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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-19
SUNDAY BASEBALL.

Senator Palmer P. Woods telephoned
the Tribune one day this week that
the Kohala baseball boys were in a
nasty frame of mind because the au-
thorities refused to p,rmit Sunday
ball at the new Kohala ball ground.
The boys have recently expended be-
tween three and four hundred dollars
on new ball park. The Senator says
nearly all the boys are working
through the week and that Sunday is
the only day they can play. The boys
want to know why Sunday ball is O..
K. in Hilo, Honolulu and on Maui and
|tabu at Kohala.
The rule so far as can be found out,
Is that Sunday ball will not be inter-
fered with where popular sentiment
|upholds it. It has been suggested that
the Kohala boys circulate petition
on the subject and that there will be
little doubt of Sunday ball being per-
mitted, so long as the games are or
Derby and not too noisy.-Hilo Trib-
une.
HOME RULE CAMPAIGN.
The Home Rule campaigners and
candidates returned Thursday morn
ing from their trip to Puma. They
held fine meetings in that district and
are claiming big results. The party
was composed of VIM. Keolanui, j. U.
Smith, Eugene Lyman, c. r. Blacow,
N. C. Wfllfong, Edmunds, Lalakea,
| Makekau and Palau. A Home Rule
meeting was held in the Japanese the
alter last night and after rounding ur
| Waiakea they will leave Monday fol-
a trip through Hamakua.-Hilo Trib-
une.
| SCOTLAND FOREVER.
The quarterly meeting of the Hile
Burns Club was held In Spreckels
hall last Saturday evening. Officers
were elected as follows: President
Dav. Butchart; Vice-President, Geo
Wilson; Secretary, J. Fraser; Treas.
urer, Jas. Henderson; Master at Arms
Alex. Fraser. c. c. Kennedy wa.
elected honorar~ president, and ]. T
Moir honorary vice president. It wa.
decided to observe the Burns ami
versary witt grand Scotch concer
to be held on January %, and a com
mittee Of five was appointed to ar
range for the same. The Treasurer
report showed the club to be in flour
fishing financial condition.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-10-19
Office To Let.

A fine large Office over my salesroom,
S57 Kaahumanu street.
Rent, $1,000 per month.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-25

in the gloaming, when suddenly he stopped
and pointing ahead to one side of. the
path; exclaimed tragically, "Theres the;
sort of thing thats-drives me mad His
companions began to peer forward anx
iously to see the cause of this sudden out.
burst. Seeing nothing they begged to
know the meaning of his unwonted agita-
ton. There" he pointed, "just look at
those miserable white ttoadstools, every
they're golf balls.'"@ Curtain.
- The Manner Of aging.
Mrs. Fiske as a disciple of realism that
does not finch at calling a spade a spade,
was inclined in 'Tess of the D'Urber-
which she thought strong and fitting, but
which somebody else's tinidity had cut
out in the play. When she wanted back
ing she would appeal to Miss Shaw, who
was in the company, and got it. 1t .af-
forded Miss Shaw great amusement to
note that these carefully considered lines
fell upon the audience wholly unobserved.
There came a time, however, when Mrs.
Fiske saw things somewhat differently
and gave more heed to the criticism of a
supersensitive public ear. AS Marion
Miss Shaw had a line in which she in
yited a woman who was, nagging her "to
go to the devil" with startling force. 1t
was: the dramatist's line, and quite the
thing to be expected in the situation, and
earlier it's propriety had never been called
in question. -. ~i--,~,
One day, with much hesitation, Mrs.
Fiske suggested to Miss Shaw that she
feared the expression was giving offense
and that, if Miss Shaw didn't mind, she
thought it had better be given up. While
not agreeing with the idea at, all, Miss
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-25

of his brother and won first place in the
home oratorical contest. y This year he
again demonstrated his oratorical ability
by winning similar victory and will be
Oberlin's representative at Minneapolis.
L. D. Woodruff is a buckeye by birth.
and prepared for college in the high school
of New Lyme, Ohio. In the fall of 1900
he entered the freshman class of Oberlin
college and Immediately identified himself
with the Phi Delta Literary society, in
which he soon showed his ability as
strong writer and speaker. His oratorical
efforts were crowned with success last
year-his sophomore year. This year, in
the home contest. his oration won three
straight firsts in thought and composition
1t is an eloquent tribute to the work of
John Quincy Adams: ~z
George P. Jones, University Of Minnesota.
George P. Jones is familiarly known
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-25

