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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-12-19
Christmas in Filipino.
From LeslIe's Weekly.


While you are in land Of starlight
frost and sleigh-belIs, here the cool wind
brushes through the palms. and the bIue
sea sparkles in the sun. I'm every Chris
tan kind of place" 1t Is the time of Christ
mas bells and Christmas masses Even AT
the Aloran convent-about the last outpost
of civilization (only little way beyond live
the wild mountain folk-sun worshipers-
and the Mohammedans)-the priest has
made treat of nuts and raisins for the
boys and girls-somewhat of a Christmas
cheer even so far across the sea. They
have been practicing their Christmas songs.
Ave Maria" and the "Oratorio," which
they will sing around the streets on Christ
mas eve The school boys have received
their Observation-Disclosures sugared crack
ers and perfumed soap-and now that their
vacation has begun, their little brown heads
can be seen bobbing up and down in the
Dlue sea. Their Christmas tree will be the
royal palm, and nipa boughs their mistIe-
toe.
There was Christmas eve recent,on ar
the home of the dramatic club, where the
refreshments OF cigars and anisette and
hand. The FilipAo always does things Law
ishly The evening was devoted to band
concerts-the municipal band In thu ma
vilion rendering the Mexican waltxes.
over the Waves" THE Dove and other
the moonlight under the mimosa trses-
serenades under the Spanish balconies and
carol singing to the STUNNING Of euitars
The houses were H1umined with SQUARE
tissue papsr lanterns OF soft oolors. The
girls ct the tobacco booths offered a spe-
cial oigaretfe tied with blue ribbon az a
aou1oni1 Of the December holidaya.
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throngs on the sidewalks. the continuous
streams of shoppers flowing in and out of
the stores attired in gala holiday dress.
the presence of holly and mistletoe in all
the elaborate window decorations; these
things are the unnistakable signs of the
gladdest season of the year.
Santa Up to Date.
That Santa Ola US is on the way is very
evident. His toys and dolls and things
are stored all over the city. Many OF
them are to be seen behind big plate
glass windows. The old gentleman is an
up-to-date fellow, despite his long reign
on earth. His gifts for good children are
modern in every detail. The greatest
advance has naturally been in the way
of mechanical teysg These playthings
can do almost anything their owner
wishes. The teyr OF the time is the auto
mobile, and it is to be found in every
variety of design and ability TO DO strange
things, nearly approaching IFS practical
prototype. The Red Devil" in this re-
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ne ice, sail up. gliding along quite filed
9ith laughing girls whose cheeks seem
red the flags above them.
From the farther end of the dixie comes
ne most noise and glare where are the
crowded steam merry -go-rOunds. at which
The older peasants stolidly cape. The
girls on the stiff. vanished lions. giraffes
md camels. squeal eXcitedly as the engine
moves faster, the silver and gold head
dresses CLEAN prettily through the lace
of their caps. and over all is the raucous
voice of the persuasive Snowman, eloquent
over the charms of the fat woman and the
iron-jawed man. There is a sudden rush
toward the river and the cause is the
coming of the skating contestants. stout,
squat-looking fellows. on phenomenally
long bladed skates
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ing. The old custom of allowing a kiss
when caught beneath the mistletoe is one
OF the customs handed down by the English
pee pie. When the states declared their
independence and became new and sepa-
rate people, they took care to see that
such a desirable custom as this should not
be dropped The significance of the mistle-
toe has been handc d down from genera ton
to generation, and is one of the prettiest
and often one of the most enjoyable bits
of fancy associated with the holidays.
Keep the Pot Boiling"
While the general atmosphere of the
streets is one of busy prosperity, of pocket
books strufted with a plethora OF gold,
there is also a -uggestion of The poor, who
arc always with us, at ChrIs mas time as
well as in the bleaker days OF the later
winter when the holiday cheer is gone.
Big Christmas dinners are in prospect for
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until Christmas eve, for IL is only through
such an arrangement that the crush OF the
seasons buying can be managed. 1t Is
really the shops that attract the people
scenes which soon become equal in interest
to those within the busy martS of trade.
The street falSir gets in his profitable work
as the crowds hurry from store to store.
He reaps a rich harvest, too. for his toys
or novelties attract attention through his
accomplishments OF speech where they
would be lost in the stores amid a maze Of
other things.
Holly and Mistletoe.
The sale or holly berries, 1nistletoe and
Christmas trees viii not reach its height
until next week. In anticipation of the
usual heavy trade an these symbols of the
season. however the farmers and holly
hunters from the city have been vfeing
with one another in transporting the festal
shrubs into town. Great wagon loads or
holly bushes and tightly bound pine ana
cedar trees are to be seen traversing the
roads and the down town streets. If one
should follow these teams to their destina-
ton he would find that they unload at
storage rooms in the shopping center, to be
kept there until the minds of the house
holders turn to holiday decorations. Then
the army of street fakirs viii be aug
mented by the statesmen of the pointed
leaves and gay red berries.
Good times and people feeling fine" said
an old Center market character the other
day means big trade in mistletoe. The
girls are happy, and little mistletoe about
the house adds heap of merriment."
1t is fact that the supply of this de-
ightful and significant evergreen very sell
dom meets the demand. If the bachelors
and beaux had their way no pretty girls
home would be without sprig of the
shrub. The pretty girl. however. viii quite
surely see to it that this bit, this piece de
resistance of the Christmas decorations is
not missing. 1t is so delightfully."- tantaliz-
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IN MARKED CONTRAST
Lots of People Who Really
Have No Holiday
ON CHRISTMAS DAY
FOR THEIR WORK MUST GO ON
JUST THE SAME.
Policemen, Firemen and Street Car
Conductors-There Are Others
in the List.

