Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1896-03-28
ANNALS OF mAKAPALA-BY-TH
SEA.

a store of goodly thoughts IN we'll
wrought words, which should be
I a living treasure of knowledge,
always with us, and from which,
at various times, and amidst all
the shifting of circumstances, we
might be sure of drawing some
comfort, guidance and sympathy"
Arthur Helps"
Children should be compelled
to memorise rich gems of prose
and verse. This is a part of school
work in England, and especially
on the continent of Europe. 1t
is an everyday punishment for
any fault:-Write 80 many lines
of this or that-"fifty lines from
'Marmion,' sir"
"What better preparation for
the days work can the teacher
make, than by bathing, as it were,
the minds of his pupils in the
living fountains of thought which
have issued from the noblest
souls"
That class of readers whose
morbid, or rather misdirected, APP
petite leads them to seek for and
to choose the lightest of eight
fiction"-trash! have Of late been
chasing after a novel which is
now pronounced and condemned
by the astute critic as having
nothing of any merit about it, or
in it, but its title" That, certain
ly, was "happy thought" and
might lead anyone on to scan its
weak and unhealthful pages.
"What is its titleY" Excusez-
moi.
Kossuth when imprisoned for
his political crimes CD asked for
an English bible, Shakespeare and
dictionary. 1t is a pity that the
first two are so often neglected by
many who presume to term them
selves "well-read!"
We had an argument with our
friend the other day; short-lived;
but conclusive evidence" contain
ed therein, viz. he admitted that
he had seen zone (only) very
large calico cat" within our boun-
daries. Very well. So have we;
but we have heard not sham
fight by night, but most desper-
ate pitched battle. One cat can
not fight alone-can he? 1t
brought back to us at once as if
we were still there, the stage of
the Boston Theatre" and in the
front center" the six-foot figure
of a man in faultless evening
dress, his face the perfect type Of
the English nobleman; it was the
"play- actor" the man of genius,
Sothern. The play was 'Dundreary,'
and as he stood there, the glass of
fashion and the mould Of form,
the observed of all observers,
every eye in that crowded theatre
and every lorgnette leveled upon
him, repeating the lines of that
most humorous soliloquy, he Of
fers the quotation: Birds of a
feather flock together" And then
with the most complete stare at
the audience and soft, low, name
laugh he says in a meditative,
questioning tone: "Flock to-
gether. Any fool knows that.
How can one bird flock alone ?
The inimitable Sothern has play
ed his part. "We shall not look
upon his like again" 1t was
Napoleon you know who had also
the same rare faculty of withdraw
ing all expression from his face to
Illustrate an observer.
| Perhaps we have not yet told
Iyou all that we have since our
great Christmas treat here at st.
PauPs mot London Makapala,
North Kohala, Hawaii; but yet
we set our mark pretty high, aim
at something if we don't quite hit
| it) rented our kitchen o. nights.
Yes. We mean to say the happy
family, drawn thither at that
msrrie season, has since moved
in, bag and baggage, lots of bag
gage. Now, possession you know
very we'll is nine points of the
law, and the III. +. understand it
too. There has not been very
much said about the rental on
their part; and, as all inquisitive-
ness and intrusiveness was knock
ed out of us when we were young,