Shaw said, "Why, certainly If you don't
like it; but what would you suggest?"
Mrs. 'Fiske's suggestion was a smothered
exclamation suppressing the offensive de-
monistic title.
At the next performance Miss Shaw
obediently said go To- and dropped
her voice into nothingness, and the house
simply howled at the result, Mrs. Fiske
saw the humor Of the situation and her
only comment was: "Well, I think after
that you'd better go back-to the devil
Miss Shaw's deduction from this incident
was, 'You see, it isn't what you say, but
how you say it."
Belief in Women. F.. ,.
Miss Shaw is that rare, creature, a
woman's woman. She Is believer: in
far-seeing advocate. Everything that looks
to the untrammeled development of women
in their fullest possibilities finds in her a
friend She is in complete sympathy with
Olive Schreiner, the South African writer,
because of her prophetic vision of racial
needs. Turning to a woman whom she
knew to be an ardent believer in political
equality, Miss Shaw said, "Why don't
YOU equal suffragi use dreams as your
great argument?"
"It is the most forceful utterance that
I know on the subject, it's evident inspir-
alton carries conviction. l would that
every man and woman might have always
before them in their consideration of such
problems as that raised in Ghosts Olive
Schreiners words: Over the unborn our
power is the same as Gods and our re-
sponsibility the same I should like to
place it at the top of every theater pro-
gram. that it might be craven in every
SOul''
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professional women who were SO FORUM
ate as to spend an afternoon with Miss
Shaw this week, when she was their
guest at q luncheon. Her, powers Of de-
scription and Of inducing in others her
own mood took these women quite out of
themselves and for an hour or two they
lived in the charming atmosphere of the
player-fok's summer home, breezy Nam
tucket, where Miss Shaw has a bunga-
low. or in professional women's league
circles where women of many minds and
Of strong character keep things at an
interesting pitch most of the time, or
among the numerous interesting people
of the stage with whom the raconteur
has been associated. 49,
Nantucket, seen thru Miss Shaw's eyes,
is almost too good to be true, as restful,
wholesome, comfortable place for COM
plete relaxation and throwing off Of care
and conventionalities. The list Of the
player folk living there reads like record
of the latest New York successes. This
rugged, windswept outpost of the United
States is the setting in which Burr Nc
Intosh has placed many footlight favorites
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forts, and keeping all eagle eye on each
other, when the United States has them
all barred? That one European power is
not constantly wrestling from some other
one it's possessions down here, Is not due
to any lack Of inclination, but merely to
the fact that whenever they begin to get
sassy and quarrelsome with each other,
your Uncle Sam looks over the rim of his
glasses. and says: Scrap, all you want
to, boys. but don't forget the sign which
reads, Keep off the gress. - This is the
only reason why the guns of the powers
are getting rusty in the West Indies.
Europe Too Proud to Let Go.
There is no one who understands better
than Europe that its position in the West
Indies IS untenable; that to it the game
here is no longer worth the candle. Former
ly there was money in the trade here, but
the United States has absorbed that; for
merly one power had to defend itself
against another, but now the Monroe doc
trine disarms them all. Then Why do
they hang on? Because one can't let go
without the other. Pride and fear that
any backward move would be construed
as loss Of prestige, makes each power
put on a bold front as it pockets it's loss
es. At the present time the European
powers are certainly doing lot Of whist
ling in the West Indies in order to keep up
their courage and fool their neighbors:
Spain's forced withdrawal from the scene
did not affect the situation, but if one first
class power should voluntarily withdraw
from here, and thus give the rest rea-
sonable excuse for doing so, they would be
so glad Of the chance to get out that in
stead Of making a digni1ed retreat they
would stampede.
This is true Of those who are here, but
there is one power which has no terrific
rial possession in this latitude which would
like very much to buy or bluff somebody
out. Germany wants a coaling station in
these waters so bad that it makes the
kaisers mouth water every time he thinks
about it. There is no mistaking the fact
that the German emperor is hostile to the
Monroe doctrine and that he is nursing
the ambition to break it. He makes all
sorts Of band-stand plays to the Ameri-
cans, but he is busy building fences just
the same. 1t is a. game of give and take.
The kaiser is very foxy, but if he thinks
he has the dust thrown in our eyes he is
mistaken. When he sent Prince Henry
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-25
MARY, SHAW AS A STORY TELLER
The Interpreter of Gloomy Herones Is Vvaciou Woman Full
Overlooking Gay Spirits That Brighten Everyone About
Her-Has Inexhaust BILE Fund of Good Stories