Write for The Eyeairg star
While most gooI Americans are sitting
srugy at home enjoying the best holiday
of rla year there VIII he hundreds of peo-
pie not SO fortuna.e who. by professional
lot must spend Christmas day away from
Their own freside.
OF course, these people are in a small
minority but they form class which at
this time of tile year, attracts the interest
and TN most cases the sympathy OF human
ity at large.
\ Young uewspapa. woman who has q de
sire 20 learn what such people thought of
Christmas and how they spent it. toured
Zig eastern city few days ago and in
men % al sorts and conditions
on This all-imporJ4D; subject
Size accosted the street car conductor. the
cabman the soldier the fireman. the no
licemon and the beggar. and was favored
with opinions of Christmas as interesting
as they were different. Here is the result
of this tireless Investigators inquiries:
Conductor: ron, yes. Christmas is all
right for other folks. but its not very merry
FOR us conductors our hours are longer
without increase # salary and the aw nj
rush at this time ,S year makes our work
tWlCr as hard. Everybody and all their
relatives turn on 81 Christmas time and
even though the tr ley companies put on
NOR cars during the holiday seasons ire
impossible 10 comfortably accommodate ev
erybody, and its IG.ghty hard for a fellow
20 keep his temper when the crowd which
may be good naturri enough in the stores
and on the strects-3'va heard OF tbe s,ni1a
with which they taxi iostllng-pitch in a
the conductor bee tU-e his car is packed To
hear the people groNJ you might think the
conductor was res ousible for the rusb
when. by George, il they only knew NO
truth, he Just Ore ds the Christmas crowds
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and never again gas he known to touch
drop of the dangerous. ioosenihg liquid.
Lots of people vowed that ne was a lot
better man drunk than he was sober. and
they regretted that he had effected so alb
soiute reform. Until the day of Nelson's
dealh- think there were good people in
Rochester who entertained away down IN
their hearts hope that for once. Just
once. BIN would break his pledge But ne
never dif't. :. n
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Il suppose there is a big rush in every
business around Christmas. but the street
ear conductor has troubles of his own and
he hasn't the compensation of looking for
ward to an easy time soon as the day IS
Fast. for the rush keeps up during the week
between the 18th of December and the 1st
Of January, although the after-ChristmaS
crowds are not quite so large as those that
send the nickels into the traction COM
rany's exchequers before the 10Th of De
Ccmber. As far as the holiday Itself IS
concerned Christmas is like every other
day in the year to us. No big dinner with
our family, no rOmps with the youngsters
unless we happen TO be off on the daytime
and on night duty that date. OF course,
we get an occasional tip, there are some
regulars who always remember us, but the
little extra cash. or the occasional git
hardly compensates for the loss of the
home pleasure the majority of people enjoy
on Christmas day"
The Fire Fighters.
The fireman: We'll. yes. I do have a
rather better time than some men who
have to work on Christmas day. Most peo-
pie think the f1remen have hard time of
it, but if they only knew the truth they
would be rather surprised.
We're making elaborate preparations
for this years celebration. and 1 think
were not very different from the men in
other stations in that respect. The people
in the neighborhood all put together and
give US a big 'handout' for the occasion,
and as we have so short a time al home on
that day. an hour for dinner just the same
as other days, we just celebrate al the
engine house.
IF any one had seen US last Christmas
they'd never have pitied us again because
we couldn't go home on Christmas. We
had a fine big setout for all the boys and
our wives and daughters-oh. yes, sweet
hearts, toO-played mattresses. Say we
didn't have a jolly time! Then afterWdrd
we cleared the place and had g dance.
Work on Christmas?-oh yes, but then
its either Christmas eve or Christmas
night when the candles are lighted on the
trees and all those himsy trimmings are SO
apt to catch. Why people will persist in
running such risks 1 can't see. If it weren't
for them we'd probably have whole holt
day on Christmas day, for all the business
places and factories are closed and there 5
scarcely any chance of fires from these
Quarters
The Boys in Blue.
The soldier: "a soldiers life. young lady.
is not all beer and sldttles. can tell you,
not even on Christmas day Now, with me
this year I expect to have a good time, but
not so very many Christmases ago I didn't
expect a good time. and l wasn't disap-
pointed. Here in a big civilized city, with
not only Uncle Sam. but your people as
well. to take care of you'd think a soldier
would be an ungrateful creature If he
didn't thank Providence for a merry
Enthusiastically after being through
what several of US have experienced on
some other such festivals,
Yes, I'm thinking of the boys in the
Philippines. BY this time the youngsters a
home have heard enough of the place to
kind of get them out of the idea of wanting
to go there as a soldier. Fights out there
are not the only things that shorten the roll
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Holly and Mistletoe.

