The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-03-06
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nounced before. Honolulu is about to
entertain James Pinnock. brother-in-
| law of Sir Alfred Jones of England.
and a we'll known African explorer.
Pinnock Will be in Honolulu a few
weeks on his way to Samoa, where he
intends TO make quite a stay. Scien-
tific and literary men in Hawaii will
| welcome him, as he is regarded by the
| British government as an authority or
African affairs, botanical, chronological
and geological, as well as strictly
commercial lines
Fifteen years ago Pinnock, with
| three other Europeans, was a leading
trader among the Aros on the Old
Calabar river in Africa. The govern
ment gave his company a charter SINH
lar TO that given TO East India mer-
! chantmen, and the company maintain
ed its retinCeS of soldiers and officers
A few years ago England gave the
company an immense sum of money
for their charter. The exact amount
was s4,25o, GOO
Pinnock has killed many lions in his
time. and once saved from instant
death between the jaws of lion. Fred
Harvey Major. now of San Francisco.
The lion had carried Major several
yards. in its mouth. and was about to
crush him when Pinnock shot it dead
Plnnock has heard a great deal of
the delights of life in Honolulu. and
as he has plenty OF money and leisure,
he will doubtless find many to go over
the ground with him in the Hawaiian
capital.
COMING TO LIVE HERE.
c. S. Richardson. one of the men,
bers of the Washington Mercantile
Company. which owns one wholesale
and several retail grocery stores in
Honolulu. will return to the Islands in
a few days, to take up his residence
there. MIR. Richardson lived for five
or six years in and about Honolulu.
but for some time has been here doing
the buying for his company. Now, he
will take up the active mana gement OF
the Washington Mercantile Company.
and will become again u personal fac
tor in the business of the Islands. His
wife and child will not accompany
him on February % to Honolulu, but
will make a visit of some months du-
ration to Mrs. Richardson's mother in
st. Paul. MINI. Mr. Richardson has
wide circle of friends here, in bust
ness and in social life, who will re-
greet deeply his absence.
GREENWOOD AND CUPID.
Fred Greenwood will not go as far as
Japan. after all. in pursuit of his VIII
o the wisp. says Town Talk. Miss
Dillon is going to visit the McGrews
in Honolulu, and Freddie" who had
also planned to stay over at the ISL
ands. can ask the same old question
on the moonlit beaches at Waikiki,
where. when the golden moon is round
est, they drink Kipling's toast
"To the cool of our deep verandas,
To the crest of our jeweled main.
To the night. to the music,
And he fireflies in the cane
If the moon and the palm fringed
gardens do rot move Miss Dillon into
the yielding mood there are still the
kahunas who ought to be able to work
the charm. These Hawaiian witch
doctors" are said to know the secrets
of love potiOns that knock spots out of ,
the hocuS pocuS recipes of our medl- !
cine men-and hoodoos- If AIR. Green |
wood finds a love philter in HAWAII 1t |
is to be hoped that he will bring some l
OF il back with him. a few drops ;
sprayed on some of the married cou-
pies in the smart set would not be .
amiss.
FRANK UNGER'S NEW VOCATION. !
Town Talk says of Frank Unger, |
who is well known in Honolulu:
New York correspondent writes me .
that the realm of art has been invaded g.
by Frank Unger. who is doing some |
fine work in the illumina-
ton line. The erstwhile major domo /
of the Gilligs never thought he had
artistic talent until lately. Just pour |
passer lie temps he tried his hand at
illumna ting some books, and his sue
ress embroidered him to go on. He has
done some charming things in water
rolcrs and Others in black and white.
Frank UnSer is quite as versatile as
his friend Joe Redding, and can talk.
write. dance. sing and act with equal
-ase He was always ready with his
brush or cray on. 1t seems rather odd
that his eX-wife, Minnie buchanan,
should also be artistic well as lit
.rary. She married Arthur Jules Good
man. the artist, after her divorce from
Cnger.
HULA AIRS IN FRISCO.
At the Orpheum nine Hawaiian men