Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-05-17

ledSl one ndlI OF these COuiu OessS
listed A careful estimate reveals tI.e,,
fact that there are over thousand
Chinese young men and boys eligible
10 membership if the Chinese Y. VI.
G.. A. were put upon a proper basis.
This does not take into account the
young men of other nationalities who
are just as worthy of help as are
those already mentioned And yet
here are at least seven thousand men
who have right to receive the pleas
ure and profit that the fifteen hun
dred which are now members of the
association are now receiving.
Business Comparisons.
How many of these men do our
competitors, the saloon, the theaters
and picture shows, and the houses OF
i'll resort get? OF course without hav-
ing made the actual count it is impos-
sible to speak with any exactness, but
We can make a safe estimate. Mr..
Super tells me that on the busiest
evenings during the past season there
were on an average about two hum
dred and seyenty-fiye men in all the
departments in this building, three
hundred at the most. You can go any
evening in the week TO any one of the
five or more theaters and picture
shows in the down town district and
find going in and out from the enter
tainment that is going on. and we are
not now passing any criticism upon
the nature of that entertainment.
either-many times over three hun
dred men.
They Go Where Men Are.
A large percentage of the saloons
today, we are told, are either owner
or controlled by the brewers. And
they see to it that a saloon is planted
in every strategic locality in city.
Wherever a community is built up in
which any considerable number OF
men are brought together, the brew
ers see to it that bar room is opened
nearby. They make it easy and con-
venient for the men to get at their
goods.
For the Y. NJ C. A. this means that
it must organize its work so that
there shall not be single class OF
men, not single age, group, race
group, or industrial group, that shall
not have special inducements offered
to it at a convenient location along
the line of recreation and instruc-s
ton.
If the Gronna bill passes and by
federal law these islands are put I'M
der prohibition, as many OF us must
earnestly hope that it may. then it
will be absolutely necessary for some
such work to be undertaken. Why
should we wait for that crisis to be
brought upon us Why not begin at
once and through the larger social use
of the public schools begin to take
from the saloon its present social
prestige? For as Mr. Raymond Rob-
ms in his recent visit to this city so
well said, Strip the saloon of its hold
on men through the social privileges
and favors it offers, and effective pro-
hibition will be easily made possible
Advertising Essential.
The time has come when the church
and the association must join hands
and conduct an aggressive campaign
of advertising, somewhat commensu-
rate with the advertising which thea
tiers are now carrying on to boost
their trade. If we do have, as We
claim to have, the most important
thing to offer to men that there is in
the world, why should we not occupy
as much space in the newspapers TO
put. before the general reading public
the claims of our case as do our COM
petitors?
Too long have we carried on our
religious campaigning in an apollo
getic mood. The time has come for
us to proceed more positively. If
once a week at least in the form OF
large display ads there could be pre-.
sented to the non-church-going, non
association-going public the real
claims of religion, the absolute neces-
sity of all men conforming their lives
to the great principles which Chris
tianity teaches, who shall estimate
the extent of it's influence?
And wnen once we have taken the
advance step CT opening these other
branch houses and extension centers
of which we have spoken and by the
use of every legitimate means of adj
vertising let people know what We
have to offer, we shall have gone a
great way towards winning from our
competitors a large majority of the
men whose time they now monopoiZe
and over whom we seem to have but