The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1879-04-30
LETTER FROM NEW YORK.
Especial Correspondence ef tie Gassas.
NV YoRK, March Is, 1879

lSpeetdt Correspondence 81 tAs 0dseHe
NEw YoRk. March Is. is7e.
The walking excitement has assumed most aston
ishing proportions. The women are bitten as badly
IS the men. No less than thirteen women. married
aud single, last week in different parts Of the
eOantry exhibiting in public their valking-liass.
Walking powers was AbOs, to say, but really in
most instances the wslSing is farce. A girl walks
till she gets tired then another begins. aud after
her another. aud so on repeat. the only explAn,-
ton of the fact that 50 many 90 TO see these
feminine failures must be that they (the feminine
failures) invariably discard their pettieoats, and
appear on the track in tights and short tuns. The
male pedestrians have been various, and some of
them wonderful. Two Krandfathers over 70 years of
age; man with wooden leg against on
erutchcs; and soldiers walking in full marching uni
form. have been among the attractions. Now We are
waiting for contest between blind man and q
parSlysie-we want something exciting.
Various names have been proposed to distinguish
man from other animals. for instance ga laughing
animal ia talking aninAl'-'.n cooking amin all
etc. If distinguishing term were required for
Americans would suggest 'the adrertisiag animal -
The art Of advertising has STAINED in this country
perfection unknown and uadreamed of elsewhere.
No spot is sacred FROM the desecrating paste brush
aud poster. No matter how romantic bit of land
seApe may be. iii, should unfortunately contain an
eligible rock you may safely bet on seeing that rock
enblaIOned with soms brilliantly cOlored piece of
efrontery announcing 4 wonderful corn salye, or a
magic Imminent, or cGre-all stomach bitters, or
some other miserable quack imposition. The islets
in the East River ented in various STYLES
of advertising high art. The Evening Mullygrub"
for example, reArs obelisk of anted wood, from
which it announces itself " the very best paper in
New York" When it is remeu bered that the ''Mul-
lygrub might just as easily have said a. in the
world, the retiring mOdesy Of that journal will be
recognized at In the streets all sorts Of ad.
vertising lodges resorted to; from the gentle
man dressed in gorgeous Oriental costume who hands
you the bill of fare Of restaurant, the big two
horse wagon carrying an immense balloon which
aoats the name Of the advertiser before the
gaze Of an admiring public. The latest idea is 4
large, AZURE guild star sAngei globe. with the sd.
vertsers 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 eOmmemOrafed by the Paris Geographical So
eety. NJ. Hubert in his address referred to the
poem published by NJ. de VarignY some years
ago which goes far towards proving that the attack
ON Cook was prompted less by treaehery than by
disappointment and anger when the natives discov-
cred that Cook was not god. Kups himself seems
however 20 have believed in the godheAd Of Cook
for, after describing the death of King Kalaimano
be concludes-" Thus your fathers saw the death in
one day Of their god and their chief" The English
Geographical Society does appear to have taken
any notice of the 40 anniversary.
Business seems to be looking up in New York as
well as In other parts of the country The
doing fair share Of trade, and pedestrians in the
down town streets, in their efforts to dodge the
erous boxes aud packages on the sidewalks. 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 are more inclined to feel hopeful than to
groWl
The President has vetoed the Chinese bill. Every
body Of average intelligence who is not q politician
with an axe to grind will commend this action on
the part Of the President. for il is easily understood
that however crying the evil may be, breaking a
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 be the fate Of the almond eyed Celss
tial always 10 be playing the role of the
guest. Nobody seems to banker after bin particu-
larry. He is industrious and fragal aud law abiding
and SO forth, yet California tells him TO get"
Australia asserts that she is not pnng for his
pany and if l mistake not there are many in the
Hawaiian Islands who think that if a Chinaman
is really good represented is still quite posi-
BILE to have too much OF good thing. To engage
eesstully IN the pursuit of happiness had better
not be Chinamau.
II seems impossible to produce a really good comic
paper in America. Many have been the attempts,
and as numerous have been the failures. In endeav-
oring to steer clear Of the Charybdis of dizziness
the one hand. they are sure to go to pieces the
Scylla of vul garity the other The lates indie
ton comes from Boston. and is called the Ameri.
can Punch" 1t has always been the custom for
American newspapers to poke fun at the fine old
erusted jokes Of the London Punch I would now
suggest that they have Punch of their own far
more deserving Of their attentions than its
namesake of London. For if anything transcend
eutally stupid the "wit " of the new American
comic paper ever appeared in the London Punch il
must heve been on some unrecorded occasion when
the editors were off spree and the " devil had
charge Of the office. ]. j.. F.