The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-21

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the moral duty OF the women to tax,
up the cudgel and use Il. and asked fol
the moral and physical backing OF the
W. G. T. u. He did not believe that
II 1000 or 1000 men and women whose
names were down In black and white
In protest. with sums OF money opposite
their names with which TO wage the
fight. that the Legislature would dare
re-enact the brewery law.
Mrs Whitney assured the league rep
rcaentatlves that the union would stand
By IL.
The anti-cigarette movement was
taken up. Mrs whitney quoted from
David Starr Jordan. whose argument
against the use OF cigarettes WAS rs
follows:
AS college teacher. my experience
with boys who have formed the cigar
cite habit II somewhat limited. Il.
however. confirms me In my opinion
that such boys are like worrny apples:
they drop iongsbefore the harvest time
very Few OF them ever advance far
enough to enter college. Very few OF
those last beyond the first year. They
rarely make failures In after-life. be-
cause they do not have any after-life
The boy who begins cigarette smoking
the world. When other boys are TAX
Ing hold Of the worlds work he Is con-
cerned with the sexton and the under
taker. There Is one grim argument to
be- made for the use OF cigarettes by
ooys-it helps on the survival OF the
htiest. The manly boy does not take
10 such things"
The president announced that Mrs.
III. w. Rietow was TO take charge OF
the anti-cigarette department OF the
unions work. Mrs. RIetow made an
address upon the subject which was in
part as follows:
Dear Sisters OF the ". c. T. U.:-The
cry comes from over the water. plead
Ing with us TO unite with them in the
grand crusade against cigarette smok-
Ing among our boys. Mrs. Ingalls,. SUI
perintendent OF the Anti-Narcotlc de-
partment OF the W. G. T. L.. wants five
million boys to sign the pledge against
cigarette smoking by the first OF No
vcrnber. Are you willing TO help in
the grand and glorious work? II means
TO interest our pastors. our Sabbath
School superintendent and teachers,
the teachers in our day schools and our
public press. In the great need OF call
Ing halt TO this vice. which is making
such an inroad on the lives OF not only
the boys OF Honolulu. but OF those all
0Nta NQEA4@ All the
men Of education and science are be-
Interested In the subject. and
statistics are being taken showing how
their physical powers are becoming
weakened and our boys untitled for
college work.
DR.. Herbert +. Fisk. the eminent ed
icator. at the head OF the preparatory
department. OF the Northwestern Uni
rersity. has been investigating the re-
suits OF cigarette smoking among the
In that Institution. and has
become so convinced that the vice is a
ruinous one that he has asked all the
boys now IN attendance who cannot or
sill not abandon 10 TO leave. and Of
'ers. u they viii do so. TO refund all the
tuition and fees they have paid.
George Baumhuff. superintendent OF
,h- Lindeil Street Railway. 81. Louis.
says: Under no circumstances viii /
hire n man that smokes cigarettes. He
e as dangerous at the front end OF n
motor Gs n man that drinks. His
refves are bound 10 give way ut a crit
cal moment"
George Torrance. superintendent OF
he state EeforTuatory. Pontiac. IL.
SayE. Il am sure cigarettes are de-
str0yiuE and making criminals OF more
boys than the saloons Cigarettes are