Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-06-25


But we must now try to get ON
with our "text," or our patient
readers will got out of sorts.
Ny sisters (friends) of my
chosen life-profession, Teach
ing" allow me to speak a word of
kind counsel with you as il it
were the last will and testament Of
one who has tried to faithfully
"walk the floor" of her school
room; who has at least trod its
boards for more than twenty
years, and may have something
worth your while to offer. 1t has,
with her, been labor of love and
she trusts that it will not one
day, perchance, prove TO be
"Love's Labor Lost"
And in the beginning let me say,
emphatically, that j am not ask
ing the attention of non-profes-
SIGNALS, those women Tor men)
who have entered the sanctity Of
the school room as an expediency
or for pin-money or until
"when the day is set"-of those
who come to the work in the
morning tagged, sleepy and cross
from the nights dance-those
who come from homes of
affluence and drive up at
the last minute or five minutes
later-my words are not for their
ears; they and |, nor they and you,
my faithful toiler, have nothing
in common. They are the count
erfeit coin of life, the Knockers in
the market place, the idleM in the
vineyard. The words L would
preach are for the substance not
the shadow, the ghost-"real
work. real folks"--true, earnest
ENTHUSIASTICALLY winners, honest.
"How now, Horatio?" "You do
not like Miss Prescott's severe
words?" L cannot help that, my
dear. "My Fathers business"
means, tolerates, no shams.
"Hum-m-m!" is the motto of
the real teacher. When you leave
your schoolroom at night leave
your school cares behind you.
Follow out, carefully, some one
or more line of study, after that
hour. Go to the play, to a concert,
a lecture, sermon; go to be
amused, instructed, informed; go
to be widened, to be kept out of
ruts; but not to be wearied.
Your health-your strength,
your eye. sight, your good-temper,
for you tell me you have no COM
potency, is your "stock in trade"
Allow no one to intrude Ito assert
to demand) upon you or to ask
Of you, from your, comparatively,
small store what you ought not to
afford to give out. AS to money
your little income, you know the
saying:-"If you want to know
the worth of five dollars, seek tc
borrow it." And as to your talents
your accomplishments, it is wei!
not to be stingy; but il
the using of any one Of
them for an evenings charity in.
wolves new gloves, new dress, flow
ers, ETC., that you cannot wei
afford-leave that charity for thu
well-to-do, and the woman OF lazy
leisure.
Have the courage of your opin
ions, for your judgment may prov.
as good as your neighbours; and
while you are courteous, have tn
will to say "no." Buy books, oh
yes! and read books, but lenC
them not or to your sorrow. Yol
will not be thanked in the end
and if you get them back, will
often find them dog-eared ant
defaced.
And lastly, pray do not lie
down your bars for every boo
(bore) to cross your commons.
Bon soir.
One day, at least, is none to
much to be given by the wealth,
to the needs of social etiquette
the making and receiving of calls
and two or more are perhaps to
little for visiting the poor and tn
hospitals, houses of nero
and the rest-those whom Go
has seen fit to visit with povert
and suffering, or who have bee
directly and indirectly-"blind
the makers of their own miser,
1t matters not-we need not ste
to question them if there is an
little we can do to help get the
out of their mud puddle on to IL
Cidaualk