From Illustrated Bits.
Tho Holly MS n soldier reared
The woodlands long ara
And met beneath a Spreading oak
The maiden Mlstlrtor
lie bore sword and slender spear,
And wore scarlet coat
And she IN mantle green
With pearls around her throat
IT.
The frozen fakes began to fall
They hid the narrow track
The happy lovers lost the way
And TeVgrmore cam" back
And still through winter woods they strayed
Together In the snow
The soldier Holly and his bride
The pearl-deCkcd MlstletOe.
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AROUND THE STREETS
3iso
sfrt 10
Fakirsand Shoppers Mingling
in Jolly Good Cheer.
JOYS 0F CHILDREN
SALVATION ARMY's NOBLE WORK
FOR THE POOR.
Evergreens and Frosty Air Combine to
Complete Typical Washington
Holiday Festival.

AS the cock is trumpet to the morn, SO
the Washington street fakir is herald of
the holidays. He is abroad on the busy
highways of travel with all his fascinat
ing toys and trinkets. With melodious
voice and practical demonstrations of his
wares he collects about him in eager
crowds little boys and girls and the par
ents of little boys and girls. and wakes
rich ere Santa Claus comes to monopoIize
all the joys of toyland.
1t is not the street fakir alone that be-
tokens the coming of Christmas. 1t is in
the very air. The hurry and hustle of the
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spect The auto is the street fal1irs de-
light, for he has the smooth cement side
walk or the equally smooth asphalt pave
ment on which to operate the cars.
The window displays and the fakirs are
the attractions that make the children
hurry home after school these days, and
after parental permission has been given
troop down in gay parties to feast on the
sights that come but once in twelve
months very long twelve months to
youthful hearts. The children form one
OF the pretttest and most interesting pic
lures IN the street scenes at Christmas
time. They move about in q very delirium
OF JOY, and the things they see and the
things they think about in anticipation
of the coming of old st. Nicholas bring
them the happiest hours of their lives
No matter what may be the disappoint-
ments of Christmas morning, there is no
child too poor or too rich at this time to
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ladclphia Press.

From The T'hiIadcIDEIa Press.
"Fifteen-two and a pair makes four"
said Subbubs. who was playing cribbage
with Popley. What have you in your
crib?"
Ali" replied Popley, absent-mindedly.
Just the sweetest little ootsums- tootsums
girl in the world"
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To Secure Privacy.

From Fliegende Blaetter.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-11-09
BY AUTHORITY.
PUBLIC LANDS NOTICE.

