The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-11-27
Graduates of Hagey Insti-
tute Have Organized.
Something of the Workings of This
Company-Men Who Have
Been Cured.

cure institutes, II Is the rule Wnen
there is a sufficient number of students
and graduates to organize social clubs.
They have the usual officers and regu-
lar constitutions and bylaws are drawn
up.
The object of this sort of club is to
promote social fellowship among the
members and to assist as far as pos
sible in maintaining standard of pro-
hibition. In every instance where such
clubs have been organized they have
proven beneficial and only good results
have followed.
Men who might yield to temptation
to visit a saloon in order to pass an
idle hour have found a greater pleas
ure in going to the club and reading
the latest periodicals or playing bill
lizards, provision for both being made
by the club.
An organization of this character
was formed among the members of the
Hagey Institute in the Arlington Ho
tel last night, beginning with 10 mem
bers, three of whom are graduates and
seven students at the institute. A re-
porter for the Advertiser was present
on invitation when the club was form
ing, and he saw among the members
several men of recognized ability in
trades and Professionalism who for
months and years past have been look
ed upon as common DRINKS, but who
are now, from their own admissions,
entirely free from any desire for intox-
icating liquor. Among these was Ar
thur Mcdowell, hack driver, who has
been mysteriously disappearing from
the hack stand every few months dur
ing the past year. Mac is only stud
ent yet, but he remarked to the re-
porter when he took his treatment,
after the club was formed last night,
that he had absolutely mo desire to
lose himself again, and would not drink
a glass of liquor for a hat full of SOW
ereigns." Another man, who has been
drunk at least two weeks in each
month during the past seven years,
and who has been making his head
quarters in one of the saloons, went
there yesterday to get some of his be-
longings, but experienced a nausea at
the mere smell of the liquor.
One of the most notable cases in
the institute is George r. Harrison,
the well-known piano tuner. This
gentleman has been a hard drinker for
years, and during the past IA years has
spent a great many thousand dollars in
his thirst for rum. His abiI-
ity as piano tuner is recognized by
every one on the Islands, but he was
not always to be found in his office, and
for the first time in % years he is with
out desire for liquor. In converse
ton with the reporter last night Mr..
Harrison said:
81 have been taking the Hagey treat
ment for 81 days, during which have
had "a shots in my left arm, and you
can see, rolling up his sleeve, there is
trace of it. There are no
Jumps and no abrasions, and I am en-
tirely free from soreness now and have
been since 1 began the treatment
do you find your nerves affected in
any way?" was asked
YES" replied Mr.. Harrison, 81 am
free from shakes, such as always suf- |
fered from when drinking, and have |
an appetite more suited to a horse than |
a human being.
Il don't remember" added the |
graduate, feeling so well in 25 years !
as 1 do now. I wish to say, too, that |
since taking the treatment 1 have been !
at work every day, just the same as
the other men. When 1 began the |
course l had been on a spree for four !
under the influence of liquor |
every day; l drank here in the in
stitute whatever 1 wanted for the first /
three or four days; after that the de- |
sire was gone, and 1 could sleep in a /
bar-room now, if the smell of the stuff /
didn't make me sick, and not want a /
drink before retiring or after getting /
up. l think the Hagey treatment a /
good thing for men who |
haven't the will power to knock off, I
and good thing for men who get
drunk every Saturday night. and then
-ell their friends they can stop when
ever they wish. Those are the men
who should come here and take it;
hey needn't lose any time from their
work, and at the end of three weeks
hey will feel like new men,
And from the manner in which Mr.
Harrison expressed himself the report
# had no doubt he was correct in his
statement. A glance at the men pres
mt was sufficient to convince anyone
hat it is an excellent thing for men
.ddicted to drink.