The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-11-01
Wanted A Sanitary Kinder
garten.
ASIATICS STILL CARELESS.
\ Trip Through Chinatown - Care
Ic--ne-- Regarding Refuse - Chol-
era Did Not Touch Them.
Opium smokers Who Dream.

.If there was To be another food
and another Noah there would be
just a many people ketched in the
the rain"
This aphorism recurs to anyone
who takes a turn through the Chi
nese quarter and watches the
methods in vogue there for getting
rid of the refuse from the kitchen.
In the reference to the flood there
is a silent allusion to the recent
cholera trouble.
The stupendous job Of cleaning
up OF the city, and the inconven-
fences to which the Chinese were
put in having their houses and
yards put in order should have
been a lesson to those who were not
touched by the scourge.
But it wasn't.
The Chinese are as careless today
as ever and the ignorance or in
difference to sanitary laws Is as APP
parent as it was before the Belgic
came with her cargo of infected
freight and passengers. Dishwater,
refuse and Stops are as recklessly
thrown out on the surface and left
to rot and stink as ever, and nui-
sances are accommodating with all
the pristine vigor of ante-quaran-
tine days. 1t Is no secret, this viO-
lation of laws laid down by the
Board OF Health, not here. The
men and women would be hurt if
an intimatiOn was made TO this
effect; it Is the way they have been
brought up, and all the laws In
ChristendOm would not change |
them, unless, perhaps, a policeman
should be present at all times to
see that the wishes OF the Govern |
ment are carried out.
III one wants to take a trip |
through Chinatown to learn what |
is being undone in the sanitary .
line it should be made in the bright |
glare of the sun. He will have f.
every opportunity to see the accu-
mutation of dirt he will realize,
too, that there are not enough en-
ployees in the Board of Health to
properly enforce the sanitary laws
of the city.
But everyone who visits China
town is not interested in health
matters like people who 90 miles
to witness a prize fight, they visit
it for the peculiar fascination law
breaking has for certain classes of
society. The Chinese quarter of
Honolulu does not present the same
attraction to the sightseer as China
town of San Francisco, Portland, or
even some of the smaller cities on
the Pacific coast, and the reasons are
plain. Our laws here against such
enioyments as the Chinese have
are so rigidly enforced that the
men are afraid to indulge their de-
sires. For instance If you wish to
90 to an opium Joint in Honolulu
you must first find a Kanaka pO-
liceman who has influence enough
with the Chinese dope fiends to
get permission to introduce his
friends and then, when the inter
view Is accorded all sorts of ques-
tions are asked and the request de
liberated upon by a half dozen
sallow-faced individuals before the
answer yes or no is received. FIRE.
quently the credentials offered are
not satisfactory and the tourist
leaves with wish in his
heart To have the place
raided by the first policeman he
meets. On the other hand, If he Is
fortunate in getting inside the
gates, he will see all that his heart
desires in the way of filth and in
cipient crime.
Along in the dark corners in the
of Smiths bridge
opium smoking Is INDUCED in more
than anywhere else because there
IS less danger of surprise by the
police. The houses seem to be built
with a special view TO carrying on
the business. y visit To a place in
this locality last night resulted i'll
finding four Cinnamon lying on
hunks sucking away At pipes !; e.
two more were dreaming away
the hours In ignorance OF the
effect the drug may have upon
heir system.
The police raid this place every
time they can get to it without de-
ection, and these raids have re-
suited in larger benefits to the po-
ice department by way OF fines ?
han any single house in Homo