The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1903-09-10
A QUESTION OF MORALS.

The necessity OF providing the hoodum element
OF the community is constantly coming before the thinkers OF the Terri
tory That shall have provide literally for this purpose in
the future without saying In of this knu the community
itself wakes up till the social disease vuent that calls
Tor drastic and community grows should supply
the anidote to its disease
Every community produces what good what bad The
regulated OF communities based upon tenes OF the stctest OF
have been able certain apse from the IDEAL and
rule has been hopeless ideal these apse have occurred i'll the
sctes OF heather forms among the pesese OF Delphi the hal
lowed OF the Roman college, and the followers
OF the Egyptian hierarchy They have occurred the converts OF
Christian churches and they the reer atmosphere Of the
modern Of Christian
But because evil world because must come and
nothing that do its coming that why
we should not meet it, Is any reason for us to sit down and this
is inevitable We make ourselves comfortable II others
their sin be upon their head manage
This comfortable attitude very selfish individual
not an attitude which be maintained for the selfish
tee the unfortunate influence of evil community. We
remain selfish to comfort there will be always something
break the spell rmpe the oseeaf according the fairy story
There of meeting evil The churches strive
and do noble work this direction Phantrop aggegaon
strive to meet the inevitable evil and they do noble work also
Without these aids much might be left pHdene which done But
there another force which should be called into PLAYA force
more direct than religion and philanthropy the force the
idea that the force of the
idea utterly The is punitive machine up
lifting machine has antagonisc social improve
nen and has to turn those forces into directions where they
good
" The supplies aggregation of human with laws by
their conduct guided towards another 1t supplies
punmen by which those who interfere with the public comfort OF
punished But there
thing higher do and that reform Punishment
do good deal punishment be but punishment
the method OF saving the weak and the vciou-Reform is
When consider how little done for REFORM fairly
bushes for ones civilization 1t is well that the citizens OF
should realize how little they do towards such work They
support the churches they support feeby hospital they
support the day Schools because they realize that without kind
OF education their could life but they
idea of what do with the material which OF hand and
needs reform.
hardest class community to deal with its hoodun class
call here has different the world
But the class by whatever be called hoodum
young tough and the How make this class
able asset community the problem In places the problem
has got Out Of hand 1t has in many parts of the United States has
Europe has the Australian colonies 1t
present but do What do do for uny boys?
do do unruy and be dssoute girls
thing We have school Waaee with appropriation and
have made reforming girls in Honolulu
realized duties in this direction and legislature
dreamed OF its responsibilities But question whether
the legislature knew anything of