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New-York tribune., 1902-08-24
IT'S CIVIC BEAUTY WORK.
WOMAN'S IMPROVEMENT LEAGUE
AROUSES INTEREST OF LIT
TIE FOLK.

THE prizes offered by the Woman's Improvement
League of Bay Ridge to the school children OF
that district for the most carefully kept yards has
proved wonderful stimulus to the young garden
ers' said Mrs. F. c. Cocheu, treasurer OF the
orga nization yesterday. I'm cases plots that
were in the worst condition when school closed
are among the best kept now The parents of the
children, who mainly German and Scandinavi-
an have shown the greatest enthusiasm in the
effort, and their encouragement to the girls and
boys has been of the greatest aid.
The Woman's improvement League is the out
growth o the Bay Ridge Reading Club. which has
met weekly Thursday mornings for fifteen years
Until last June the club had confined itself to
literary matters and occasional luncheons
and lectures But the unkempt condition OF
certain neighboring streets led It's members
to consider means for bettering conditions
The day the public schools closed the so
ciety was officially organized, and the members
left the first meeting in carriages and automobiles
for fyfng trips the schools in order TO get hear
ings with the children before they should be scat
tered for the summer. Bay Ridge. Fort Hamilton
and Seventy -nnthst public schools as the schoois
are locally known. were the ones visited Elsnt
awards were offered-frst second and third prizes,
of s. So and 81 respectively, for the greatest I'M
provement in the back yards. and the same for
front wards to the middle of the street: 81 for the
best window box in a home where there was no
ground TO cultivate and S. for the largest number
of contributing members added TO the club The
children We're to do all the work of the yards
About fifty children entered the lists. The prizes
will be distributed when school opens Visits were
made by members the club about July l TO the
houses of all the enrolled competitors. and con-
dtions were carefully noted. Suggestions for lay
ing out and planting the gardens were also made
Rounds will again be made before the opening OF
school TO note the changes
A condition of the test is that the competitors
New-York tribune., 1902-08-24
A PRACTICAL SETTLEMENT.
PRATT STUDENTS CONDUCT CLUBS
AND LEARN NEEDS OF THE
WORKING CLASS.

It Is one of the pleasantest roof gardens in the
city, the one top of Wing F, over the great
building at No IS Java-st.. Greenpoint. 1t Is the
big model tenement house belonging to the Pratt
estate. the Astral A dreamy eyed woman sought
out the superintendent of the building the other
day, said she had noted the and desired
know If the mysteries of theosophy were eluc1-
dated in that building. The agent replied that
they were not; that the Astral was named for the
oil that founded the Pratt fortunes, and that' so
far as he knew, there was not a mahatma nearer
than India.
The Astral is divided into sections A, o. u ~
E and F. and Greenpoint Neighborship Settle
ment occupies F. The strenuous life moderates at
Greenpoint Settlement during the summer Inc
girls cease to make dresses and trim mats the
debating clubs put their heavy subjects away III
the ice chest for the summer. The literary ci"o9
forget the consideration of the style OF the Hloo
ern historico-romantic school. Even oasAe
and athletics wane gently In August instead OF
all that the Settlement workers open their ROOF
garden There is low stone parapet Hi al'uiiu,
with boxes of blossoming geraniums Oh 'op anu
green vines trailing downward good WOODEN
aoor has been laid: canvas Is stretched over one
end chairs and benches are placed inViuhs.s
bout and on long wires strung multitude
of Japanese lanterns Over the parapet one so.
a wide checkerboard of streets, with the pue oe,'
Of tho Fast River hecked with white sas' sro-
ling 1t on the west
KINDERGARTEN ON ROOF.
Here the small people OF the helshooih ~
every morning for their kndergarten-a true SUM
,ner kfnderearten, all games and songs; ana theIe
the little kirdergartners have played ana sung
most happily all summer on the breezy rooi' III
the evening the young men ana women sa'iie' o
the roof old friends of the Settlement some vi
them: boys and girls who have been attending
the clubs and classes for seven or eight years
The bows bring their instruments-na nooilhs'
vtons or guitars: japanese lanterns are llsht-
ed and the Young folks dance as happily as tle
children played in the morning. IL Is Pheasant
in,erIude between the days in sitting shops ana
factories.
Greenpoint Settlement has always been grace
ful centre of the social amenities 1t believes IN
social functions in socials and dances and after
noon teas In lat homes and musicals and good
times generally. And the neighbors round ABOUT
say that little girls In that part OF Greenpolnt
play more gently and gracefully in the streets
because of the influence of the Settlement Al any
rate there great many girls round ABOUT
who are good dancers. and a great many boys
who know how ask a girl to dance with them
In as good form as the most gilded youth.
New-York tribune., 1902-08-24

