Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-04-21
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The City Editor OF the p,csf was in strait
last Thursday evening. The political cdito
had gone TO enjoy an audience with tn,
! premier; the commercial editor had gone q,
the Y. NJ, {, \. election! the dramatic crti,
| was compiling material tut startling Hawai-
ian tragedy; the musical winter was arranging
= composition lot four hands, siN voices and d
small hut select audiences the society rcpurtci
va, suffering from an attack Ut accutc indi
/ ge,lion, incident &. yatiguiug attendance At the
recent brilliant ti1ud vt rouls receptions,
lcvres aud luausi and there remained only the
/ local reporter. who was distinctly recent. In
lieu ol more experienced man, the city
editor sent the local reporter tp the Cleaners
entertainment AZ the Font street lecture room.
Md So you had mice time, Young
man"
ives sir."
Well where's your copy
The local reporter drew from capaciuus
pocket a Formidable roll and laid it on the city
editors desk The city editor, who had mis-.
laid his huge pair Of shears, opened 1t with a
sigh. Pant OF what he read was as follows,
Awtully nice time. Queer lAd iuI dexter
door keeper Didn't know was q newspaper
fellow and wanted me to pay to get in Didn't
like To- make a row, so paid. Captured q seat,
next To pretty girl. Curtain up Stage set
,
and stage carpenter combined came down to
the footlghis. Thought he was going to make
q speech. Was dead wrong Only turning
on the lamps. Mother pretty gifl came long
Said had her seat. Went and sat in Il corner.
Still another pretty girl came long. Told me
the scat belonged to her grandmother. said
was glad OF IL, and should appreciate II all
the more ON that account. Pretty girl looked
as II She didn't understand me. lust then per.
Torrance began. Duet on piano. Awmlly
nice girls Piano had bad cold. Girls
played nicely but piano went back on EN-.
Having reached this point, the city editor
tossed the Ms. to blonde young man at a
neighborng desk and said:
g Translate that stuff into newspaper English
and boil 1t down to not more than two sticks.
And this is what the blonde young man
made of il:
=" The ladies of the Cleaners Society gave
their annual entertainment at the parlorS of
the Fort Street Church, las, Thursday even.
ing. The parors were filled by select and
apprcciatiyc audience. The following pro.
gramme was faithfully and inteligently
rendered"
Duet, Route en-. Train, "................ke ttere
Miss H. Dickson and H. Hillebrand.
Recitation, " Asleep at the Switch, Mrs. W. Hopper
Miss {. Castle.
Fan Drill, BY ten little Kate Greenways.
Solo, I" Kisses Tell the Tale. ".,......,....J Reddng
Mrs. CruEan
Recitation from Henry VIII" .,....... Mrs. Adams
Quartet, Wreath We the Steps, ....,... Schumann
Mrs Hanford, Miss Jones' Mrs Brown, Mis-, c. Castle.
The literary editor, who happened to be
Unexpectedly present contributed the follow.
ing bit Of criticism:
" The reading from Henry VIII was an
intellectual treat. 1t is not often that com
munity is favored with so sympathetic
reader as is Mrs. +. p Adams"
And the gush reporter, who had been
detailed TO write up a moonlight view from
Punch Bowl and was driven back by shower,
had this TO say of the fan drill:
A prettier decemetette of tots one never
saw. II Kate Greenway made ever a daintier
picture than was made by those midgets, in
their white dresses and pink or blue sashes,
their fresh, fair faces, their mncing acting and
their demure ways, the world has not yet seen
it."
When the managing editor read the fore.
going in proof he remarked: "And the best
of it all is that the affair was financial
success"