The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-04-25
THE KILLS.

Our respectable Scotch residents may
now expect, since annexation has ia
ken place, that the American apostles
of the anti-nude will take notice OF
them.
At a concert recently given by the
Clan Mac Donald in the hall of the Y.
Nj. C.. A. in the city of Paterson, New
Jersey, a number of the performers
wore kits Upon application for sec
ond use of the hall, Rev. Frank q.
Hoagland, the general secretary OF the
Y. M. G. A. refused to grant it on the
ground that the dress of the clansmen
was not appropriate. This was said
during the interview:
MAN alive," cried Justice Maybury,
what was wrong with the Highland
fing?"
perhaps I should have been more ac-
curate,' replied the General Secretary.
1T was not the dances that were OBJ
jeotionable but the costumes in which
the men appeared"
DO you mean the kilts?' asked the
head of the committee, while an angry
murmur arose from the other commit
teemen
ST refer to the kills" replied Mr..
Hoagland firmly. Il am informed that
kits are indecent
Then the committee individually and
collectively exploded and filled the air
with bits of Scottish history. When
the storm subsidized Mr. Hoagland was
still there, wearing his look of sad de-
termination.
indecent he repeated. From
what | have heard, | think | may say
that a man clad in that costume ex-
poses his limbs
Eye may say more than that" cried
an excited Scot. Eye may say he shows
his legs. An why not?''
Bare limbs,'' observed Mr.. Hoag-
land. "A thing that would not be per-
united in the ballet"
.That may be-" said Justice Maybury
I'm not connoisseur of the ballet
myself Il
81 speak from information hastily
interposed the General Secretary.
'.But the ballet is made up of women,
and these are men,
Cali the worse" insisted the General
Secretary.
.'Why, kits are worn at Queen Vic
toria's court cried Justice Maybury.
L suppose you'll allow that the Queen
lis respectable"
MIR. Hoagiand said that he had no
doubt Queen Victoria was a perfect
lady, but he thought that at her age
she should have better judgment than
TO allow such a degrading spectacle in
her presence.
Degrading spectacle" raised another
verbal riot. Every Scot on the commit
tee broke loose.
''The Rev. Mr.. Chalmers wore EN-.
and he was as good as any Y. M. c. A.
John Knox preached in them
.sWanace fought in them
Robbie Burns wrote his immortal
poems in EN-.
Its the black oppression back again
to forbid the wearing of the kilt.
1t appears that several years before,
the grand jury of Paterson failed by
only one vote to indict the Highlanders
for wearing kits i'm public
Our Scotch fellow citizens may De
IN some danger. Whether 1t Is the
fear of our own trusty apostle OF the
apti-pude. or the fear Of mosquitoes
that prevents the use of the kits IN
the tropics is a debatable matter. But
THE crusade against kits has begun IN
the States. And it may reach HAWAII.
The Advertiser, in the words OF
.Iochiers warming urges the Scotch
men to beware of the day when the
J.owlands of the anti-nude will meet
them in battle array Even those mem
hers of this estimable body of residents
who have been designated by Provl-
dence to provide for the sanitary ar
rangements of our dwellings will find
no excuse for wearing the national cos
TUNE, ON the ground that they have
substituted water pipes" for bag
pipes