The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-07-15
! THE LOuNGER.

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/ have been much amused the last
week By all shss tempest in seapot
over Judge Humphreys Of ths CireaiE
Court telling reporter TO pat coat
On before coming Into The courtroom
when court was In session A great
howl went up. and certain alleged fun
ny people tried TO poke fun 81 the
Judge fer his very proper stand The
fact Is that Judge Humphreys was sim
ply enforcing an old rule OF the court
that has been in existence in Hawaii
for the last fifteen or twenty years-
Just at the time the incident occurred
there was no bailif in the court TO in
form the gentleman OF his transgres-
sion of the rule, hence the Judge did
it from the bench Il seems TO me that
when case is on trial it is the
heighth Of impertinenee for a person
not connected with the court TO ap-
proaeh the clerk or any other officer
of the court That such an act should
be committed by reporter for the
press, whether properly clothed or il
his shirt sleeves, does not mitigate the
offense against the dignity of the ad-
ministration OF justice In many Sec
tions in the States such conduct would
be construed into contempt of court
and bring the offender into serious
trouble / cannot, for the life of me.
see why the dignity that attaches TO
court at law should be relaxed simply
because it happens to sit in Honolulu.
What an ever-present scource CT
me. Their childish pranks. and talk,
and characteristics delight me above
anything else in the world An incl
dent came to my attention few days
ago that pleased me greatly. A news
paper friend. who is compelled to sleep
in the forenoon, owing to his night
work, has a next door neighbor who
has a bright, CHEEKY faced Little Man
OF two years and eight months. Fortu-
nately, he has one of those careful,
thoughtful mothers, who is ever guard
full of her child. and his home training
is of the best Knowing that her neigh
Dor was compelled to sleep in the
morning. she told the child that he
must be quiet in his play about the
yard in the mornings, and above all,
must not make any loud outcry that
would wake his sleeping neignbor. A
few mornings ago the Little Man had
a neighboring child for playmate, ami
while they were playing his little friend
suddenly concluded he had some very
important information for the mistress
of the house. and began shouting at
the top of his voice: Mrs. Brown:
Mrs. Brown The Little Man threw
up his hand deprecatingly, and with the
most worried-looking frown, exclaimed
in a low voice: Don't holla, don't
holla-" Still his neighbor persisted.
and the Little Man, placing his hand
on the noisy ones shoulder and frowI.-
ing in the most forcefui way he could,
again repeated his adjuration: Don't
holla." And that is the way he said it,
too. He did not say: Don't holler."
as so many children do. One should
have seen the little mans face and his
expression to fully appreciate the
story, but nothing have heard about
children for long time has gone righ.
to the heart like this action of the Lit
tie Man.
And speaking of the pranks of chill
dren and studying them, bird life also
affords a wonderful field for study l
was sitting on my front porch few
mornings ago when a little ground
sparrow alighted under the hydrant il
the yard to drink. Water was dripping
very slowly from the faucet, first drop
ping from one side and then the Other.
The bird would catch drop of water
from one side and then hop across and
catch the drop from the opposite side,
and this was continued until its thirst
was assuaged. But the most amusing
incident / have seen in watching birds
was where a Minah bird and two spar
rows were concerned. The Minah bird
had found piece of bread, and with
the usual custom of that proud bird
was making a great ado about it, sort
of showing of, as it were. 1t would pick
a few crumbs and then stretch up to
its full height and strut around a few
steps in look-at-me-now air. Finally,
in one of these strutting periods two
little sparrows pounced onto the piece
of bread and attempted to carry it on.
They had removed the bread several
feet away from Mr.. Minah bird when
the latter turned around and looked for
his meal The astonishment was mar
yelous Finally, he saw the sparrows
and instantly pounced upon them liter
ally with both feet. carrying on the
bread in great triumph.
A friend handed me the following
yesterday as the true explanation of q
recent slobDer mystery:
Mudeater-Who's James Neill?
Toadeater-He's the reincarnation of
all the dead and gone great actors.
manager-actors. playwrights and stage
managers. he Is also the possessor of
more ability than that OF all other liY-
ing actors squeezed together.
Mudeater-Who's Charles Astor Par
ker?
Toadeater-He is the only real thing /
IN the way of dramatic press agent |
hat ever struck the beach.
DO you know said my tobacco
hist. that inside of six months few, il /
my. Manila cigars viii be sold in Ho- /
iolulu? Nos Well. that's fact When 1
first went into business | sold eight /