Nantucket is called the purple isle Purple be-
cause in heavy the strips heavy strands
of seaweed from outlying shoals and sweeps them
into Nantucket the gray of whose shores min
Cling with the dull brown dripping dulse, gives in
certain lights a purpish rehecton-a passepar.
tout of purple around an island picture What
could be lovelier?
1.-The varying lights of this seagrt isle indeed
entrancing Now il is a veil of fog rolling in
from the rips; a white vapor rising from Mia
comet or another of the numerous ponds; now the
sun. half veed in mist. streaking across the soft
turf of ancient sheep pastures. lingering over
bronzed strip of moorland striking full upon the
cleaning tower of lighthouse or the reddish
brown of one of the Humane Societys refuge
houses for shipwrecked sailors.
There is indescribable combination of the
cool, the soft, the languorous, in Nantucket air
And through 1T all there vibrate. sweet and clear
clock tower OF the church the HILL
New-York tribune., 1902-08-24
AUTUMN COAT MODELS.
ROUGH AND FANCY CLOTHS FORM THEM
SEPARATE COAT To THE FRONT.
Paris. August l6.

Paris, August Is
In Paris We find the couturiers busy with the new
models that supposed to represent the first in
timation of the autumn and winter modes. For any
one who has carefully watched the changes during
the spring nothing startlingy new-in fact.
effort TO return TO several conservative
fashions. For instance. many bolero effects are
used, and there a decided attempt introduce
high choker The skirts are close about the hips.
with faring hens, but great many pleats are
used, preference given the loose. so-caned
round, pleats. These are OF course. held in some
way underneath. but not stitched along the
sides. They really becoming TO a rather stout
figure for they diminish its apparent size There
ere also the narrow stitched box peats
No shaped 1ounces have yet appeared the
autumn models, although many of the elaborate
summer gowns that the couturiers making
now have trimming mounted on the foundation of
a shaped founce. The new skirts flare excessively,
New-York tribune., 1902-08-24
TO DESCEND TO VOuEV.

The peerages of England hid fair in the future 10
descend the female line well the male As
In the of Lord Wolseley and Lord Roberts, the
peerage OF Lord Kitchener was granted with re-
nainder daughters. This has become general
a rule nowadays that 1t is possible the near future
may 1T rendered universal Until lately some
OF the Scottish peeraFes almost the only titles
that descended In the female line. The late Queen
Victoria greatly favored the continuance of peer
New-York tribune., 1902-08-24
DIED FOR HER WORK

Miss Louise Williams. of Lincoln House Settle
ment Boston, died recently from overwork 1t Is
said in seeking TO solve scientifically the problem
of how the poor might be most economically fed
Lincoln House founded by her. and Is regard
ed by her friends monument to her generosity
and devotion.
New-York tribune., 1902-08-24
CONVENTION OF OLD MAIDS

