The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-06
THE SALOON SUBSTITUTE.

The temperance saloon IL 4 favorite
subject with the Advertiser and we are
reminded To speak Of Il again By some
passages In the earnest and forceful
address OF Henry c. Brown before the
Ministerial Union at It's fOrtnightiy
meeting yesterday. Touching this par
ticuiar subject MI Brown said:
The saloon 10 not only the poor mans
club: IL 10 also the lonesome mans re-
sort: and we may hardly expect u 10
b- driven out until we replace u Win
sasnethInE to fiii the vacancy.
n may have to be something cost
Her. but police. prisons and asyluris
are costly saloon anneNes- Where IN
any resort for the young Ue1 or our
city has more money 10 the SQUARE
foot been spent on attractive httinEs
THAI In a new saloon not two thousand
feet from herey
Society keeps one sort Of young men
amused: the Y. NJ. c. A. keeps another
ciass interested and busy: the saloons
take an a class which Numbers more
thaa both the others put together.
Many Of these wayfarers cannot get
into society: many others do not like
to have a moral nj the end Of their en-
t~rtaIuru-nts any more than they do at
tte end OF their books. 80 ;scJ @vc.t
IN. Y. c. A. Assuming them TO
have no homes In the city. the only
piaoes they feel free to enter are the
saloons: and 10 these they flock with
ont any special Incentive OF thirst
Everything leads them on. They know
that they do not need 20 change their
clothes before entering n saloon: they
are thankful that no committee will b.
ther- 20 either welcome them or give
thsns inquirfnr looks: they will meet
M ladies' or ciergymen who will put
then unf@r a sense OF constrairt; they
wa Instantly fall iato n pleasant free
and easy atmosphere and be surround
81. II the saloon n n first-class one.
WITH such material comforts and lux
urses as orly , rich man can AFFORD for
hls private use. The young man. we
repeat. does not usually crave alcohol
Hc vouti like long glass Of lemonade
IA ven as anything else: but he falls
into the prevailing custom OF the place
and driukz things that cause him 90
rinse his mouth out with water. In
course OF time he forEets the water:
but we are speaking OF the saiooOn be-
Efnpsr. not the graduate.
This young man. the novice. would az
soon go to a saloon where liquor Is no,
Sod an 90 the other Kind. II he vas sure
that there would BE- no other difference
between IL and the real thing. He
woufa be shy ut FIRST. fearing the sight
of q black frock coat or n motheriy
pair 81 spectacfes. But II he found a
place that could not be told from
liauor saloon save IN the bar menu-a
psseu- OF mahogany and nickel plate
and cushioned seats. fine pictures. cleo
trio lights. CIT glass and siiverware.
good cigars. tineiy mixed ''sOft' drinks.
n tempting lunch. respectful service
and convenient visiting and wash |
ROOMS. he would make that place his |
lie II ready 60 welcome |
md support ard beneht morally b. /
such n Place. or course the temper
snce saloon must be handy: not up
stairs or In some unkempt back yard.
md % must Be carried on by men who
know something about human nature.
Above MI the place must have no YES
ibuie church connection.
Sometime the experiment VIII be
rsed I'm Honolulu and In such n way
hat the iiauor-drinking places Will
DON begin to protest