The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-08-03
SHALL We WEAR COATS2

To shuck, or not to shuck, that is the
question:
Whether it's nobler in us men to suffer
The woes and horrors of the summer SOL
stice
or shuck our coats. despite the fouts of
fashion,
And by opposing end them?-To snuck.-
to COOL
No more and by cool to say we end
The headache, prickly heat and other
shocks
Warm flesh is heir to. IT'S consumma-
Devoutly to be wished. To shuck,-to
COOL
To cool, perchance catch cold;-ay, there's
the rub.
For through our negliges what draughts
may come
When we have shucked our heat-enhanc-
ing coats
To give us chills. There's the respect
That makes malaria of so long life.
For who would bear the nineties in the
shade:
The oppressive air; the courts contu-
mely;
The pangs of perspiration; the delay
And insolence of icemen, and the spurns
That patient merit of the unworthy takes.
When we ourselves might real comfort
I gain
/
| dels bear,
/ To grunt and sweat these torr.d days and
nights?
But that the dread of lovely woman's
scorn--
Flashed from bright eyes to overwhelm
/ and blight,
And that We can't escape, puzzles US all
And makes US rather wear the coats we
have
THAN pOSe in ShrtSlppyeS and disgust the
dears?
Thus conscience does make towards of us
! all,
And thus the neglige of resolution
Is sicklied Ger with the pale cast of coat
Shall we shuck? This Is question full
Iof pregnant meaning at present. The
weather man says he can hold out nc
sure to get cooler sooner or later, but
Just how long suffering Honolulu must
endure old Soils warm jokes may not be-
said. A well-known man who has al
READY introduced into Honolulu move
ideas for health and comfort proposes tha
ION next Monday, If the heat continues
every self-respecting citizen shuck hi.
iare simply sacrificing health and conve-
nience to a custom at whose feet we
should not worship.
Yesterday at the instigation of a mum
Der of friends who doubted his nerve, the
man with the idea put it into execution
him self, and coatless went about his work
In fact, he means to commence in rea
e5rnest an anti-coat crusade during tn,
ct.ntinuance of the dog-days. He Is &
comfort-seeker and believes that if tn,
women can enjoy shirtwaists with plent!
iof lace to supply whiffs of fresh air arount
the neck, suffering male humanity should
at once adopt a costume of its own II
sub-tropical Hawaii.
Yesterday his attire on starting out OF
his peregrnations consisted of low-cu
patent feathers, pair of white duck trou
isers, f1annel-covered belt, blue anC
white striped negligee shirt with colla
and cuffs attached. Everything abou
him looked cool and comfortable. Beinl
50 well known, his appearance on certain
streets was the cause of many back-looks
Wien he entered street car. one of hi
business men friends tapped HIM on tn
shoulder and reminded him that he ha,
fer gotten his coat. But 1t was his womel
friends who cast suspicious chances a
him. Some were indignant that he Shout
appear in public minus coat, an,
thought he was very rude. The gentle
a. on. HohcNSl, lduS0eu III III
shirt-sleeve and reminded those VIII
dueried him about it, that he was adopt
ing the shirtwaist idea. and found it suit
ed him to perfection.
In the vicinity of the Judiciary build 'na
however, his fortitude began to forsak
him. From the windows of the Circui
Court room the stentoran voice of Judg
Humphreys, handing down an oral opin
ion, struck his ear and he hesitated be
fore entering the hallowed precincts O
justice coatless as she was. His bushes:
however. was in the law library, ia
away from the Judge. and he escape
from the building without being seer
The only trouble he had in going ahou
In negligee shirt was the lack of pocket
to store his tobacco pouch, his wallet
, notebook. pencil. handkerchief. matchbo
and other unmentionables. He believe
: that belt provided in the same manne
as lady's chatelaine would just abou
+ hit the mark