An old maids convention the form taken
by recent entertainment of the Point o Woods
Woman's improvement Association. The old maid
element sustained by the matrons of the
colony
New-York tribune., 1902-08-24

and trimmed in circular bands these bands
often passing under the box pleats. This is
pretty idea that has never been much used Some
skirts with deep yoke piece TO give the
necessary flare At the bottom; others suffi-
cently shaped TO provide for the necessary flare
The novelty of the seems to be the attempt
TO Introduce the rough and fancy cloths into out
si6e garments. The coats, garments to be
worn with different skirts made of heavy zibe-
lines and rough cloths. with fancy cords of all
sorts running through them These trimmed
with stamped plain velvets. with bands Of
plain stitched cloth. A lot OF coiored pipings
are seen on these outside garments to match per-
haps a colored velvet collar.
HALF LONG GARMENTS
a handsome half long garment is of a heavy
zibeline. in blue, shade. slightly suggesting
the peacock with white hairs running the
surface. Stamped velvet in a slightly lighter
shade. bordered with bands of stitched plain cloth
IN the same shade. makes deep collar, with stole
ends that hang TO the hem There is standing
collar. the neck being finished by a cord that ties
fn long loops and ends-a novelty that does not
seem pretty The garment is loose half adjusted
IN the back, and is cut in deep scallops about
bottom. Down the back is a panel of velvet bor-
dered by narrow stitched bands of the plain cloth.
The sleeves flare excessively, end at the wrist
New-York tribune., 1902-08-24

ages through daughters. and the King dispa,,.
similar spirit Among recent pesrages that ~
dom of Fife and the baronies of Burton srs
Strathcoua.
New-York tribune., 1902-08-24

quaint and charming be made of
model tenement kitchen under the sktlful hands
OF a Pratt graduate
New-York tribune., 1902-08-24

The dogs hat has made it's appearance IN Lon
don following it's predecessor. the horses hat
During the hot spell in London this summer n
was not uncommon to see dogs wearing hats or
Snnbonnets In Paris they attend to the dogs
feet instead of his head AristOcratic Partisan
CANNES wear rubber boots. % francs a set.
New-York tribune., 1902-08-24

tbsv at when waiting for the bank to open. and
compare bankbooks with great interest," some
fi<a the children earn the pennies they deposit In
Quaint ways The head worker asked one small
boy the other day how he got the pennies wh1en ne
and then said: Me big brudder gives me a cent
every night l sleep next the wall.
New-York tribune., 1902-08-24

The woman's Reading Club of Sitka. Alaska
has a clubhouse of it's own, a quaint old log
hin buiIt by Russian traders in 1880 which mas
1een furnished by the members. On Steamer
iavs' the club keeps open house for the oene6,
~ possible visiting clubwOmen-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-05-02
y JAILED" LONG JOHN
CHINESE CLAIMED HE WAS LOCK
ED UP.
Well Known Character Appears in
Police Court as Prosecuting witness
Many Cases Before Judge Wilcox.

Judge Wilcox had the biggest calen-
dar this morning, that has appeared in
the police court in a long time. In ALL
43 cases were called and disposed of.
Eighteen Chinese defendants were ar
raigned on charges of gambling. Mon
War appeared for them, and entered
pleas of not guilty. Deputy High She
riff Chillingworth remarked that he had
understood the bunch intended to plead
guilty, so he was not prepared to go
to trial He asked that the case go
over until Tuesday. Mon War objected
to such an extended continuance, but
the court granted the motion.
1T looks to me-" remarked Judge
Wilcox "as if some of the defendants
have given the wrong name, or else
some of them have sent substitutes. You
know these Chinese who cook for mis-
sionary families do not like their en-
ployers to know that they have been
gambling, so they frequently give
wrong names or hire substitutes to ap-
pear in court for them"
Long John, a notorious old Chinese,
appeared as complaining witness
against a japanese named Uno. John
claimed that the latter had locked him
in japanese bath room for ten min
utes the other day, because John had
refused to pay as much money as the
John swore that he was locked up for
fully ten minutes, and not until he had
called to one of his little boys to go FOR
a police officer, and the latter had come,
did the defendant let him out. The
charge was denied by the defendant
who brought several witnesses to cor
rOborate his claim. Frank Thompson
appeared for the defence.
"Well, you see," remarked the court.
Long John is Long John, that's all
there is about it, unless of course he
has reformed, which 1 hope he has. He
swears that the Japanese locked him in
the bath room, and the Japanese denies
it and brings several witnesses to corrU-
borate his testimony. 1t was simply a
dispute between them over ten cents.
1t is a sort of ten cent case, so 1 will
give the defendant the advantage of the
doubt"
Henry Kaumai was charged with col
lecting $21.60 from S. K. Mahoe, by
falsely representing that Mahoe owed
Wilder and Company $4S.50 and the
money was to be applied on the debt
The case was continued until next
| Tuesday.
Five Chinese were charged with as
sault and battery on Chang Chich Hing
The cases were continued until Tues
day.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-05-02
PAINS LAWYERS KICK
OBJECT TO BEING ROASTED IN
PLEADINGS.
The Rapid Translt's Allegations About
pertinent and Scandalous.