Anyone who still believes the old fall
lacy that women lack the faculty of tell
ing good story and making their point
in decisive and irresistible fashion, should
have an opportunity Of meeting Mary
Shaw, the rare exponent Of Ibsen's dead
ly earnest and, gloomy neroines. In her
proper person Miss Shaw is the embodi-
ment of vivacious spirits and scatters
sunshine lavishly upon everyone that
comes near her. Describing her mission
in life she says: Il am always expected
to be a merryandrew and to be full Of
good spirits with which to cheer up ev
erybody' and she always fulfills this re-
quirement. BY the by, the discovery that
In herself she is as different from Mrs.
Alving as day is from night makes ones
admiration of her subtle and intense art
doubly great. Her are SO faithfully in
terprets nature that it is often mistaken
for her own personality.
A taste of Miss Shaw's gift as racon-
teur demonstrates woman's storytelling
powers, and pride of sex was lifted sew
eral notches in every one of group OF
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-25

over to see us we showed the royal gen.
tleman a 4rousing good time; when he
wanted Miss Alice, the White House girl,
to break a bottle on his new boat, she
did good job of it; when the president
left Washington recently and the German
representative came down to the station
to see him off,, he got return for his
courtesy In the loan of some of the best
riding horses he ever threw a leg over;
and when the kaiser gets his traps all
set and starts in to make trouble over
the Monroe doctrine. we will meet him
at his own game. and he will soon find
out that some of his advisers have played
costly joke in him by telling him that
the American navy is not properly manned.
Why Germany "Butted In" .,:>
Germany's interference in the st. Thorn
as deal may be explained, in two ways:
First, because it is her competitive poll
cy to head US off on everything, no mat
ter whether it is the sale Of a barrel Of
glassware or the requirement of terri
tory that would add to our military
strength; and, second, because she is using
St. Thomas as the distributing point for
her commerce in these waters. If we
bought the place she would have to move,
and it is said that rather than do this,
she is going to increase her house rent
to meet the shortage in expenses the
Danish government has been having to
pay.
The proposition to sell formed the peo-
pie of the islands into two factions known
as sale and .antisale." The opposition,
naturally, was headed by all the fellows
who had jobs under the Danish govern
ment. A long time ago a man paid $5o,ooo
for a monopoly on the drug business In
St. Thomas. His concession was to last
as long as the government was in power.
The privilege has already descended from
father to son, and Of course this man
would like to see the government go on
forever That is why he and all Of his
connection were redhot "antis.'
AntIsale Crowd In Power.
The 'tanti' crowd, altho in the minority,
had the whip hand. They were in office
and used their power in the fight in a
manner that would have reflected credit
on the organization Of Tammany. They
nluzzled the editor Of the "sale" paper,
and cowed every "sale" enthusiast they
could get a screw to working on. They
whipped into line many who would have
been outspoken for the change If they had
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-25
ORATORS FROM SEVEN STATES SOON TO COMPETE HERE

mirer of Ruskin, of whose work his ora
ton treats. He is descendant of
prominent English family, on one side and
of q, member of the Mayflower company on
the other, but was raised on a farm
While following the plow he would, COM
pose orations and speak them to him
self. His interest in school work. which
in his early boyhood was not great was
given sudden impetus about the time of
Harrison's second campaign. He went
thru two grades in the Rockford, Ill.,,
schools in one year, passed thru the
high schools and then went to college.
earning his way by moving lawns, beating
carpets, feeding furnaces and washing
dishes for the first two years and preach
ing after that. He was appointed Rock
ford high school orator in 1897 and has
won two iDemerest medals in contests un-
der the auspices Of the W. c.. T. Z.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-25
his interesting outdoor Photographic
dies.
English Ivy at Nantucket.


