The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1878-08-17

hxUsExENTs.
Taking a privilege with Shakespeare ! viii ssk.
d" Because one is patriots. can there be no more
sportf' The race clubs. both by sea and land.
answer this by the tc!egraphic reports Of the victories
aud defeats. The cable has given TO the Columbus
the vict0ry upon the Thames. and il is none the les
a matter e rejoicing because IL Is the FIRST car VIC
tory We have bcen able to gain in foreign waters
Every city has is wcilsus,sined rowing club. which
seems in a measure 70 superscie what j. termed
sometimes the national game, baseball. which na
beasily game. and should be abolished by law. As
muscular Christianity" Is the fashion and the
passion Of the hour. we trust inspiraton-or It's
half brother. Yankee ingenuity-vn produce some
thing combining grace And safety in the way Of
manly sport. B0st-raeinE. however, Is very popular.
though that has some Questionable features. one
city challenges another TO a contest with their best
sqaaiic accomplishments, and inmediAtely the most
graceful and good-natured rivalry begins among the
brave men and fair women Of these respective towns.
Soon as the race is decided they fall naturally back
into their amieable relations. This week. one Of our
city clubs, significantly named The Analos,aus."
went "gAily ~bedight'' down to Norfolk. Virginia.
and we're there met and challenged by another Wis
itlng boat club from Portsmouth. which rjOices in
the name Of Elizabeth" lin honor. possibly, Of
England's greatest Queen. or the Exile Of ST.
IBERIA. y The " AnalOsians' were. in spite Of their
poetic eognomen, beaten, and the opponents clearly
proved theirs to be a misnomer-nsy more. a I" de-
fusion and a snare" On the raee-course, Kentucky
has. through her foe racer "Ten Brock taken
the honors from Caufornia's hvorite animal. " Mol
lie Mccarthy
OFT OF TOWN.
Every one is out Of town, or supposed to be, and
the few who. contrary 10 usage or inclination. are
still in the brick enclosure yelept lefty" go out owl
fashion-after nightfall-and solace poor human
nature with ices or ice-cOld lager. Sirius reigns. OF
rather RACES, supreme, and those who. despite APP
pearances. are actually here, spend their time in de-
Gliding as to what seaside or mountain resort they will
choose as soon as their affairs viii permit.
The present civilization has developed a most
happy union Of amusement and religion, and If you
look for the good old-fAshiOned religion " pure and
undefled"-the form peculiar to the glorious old
camp meetings of the fathers-you viii see it or hear
Of it in the daily reports from the most fashionable
bathing places or mineral springs. In place Of a de-
s%cription Of a ball. there is not unfrequently an ex-
tract from some eloquent divine's sermon. 1t is well.
for the habit has been to leave religion at home, and
though it does not look so lovely pAraded before the
world, yet when left entirely at home it has been
known to be grievously outraged. One Of the most
social-religious resorts is the Atlantic
City. There the crowds of people meet to shout aud
sing, echoing each wave that old ocean brings foam
ing to their feet, which is after all only a ceaseless
hymn to the Great Cause.
SECRETARY THOMPSON,
Monday last, accompanied by the heads OF four
huraaua Of tho Navv DppartuanG and n number of
friends. about fifty in all. left here in the Govern
ment steamer TaIldpOOsa, upon an inspection tour
the Navy Yards. They begin at Norfolk, then
Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Newport, Portsmouth, &c.
Thanks to the busy wires, each Yard will know to an
hour when the man who, for the nonce, holds their
veal or woe at his caprice or judgment, will appear.
What securing and busting there will be. l remem-
Der last summer. happening to call at the Cape
Henlopen Lighthouse when they were expecting
the Examining Commissioners. How they did rub the
already painfully FURNISHED glass. and how eagerly
they called from side to side, "Do you see Fem ?"
1t was positively better than Look forth, Oh
Sister Anne." However. | confess / didn't see the
ludicrous side when / was -unceremoniously allowed
to descend the winding, dizzy steps alone. What
my neck in their eyes to a speck on a lantern
n venerable lantern. too. that had shed its beams
over the troubled waters for more than a half
century.
Secretary Thompson has this week given assurance
of his breadth Of vision by granting TO Mr.. James
Woodruff as many naval officers as required for
the Woodruff Scientific Expedition around the world.
This enterprising young man has reason to regret
that he had not one man Of enlightened views to deal
instead of the entire Congress, which kept him
here for six months at great waste Of time and money
before granting him permission to buy a foreign
vessel. Mr.. Woodrufi's scheme is TO have
a completely organized frst-class college on ship
board, with a faculty Of distinguished talent and
every appliance for scientific and historic inVestiga-
ton. His arrangements will be perfected in time to
sail by November. OF this expedition | will speak
at more length and somewhat commensurate with its
at another time.
PRESIDENTS SUMMER HOME.
President and Mrs. Hayes have just returned from
the Wyoming Centenary and have gone to their
summer residence, which is a pleasant but not a very
modern cottage in the grounds of the Soldiers
Home, about three miles from the Capitol. In a
future letter I will tell you some of the beauties and
historic associations Of the Home. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hayes display good taste in not rushing of to build
up some seaside or watering place to the serious
neglect Of public duties. They live very unosteDta-
tiously in this lovely retreat. and the evening song
is heard as regularly and as alphabetically in the
cottage as during the season it floats on the night
air above the White House. In connection with
psalm-singing, 1 am reminded Of a comical incident
that I connot resist the temptation Of relating,
though to do so rather oiends my conscience. But
10 put a new version to an old song, " Take a good
4 good laugh, and it will do you no harm-no
One evening, according to custom, the
family and guests were gathered in a small parior
ind some lovely old hymns we're sung" How firm