The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1897-03-02
The Inner Life Of the Hagey
Social Club.
An Interesting Address by Secretary
Robert s. Scrimgeour at Satur-
day Evenings Social.

hers of the Hagey Social Club who
were prevented from attending last
Saturday evenings gathering, added
to that Of those present, The INDIE
PENDENT reproduces Secretary Scrim-
occurs address, as showing to non
members an outline of the animus
guiding the Association.
Mr.. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN
The members charged with the duty
OF furnishing music and literary
pabulum for our Saturday evenings
"at home" have apparently got some
deep rooted grudge against your
humble servant, l being again on
the program this evening.
1t is the desire Of the officers to
have from time to time all those who
are now, and in the future will be
members OF the Hagey Household
of Faith, and speaking for the Off
GERS they are DESTROYS that all should
be at least, invited to participate.
They are not wishful themselves to
be continually before the Club and
the public. Having routine matters
to consider and attend to, it is hoped
that in the future they, although
always ready, will be accorded lit
tie generous obscurity, so that we
may enjoy the "dolce far niente" so
lavishly bestowed on officialdom in
these halycon days. We have no
desire to visit Washington in the
interest of annexation of our Club
to the kindred one, no doubt estab-
lished in that "city of magnificent
distances"
Nor are we DESTROYS of doing Lon
don to enquire into the best meth
DDS of sanitation with regard to the
new headquarters Messrs. Young,
Magoon and Cowart enthuse so elo-
quently upon.
New Zealand even has no attrac-
tion for us, even in the way of the
Torrens method of conveying pro-
perty, which exists only in magma
ton, and as wa do not import
coolies, students or otherwise, we
will just at present remain at home,
and leave China and Japan to be
done in the future, for we being
vlrtuous and employers of white
labor don't care trick of maledic-
tion for the health OF the Orient.
So please consign your Executive
to silence for time, but it should
be remembered that Vice President
Mehrtens has yet to be heard from,
and you may be sure he can give a
good account of himself.
/ make no charge for this sugges-
tion, but leave it to the committee
on polite literature.
Some time ago was asked to give
"reminiscences of my own, but l
am inclined to agree with member
friend that we have no past, are now
living mot existing-in the present
in full hope Of better, brighter, more
congenial times in the future, for
some OF us at least full of bright
promise leading, as it does, EDWARDS,
upwards, to the delectable noun
tains Of fruition.
For myself, l have always had a
pious horror of personal experiences
and testimonies given by those who
think they have mission. AS a
rule they belong to the great tumul'
tuary army of the superstitious,
ignorant bigotted good, and those
excellent people who live irreproach-
able lives, but never by any chance
use their reason. Such persons as
rule ride their pet hobby horses to
death to the great annoyance OF
their hearers, and further they often
act but as high pressure patent OK
tinguishers.of the very light they
desire to magnify, and they gsrble
and distort the very truths they
think they are expounding and
demonstrating.
Then again, speaking OF ones self