The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-30

time ago there was a collision about
opposite Central Union Church APP
parently unmindful of that law of ma
ture which forbids any two things oc-
cupyinS the same place at the same
time, and that two objects moving to-
wards each other (even as slowly as
Pains tramcars) on a given line will
ultimately meet, the drivers of two
cars started down the line towards
each other, with no switch between,
and when they came together there was
a collision; the mules did not COLLIDE
! they SHE'D off on either side of the
| track, leaving the cars to bear the
brunt of the shock, much to the as
| constituent and shaking UP of the oc-
cupants. Among the passengers were
Wade Warren Thayer, the attorney,
and Ralph Yardley, the artist, who are
at present acting as the culinary SUI
perintendents of a young mems CO.
operative housekeeping establishment
| known as the .'Wahine Kapu Club
They had been making household pur-
| chaSes, and when the cars came vio-
lently together the attorney was dis
/ mayed to find that a roll of butter
Which he carried, among other pack
ages, had fallen to the ground and was
! performing rapid evolutions through
the dirt. Mr.. Yardley, who is always
/ possessed of great presence of mind,
| leaped from the car, and, taking a ten
pound package Of sugar from his pock-
let, began to sand the tracks, no doubt
TENDING valuable assistance in the way
of decreasing the speed of the collid-
ing car.
No fatalities are reported from this
accident.
Apropos of the speed of the tramcar
and the length of its wait upon
switches, the two following incidents
are given:
| While a well-laden car was switched
off on the Beretania and Fort street
switch, Roscoe Perkins, who had been
assisting a lady with some amateur
photography at Punahou, got off the
Fear, went to his studio, developed a
plate and made print for the lady, re-
turning in time to accompany her on
her way.
i AT the same place a young lady who
| is an enthusiast on coon" songs, is
said to have left the car and gone into
Bergstrom's music store, where Mr.. w.
Adams played a new darkey air over
for her on two or threAt different in
struments; she purchased the sheet of
music and returned ITO the car hum
ming the tune, not. only having caught
the air, but also catching the same
car she had arrived on
Car driver: Mr.. Tesla, smoking is
not allowed on this car. See that
sign?"
Independent Tesla: TIN not smok-
ing
Car driver: you have got your pipe
in your mouth"
L. T.: Eyes, and so have I got my
boots on but that's no sign L am walk
| ing"
Just after a street sprinkler had emp
tied itself of it's contents along King
street car came along. The mules
were a little frisky and a passenger on
the front steps who was going out to
dinner had several generous daubs of
mud deposited on his immaculate ex-
panse of shirt bosom, the heels of the
animals freely distributing that ele-
ment in all directions. Upon complaint
friend of the dfner-out told him not
to mind. There's a Pake wash-house
at the next switch" said he, "and you
can get off and get your shirt laun-
dried
/ A young lady who was recently visit
ing in this city attracted some atten-
ton while here through her fashion of
dispensing with headgear while travel
ling about through the streets. The
i Of hol
fuls, and evidently of Irish extraction,
entered car wherein the young lady
In question was a. passenger and set
tied herself and her charges, including
several bundles and grips. When the
confusion attendant upon the process
had settled somewhat, the Hibernian
lady suddenly discovered the hatless
young lady, and caused a great COM
motion by ringing the bell and loudly
shouting to the conductor TO come to a
halt. s'Shure, an the young miss has
lost her bunnf, an the fool man hasn't
enough sinse to stopi" exclaimed she.
First Golfiac (between swftches)
How far is it to the next green ?''
Second Golfiac (as the car jolts of
the track: "old man, I think we are
in a bunker"
An Independent little girl of the dis
ttipctIy American type and perhaps Il
Years of age, entered a car one day last
week A man of the laboring class
arose as She mounted the steps and
left his seat vacant for her. There
were two women of the garrulous type
/ sitting nearby, and they Immediately
began to comment when the school
girl took the seat.
II think it's shame" said one OF
them, that poor laboring men, who
work hard all day, have to get up and
Igfve their seats to children
eyes, and when the children have
not manners or gratitude enough to
even thank them said the other, in
ldignantly.
The little girl in question when re-
ilatine the incident said; They just
kept on talking that way, the OLD
lknockersl I didn't know which man II
was that got up. When I went in the
icar 7 looked around to see which man