Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-04-20

Gle was man of strong sympathies,
and they were backed up by love. Here
is a little story known only to Paul
lsenberg and myself: On yonder cor
her, | remember 1t well, he made me
cry. He did not do it by abuse or by
hard words, but by his sympathy.
had been going through trying time
and one day we met and had a friendly
talk. As he left he called me by name;
| turned, he was holding out his hand
To me; he said. Albert. Il did not sup
pose he knew about my trouble) know
about your trouble: you have done
your duty like man and honor you
for 1t, and you have my sympathy.
His sympathy was not of the kind
you get by going out and asking for
it, his came from his heart, and by the
pressure of his hand knew 1t was gen.
uine, and the result was that II broke
me down. | went home stronger and
ielt | could contend with ten times the
trouble | had been having because
knew | had his sympathy.
I'VE have come here today to I'M
veil his monument. Its history need
not tell you, but II tells how the people
loved and respected him. One feature
about II | appreciate more than any
thing else is that the poor people have
contributed to 1t. II you look at the
list of contributors, you will see there
many people of moderate means and
many of those who gave their quarters
and half dollars who could not well af-
ford to be without them. That can tell
in what earnest they were. 1t was
simply re-enacting the old Bible story
Of the widow and her mite. The i'm
pressions be made on the hearts of
those who knew him are true monu-
ments, but this will tell to our success
sors, the story we know so well today"
After song by a glee club Paul
lsenberg stepped to the front and said:
Ladies and gentlemen. in the name
OF my dear good fathers friends, in
the name OF the citizens of this beau
tiful Garden Island. | will now unveil
the monument
The cords unfolding the screen were
then severed and the monument was
now seen in its completed form. In the
upper portion of the huge rock had
been placed bronze relief portrait
bearing the inscription-"lS3T April 10
hAl ~ l'Nps
and another oblong bronze lower down
Oh the rock has the words Erected in
loving memory by his Kauai friends
April 10, 1904 Around the base were
disposed a number of wreaths and bou-
quets, Some of these were sent from
Honolulu by Messrs. Klamp, Hamburg,
Piotenhauer, and Rodiek; Mr.. and Mrs.
Ahrens; Mr.. and Mrs. Klebahn; Mr..
andMrs Schultze; and the young men
of Hackfeid q Co.
J. II. Hackfeld, addressing the as
sembly, said: Ladies and gentlemen.
as representative of Messrs. II. Hack
field 4 Co. | beg to state that | am very
glad to be present on this occasion and
TO see so many present to do honor to
the memory Of Mr.. Paul Isenberg. For
twenty-one years 1t has been my priv
iiege to be associated as a partner with
Mr.. Isenberg. | have had in this way
an opportunity of approaching his
many good qualities and his integrity
OF character. His kindness of soul
made work with him a pleasure. He
was true friend Of mine: his loss was
a great shock to me, for in all their
work they had ever been harmonious.
The lesson Of his life was to be kind.
honest. and Just to all beings. II all
men were like Mr.. Isenberg our diff
iculties In life would lie very much les
sened."
Mr.. Hackfeld WIS followed by Mr.
Weber, who gave an address in Ger
man. Judge Kahele. speaking for the
Hawaiians, referred to the intimate
friendship between Mr.. lsenberg and
his father and the kindness Mr.. Isen-
berg always showed all Hawaiians.
The final address was by Paul Isen-
berg, who said In part: 81 not only
want to thanh you. fellow tizens. for
what you have done. but | also in the
name of the lsenberg family want to
thank those who have spoken such
beautiful words today. | want to take
this oppoi tunity here Of thanking the
press: II is no more than right that |
should here public" 'hark them IN the