The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-09-16
MURPHY To
The BOYS
He Makes Friendly
Talk at the
Hall.
GOOD TIMES AT
LITTLE EXPENSE
Austin Neglects to Produce Books
or Vouchers SAYS He Needs
No Indication.

During the meeting OF the Murphy Club
No. l Saturday night. Mr.. Francis Muir
ply was present and made an interesting
talk. He said, in part:
Il want to speak to you tonight about
the great advantages of recreation with
out beer or other Intoxicating liquors,
such as it can be had here in this hall
and in other places like it. Here you can
come tonight and spend your Saturday
! evening, or any other evening for that
matter. with your wife and the little
ones. You can see your friends and talk
with them, and hear music and songs
and speeches, and if you want a drink,
why there's the bar; you can have
nice drink of cool ginger ale, or root
beer, and your wife and children can en-
joy some with you. It won't cost you
! anything, in comparison 10 what beer
and whiskey costs you, when you go out
with your friends. You save a lot of
money you can dress your wife up fine
so you will feel proud of taking her out
TO some little entertainment like this,
and then too, think of the children. God
bless them; why, many of US are pretty
near Strangers TO our children. Take
them out once in a while, give them a
drink of sodawater. and you will see
how your children Will hang around you
and say. "Oh, papa, what a nice time
we have had. oh. papa. when are we
going there again?'' And your children
viii talk about it for days And what
has it cost you? 1t has not cost you any
thing On the contrary, you have saved
money and you will have money to
make your home happy one. You will
be able to let your wife carry a purse,
instead of having her beg you for every
cent she wants, and you will have money
to give your children. / know plenty of
workingmen who are constantly kicking
against their wages. They say that they
don't get enough money, that they can't
afford TO educate their children. And
yet these very same men could save from
fifty cents TO $50 a day if they would
save their money for their families, in
stead of spending it on liquor And you
know that your CHILDREN need an educa-
ton. Many of you who have not had
good advantages when you were young
know how important an education is
how much more money you could earn
and how much happier you could be if
you had d good education This place is
no market for the laborng man Why
the other day a man said to me: This is
no place for a workingman to get work
you have to be a skilled mechanic to get
on Now. do YOU want your children
| 10 be heWerS Of wood and drawers of
water You want to give them a good
show, when they start in life And all
you need to do is to give up your whisky
and your beer. Remember. that many
of US can't drink one glass of alcoholic
beverage without wanting another and
then at last we get drunk. and there
you are. Better quit it altogether and
tpatronize this club, which will give pleas
IRE TO you, and also to your wife and
your children. You will save enough nv
going here and by giving up the saloons
TO spare couple of cents now and then
that you can give the club to help boost
it along, so it can pay It's rents and
lights and all the other things Help It
along; it Is helping you; do what you can
for it and your fellowmen, and make it
a statue of light. industry and honor
Goodnight
During the evening Mr.. Murphy re-
marked that Mrs. Murphy would not
come over as he had expected as she
was engaged in supervising the building
of a house in Fair Oaks, near Sacra-
nento. But" added the old temperance
apostle. with a twinkle in his eye. Il
shouldn't be bit surprised is she came
over in the Ventura just the same
Although Franklin Austin had called
the meeting through the Bulletin ex-
pressly to hear his ''vindication." he
merely talked in vehement way. say
ing that he needed no vindication at all
and was responsible for the steward
ship of finds merely TO those who had
supplied them.