Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1897-09-21
RENEL N'rlON.
(BY ANNE NJ. PREscoTT.)

land, in carriage, on horse or on
foot, we need, everyone, little and
big, old and young whatever size
or age, and always-a cloak. 1t
should be of the very best material
warm, soft-not too heavy, never
q burden but our help-im per.
viods, long, roomy, good clasps
and plenty of pockets, large and
small.
"It COSTS" you say. Yes, but
all good things cost-cost money,
or time, care, patience, hard work,
fidelity. But, a good cloak has
staying properties, and with atten-
tion will last lifetime. Let us,
each one, try to get the material
together needed, for really ser
viceable, comfortable, comforting
cloak. That's the point.
We can never again, l say,
plead ignorance or blindness on
that particular subject we we're
discussing yesterday; for we have
had revelation, revealing, an
unveiling, an opening, disclos-
ing. Yes.
In architecture, a window or
door between the framework and
the outer surface of the wall.
See?
The reason why you did not
discover, for instance, a certain
mans avarice before was be-
cause you had never had occasion
to hold the glass up 10 that par
ticular side Of his character. IL
did not know he was so close, 80
penurious; it was a revelation to
me-" You may talk with q
stranger for some little time but
suddenly, unknown likely to him
self, he will open a door to your
mental eyes, it may be the
veriest little crack but you
have darted in lightning
glance,and what is revealed to your
Selfishness, detraction, conceit,
falsity, duplicity or any other imp
of the dark regions. He'las!
There it stands, unveiled, on its
pedestal, firm and sure-footed "a
perfect statue as if but from a
sculptor's hand, masterpiece in
its way. A masterpiece indeed,
that overshadows and wells what
might otherwise be a beautiful
character.
And the sad part of that revela
ton is, you can never quite forget
that fine bit you saw that day, or
hour, or minute, when he was
mapping" not on bis guard, had
dropped for a little, that conve-
nient outer wrsp-the cloak.
Apropos: Have you ever
studied words ? Then I beg you
to begin. 1t is far more helpful
in life than a scientific knowledge
of whist or even chess. One hour
every evening for year would be
revelation to you aud more on.
crossing than, even, the micros-
cope, more fascinating than
photography; and cost nothing
but set of cheap textbooks.
The "cloak" is peculiar to ira.
velers. We are journeying through
this "wilderness"-the world. We
should always keep a good cloak
on hand, and, there are times
when it needs to be impervious
and strong. We shall meet with,
in life, some "nasty weather" 1t
matters not how rich we are, how
gentle We are, how poor we are,
how clever, how handsome, or how
ugly. "Into each life some rain
must fall, some days must be dark
and dreary." In this world every
child of man shall bear a CROSS
there's no escaping, no "royal
road" But 1t is that one may
meet a sharper hsilstorm, more
thunder than another, but "as thy
days 80 shall thy strength be-"
"For whom the Lord loveth he
chssteneth, and scourgeth every
son whom he receiveth."
Now, let US all try our hest as
if, for instance, on a race with our
"wheel," and bent on winning the
goal and the prize-Heaven and
Eternal Life. Let our cloak be
an honest, helpful cloak, large
and perfectly reliable at all times
and in all sorts of wind and
weather. No "tissue of deceit"
no lies, no slander, no robbery Of
any sort polite or rude; but gen