The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-14
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Fashion and Folly On
The Stand.
FUN IN DISTRICT COURT
The Ways of the Chinese Sales
man--Dificulty Between
Two Ladies'.

Yesterday was funny" day in the
District Court, and more mirth was pro-
voked than on all the preceding days of
the week put together. Several of the
cases were farcical to an absurd degree,
being OF the hurricane in a poibowl or
der. Another feature of the session
was the wide range of linguistic attain
ment displayed by the various defen-
dants; it was a regular diet of Ian
guages. no less than four different in
terpreters being brought into requisi-
ton.
Malawhisgi. wild-eyed Pole, charg
ed with taking several drops too
much, could not make himself under
stood. He gesticulated wildly, and at
last a fellow countryman, approaching
seven feet high, undertook to explain,
without success, however. The court
meanwhile glanced at the high man and
remarked to itself that it was a pretty
long pole. Judge Wilcox, it being found
impossible to converse with the defen-
dant, told him to go, adding that if
he was drunk as charged, he repri-
manded him, and if not, no one would
be any the wiser. On being notified of
his release Malawhiski, whose name
being interpreted, means bad whisky"
bolted out of the courtroom like a scar
ed rabbit.
c. Ingrum, charged with using pro-
fame and vulgar language, was arrested
on the complaint of two native ladies.
one of whom took the stand and testi-
fled as follows: Il went into a Chinese
store on King street and told defendant
who is a salesman in the place, that /
wanted to buy a hat He asked if i
had any money, and l told him he must
be insane to think 1 would go shopping
without money. He said l only came
to look at things. and not to buy, and
told me to get out. 1 refused and he
called me 'hua pilau,' which means a
! bad egg" At this point the Deputy
Sheriff interviewed with the result that
the case was nolle pressed And now
the catchword among the pake sales
men is IF you haven't got any money
you needn't come around"
/ Uemura rode a bicycle without the
necessary illumination prescribed by
law, and got off with a reprimand; his
honor advising the young man in future
to let his lower light be burning
Mrs Annie Herbst appeared to an
swer to a charge of assault and battery
on Mrs. Rahe. This was an interesting
case. and the smart attirement of the
parties concerned lent an air of bright
ness to the gloomy old courtroom. The
complainant wore a sky-blue dress let
in at the neck with old point lace: her
headgear was a dream in green, black
orange, lemon and old gold, flowers and
feathers, and was a masterpiece of the
milliner's art. The defendant was garb-
ed in a neat white gown made a la sail
or and fiecked with dainty black spots;
in her hat blues and violets were the
predominating colors, and the effect
was simply raViSSant.
The contending ladies who watched
each other like amiable felines during
the progress of the case. had trouble
over the removal from Mrs. Rahe'.
house of the late Mr.. Herbsts effects
Complainant, whose conversation /!
marked by a refined High Dutch &C
cent. to such a degree as to necesstat'
4 the use of an interpreter, said that Mrs
Herbst came to her house in Christie.
Lane and tried to take things away
and that ON demonstrating with her sh'
= felt a severe pain in the left side of he
face. Just how this pain was caused
she could not say. and it appeared a
. If she had been smitten by some mys
: ferrous agency approaching from tn
e rear. Il know not how or what;
comes from behind was the only re
spouse that much questioning on tn
) point evoked.
a arose and asked for an interpreter o
behalf Of the complainant. Judge viii
cox advised that the request be mad
e through the Sheriff, and this bein
IS done, a speaker of German was sough
q for, but unsuccessfully. The Judge ask
l. eo ironically if there wasn't a man VIII
e. could speak the language of the Faith
: erland on the whole mounted patro
v Finally, by consent of both parties, til
r son of the complainant was sworn
m as interpreter.
10 Mrs. Herbst testified that complain
In ant gave her permission to remove ht
to husbands effects from her house, an
NJ she engaged a dray and team and We
Q getting them out of the house whe
la Mrs. Rahe appeared and tried to loo
"a her in the room. This, she resente
and after a scuffle secured the key
n the door. She denied having hit
A. slapped complainant in any way, shap
no form or manner.
80 Judge Wilcox unhesitatingly decla
We ed il no case, and Mrs. Herbst stro,
d. out of court majestically, waving h
KIT fan with an air of utter triumph.