Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-05-07

not organize there. tracked 1t 10
PIerce's, little station on the lake.
Il was very cold and windy, but as !
had fifty cents ! stayed all night at
tumble.down hotel. leaving before
breakfast. I walked to Webster, then
on to Ontario, which ! reached in the
evening. went straight to a Good
Templar named Mcfarland. who was
wealthy and lived In a fine house near
town.
His name had been given me by my
chief, and I knocked at the door with
some assurance. Besides, 1t was cold
and late. and the lights looked CHEEKY
from the outside. Mr.. Mcfarland
came to the door, as is the custom in
democratic lands. but before he asked
me In his quick glance passed from
my hat, which was not new. to my
shoes. which were decidedly old.
Now. there are certain persons con-
sidered polite and of good social
standing" who always take this
glance: who throw their visual search
light upon your dress no matter who
you may be or however you may be
CARRIED. and they do 1t unconsciously
BY this you may read them far better
than they read you, though, Indeed.
they pass upon you according to this
commercial standard, and think they
have sized you up.
Mr.. Mcfarland seemed satisfied. told
me to step into the kitchen and dry
my shoes. After a while he came In
and sat by me.
N"So you're in the temperance work"
be said to me in a way which annoyed
me very much Just such way as
some high.fown, letter-bedraped Bos-
ton Unitarian might speak to some
simple, shouting Methodist, or some
happy" Methodist might speak to an
unbeliever "Your subject is good, but
wouldn't It be better to sell apple trees
or something that would pay better?
doubt II you can accomplish much
good shod as you are. We want our
good things to come from men who are
well dressed. You are neat and clean
| see, but you are seedy. You may
have the spirit Of the reformer, but
you need more. Take my advice. my
boy. and go into something that pays"
From the kitchen was invited into
the parlor, then to the supper table.
! slept In the best room, met all OF
the members Of the family as guest
who could not CO. for a whole week,
and was taken over by the host him.
self to Sodus Center, where he left
me with good wishes) at his friends,
the Presbyterian minister.
That evening Mary Livermore lee
tured on temperance in the hall. and
We made an arrangement to combine
forces for the organization Of a lodge.
I met at the meeting Mr.. Bond, who
invited me over to his house to stay
a few days. He was very vain man
and stated his opinions with great as.
surance.
THE trouble Is" he told me. $50
many Of the men who go about for
temperance are hypocrites. The last
lecturere we had went on a spree af-
ter he left here. and know of several
so-called temperance. workers who
beer" II the shaft was aimed at me
II fell wide of the mark, for ! had
never In all my life even tasted any
kind Of intoxicating liquor. That af-
ternoon had occasion to take drink
Of water at the hotel, and the next
day when I called on Mr.. Bond he
was very distant. My. presence at the
hotel, where there was bar, had
probably been reported to him. and
he was the sort OF person who bases
his action towards others on what he
hears about them. There are a great
many such persons. And you will
find that they make 1t a business to
hear things about others. They shake
their heads. and lift their eyebrows,
and put their forefnger to their lips.
Perhaps they say, TITS too bad, it's too
bad but they are damnable SANDER
ers, Just the same. Like Mr.. Bond.
they often pose as reformers, consid.
ering II their duty to spy upon their
betters, forgetting entirely what the
Master said to the condempers of the
poor woman taken In a sin: Let him
that is without sin cast the first stone
at her."