The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1893-05-03


eloquent tongue.
The new order of things is shown in
nothing more plainly than in the pres
ent policy of the Board Of Health re.
lative to the arrest and segregation Of
lepers. These unfortunates whom a
corrupting power had permitted to re-
main untouched, and at large Haunting
their hideous disease openly before the
public are now being gathered in as rapid
" as possible. OF interest in this CON
nection is the ridiculously small salaries
paid Government physicians in the
various districts, and when a capable
man like DIR. Cooper of Kau resigns his
post the position is not so easily filled.
Nor is it always an easy matter to
fill the vacancy caused by the promo
ton of good and valuable men to
positions of greater responsibility, and
all who have met Mr. Walton, late
overseer at Papaikou, will be pleased
to learn Of the appointment of SO good
an American to the position Of mana
| ger Of the Waihee plantation.
Besides other reasons he must
breathe a sigh Of relief, for the present
alton Of an opportunity to leave a dis
trict where the road authorities have
been subsidized by the shoe dealers.
The formula for road construction in
the Hilo district seems to be about as
follows: 95 per cent. laziness at ST. 90
per day land no haole need apply
d per cent. mud, per cent. of road
metal, and what are you going to do
about it2
They don't do work that way in Ha
makua. There the cantonier system is
in force, the laborer earns about Sz2.oo
month, while the work is inspected
twice a week by an overseer at a small
salary. Hamakua may well be proud
for with less income from road taxes,
and farther stretch 70 cover the roads
are far superior to Hllo's.
While Hilo may fall short in respect
to roads, postmasters and other poor
things, as social centre it is great
institution. There are picnics and par
ties and socials galore.
When one Of the former is on the
taps, then away with dull cure, the
butcher, the baker and candlestck-
maker fotsake their interesting avoca.
tons and flock to the shrine Of Moku-
ola or Cocoanut Island, provided they
are invited. Hio like all large cities
has its elite with the divinity that doth
hedge them in, but must not look back
too far. 1t is only when a church so.
cial is in full blast that all is democratic
and unconventional. As these gather
ings there is not alone the feast Of
reason and the flow of soul, tempered
r by the hallowed surroundings, but the
further feast of good comestlbles and
drinkables and other ables which one
has not the heart to refuse even though
they add premium to dyspeptc tend
encies. If all the sociables taking place
in Hilo will only be half as enjoyable is
the one held at Mr. and Mrs. Terrys,
: of the Hilo Boarding School, but
= further your dcponent sayeth not
Following directly upon the heels o.
. the above came the entertainment al
the Hilo Court Bouse. This temple o
fiat jHStitia, cPlumIwas consecrated fol
the time being into a temple of myster
= les, where for the binary division of the
y federal dollar, the sympathetic HeloitC
was expected to be moved to weep by
a negatlon of the trials and tribulation'
of the aspiants for crown among the
:, flowers. Fortunately for all concerned
- quarrel among the flowers, "as the can
tata was called, led to no serious conse
- quences, presumably owing to the
+ present political situation, where boil
. throne and crown are vacant, and thu
pretty maids who participated wounl
up their hopes for queenly prerogativt
It by a hands all-round, and So an
C neXation is safe for the present.
e Mr.. Hitchcock's histrionic talent il
q delineating the heather Chinese me
d with N. B. loud plaws, and a venture
{ some grasshopper subsequently mt
&c with a tragic ending at the hands, o
J, correctly speaking, the peck of grb
i bier with appetite sharpened for sucl
& tit-bits by previous surfeit in Chin
5 hash-house delicacies AS the dc
III voured proves to have been Mr.. + L
IL Baldwin, and the devourer Mr.. Ernes
Lyman, it is to be hoped that the pre-
? cess of digestion will be followed by n
10 serious consequence.
ls There were other choice morsel
y served up for the delectation of tn
y audience but the limitations If spac
iS forbid a more than hasty summar
Vi other than that the hall was packe {
d. and that the performance was a success;
a. The receipts go to swell the fund for
Ut town hall, the idea for which was cor
X ceived some years back, and thong
III meeting with more or less opposite
ie from a small clique of mutual admirel
whose croakings were called forth b
T. the fact that they were not in it, yet fc
ne all that the ladies' have gone bravel
81 ahead and are backed by the publ
. spirited element Of the town. A. B. |
,e April 27th, 1893.
n: GOING TO THE STATES.