Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-31
THAT MESSAGE 70 The WOMEN

just now! If.
FIRST. the President and his vile
then our governor, followed oy the
food commission and. last, the Cham'
Der Of Commerce, appear IN terFia
appeals to the gentle guardians Oh
the pantry and wardrobe.
| am glad that in your issue con
tanning the message, you have an eof
torial contribution entitled Save, a.
sensible as the former Is uneonFlnc-
ing: I'VE are extrayagant, scandal
o4sly 80. We are wasteful In every.
thing. II Ia time to reform. This,
am sure. your discriminating and Am
erican editor has inserted as an OH
set -,
Now. while | have no wish to cr1tl-
cize wise effort towards the proven
ton Of boarding" (Which Is VlceJ'
panic as to future need, or any 1orm
of hysterta whatsoever, ! do consider
that the wording of some or this mes
sage II unfortunate. that some or u
is not fIattering to the intelligence Oh
American women, and that some OF IL
is unmitigated rot.
Moreover, its general tenor Is coh'
trary to the advice Of our Presioeht
and his wife, of Mr.. Hoover, OF the
secretaries of agriculture and OF the
interior. Of Mr.. Roosevelt, and OF eV'
cry dfsinterested, loyal American VINO
is anxious to see the end Of this war.
Let me quote a few paragrapns
written 'In the name Of the Chamber
Of Commerce:
"And because we have faith that
their own intuitional good judgment
Nuht w
to help most, when once they know
the real facts" (poor, misguided un'
Intelligent creaturesD we are al
dressing this message directly 70
them
Suppose every one Of you tcan
Won see the secretary OF the G. OF T.
pointing to the board?) along with
the women Of the mainland" (who
certainly are doing it, should decide
to get along with your last seasons
hat, that you would buy no new
clothes for summer. This Is what
would happen:
"A panic would be imminent, and
all because you women OF Hawaii fail
ed TO KEEP ON BUYING THE
THINGS YOU HAVE ALWAYS
BOUGHT and which so many mer-
chants. manufacturers and all their
employees expect you to keep on ouy'
Ing.
when you finally decided the time
for hoafding had passed-that you
would have no new hats and new
clothes (isn't this delightfully."- kin
dergarten In sentiment and Ian
guagef) land you would begin to
study new fashions again, THERE
WOULD BE NO NEW STYLES IN
CLOTHES TO BE HAD! SO you see
that q great deal depends upon you |
and your keeping business going as |
usual
Buying the things you have al |
ways bought" "going on as usual"
when the President and all the rest
have repeatedly stated that we are too
extraEagant, and that We must NOT
20 on buying as usual, or buying |
those things we have always bought.
This message may beat the Presi. |
dents In some respects, but 1t has /
less sense. II perniciously falls to
discriminate between wise economy |
and boarding, and II endeavors, how
ever weakly, to indicate that wearing |
last years hat Though 1worn) Is
still poor economy; that tn the end,
doing what Mr. and Mrs. Wilson adj |
wise MS TO do, and what Mr.. Hoover
asks us to do, viii weaken the great |
chain OF interlocking enterprises
whatever that may mean.
Il Is meant to mean poor business,
but the statement IL unadultered so
phistry. II Is worse even than g spec
taculaf parade. .,H ri
had q very good hat for which
paid IS about year ago, Mclnerny's
have put It IN good shape for another |
year IL cost Of $3.50 This. Il wise |
economy. NY old Panama Ii as good
as ever In quality. only II is not quite |
up to date In style, and might cause
the secretary Of the G, OF c. to smile
when he sees Il on my coconut. New
ertheless, wise economy pfompts me
to wear this hat for q while longer.
and send my savings to Mrs. Hodgins |
for the feeding of q French baby.
Any man who says that In order to |
help poor Mr. McInerny should buy /
two new hats, Is not living up to- the |
spirit OF the day or practising the /
economy we are asked to practise at |
this time.
And the same applies to other ex.
penditure. - no.:
The money saved need not be
boarded, oh. near no!
II II goes into the Liberty Loan. to |
Belgian or French children, the Kai-
muki Home, or n Il goes into private
local investment whether that be real |
estate, insurance provision for the |
family, sugar stock, new business or
what not, It Is better invested than /
Il would have been In an article you
could well get along without. The
saving to be made Il not miser's
saving. No one Is 70 suffer for any /
needed thing, and the use Of the old
good article by one who does not
need . new one, viii provide q new
article for the one who hasn't even
an old one. Do you see the larger, /
more altruistic, the better business
point of view? -
Women are sensible and see much