The Hawaiian gazette., 1879-04-30
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
Especial Correspondence Of the Gasette.l
NEw YoRk, March Is, 1879.

lcpeetdt Correspondehee % the uo1eHe-J
NEW YoRk, March Is. 1879.
The walking excitement has assumed most aston
ishing proportions. The women bitten as badly
rs the men. No less than thirteen women. msrried
and single, were last week in different parts Of the
country exhibiting in public their valking-linbs.
Walking powers 1 was abou, to say, but really 10
most instances the walSing is farce. girl walks
till she gets tired. then another begins and after
her another and so on; repeat. the only explsns-
tiOn of the fact that SO many men go to these
feminine failures must be that they (the feminine
iailures) invariably discard their pettcoats, and
appear the track in tights and short tunie. The
male pedestrians have been various. and some of
them wonderful. Two grandfathers over 70 years of
age; with wooden leg against on
crutches and soldiers walking in full marching uni
form. have been among the attractions. Now we
waiting for contest between blind and
paralytic-we want something exciting.
Various names have been proposed to distinguish
man from other animals. for instance ga laughing
animal ia talking animar'-"a cooking animal
etc. If distinguishing term required for
Americans would suggest 1.-THE adrertising animal"
The ar. of advertising has attained in this country
perIecIiOn unknoWn unoreameu OF elsewhere
No spot is sacred from the desecrating paste brush
and poster. No matter how romantic bit of land
scape may be, fit should unfortunately contain an
eligible rock you may safely bet on seeing that rock
emblaIOned with some brilliantly cOlored piece of
effrontery announcing wonderful corn salve,
magic linimeut, or eure-all stomach bitters. or
some other miserable quack imposition. The islets
in the East River ornamented in various styles
of advertising high art. The Evening Mullygrub"
for example, rears an Obeisk OF PAINTED wood. from
which it itself " the very best paper in
New York" When it is remembe bered that the ''Mul-
lygrub might just easily have said a. in the
world !" the retiring mOdesty of that journal will be
recognized at In the all sorts of ad.
vertising lodges resorted to from the gentle
man dressed in gorgeous Oriental costume who hand
you the bill Of fare of restaurant to the big
horse wagon carrying immense balloon which
floats the name Of the advertiser before the
gaze of an admring public. The latest idea is 4
large azure gold star spangled globe, with the sd
vertisers name in large letters around the equator
the globe is kept constantly revolving it of course
attracts considerable notice.
The centenary of the death Of Captain Cook has
been commemoraied by the Paris Geographical So
ciety. NJ Hubert 10 his address referred to the
! native account of the affair contained in Kupa's
ago. which goes far towards proving that the attack
| on Cook was prompted less by treachery than by
| disappointment and anger when the natives discov-
cred that Cook was not god. Kupa himself seems
however 20 have believed in the godhead Of Cook.
for, after describing the death of King KaaimanO,
he concludes" Thus your fathers the death in
one day of their god and their chief" The English
Geographical Society does not appear to have taken
any notice of the anniversary.
| Business seems to be looking up in New York as
| we'll in Oth nfth tha he ira
doing fair share Of trade, and pedestrians the
down town streets, in their efforts TO dodge the
erous boxes and packages the walks. are
reminded Of the more prosperous days before hard
times " came to stay with us. The prospect though
not perhaps brilliant is promising, and altogether
| people more inclined to feel hopeful than to
I growl.
! The President has vetoed the Chinese bill. Every
body Of average intelligence who is not politician
with an axe TO grind will comuend this action on
the part Of the President for it is easily understood
that however crying the evil may be, breaking
treaty would not be the proper way to remedy the
matter suppose that sooner or later the Chinese
question will demand settlement of some sort.
1t appears to he the fate Of the alt yed Csles
tial always TO be playing the role Of the uuwecomt
guest. Nobody seems to banker after him particu-
larIy. He is industrious and fraga and aw-abidine
and SO forth, yet California tells him to "get.'
Australia asserts that she is not pining for his
pany and If mistake not there many in tn,
~
is really good represented it is still quite poss
Bile to have too much OF good thing. To engage sue
cessfully in the pursuit of happiness had bettel
| not be Chiuaman.
1t seems impossible to produce really good comic
paper in America. Many have been the attempts
and numerous have been the failures. In endeav
oring to steer clear of the Charybds of dullness OF
the one hand they are sure to go to pieces on th
scyla of vulgarity the other. The atest infc
ton comes from Boston, and is called the " Ameri
can Punch" 1t has always been the custom TO
American newspapers to poke fun at the fine oil
crusted jokes of the London Punch; 1 would nov
suggest that they have Punch of their own IA
more deserving of their attentions than was it
namesake of London. For if anything so transcend
| entally stupid the "wit" of the new American
comic paper appeared in the London Punch i
must heve been some unrecorded occasion whe
the editors were off on spree and the /" devil ha'
charge Of the office. J.J. F.