New-York tribune., 1913-07-20

were helping the needy hut DE .u,c thcy were no,
quite rlgIf iu their tactics.
'IrglL. Rijcr's decision ~ return 20 the mainland
Wa, the means ~ bringing o. him what hc had longed
for ever since ms arrival IN Honolulu mEut oT t"o
before be and Nlr Rider were 20 sail for San FRANCISCO
Rider was conducting farewell stree, ii''.Is. ) p'
A,hcr'an. "a wealthy and pubhcsplri'cI citizen, nap
ucuel along and stopped 10 hear what the carriage
trimmer had 90 saw The longer he listened the more
interested he became He had heard Rider before; but
his opinion Of the soap-boN preacher had not peeh ui
usually high until this oc.aip When the meeting was
sdi.urncI Athcrtun took Rider 10y the hand ana SAID
aRiIcr. Honolulu needs you and want you III 70 stay
N,Lndy bl. ever accomplished anything III haHdaNo
and know the undertaking Is "a dangerous one; puy
believe vou can succeed. Say YOU stay ana Il 'Ne
ros.iblc for YOU 20 give al your time 20 the WORK.
THE bargain was closed and during the next week OF
L two Rider made "a personal inspection q" l'c 80
r,. future aptyltics He visited every home III 'le
district and found that thirt rtyscycn na,nahtes Were
rcprcscntci in kakaako. lie hal W'iIN'' '''o"E'
district several times before but hal never seen II % ~
really was. When he dld Gc' iue E'I''. M w. " ,or,'
mortified That such q rocking sluu With lc PoIe'G'
G1tl disease drlnkcnucas, immortality, race Id''SI''
and family cruelty that he found, should be ao"GI -
exist within Il few blocks OF the homes D' I"H0'"'N
wealthy tIr,pcr class was more than shochHS, T..
What ne saw set him 10 wondering ana Dc.Dc . ~,
,,n,.rre were over hc quite certain INC ils'I man
had not tackled the job. And "ltn tI' ,oti. ~ l,,' %
came resolution to prove himself 10 DC '"c 'is' man.
or % die trying. tt ,r,.,,.s had
nr.f1unl distrust Of professional upHlcI9' anu 0
soon found that he was made no cA,'pm" m W VI IN -
Most Of the people who lived there ldd lo7' an n.y.
LETTERING their conditions They dcspl7Gd 'e 1M To.o
fortunate classes and wanted 10 be let alone Io' T
,ys lcuty Of proof Of their temper IN the lact td' a.
other social workers had been driven out ol me dsILlO
b, threats Of death or great bodily harm Nheh II DC
came known that Rider intended gong il'." t;J
srcs uf ms acquaintanccs warned him that ne tiic
10 carry out his plans he would III all p'"'''i''''
stabbed, or stoned 20 death TT 20
Rider bcpau by visiting the sick and CARRYING lool ~
hungry women and children. He had very niue H1y
~ srnd ON them; but ne managed one way OF ahoIci
10 relieve a good deal Of suffering. Every d"y "oA s
yyas wound up with a little street meeting, ana ~
oucntlv when Mrs. Rider would sing ana play aII NJ
portable reed organ, the ruiilans OF the d'Ill0
mt ont the torchight and kick the organ over. ln'l
were sent 10 Rider almost daily and ne hil'" . L,t
~ the rovdcs were capable Of committing nuiuc oHs &
he kcnt rgbt on as if he had not single enemy III '''f
bole TERRITORY Of Hawaii He knew that any sign %
fear would cause the toughs TO susPGC, mn ut W he
coward and that OF course, would nave "'
The Riders did not reside in kakaako al tIiat DI'u,
md an tb, ,yav home Mr. Rider always took 70 ,l'o
jde of the street because there was danger ol Io'
p;der bcino hit by ston. bullet aIned aV mn;
Mrs Rider was guarded in the streets by sliv IA
Islander whose devotion TO the white man ''il ' 0
amounted almost TO idolatry. l.r
The rcoule Of the district were the most coSilloPt
collection ol human beings that ever hIdDlIcu ot t
,roi,nd the size Of Kakaako which IS about one SUI
mile in area Some Of them were the human sag 10
the big cities Of Europe and America some "'''