Breckons and Dunno, attorneys for
the Hawaiian Tramways Company,
this morning filed an answer in the
case of the Sun Kwong Mau Company
VS.. the Waikiki Land and Loan Asso-
citation, the Rapid Transit Company
and James Mckee, objecting to many
parts of the Rapid Transit Company's
answer which refer to the Hawaiian
Tramways Company. The latter cor
poration is not party to the suit, as
far as the papers on file show, but it is
stated in the Rapid Transit Company's
answer that the Tram Company is the
real instigator of the action.
Objections to the Rapid Transit an
Swer are based on the ground that the
extracts quoted are 'irrelevent, imper-
tinent, scandalous, and ought to be eX
Plunged" and Breckons and Dunno, as
counsel for the Sun Kwong Mau Com
pany, ask the court to eXpunge such
extracts, which make up much of the
Rapid Transit Company's long answer.
The features of the answer objected
to are the statements that the electric
company has been giving Honolulu an
up -to-date street car service, while the
Pain system is out of date, slow, made
quate and effete, that it charges an eX-
orbitant price for an Inadequate SER
vice to Waikiki and that the Rapid
Transit Company contemplates a good
service by taking the McCully tract
route, the only feasible and practical
roadway. All these are alleged to be
jmpertinent and scandalous state
ments, which ought to be eXpunged
The allegation that the Hawaiian
Tramways Company, which does not
appear at all in the pleadings as a par
ty to the suit, is the real plaintiff, is
also objected TO on the ground that it
is irrelevent, impertinent and scandal
lous. The same objection is made to
the statement that the ostensible
plaintiff corporation is actually losing
money on the land it is fighting so
hard to keep out of the clutches of the
Rapid Transit and would not have
brought suit but for the influence eX-
erted by the Tramways Company. The
Rapid Transit allegation that its con-
templated operations, interrupted by
the injunction suit, are in the public in
terest, also ought to be stricken out,
according to the Tramways Company's S
attorneys.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-05-02
KANEOHE PLANTATION PRE-,
PARES TO ENLARGE.
G. Koelling Company Incorpo Gates and
Acquires Land and Machinery for
Production of Castor oil.

The c. Koelling Company, Limited,
which filed articles of Incorporation
yesterday with the treasurer, proposes
to go init the castor oil producing busi-
ness on a large scale, i'm KOOlaupoko.
The company has acquired a plantation.
with machinery valued at $4,000, 80
acres of which are already planted in
castor oil beans.
The articles of association state the
object of the Incorporation to be the
raising of castor oil plants, purchase
and opera ton of mills, boiling houses,
etc, for The manufacture of oil and the
operation of a steamship line if neces-
sary for the marketing If The products
of the plantation.
The capital stock of $50. 600 is divided
into 1900 shares, of which G. Koelling
takes 1000 in exchange for the land
buildings, machinery, etc, at NaueJhe
There are 30 acres Of. land Iianted in
castor oil plants, yalued at Si,l0C so
acres cleared and really fur planting
and 113 acres of uncultivatsd land va
lued at $4,000. The machinery, iuclud-
ing two machine presses ana Il tel2ine
extractor, is valued at ST ,CUJ anu Cf @
buildings al $4,000, making up the total
of 100000 paid by the corporation to
Koelling, n paid up stock, for the plan
tation.
The subscribers in addition to Koel-
ling are w. Wolters, shares Frank j.
Kruger, 25; NJ. r. Lyons, }. g. n. Will
cox 25; II. j. Nolte, %; \ $. Wilcox. 10
II. Frecke, 10; A. T.. Harris 10; making
total of LIPS shares subscribed. L.
Koelling is president FRANK Kruger
treasurer and A. L. Harris secretary Of
the corporation
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-05-02
MAKING CASTOR OIL WILCOX TO RETURN
HOME RULERS EXPECT HIM IN
JULY.
Precinct Clubs to Be Organized
Throughout the Islands-City and
County Government the War Cry.

