Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-09-07
SATURDAY ..... ,..... sEPTEMBERe, Iss,


oar Honolulu Letters.
espse to &c, myself di,liked for this letter,
but, as I attn writing for money and net for
love, don't know that It malss any differ
.ace--;o ne. have been in dreary H.
h1mor ever since the boys quit playing base
ball, aud was rather nettled the other day
WIEN one or the other sort, who writes for
the love Of the thing and has swelled wris,
from turning Office door knobs, stopped me on
the street corner, and, with one Of those I'm.
learning the profession gins said, WHAT
,oH fellows do now that the legislature has ad.
journed and the base bail season is over -
bc, gently disengsged him, and told him
whenever he Eel, that way he had better g
home and write up sunset description and
further assured him that had great conf.
d,nce ia The prescription as 1t came from
III, poetic preenets Of the 'Tiser Office where
/, was used whenever the reporters OF 'hnest
editorial staff felidown hearted and sad. ]
am utterly sick Of seeing the average Honolulan
rush into print, using every public eveut OF
newspaper editorial as pre,e1t to get his name
before the public. There are some people who
think we have TOO many newspapers here, but il
they could only see the amount Of ripe
'eitien" Mss. going to seed in the waste
basket Of our Honolulu editorial rooms--well,
the chances are tina, the first question
that would present itself would be, ''Wh,
doesn't somebody start paper mill 2.
Speaking Of nusisnces, l don't believe
mortal ever saw town the size OF Honolulu
with 8, many Of them to the square mile. |
sauntered up to Emma Square the o,hei
evening aud tried TO listen to Mr.. Bergers
boys while they played some of their new
music. dropped into seat near thing
with specta eles on, " no sat between two girls;
but was soon driven TO \ remote bench,
where again caught the sound of the big
drum above this social babel | had only been
seated long enough 10 light MANILA cigar,
which the editor had inadvertently left on his
table, when a LOT Of Kanaks boys and girls
and amused Fat policeman who was on duty
until he leaned against a tree to laugh. al
will flee to the uttcrmos, end OF the earth be.
fore become pr5fane man ora criminal,
thought /, and stumbled over n stray dog as
! staggered blindly toward the tufnstic which
added It's dissonance to my confusion. was
awakened from my bewilderment by the
laughter and oa,hs Of a crowd of the Srn1i
hoodlum who stood round the Emma street
entrance and disturbed every body seated in
that end of'the square with ribald jest, or
with open insnuations about respectable
people both in and out Of the enclosure. Their,
is skill another kind OF concert disturber known
as the amateur musician; he !, generally in
company with some Of his friend, who assist
him In whistling the airs through with the
band. This nuisance should be treated in q
summary manner ard driven out Of the garden
with stuffed club, TO learn the manner, he
was never taught at home.
There are two nuisances in town which
rank side by side in pure cnssedness, although
they are totally unlike in Kind they are the
side walks and the hackmen Both seem
filled with the deepest malignity against the
wayfsrer, until the fight for existence has be.
come three.cornered one wherein the curb.
stones and hsckmen seem to have decided
advantage. II the government, could only be
enticed out for walk some night it would b.
more than likely the citizens Of Honolulu
would have the pleasure Of taking It home OF
a shutter, to be bandaged up by Mr.. Fitch
but alas the government never risks scrapinl
its pedal polish against It's highway improve
ment,, and, being in league with Mr.. Spreca
els dollar, !, prefers to ride. have made on
good long black list Of the reckless and i'm
pudent Jehns who have Of late been runnin,
the streets about as they liked, and II the,
don't stop ii the public will be informed as I,
their numbers and stands. Before l an
through growing. nigh, as well call tn
attention Of the watering cart drivers to tn
fact that II ia quite unnecessary to food tn
side walks and fool. passenges along Hote
and Fort streets with water, as there Is n
contnc, made with them for soing ladie,
dresses and drenching gentcmens' legs.
-, gossip. gentle reader, is a thing without
soul. that talks necessarily, and never tells III
whole truth, but nurses the lie in an innuendo
In olden times |, was supposed ,ha, gossip
were OF the feminine gender, but with moder
civilization the definition has been extended 1
the masculine, and Of late years, since tn
advent OF the dude, has been made to includ
the neu,er gender as we'll Most towns hav
the Seriiable female gossip society, bu, 1t ha
been left for Honolulu 10 fora a combination
Of forces into charac,er.des,roying association
ior which, blush to say, the masculine gossi
gathers most Of the news. This news is fil,ere
through he gall Of feminine prejudice, and
then given TO the public in sugas.coa,ed dose,
such as II is thought It's self respect and Ia
herent regard for truth will permit. On
cause Of this social state il the erclusiveness
certain clques in society here. have hear
the reputation Of young girls who are bameles
discussed in manner tina, would SILLY cha,
sctsr, and all, ionoolh because they did nc
happen TO belong TO that social eo,erie whic
} nome folks are pleased to style "respectabl
! society" have seen somewhat Of the worlt
but have YET to learn tina, any clique has
J'sh. upheld BY justice and reason. to Sc, i,se
uP a. standard Of respectability on III
grounds that Il, psrchance, may bold peculi'
visws upon which Il assumes our social an
moral fabric rssa Let Il be remembered III,
social rsspec,ahili,y rests neither in sec, nc
party, but In the sterling moral qualities I
usn and women and tina, II there be grad,
10 society they will always be marked by II