Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1885-05-30

ten NJ thtu tlluvs urdet,d Ia the Va
can't h,uthea These proved equally
mtmuahlr aud had lu tic ordered nn Ia
turn into SOLITARY confinement Said
one vt them IN explanation ot hct
,mae "ruui wages has made mc al
convict, and thoie ate lew irspacd ones
among my sex. here uf elsewhere. who
cannot point ln that in the cause Which
hh. made them What they arc That
the occurrence N outside the course VI
ordinary prison fcvulta scrWs char
nnm The tact that both the warden and
The mhltoua, while compelled Ia punish
the rchcl7, vet sprak vt them With Kind
ness and tespc,t Opponents ut CON
wet hlnf will find here vcy petty
illustration tot then arguments
Nu wonder thai Tic sp,allrd Straits
settlements arc IN lear and trembling
u the possibility W a Russian wat
Singapore would, indeed bc ptUe
worth having II u probably he
largest maritime ,oaling station IN The
world All the lafgci steamers bound
10 China coal At Singapore, and the
supply vt mel taken IN there lasts The
voyage To Shanghai and back again
The storage vt coal, therefore. =
enormous A. rule, there II never
10 less quantity tban hundred and
any thousand TONS at time Approach
ing the hhlhut huge walls ni black coal
may be seen Notwithstanding this,
the deien,es at Singapore ate meagte
IN the extreme II Is the only coalng
station between trylon and Hong
Kong hut the latter place, In respect
Ia the supply ol coal is comparatively
insignificant \ few powerful iron,ads
could easlly lombard Singapore and
seise the coal Russia has powerful
iinntlads IN the China seas England
has two, but ct might, small proper
ton, tn those VI Russia and France
vet, according ia u statement made hy
the british Admiralty, the completion
ol the ielencca ot Singapore IN to- he
postponed TIL next year This h
doubtless an economic move, rs sing
apore may by that time have become u
Russian colony
SOCIAL AM tAsiitoNNuth
Lady Duilcun has ventucd in Cal
Olta upon an interesting innovation
| The usual announcement oi an "al
home ~ the government house was
varied recently hy the intimalion that
"lho,c having children we're requested
Ia hting them Hut people arc not
quite sure about the age at which
children arc receivable, and whether
infants in arms will I've admitted
During the past ten or fifteen years
the United States army and navy
officers without political influence with
the powers that we've have been com
PEELED to do all the hard and disagree
able work nt the service. while their
more fortunate brethren were provided
with nice places ON shore, IN the lott,
and navy yards and ON snlubiluus
foreign stations. An this II To I've
changed under the ~ew ttgimc Many
officers oi the navy have already been
otieted to sea and there is iar more
truth than poetry in the humorous Stof,
floating through the country press, IN
which gallant commanders and captain,
arc represented rs anxious inquiTcts Al
their druggists ior remedy Tor sea
sickness,
Perhaps the iolliesl banquets o, The
moment arc the ladies' lunches, which
permit of street dicsS bonnet nnt
wrap, il desirable although the latte
is IN most eases discarded There Is .
ohattiness about an aSsemblage eNolu
sncy composed OF the talking SC,
which is not always characteristic o
dmreiS and suppers where the lords o
creation play an equal part. The onl,
defect OF ladies' luncheon is tina, there
arc few OF no listeners The takers pre-
dominate, hui rs no one seems 10 bt
aware OF the fact, IL is clear illuStra
ton OF bliss in ignorance, and rs &c
lgardS the choice nature OF the enter
tainmcnt, there are perhaps no NOR
welhappolntcd hanquctS given in New
York than the midd day repas,s Offered
hy ladies' 10 each other, The diSpla,
OF flowers, china, silver and crystal viii
which the tables are laden, and tn,
excellence of the various dishes NJ,
quite as conspicuous rs at dinners
The tca-enwnS which have never beer
SO much worn lor the afternoon tea IL
+ America rs in Europe, are rarely uset
a, these nnohcons, which would seem
however, more proper occasion 10
|, their display than nj later hour in tn
day.
The custom OF trimming Spring, an
even Summer hats and bonnets wit
velvet and plush, no longer makes III
transition from one season TO anothe
marked, SO iaf rs dress is conccrncc
I Siraws too, for the last few years, hav
been colored and worked with chenill
and beads, so rs to resemble som
more substantial material, especially .
n distance. There is every evidence
!, at present, that these ornamented boz
nets OF brown, coru and stone colo
, will have another season of porularit,
Climate, however, interposes at time,
proving its rule more despotic eve
than the sway of fashion, Owe
whelming heat is apt to decide III
!. matter of straw hats, by bringing fort
E the lightest and mos, gossamer OF III
A species, which are eagerly sought for b
/ both sexes The pertinacity of tn
4 bird fashion for the enumeration ,
A bonnets and hats is no, seemingly O
4 the wane, although the humanitaria