The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-16
SURPRISE FOR
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Soldier lJpbraids
the Honolulu
Ladies.
ENLISTED MEN
NOT IN SOCIETY
The Man in Blue Says the Can
teens Should Not Have
Been Closed.

~ AVE the ladies Of Honolulu turned
q cold shoulder upon Uncle Sans
IA soldiers who are stationed al
Camp Mckinley?
non-commissioned officer. hailing
from the local army post. appeared be-
fore the meeting OF the w. c. T. u.
yesterday afternoon. in the parIors OF
the Central Union church. and bitterly
upbraided the women OF this city for
and for treating them with contempt.
He also denounced the course OF the
w. c. T. u. In closing the army can
teens. saying that the act had produced
more drunkenness In the army than
before. and had driven the boys In blue
at Camp Mckinley TO the swipes joints
surrounding the garrison
when the members OF the union had
recovered from their surprise they as
sured the artiIierist that they had
never before known that the soldiers
entertained such an opinion OF them.
when the soldier had taken his depart
urs. q vote was taken as TO the nr5tI
named charge, with the result that the |
union went on record as being utterly |
surprised that such a sentiment could |
have been entertained.
The artilieryman said he felt hard to- /
ward the ladies for the manner in /
which doors had been closed to enlist
ed men, He stated that oftentimes In
cars he had noticed when soldiers came
10 ladies whisked their skirts out Of the
aq aFr Of i
ed Formerly social privileges I'm the
city's homes had been enjoyed by the
boys, but OF late he found that people
were not so fond OF them Even where
the churches were concerned. he felt
that the church-gors did not care
they came into the churches or
not Mrs Whitney. president of the
w. c. I. u. asked the young man IL
the most OF what he said was not an
imaginary sentiment which had been
talked over and from small or even
fancied sights. had been made to ap-
pear much more serious than they
really were. He answered In the mega
tive and stuck to his original state
ment.
As-to the closing OF the army can
teen, he said the soldiers would have
liquor anyhow. The loss OF the canteen ,
had resulted in the soldiers frequenting
he swipes Joints in the vicinity OF the
amp ard getting drunk In them. Mrs. {
asked him whether or not. un- =
iey all circumstances. the soldiers ,
would not have gone to them even IL i.
he canteen had remained To this he
epned that he did not believe the SOL
.iers would desert the canteen- Fur
hermore. the abolishing of the canteen
'ad deprived the company messes of !.
additional funds with which to buy :
xtra food and this worked a hardship.
Yesterdays meeting was called for
he purpose OF discussing the work OF .
he flower mission. an adjunct OF the J.
v. c. T. u. which prepares bouquets =
very week for distribution amongst !.
he SICK In the hospitals.
IL was announced at the close OF the
xercises that the next meeting would :
= devoted to the anti-ciEarette discus
lon, 70 having been reported that !.
cores OF boys Of tender years. and
ven girls. are using tobacco. and the +,
v. C. T. II. VIII make an effort TO curb :
he abuse. At the meeting following :,
his school savings banks will be taken =
y.