The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-28
PROPOSES A WAY,
OUT OF TROUBLE

Editor Advertiser: All successful un-
dertakings, be they in science. discover
lies, advancing developments on all lines,
have their existence through and by ex-
perimentS. In all nature the law of
compensation is commensurate rsitn the
law of waste. We in this Gay OF grow
ing anxiety over the grave ana rapid
gsowth of the social anu physical curse,
drunkenness, need not think TO hight the
devil only with fire.
In growing port Ike this where the
City is visited, we may say almost daily
iby vessels from all over Inc world. we
see the streets often crowded by sea-
men. Many of these men have been
gathered from quarters all over the
earth, from which We can expect MOTH
ing, either in parentage, education or
association; these men live hard lives of
inceSsant toll, with sameness In food
that provokeS TO unlimited excess when
once let loose Qike plague-stricken rats
in fertile country. Nor is it confined
to the seamen. Much the same reason
ing may apply to our poor, overcrowded
weary soldiers when they stop here to
rest. They know no pleasures but the
bar and gambling den. In closing the
saloons We are putting a lid upon a boil
ing cauldron; we are hiding what 1t
seems safest to keep open. for there is
more danger in secret than open evil
thing must be DONE In closing the sa-
looms don't forget the laws of compen-
sation; il you take from those men their
only relaxation and make 1t unlawful to
do what they have done all their lives
you stand hand in hand with those who
would stop the street cars on Sunday
and thus keep the working. poor shut up
in their attic homes, without the power
of getting the breath of fresh air on
the only day they have to enjoy it, which
is the one thing which keeps them we'll
Suppose you go into a demoralized
school. You say at once the fault lies
with the superintendent and the teach
ers: what do they do-experiment? One
method after another is tried; they vary
the work; keep them busy; see they have
plenty of pure air and sunshine; and the
same rule holds good with the heads of
those who study the veal and woe of
your boys of larger growth. One sugges-
ton made looks reasonable. Establish
a seamans club; open up beautiful
grounds for athletic sports; make these
grounds so attractive that those eyes,
weary of water, will seek the green and
flora and shade. Make the games so at
| tractive they will watch and finally may
take part in them.
| Have at hand such food and milk as
they can find nowhere for the same mon
ey, and an entire change from their
i usual food. and all this must be upon
business lines; no handling on Young
Mems Christian Association rulings, To-,
dealing with such material it would
mean a death-blow to success in its en-
tirety.
We dealing with a weed which will
ruin our whole land If the heads of the
administration do not start at its source;
when once that is gotten In hand, you
can stop to breathe, for the liquor will
then cost more than the drunkard can
find money to pay. As you hold your
hand on the opium pulse, so the present
question must be settled
Beware of deep waters and quiet dog
| LUCY G. ARMAN.