The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1875-01-06
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parent would lei child 60 to school without
breakfast Ifthere is habitual lack of appetite
in the morning, there is surely some difficulty be-
hind it, and it will inevitably lead to greater df.
! fculties in the future. No breakfast means q
lunch in the afternoon, a lunch means no appetite
for dinner little dinner means hearty supper
and no appetite next morning. Insist on light
supper, early rest at night, and allow no studies
and no excursion to proceed unless some food
can be taken. The habit will soon be formed. or
there is some serious disorder, which needs the
cooperation of some good physician.
Co1oRs.-It is great art to know what colors
90 best together. Green looks well with gold,
velvet or red pale blue with scarlet or pink. A
cold color generally requires a warm tint to give
it life. White and black are usually safe for any
complexion. Pink is becoming to some, but not
if there is much color in the cheeks or lips,
Maize or straw color is peculiarly becoming to
people of dark complexion, with black hair and
eyes. Above ALL whatever be the color Of the
dress, the ornaments and trimmings throughout
should be correspondent one with the other. II
all that finishes dress harmonizes, then the gen.
eral effect cannot fail of being good. A room
with pictures in it aud room without pictures
differ by nearly as much as a room with windows
and a room without windows. Nothing, we
think, is more melancholy particularly to per-
son who has to pass much time in his room. than
blank walls, for pictures are loopholes Of escape
to the soul, leading it to other scenes and other
spheres.
SWIFT travelling by land, by sea, and in the air
are among the great aims of our era. Here is a
paragraph which metaphorically makes the mouth
water "a There is a possibility, we are told, Of
Australia being brought within eight days of
Europe. The Admiralty have before them new
form Of steamer with bottom composed Of two
or more parallel consecutive incIines, OF which
great things are expected. The inventor, a Mr..
Ramus, states that with his model be has actually
attained speed Of sixty-three knots an hour.
From Melbourne to Sydney or Adelaide in nine
hours, to Launceston in four, and to London in
eight days, would rather revolutonize ocean
steam navigation. There are practical objections
stated to this for says the writer, it is much
easy TO attain speed for few hundred yards in |
a model than to keep it up for thousands of miles
on board a ship. Theory and practice are not
always in accord This is true, doubtless but |
who, forty years ago, believed in Great East
ern Who, except a few firm enthusiasts,
dreamed of instant communication between Lon
don and this side of the world The Americans
believe 10 this project, for they look to the ac-
compishing the voyage from Europe to America
in as hours. This is as likely, probably, as was
our existing system of telegraphy, and as the re-
suits of the spectrum analysis we're half century
ago.
TUNNEL UNDER THE BRIT1sH CHkxEEL-
The long-taIked-of project for a Channel tun-
mel uniting England and France is now coming
into practicable shape. RoTHscHID has put in
his money; Michel CHEvALIER, the originator
Of the Anglo-French Commercial Treaty, has
given political influence; LEON SAY is to work
the social aspect Of the undertaking; and LAVAL
ley, who did all the difficult work on the Suez
Canal has all his plans ready for circumventiug
the worst freaks of father Neptune The total
cost is to be S3OOOOOOO, equal to 81 900 900 per
mile for the distance traversed. The preliminary
shafts will cost Ss0O0OO, which sum is now ready
to begin with. The line to be traversed by the
tunnel crosses the Channel from Westenhauger,
between Dover and Fakestone, in England, to
Cape Grisnez, which lies midway between Bou-
logne and Calais, in France. Here the two coasts ,
are but twenty miles apart, aud the vast body of
water is suddenly compressed from the 100 miles
Of its western breadth into this small space Hence
the short sea voyage is always q rough one. and
as Calais and Boulogne have each very poor har- j
bors no large steamers can be used. The engi-
neers propose to leave $50 feet of solid earth be-
tween the bed of the channel aud the roof Of the
tunnel, so that the depth Of the lowest portion
will be about 1000 feet This heavy downward I
grade will necesstate the construction OF ap-
proaches five miles long on each side. II is re-
markabe that the engineers do not ask for any
Governmental grant or guarantee, and that they
only want q concession for thirty years instead
Of the ninety-nine usually given. The carrying
out of this stupendous work will facilitate the in
tercourse between two wealthy countries, and it is
a comfort to see so stupendous an enterprise
based on commercial principles and not on nation
al subsidies. :
TIE BKsr DAY.-Whoever fails to make Sun
day day Of rest loses something which he can I
not afford to lose. II be is q hard-worker, then
so much the more does cessation from labor
becomes necessity to him. If he makes the
day one Of dissipation then he has not rested in
q way to benefit either body or mind. It would ]
have been better il be had not been uDlOOsed
from his tread-mill. The very name Of Sunday
implies brightness, giadness, rest, refreshmeut.
A bath, change Of wearingapparel are always Z
suggested by the day. Everybody who has any A
idea Of the fitness of things appears, on that
DAY, in clean clothes, which are good initiative
10 restful condition. Thousands attend worship
Do that day, and whether the instruction is more
or less. there isa degree of rest attained by that
means which is most important. The number of
,hurchgoing people is not decreasing on this side
of the country, but is steadily increasing from
year to year. The multitude who do not attend
lpOn public worship may still use the day in such 7
way as to secure rest and refresbment In do =
ng this, the more Of quiet they can secure the b
better. All conyivial and boisterous conclaves
generally pervert the day and Miss the very bene
LECTION it ought 70 bring. Il is possible, too,
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