The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-10
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AT THE RAINY METROPOLIS

81 notice the town is filled up all right
for the Fourth remarked the Early
Riser lifting a piece of pie from the plate
of the Cheerful Liar, ''and the people in
the crowd look like as if they had
money"
The crowd that came up last year HAD
money when they arrived suggested
the Cheerful Liar, land they stopped at
the hotel But before leaving good
many of them went broke and some Of
them sneaked in here and stood off Aka
ma for coffee and sinkers. I don't know
much about the horses this year but 1
feel easy over what l do know. The He
nolulu folks seem TO be a little scared;
! the agreement was that If Hilo horses
| were sent down to the June meeting the
owners of racers there would come up
with their strings for the Fourth. but
I've only heard of one horse being sent
up
| IFS the same old cinch," remarked
the Hilo Kicker Get us down there and
then give us the ha ha. 1 see in the
Advertiser a suggestion that SprecAels-
willie Wailuku and Lahaina wig wag' for
the band just because Hilo gets it for the
Fourth. It's a case of when the devil
was sick with the Advertiser. When
there was possible chance of the band
appropriation failing to pass the Adver-
tiser was the first to come out and say
soft things about the justice of t4.e
claims of the people on the other islands
for the band and iptimating that the
band should be sent around the country
don't think we are under very deer
| rF,l 1.af
of the band; we pay for it by taxation
in the first place and then we have to dig
up paltry 5000 for a two days visit
| Seems to me it's pretty good price II
ipay for little rag time and a few
lother things. If we had elected the RICH
tsort of representatives and senators VI
might have had an appropriation for oul
Town band; something that would havl
been an incentive for the boys to prac
tice and we would have concerts ever!
week. To pay $500 to the Government
nithing to the town band is a good dea
ike renting piano at so much montl
Nheu you could buy one On the install
t plan and not have to put up an.
err money. I don't begrudge the thirt
7 subscribed to the fund, but
hs8 Ike thunder to have the Advertise
: 70 FUN at u.s.
what do you expect for thirt,
cents asked the Cheerful Liar. 1T
s might little we get at any time an
when good thing like the band slip
throuel : there any wonder the Adver
tiser is Jealous"
They've a right to be Jealous sal,
the Early Riser. "It's the first Fourtl
of July since Washington crossed tn
Delaware that the day has not been fit
tingiy observed in the American colony
should think folks down there wouI
feel mighty had, on the second anniver
sary under American occupation, tina
| they cannot get up any enthusiasm.
expect rs all on account of Berger an
his band coming to Hilo."
1--WE would have celebrated whether tn
band came or not" said the Kicker
What's the band to US? We got alon
without it last year and we can do i
! again and between you and me 1 CUES
. it was asked for simply to see what kin
of call down we would get this year
You people don't appreciate Hilo; you d
not seem to realize the resources of tn
neouIe. If we had different sort o.