The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-01-22
out of a saloon which only had a bottle
GAMBLING RAMPANT.

GA NJ BLING Ram HA\1.
Rath said that in view of the gam
bling expose by the Advertiser he
would not say more than TO confirm
what the PAPER had printed. from per-
sonaI experience He described the an
nouncing OF che-fa winning words and
how the news was disseminated
( throughout the section, by runners and
I messengers.
one of his own boys had confessed
, that he had played che-fa and had eX-
| pertenced no difficulty in so doing.
| He spoke of a man whom he asked
| how much ne had lost that day at
| che-fa The answer was 81 cents. In
| terrogated as to how much he had made
| last week. the man replied. Nothing"
He had actually borrowed the So cents
he had lost, rather than buy food
with it.
WORK To DO.
Rath spoke of the duty which lay
before Y. NJ. c. A men and others in
that they could put their shoulder to
the wheel and strive for brighter things
in the district
The Hawaiians," he said, t*were an
easy-going race who often fell when
tempted and there was no hand held
out to help them"
GOOD SIGNS.
He confessed that the prospect dis
couraged him. but he found comfort in
the fact that there We're so many play
grounds, missions, churches and schools |
in the benghted districts. In the !
trades school," he said, native youths |
were doing splendidly and showing |
signs of making useful citizens
GAMBLING AS HERO WORSHIP.
The trouble was that the boys |
would gamble whenever they got |
money to play with. 1t was a kind of
hero worship. this crap-shooting. The |
boys wanted to be men and saw in |
crap shooting a short cut to manli-
ness
THE benighted ones" remarked the
speaker. were grateful for any love
and encOurag cement shown them" and
he urged all who wanted to see the
natives. japanese and Chinese make
good citizens to help a weak and err
ing brother and give him a lift up.
This he said, would do more good
than dozens of sermons
THREE GREAT EVILS.
''The three great evils that oppressed
the district were" the lecturer said.
drink the social evil and gambling"
He called upon all present to do their
best to eradicate them and to help to
make the district purer and better.
If the men of large resources in
the community, and the leaders of
thought, would become interested in
these Matters said Rath, there
would undoubtedly soon be a marked
change for the better
WORSE THAN EVER.
The condition of affairs in the dis
-rict today was worse than ever be-
fore, the speaker maintained, and there
vas more drunkenness than ever be-
ore Men who should know better | =,
vent around after dark seeking whom | I
hey could devour. Sometimes they D.,
came up his lane in an automobile on
heir immoral quest. TT was shameful
and sorrowful,' he said.
Rath stated that he had been keeping i
alb on the number of persons enter |
ng saloons, aided in his Investigations ,
by some of his boys and disguised as
| tourist The record was Isl in an | ,
lour One Sunday 81 people attended .
hree churches in the district-not a ! r
great showing.
The speaker said that he was going 6
o continue his Investigations this week
md called for volunteers to go slum-
ming with him in the good cause. +