
means of locomotion outside of
Honolulu, but why should not
a bicycle answer the purpose
better? We feel sure if we
can once induce any of these
horseback riders to try our
Monarchs they will use the
horse only where it is impossl-
BILE for a bicycle to go. We
know there are good roads on
the islands, and the exhilara-
ton of a horseback ride is in
no way compared to the
pleasure of pedaling a wheel
over these roads. The horse
is not in it at all. We have
made one sale and expect many
more from the same source.
Send for a catalogue of the
Monarch Bicycle, which will
tell you more about the wheel
than we can find space for in
an ad. DO not think that be-
cause the bicycle is light and
looks fragile it is not able to
stand hard usage. The mater
ial used is all tested for
strength and durability and if
you read our ad last week you
noticed that the long distance
rider, Mr.. Barnes, here on the
Richet, rode from Toledo to
San Francisco on a Monarch,
and we are sure that many of
the roads over which he trav-
eled were not near so good as
those of the Hawaiian Islands.
Write for a catalogue and
when you come to Honolulu
come in and ask all the ques-
tions you can think of about
bicycles and we will try and
answer them.