The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1900-09-30
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some EecuiEaE IDEAS OF the grosIncs -
. newspaper 4na tae duties ~
. reporter. My attention has b..e=
directed 70 I1is On several c.
czsiOas recently. notably u connee-
Lon SGta s0ls 1z1qusts- ne people
- cEargs CT Lns o4nqueI2 ta4eS LayoEs
II The reporters as though they we're
animals xho acre tolerated through
lear " something else / have had :
sOoG deal Of experience with lawyers,
reporters. actors and otaeT professional
men and / maintain that reporters,
man Tor man, are a. honorable anu
courteous sci Of men as follow any
profession II the land Iney are men
" education and refinement and men
oi broad experience u 2uaIrs. / All
told that ole editor IL Honolulu IL
lJTAsd MS reporters lot long since
that hereafter when any one u them
4tIeaaed : banquet he should demaud
CouI gso4s treatment aua seat al LIZ
table where be could attend 70 his du-
ties properly Or 10 turn and walk out
OF course there are UooES II the
newspaper profession as well as II all
others and these men oftImes cause
people in other walks OF lie to gain bad
impressions VI reporters as whole.
which, thank heaven, are few, vas
called u ny attention I few nights
ago. ! man VINO IS not always pc :
soma grata where his duties take him,
vut who Is tolerated because OF his Do-
siuon on : newspaper walked INTO a
geltleman's office II quest OF news.
Just IS he stepped up 10 The desk tAe
man ne was addressing was IL the act
OF closing q drawer in which was .
5ox OF cigars. M Fresh Reporter al
once reached quickly into the drawer
and picked out cigar. evidently think
ing his rude act was piece OF smart
business. The gentleman he was ad-
dressing would nave been Justified II
kicking that reporter out OF his office.
But notwithstanding the faults OF tho
very few OF this character that unfor-
tupately get into the business, that is
no excuse for the rude treatment of all
reporters SO often extended conscien-
tious workmen by people who seem 10
think a reporter is not deserving of
any consideration.
| was much interested in the article
ii ! he Republican Few days ago on
the English language. 1t reminded me
OF famous editorial by that great man
Charles A Dana five years ago. Be
sides his talent as an editor, being the
dean OF the profession. as J. B. Nc
Cullagh of the Globe-Democrat called
him, Mr.. Dana was very learned lin
guist, reading and speaking nearly
every language OF Europe. Speaking
OF the use OF the German language IN
the United States, Dana closed with
this tribute to the English tongue:
There is nowhere in the world more
robust, forcible or comprehensive Ian
guage than English. 1t is the language
spoken by the largest number of civil
lied people. 1t is the language Of those
nations where free institutions -four
ish. 1t is the language OF progress, the
language OF liberty, the language OF
law and order. the language of cou-
merce, of invention, of newspapers,
the language Of the future, superseding
Nrl 10, IN. oil fr ,,rr
Europe. II is the official language Of
the United States and OF every public
department Of the government. We
quote from an American poet:
/ like the Anglo-Saxon speech
With its direct revealings;
1t takes hold and seems to reach
Away down to your feelings.
With the native leaders political diff
ferenees seem to ''cut no ice" when it
comes to their social relations. One
evening just before Prince David's de-
parture for Hawaii he gave a very
pleasant dinner at Lycurgus' Union
Grill, at which Sam Parker and Charles
B. Wilson were guests, as were also
Mr.. Loebenstein and Mr.. Walker Of
Hilo. and others. The republican lion
laid down with the democratic lamb,
politics were eschewed and small talk
only was INDUCED In between the pop
ping of the corks.
Beautiful. clever Belle Archer. the
opera boufe singer and capable all
round actress is dead. She died of
blood clot on the brain in the Eme--
gency hospital at Warren. Pa Mrs.
Archer made her first hit as Hebe in
John T. Ford's original production OF
.Pinafore,' a character for which ma
.ure had cast her. She was an ex-
ceedingly beautiful girl and at the time
caused furore that ever after stood
her in stead in her professional career
She was, however. more than q stage
beauty. She was sweet voiced singer
and clever and conscientious actress.
who achieved success by her art and
never resorted 10 advertising her per-
sonal charms. Her maiden name was
Belle Mingle and she was born at
Easton. Pa, where her father was
connected with the West
ern Union Telegraph company AMI
largely identified in business. Belle
made her debut under John T. Ford at
Baltimore before she was is years OF
age. She was about IS years Of age at
the time OF her death. an event that
will bring sorrow to thousands upoa