The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-03-13

Slept ON a Piano and Had Queer Dreams
The shops aud the Signs Interested Her,
as Did the Baby Checking Annex.
When / engaged my "stateroom ia the
| comfortable steamship Catalonia, for Bos-
/ ton, | had never heard Of the famous brew
| of tea in Boston harbor in seventeen hun
I bred and something but | have often
thought since that it was perhaps pun
ishment for that shameful waste that
America has never succeeded in brewing
good tea, nor had heard Of Crispus At
tucks, the martyred "colored gentleman, "
whose elegant statue stands in Boston
park. Nor indeed did know that in that
free country "colored gentleman" is tine
American for African Niger. In fact |
did not, ms the Yankees say, know enough
to come in when it rains"
On that memorable voyage / learned
three things /. That you must not call
the southerner "A Yankee. .. Tlut you
must not call the Canadian an American
| 3. That the sooner found out how liked
| America the better.
/ 1t was night when got to my "hall
room" as the small room in a borrding
| house over the front door is called in
America. | was dreadfully sleepy, and |
supposed Mrs. G. noticed this, for she said
| hllulN III ueT New I4HElulu koL"l0Oss
"Why, my child, you look real tired
Won't you go right to bed9n Yes. indeed.
would, but looked in vain for the bed
The entire furniture Of the hall room was
"A beautiful birdseye maple pano--at least
what | thought was piano-a pretty
writing bureau and u rocking chair.
Let me fix your bed for YOU And
from the ledge of the supposed writing
table she produced the magic wand. and
in trice "unwound my bed" spring
mattress and all, but the piano had disap-
peared, likewise my writing table Lad re
volved into n charming washstand, with "A
clear flow of water from the deep tank be
hind, which formed the solid looking up
right of the bureau. The Irish "helpn
presently brought me in large jugof "icc
water and some "crackers' aud asked
me if | would like some lunch thought
she was a tri1c previous, still | reflected
that in this rapid land they might have
adopted Alice in Wonderlaud's system Of
"breakfastiny at afternoon tea and dining
on the following day but | afterwarl
learned that any meal served after 10 p.
IN. is termed lunch. When | was left
alone, took of my walking boots and de
posted them at the back of the door and
proceeded to do my hair. Presently Mrs
G. came along and knocked at the door
Excuse me, but would you mind taking
in your boots can't he responsible for
them out there. y ] explained that | want
ed them brushed
"Oh, my, but I'm afraid you'd wait
awhile My help wouldn't brush "A pair of
boots, not for the president himself. If
you'll take my advice, you'll put these
black leather boots away and wear a dress
kid pair of half shoes with patent leather
tips"
| soon fell asleep on the comfortable
piano and dreamed that | was surrounded
all over the bedclothes by little dishes of
Boston beans. succotash and cream toast
and that | must not move or the piano
would play "lIome, Sweet Home" When
awoke, the first thing did was to pull
| up the blinds and have a look out. The
| street was not Il long one and quite
straight There was an "ice cream and
drug store" right opposite, and in large
black letters on white ground over the
entire length Of the building ran "I3lack
eyes mendcd here At the corner sat
colored gentleman, and his sign read thus
Professor Monday. Shine &c; varnish.
l0c." He wore tall pearl derby hat and
frock coat and was reading Town Top
les, so he must have been man Of cul-
ture. said that after lunch would like
to go out shopping Ny companion at ia
BILE d'hote offered to come with me and
"show me around - AZ she had some com
missions to do for "mumma, land as she
could not come out till "haf psf 81 she
lent me the local paper to study, as she
said there were wonderful mark downs"
going on.
When my friend had finished all her
commissions for 'mumma," and / had
done my shopping, we went to the drug
department, and there, perched on high
stools, we, along with hundreds of Others
drank ''iCe cream soda through a straw
She declared that she had just the right
change in her "pocketbook" and insisted
that should not pay for my first Amer
lean drink. / was most amused when we
took the elevator up TO the boot and
shoe department to buy "rubbcrsn to see
the American men take oil their hats in
the elevator when ladies were present 1t
seemed almost absurd, as they retain them
In the stores and "surfaCe cars. The
goods are displayed much more attractive
/ ly in America than with us. Their enor-
nous plate glass windows, which dwarf
| our largest show off the rich brocades
| and illuminated silks to advantage. In
| large store in New York they had as an
| advertisement at Christmas time the whole
| history of Columbus in life size tableauX
in the windows. Inside the stores the
| goods" are displayed on long low tables,
| with the prices distinctly marked. Hou
| can meet your friends and look around
! without being molested as to what you
| want 10y the "aisle manager shop walk
er. 1t is ~ excellent plan, for if you are
left alone rs you pass the motion coun-
ter you are sure to purchase some tride.
| The American brc-a-brac IL irresistible.
| There is another capital institution in o
large "dry goods store up town" Moth
| ers taking their babies there can have
them checked on entering, along with their
umbrellas and rubbers, and leave them in
| good hands in n large room arranged for
the purpose When the mothers have fin
| ished, on showing the number OF the check
the baby is produced. This pays well, as
mothers are often driven out Of n store by
| a crying baby,
On our way home-we walked, as had
put on my "rubbers' ~ noticed that one
bright sunny street was almost devoted To
candy stores, - and they certainly were
tempting, Fuller has many form liable
rivals on the other side Over these tempt
ing stores almost every window showed a
dentist s chair and hil-sign and they seem
ed to do roaring trade a signboard in
restaurant caught my eye-"M Meal. 25c. /;
square meal, zoe; gorge, ST. Aud an I'M
ierNlker's ran thus you kick the bucket !,
Ne do the rest Pail Mall Gazette
In Black and White.
Rev. sam Jones once preached to the col
ored people at Dyersburg, Ky After the
Jermon n good old sister came to him and