Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-10-03

Just wait a moment, please.
wish to show you something" re
marked Captain of Detectives McDuf
fie last Sunday morning as called on
him I'm his office on a matter Of bust
ness. He soon returned from an ad
joining room with his arm around a
little Portuguese lad about IL years
cld,i slightly built, will. pinched fea'
lures and sad blue eyes The great
stalwart captain asked the little feE
lew to show me his back and upon re-
moving the one little garment which
covered his body. great black and
blue welts were plainly visible just
below his little shoulder blades and
across his loins What do you know
about that inquired the captain as
he gently assisted the lad to adjust
his clothes. did you ever see a
sight like that?'
But what does 1t mean? | in
quired. :.s:. .."..
! The captain explained: This lit
tie fellow ran away from his home
last night and sought shelter in the
house Of a friend Of mine living at
Kaimuki. He was crying with pain
and appeared almost frightened to
death. / was telephoned for AID upon
bringing the boy to the station, found
that he had been beaten by his step
father with the result as you Sec
these black and blue raised marks on
his back" ,
What is your name, my boy?" /
asked. He told me. Where do you
liver" He mentioned the street How
/ old are your Going On "a" Do
you 20 to school?" "Yes--the Kaimu-
XII school. Who is your teacher7"
Miss ." he replied. What did
your step-father strike you with?"
"His belt" What had you done that
your step-father should beat you so?"
Nothing bad "WelI why did he
beat your" 'He was awfully mad
What made him mad?" "oh, he,
drinks"
He drinks, He drinks! How much
suffering and sorrow and SIN can be
directly traced to-"He drinks!" The
little lads upturned blue eyes filled
with look of fear and shame were
enough to soften any mans hard
heart with pity for his condition and
at the same time create feeling of
disgust toward that condition of soci-9
ETY. which will permit father-in.law
or any ether kind OF a father to lift
his brutal hands against a boy of ten.
der years and frail in health because
"he drinks
well. Mac. what are you going toll
do about it?" / asked the captain.
y.l,. L.
him punished If possible, and then
turn the boy over to the juvenile court
for committaf to the reform school,
because. you see. there is no other
place for the little fellow" as that
so 2" mol dent know what else to
dc though it is scarcely fair to send
him to an institution made up of other
boys most of whom are there because
OF immortality or yagrancy, while this
little fellow, as you can easily see, is
not at all Of that type"
There is he drinks!" The father |
spends hard earned money, no doubt, |
for the booze which converts him into
the brute. laying waste his home, caus-
ing innocent children to suffer and
placing upon them a handicap for all
their future years, while the public |
pays the expense of the whole police |
ccnstabulary. the reform school, the |
Jail where the poor victim of strong
drink is sent because Of his crime,
while the liquor interests secure all |
the profit
A laboring man leaving a large sas |
loon saw a costly carriage and pair /
CT horses standing in front. occupied |
by two ladies, elegantly attired, con.
versing with the proprietor. AS it !
rolled away, he said to the dealer:
Whose establishments is that?'
1T is mine," replied the whiskey
dealer. compacently. ''It cost $1,000.
Ny wife and daughter cannot do with
out it.
The mechanic bowed his head a i
in deep thought and looked i
sad. Then, with the energy of mani
suddenly aroused, he said: 81 see it! /
I see it,
See what?" said the publican.
See where for years, my wages
have gone. helped to pay for that
and horses and that gold /
harness. for the silk and
aces and jewelry of your family. The
money earned, that should have
given my wife and family home of
their own and good clothing, have
spent at your bar My wages, and the
wages of others like me. have sup
ported you and your family In luxury.
Hereafter my wife and family will
have the benefit Of my wages, and by
the help of God, / viii never spend
another coin for drink. / see the mis-
take and cure for II. " 81
Years ago when the United States