The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-20
SMOKING ON
THE TRAMCARS

TN~r- ar several kinds % hogs 7
via mention q fer % them. There are
tse Berkshire hog. and the Poland
CHINA hog. ard the Razor Baci. hos.
ana then there arr Just hogs. Small
hoes are called sWinicies. Hogs have
four legs and are good 90 eat with APP
pie sauce. when a hos H. dead he -
called pork. 4 pis - hogs little boy.
Hogs are kept ia some localities To XIII
on Snakes. There - another Kind OF
hog. and I have never been able 20 dis
cover what he 10 good for. lie - not
edible. and 49, does not xiii snakes. but
ne has been known To- have en-. lie
hos two legs. You all know him. lie
smokes ON the street ears In the lace
% the strenuous and Caring signs pro-
limiting IL on which the printer man
has sxpended his tOudest and blacklist
visaRed typ. He chooses IN" 'front.'
platform and stands and talks With the
driver putting the smoke inside. ana
the driver prints a. In short. what
atrocities do the drivers % these ears
not permit
Tssr~ are a great many people who
TAXI a ride 60 Waikiki iu the evening
TO escape from the world for a brief
While. o. st nearer 60 the throo OF the
.urf and nfI their lungs with the salty
choo~~ to spoil "a all BY smoking like
EAR kiln The exp@ct0ratiuE goes with
cut saying. once I moved 10 the other
side OF car. my heart sOftsued mite.
for 4 thought possibly his education
had been neglected In his youth. and
ne could not read. But the driver
should have told him. Another party
hung hall way out 81 the window To
escape ths- blend Of breath and smoke.
which was not like unto the air Of
NssUa -. for
ever. throwing away the stub when we
we're almost home. The stuny little
cars are envstOped In n blue cloud that /
gives an Indian summary aspect Al
every Inhalation you arr reEwled with |
enough smoke 90 cure n side OF bacon. /
and you all<ht at your door feeling /
like you had Dropped from nail In the /
smoke house. back In the old home in Il
Posey county. and that you are ready Il
for a yellow canvas Overcoat and n
label a party OF half dozen Japa-
nerc boarded the car. and one OF the
men calmly fished UP a package Of
cigarettes and passed them among the
company. II they wish TO give n srnok-
er. they should hire a car and Invite
their friends. Alackaday' II u were
only the laps who fractured the law OF
dcceney I'm this respect
There - nothing In the big wide
world that can outdo Waikiki ON a
fuoouy night. when the air - soft as
silk. and earth and sky and the fuliness
thereof e. deiuged with silver. The
brfny sxhiIaratinr air comes straight
from heaven without change. You leave
Il with regrets The ear spins you dtz-
lily along laugh hereJ. the homes grow
n0re sociabiy near together. the shad-
Rvs icn<then. and soon you are I'm the
heart OF the town under the glare OF
m. electric light. hut 7 digress: We
we're speaking OF the porcine species
One evening took a car ut Waikiki.
hat 10 to say. I took passage In one. !
IL was one OF the ears where the seats /
-un cross-vtsc. a man boarded the 4
ar In front OF an imposing caravan
AIRY. Al first glance he would pass for IA
. zrutIeman. besides. his purple and
Inc linen was OF the Riaddest. and al
diamond on his hand shoue Ike n mid III :
ixht sun. lighting up the track n furs .
ong In advance OF the mules. He took
front s~at. complacently lighted \
ixar and resting his hands on the top
q his cane. proceeded to smoke Ike az J.
oscano. How the rest OF the passen- 4
ers did enjoy that cixnrt II was al
nost N good an smelling the cork 4
rs~ a mental picture OF him at his
est. among his set" knew he could
and q lady her programme without
allsrg over himself. say the right thing
= the right place. and altogether set =
he hearts OF the gentier contingent =
eating like a 7o-stanp quarts mill
Iuf there was none Of his set pres &
Mt and his gentiemaniy instincts lay
allow Those instincts were about AZ
<sp AZ the sweat on an Ice pitcher. IL
} sot thoughfles-ness. IL II boorishness.
nd you cant make anything else out
z e. Doubtless he - to this day Ia
orfnx under the delusion that he In a
poor thing
Men. please. II you must and wiz :,
moke. either retir- to the rear plat
orrn or kindly get OF the earth
Honolulu. May 18Th. 1907
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