The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-02-16
TALKS TO
WOMEN.
The Mothers and
Teachers
Club.

THE Mothers and Teachers Club
| met yesterday afternoon in Puma
= hou Preparatory School to listen
to talks and songs on patriotism.
| The room was comfortably filled with
representative audience.
| Miss Panabaker called the. meeting
to order and Miss Halves read the
minutes of the previous session
Miss Panabaker again arose and, In
/ a few pleasant words, explained the
necessity of a collection being taken
up. and Mrs. Walker. Miss Mary Gil
bert and a sweet-faced Chinese girl,
attired in her national costume,
passed the hat
A vote of thanks was returned TO
the kindergarten Association for It's
kindness in furnishing the programs
and to Mrs. Frear, Mrs. Davies, Mrs.
| Whitney. Mrs. Otis and others Tor
furnishing the refreshments.
America was then most splrltedly
sung, the entire audience standing, ait-
err which, in a few graceful woras,
Miss Panabaker introduced the Rev.
| William Morris Kineaid, the speaker
of the day.
1 SuptcSl VICE, iiS'
Awaken Patriotism in the Young,
and he held every one speilbound by
| his mastery and scholarly ADDRESS he
began by speaking of the proper wa!
| to awaken patriotism in the minds OF
the young and spoke OF hearing
| great deal of the word Americanism
nowadays, which he though meant
more than the floating of a flag over
some schoolhouse or the inpassloEed
words of a political deinagogue.
Said the Rev Mr.. KineaiG:
IF [ have read my history Alright, II
means the embodiment of true liberty,
the incarnation of American patriot
ism, which is law with liberty and lib
erty with law
the word meant neighborlinsss and
liberality and being just that one
should want liberty for oneself and
give it to others; in fact, living up to
the full measure of the Golden Rule.
He then turned to the ideas of ancient
nations in regard to the word patriot
ism.
You find said aIr. Kincaid, that
the Hebrew idea is faith; Rome had
its national idea-conquest; that Of
Greece was art, and America has lib
erty."
He graphically described life under
the Roman empire, whefe so-called
liberty was the liberty OF the few
and the slavery of the many" and he
cited Athens. which had but hand
full of freenien, Notwithstanding all its
splendor.
Then he passed to the early republics
and touched particularly upon the
Dutch Republic which had liberty, but
it was the liberty of the skilled guild
man. He drew stirring picture of
Spartacus and the gladiators and OF
his famous address-"M Men, il we must
die, let US die for liberty" And the
equally famous and contemptuous
words of Pompey: I'VE have met the
vile slaves and have reduced them to
the nothingness from which they
sprung And he described these
vile slayes'-gladiators athletes and
brave men!
Mr.. Kincaid finished this most inter
esting talk by referring to the saeri-
fees America had made to teach men
the true meaning of liberty, and that
| she had taken liberty TO her breast
when liberty had fed TO her, and he
| thought it should be impressed upon
| the memory of the American child
! that he should do the just thing be-
cause it was just and the right thing
because it was right. and then, with g
quotation of poetry, beautifully rem
dered, he retired amid a storm OF gen
uine feeling and applause.
1 ME aDlltS 1uOltdS llCl lo1'
lowed with 'sThe Star-Spangled Ban
ner.'' She was in splendid voice ant
| sang both dramatically and well. Mis-
Rice accompanied her charmingly.
Mrs. c. B. Cooper sang delightfully."-
THE Watch on the Rhine in Ger
man, and gave her audience unmiti
/ gated pleasure. She was accompanied
by Mrs. Mcdonald, who proved {
clever accompanies.
| Five little japanese maids, attired II
their national costume. then stepped
forward and sang their refreshingl.
quaint japanese national hymn. The,
also received hearty applause.
Mrs C. B. Cooper then sang il
French the famous ''Marseillaise, ant
sang 1t even better than the previous
German national hymn.
The Kamehameha boys, led by MI
King, rendered as only Hawaiians cal
the exquisite Hawaii Ponoi. and TIL
final verse was repeated. the audienc
rising and joining heartily in.
Then followed refreshments and a.
informal reception. in which all joined