The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-08-28
'PAUAHI' STREET
Rose by any Other Name
Would Smell as Sweet.
Som ct Per>lnen Sugges lions b.
Theodore Richards on Street
Nomenclature In n on olulu.
August p, 1899.


Editor Pacific Commercial Adver-
tiser: There is an evil under the
sun and the sole excuse of this COM
munication is to attack ito lop off
one of it's heads, if you please-and
the effort will not cease after the COM
munication.
Our Government is paternal. II rec
! ognizes the social evil; it tries to
mitigate" effects of a social crime;
| it protects It's grown-up and erring
sons (perhaps thinking more of out
| siderS' SOns-the innocent wayfarerS,)
| but at any rate guarantees less physi-
| cal danger 10 vice, hence logically re-
| ducing the evil itself. Now, there are
sentimentalists who wonder concerning
the educational effect upon our Gov
| ernment's younger children OF the
monthly procession of painted i'm
munes, Who gaily parade their Oriental
wares under the benign protection of
their foster parent, the Hawaiian Gov
eminent Our children are not Observ-
ant. fortunately, or the advertisement
might arouse their curiosity; maybe it
only acts as q mild cOunter-irritant to
| the kindergaYtens-this object lesson
of the hacks Now we do not wish to
quarrel over terms; suppose we say
that these good ladies are only Ii
| censed' in effect. Then their place OF
business must also be licensed lin eff
| feet" No intelligent person doubts
| the former statement and our intelll-
| gent and really effective Police De
partment offers a sufficient warrant for
the second statement. Then 'Pauahi
street is a necessary pimple on the So
cial face?" But why ''Pauahi'' street?
| There's Paua11i Bishop Museum and
| Pauahi Bishop Estate and Pauahi Me-
mortal Chapel and Pauahi Hall of Sci
! ence. and-Pauahi street. We rest the
case on sentiment alone, If you please.
Let your opinions and the writer's re
main irrelevant to all other issues save
this: Let the name or the nature OF
! Pauahi street be changed as soon as
pOssible. in honor Of one of the nObleSt
names in Hawaiian history, and in be-
half of numerous living friends and
|
Grafton of holy associations. Surely
the public has rights in the premises
and the government has little other
function than to represent them 1hat
the Government has exercised control,
of some sort or another, on these re-
| sorts is unchallenged; let it go farther:
All that is asked (fOr the preSenD is
that the Government license IN ell
} feet" some other place, or give its street
the moral support of something less
than Pauahi. Public laundering ana
beef-slaughtering are recognized as ne
cessities, but are thrust without the
. cities Anv one who cares to place
prostitution under the same category
NAV perhaps like to show reasons III
, these columns and over his own name
} WHY the moral stencil should arise I'M
der our own nostrils, why the suburbs
are not good enough for brothels. 81
trust the people in the suburbs VII
pardon the logic of the above. You see
: YOU are in the minority anu
presumably. the sewer must lui
. somewhere There seems little
, doubt but that the ploPei
, tv-owners on Pauahi street, among
whom are some reputable business
men. might he induced by our Govern
- !
their establishments in districts quit
: as healthy. If not as populous. Mitl
CATION street is suggested as new
= name for the proposed avenue. I'M
, name is not borne by any citizen pas
or present as far as the writer knows
Should the Government be UNWILLING
to anticipate the wishes of the citizen
in the matter OF celebrating elthe
the Pauahi or the features of the stree'
a petition can and will be circulate
!. and few men would refuse to sign o.
the one issue-Pauahi. Should lis
, of the property-owners be desired, tina
can be furnished.
Hoping for criticism-"construct
criticism" if you please, gentlemen
but assistance at any rate-and thank
inc YOU. Mr.. Editor, for the space, al
Yours for decency.