The Home Rulers last night decided
that their committee on re-organiza-
tion, appointed some time ago and con-
sisting of Prince Cupid, John Emmeluth
and David Kanuha, should go ahead at
once with the work mapped out. Sena-
tor Kalauokalani, chairman OF the
meeting announced that Delegate Will
cox would return home when Con-
gress adjourns for the sunmer and that
he might be expected in Honolulu about
the first of July.
The work before the committee now
is the organization of precinct clubs
throughout the Islands, and then the
adoption of a new party constitution.
This has all been planned out already,
the committee having had a number OF
meeting to discuss it. A beginning will
be made with the Island of oahu, after
which the committee will go to other
islands and form the clubs which are to
be the basis of the party organization.
The Home Rulers precinct club sys-
TEN is the same as that already adopted
by the Republicans and which the lat
ter are now discussing in detail. With
the Home Rulers it is proposed to make
the club membership an open PROPOSE
tiOn, except for one restriction. The
only qualification for membership in the
club will probably be an agreement to
work for city and county government
This is about the whole policy of the
party at present. and it will make it's
campaign on that issue. No pledges
are asked of precinct club members to
support any party or candidate or
policy, but a pledge will be required to
the support of city and county govern
ment. The clubs will take hold of the
primary elections and to the members
thereof will be submitted some proposed
changes in the party constitution
No choice was made last night of a
successor to the late j. X. Kaulia, and
it was decided to leave the place un-
filled, Senator Kalauokalani acting as
chairman at the meetings On the re-
turn of Delegate Wilcox, he is expected
to assist in the work of organization.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-05-02
BIG SUGAR MOVEMENT
NEARLY TWENTY FIVE THOU
SAND BAGS ARRIVE.
Some Of Stuff Goes to San Francisco
and Balance to Atlantic Sea Board
More Sugar Tomorrow.

There is a very big movement Of SUI
gar this week. The MaunI Loa arriv-
ed this morning from her regular Ha-
wall and Maui run with 7U-h bags of
sugar, the Waialeale came from Ana
lola with 1920 bags of sugar and the
Noeau from Hamakua ports with 4.2S6
Lags of sugar. Last night the W. G.
Hall arrived with $500 bags of sugar
from Makaweli and the j. A. Cummins
came in from Koolau ports with about
200 bags more.
The Noeau went alongside the
schooner Aloha this morning and be-
gan discharging sugar for San Fran
cisco.
The ship Tillie e. Starbuck will also
begin receiving sugar from the Mauna
Loa today for San Francisco.
The Hail and. Waialeale are discharg-
ing into the Alaskan, as that sugar
goes to Philadelphia.
The Cummins discharged her load at
the Oceanic wharf.
The Claudine will arrive tomorrow
with sugar from Hama and other Maui
ports.
The Lehua will probably bring sugar
from various Maui and Molokai plan
tations
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1902-05-02
WHOOPING COUGH.

A woman who has had experience
with this disease, tells how to prevent
any dangerous consequences from it.
She says: Our three children took
Vhooping cough last summer our baby
boy being only three months old, and
owing to our giving them Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy, they lost none
of their plumpness and came out in
much better health than other children
whose parents did not use this remedy,
Our Oldest little girl would call Justify
for cough syrup between whoops-Jessie
Pinkley Hail. Springville, Ala, y. 5. A.
This Remedy Is for sale by all Dealers,
Benson, smith & Co., general agents.