Even. tho summertime is an actors play
time, it would be quite natural to sup
pose that the most absorbing interest of
the colony would be likely to have some
slight thread of connection or association
with the stage, but it hasn't. "TheI SUBJ
ject?" '1vy-English ivy" The tale; told
by Miss Shaw, of the fierce rivalries Of
famous stars to excel as cultivators of
English ivy to Chamber over the walls Of
their shacks and bungalows could be ap
preciated only by amateur gardeners. The
starting Of a new leaf upon an anxiously
watched cutting is ample warrant for a
round Of triumphant visits to announce
the fact. Miss Shaw herself has one Of
these cherished bits that was the cause
of deep envy on the part of Isabel Irving
and other neighbors. They were suspi-
cious of it's thriving habits and openly ac-
cused her of sorcery or the use of unfair
means Of spurring it on. Miss Shaw's only
reply was, well, you can see for your
SELF AS matter Of fact, it was SIM
ply being gorged with liquid manure, sur
reptitiously put on at night. ~ ..
Miss Shaw has a great desire to get
down to Nantucket to see whether this
treasured ivy has wintered successfully.
The tenor Of her letters. from her neigh
bors is of the same sort.
Billy Thompson's Golf Balls.
! While the Nantucket colony is entirely
sylvan in some respects, there are good
golf links there and among the late VIC
Tins of the fever was Billy Thompson,
the. rather staid husband Of Isabel Irv-
ing. One evening Miss Shaw and his
wife were strolling along path with him
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-25

about the university as "Jones of Rock"
and is middle law student. After at
tending the public schools at Luverne,
Mimi, he spent two years in. Hamline
university, where he distinguished him
self as a student orator. Since coming
to the University of Minnesota he has
entered almost every contest that was
open to him. Last fall he made a very
creditable race for clerk of the supreme
court on the democratic state ticket. His
striking characteristic in delivery IS the
unusual carrying power of his voice. He
has succeeded in writing real grafton on
the somewhat unpromising subject Of
coal and the policies which would prevent
a recurrence Of miners strikes -.
Eugene Marshall, University of Michigan.
Eugene Marshall the young colored
orator, who will represent the University
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-25

monial Of $75. This carries with it the
right to represent Michigan in the con-
test Of the Northern Oratorical league to
be held at Minneapolis, May 1. He has
made his own way thru college. The
subject of his grafton is Hamilton and
the Constitution" Z, -
Edwin J. shannahan, University OF Iowa.
Iowa's representative is an Irishman
with all an Irishman's devotion to his
fatherland His oration upon Daniel
O'Connell'' gives him a fine. opportunity
to show this devotion. He pleads fervent-
ly for Erin and her people. He was born
of Irish parentage on a farm in Muscatine
county, Iowa. At Williamsburg, Iowa,
he was prepared for the university, which
he entered in the fall of '99 as a freshman
in the College of Liberal Arts.
He joined the Zetagath society in
which he has held various offices. He
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-25
THE CHANGED GRIZZLY.
From GrizZly Bear Lore in Outing

From Grizzly Bear Lore. in Outing.
There are numerous reliable statements
Of grizzly bears having attacked men, but
nowadays the grizzly does not seek out
his human victims, as there are credible
statements that his forefathers used to
do. Neither does he lie in wait, and.
pouncing upon a hunter, tear him into
bloody shreds in delighted fiendishness, as
the old-time stories used to tell. The
change in the grizzly's disposition is lik-
ened by veteran hunters to the change in
the character of the white cousin of the
grizzly, the polar bear of the Arctics
When the stations for Hudson's Bay COM
pany were established the diaries Of the
men there often referred to the fright of
attacks by polar bears. Many a navigator
in the Arctic seas has been claWed and
chewed to death by polar bears. But for
nearly a century the polar bear has not
been regarded as SO very fierce, and now
adays it is looked upon as a cowardly
beast. Association with armed men has
modified the polar bears disposition.
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-25

of Michigan, was born in Detroit, Nov. 26,
1880. He prepared for college at the De-
troit high school, being graduated in June,
1900. The fall Of. the same year he en-
tered the law department of the Uni
versity of Michigan and expects to be
graduated next June. He, has been in
terested in oratory ever since he began
his high school course. In 1898 he won
second place in the annual contest of the
Peninsula High School Oratorical league.
The next year he was a member Of the
debating team from the Detroit school
which defeated Orchard Lake Military
academy. Three years in succession since
he entered the. university he has repre-
sented the law class of 1908 in the annual
university contest. In the last university
contest, held March 13, 1903, he won first
honor over all competitors together with
the Chicago alumni medal and a testi-
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-25

ST THOMAS. D. w. I.--For the
time being the jig is up with our
attempt to corner the bay rum
market, and those who are in a
~ position to know something about
inside facts claim that the failure Of the
deal Is in a large measure due to the in
reference of Germany. There is certainly
2, niger in the woodpile somewhere, be-
cause all authorities on interna tional mat
ters know that Denmark would be mighty
glad to rid herself Of what has come to
be white elephant on her hands. if some
influence had not prevented her from do
ing so.
St. Thomas. ST. Croix and St. John, the
three islands which constitute the Danish
West Indies, and for which we proposed
to pay Sc, 900, 900. have long since ceased to
be a source Of profit to their European
owner, and, on the contrary, have been
a constant loss Last year the Danish
government had to fork over 100000 to
make up the shortage in expenses for con-
Quoting the affairs of st. Thomas alone.
A deficit for one year would not be so
bad. but 1t has become a regular thing,
with no prospect for Improvement.
These islands are like the rest Of the
West Indies, inasmuch as they have hot
weather products for a cold weather mar
ket. They have got to do business with
the United States and maintain social and
political relations with Europe. This car
rying water on both shoulders is a hard
and improbable job for the islanders. It
Is certain that if the business people in all
the islands were free to follow the course
which they know would promote their
commercial interests, and were not ham,
pered and embarrassed by their obliga
tiors to Europe, there would be scram-
BILE to get into the American band-wagon
that would make your head swim.
Uncle Sans Sian.
It is also certain that every European
power which has possessions in these
waters would gladly dispose of them it
there were not other considerations at
stake aside from the financial aspect of
the matter. The Monroe doctrine, which
certainly precludes the possibility Of any
foreign power acquiring more territory
here, really makes these possessions val
ueless to their present owners from a mil
itary standpoint. What is the use Of the
European powers fortifying against each
other, and maintaining all these bristling
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-04-25

have to cut down the salaries of all gov
ernment employees. This was shock |
to the "anti' crowd, who had rooted hard
for Denmark, had hired the band. and
arranged for the enthusiasm. 1t was CIV
ing them a stone when they expected
bread. The "sale" crowd laughed, but
they took good care. that none of the
''anti-sale' people. saw them do it. If
you want to get it rubbed in on you just
ridicule a man who is in office He may
raise your dog tax or declare it uncon
stitutional to throw ashes in your own
backyard. Official oppression is some
thing to be dreaded, and a man with a
new cash in his salary is more likely to
oppress than any other. 1t is sure
thing that the ''sale" men had the last
laugh, but it Is equally sure that they
could not afford to enjoy it. -:
A Very Blue Outlook
Seriously the outlook for ST. Thomas
is not at all promising. In starting in to
reduce the salaries of the office holders
the commission has made a bad start to-
ward renewing prosperity. 1t is about like
trying to ease a shoe -pinched foot by
tightening the laces. This is true for the
reason that the government is about the
only thing in st. Thomas that affords
steady employment to the people. When
q ship comes in it is a busy day for every
body, but not enough revenue is derived
lrOIQ LulS source TO make The pace pros
porous. In the days of the sailing vessel
st. Thomas enpoyed a bustling trade. The
long, vacant store-rooms built in those
busy old days tell their own story of a
prosperity which Is probably gone for
ever. ,r3 IT,.
AS you approach the place, sitting so
haughtily upon it's three hills. you can
not escape the charm it holds. 1t has
it's story of an old romance to recount
as we'll as it's record of commercial
achievement to boast about. If you want
to go anywhere in this quaint old city
you will have to follow the example Of that
other party who marched up a hill and
then marched down again. The Danes
are evidently as fond of red as the Irish
are of green. They have red houses and
red buggies and have put red stripes on
the baggy breeches Of their red-cheeked
soldiers. Their flag is red and white, but
that cut in the salaries of the "anti'' fac
tion may make a few more converts for
the pretty Yankee banner, which has not
Only red and white but blue as we'll