On Saturday, November z, 1903,
at IL o'clock noon, at the front en-
trance of the Judiciary Building.
will be sold at Public Auction a GER
tain piece or parcel OF Government
land, situate in Puueo. Kau. Hawaii,
containing an area of 319 l 2 Acres,
little more or less
Terms:-Cash in U s Gold Coin.
Upset price:-$3 so per acre.
For plan and further particulars,
apply at the Public Lands Office,
Honolulu.
E. S. BOYD,
Commissioner OF Public Lands
Public Lands Office, Oct. 6, 1903.
The above sale is indefnitely post
poned.
E, S. BOYD,
Commission er OF Public Lends,
Public Lands Office, Nov. 6, 1903.
1854 3t
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-11-09
Judge Dolo.

Governor Doles appointment as Fed
eral Judge is another link in the chain
of distinctions which have come to the
hero of the overthrow" The appoint
ment does not reflect credit on Presi-
dent Roosevelt and it will undoubtedly
result in further loss to the already
faded lustre of the recipient. Governor
Dole was at the pinnacle of fine renown
when he stepped from the office Of
President of the Republic of Hawaii.
For sentimental reasons President Nc
Kinley made him the first Governor Of
the Territory. The only acts of merit
in that Office have been performed by
others. Dole's fame and greatness have
not prospered in pure American at
mosphere. Having done big and spec
tacular things he could not apply him
self with spirit to common details. The
appointment for sentiment sake by Nc
Kinley was nice for Dole and nice for
Mckinley 1t was unfortunate for Ha-
waii.
Now comes another sentimental ap-
pointment. Dole succeeds Estee. The
strenuous President has quit thinking
say anything against the character Of
of the fortunes Of Hawaii No one can
S. B, Dole. He is an excellent gentle
man. He has friends by the multitude
in every part of the Islands. But he is
not the best man that Roosevelt could
have found to succeed Estee. The po-
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-11-09

Without contesting the recent Oahu
County election, the Republicans will
be happy in their ill-gotten success,
and then will accuse and abuse the
Home Rulers for blowing nothing but
hot air But as it is to be a contest
in earnest, unmindful of the fact that
certificates of election have been is
sued, we will be enabled to see what
the outcome is t. be. Better to con-
test it than to allow it to shoulder
quietly in oblivion.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-11-09

superintendent Cooper. claims to be
working in the open in his land deals,
but, holy cats! the facts belle his
statements. There is no getting around
it. Last Saturday W. G. Irwin bought
the Oahu College tract on Miller
street between Beretania and Vine.
yard, paying $4,000 for it. He bought
1t on the strength of prior and secret
arrangement with Cooper to transfer
it to the Government in exchange for
other land. There is the biggest kind
of a niger in this wood.pile. Irwin
is not man to diclSer in thing Of
this kind without the sight of little
sack at the other end Of the line. What
we want to know is how much bonus
Cooper proposes to give him and how
much of a rake-oif Cooper himself will
get out of the deal at the expense of
the people? These questions may
seem naughty, but we have enough in,
formation up our sleeves to declare
that they are eminently and imminent
ly pertinent.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-11-09

Even without money (?), as claim.
ed and asserted by our more ponderous
contemporaries, Home Rulers have at
last decided to make a contest and a
stab at our recent election by peti.
tioning and demanding a recount only,
They have sufficient good and plaus.
ible reasons for making such a move,
which has been in the mist for the
past few days, upon which they rely
for fair and just treatment.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-11-09

Only recount of the votes cast last
Tuesday is wanted by the Hawaiian
party and not a new election as was
first thought by those most directly
interested. Legal opinion, and that
from able counsel, was sought and
was given Saturday afternoon to the
above effect. This protest will be
pushed to the bitter end and it is safe
TO say that all will abide by whatever
decision may be rendered.
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sition of Federal Judge in Hawaii
should not be used as baggage for po-
litical or personal reward 1t is too
important place for that. Roosevelt
could have helped Hawaii, by naming
some distinguished American jurist.
He did not do So The President made
mistake which the future will prove.
--Hilo Tribune.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-11-09

Former Mayor Phillips, of Spring.
field, ILL.,, must have felt greatly an
noyed because the Advertiser, a wee
paper in wee Territory, told its 1900
subscribers (who had never heard of
Phillips before in their lives), that he
had stolen some money. We can fancy
Phillips walking the floor in the mid
night hours and damning an unjust
world Nasty Advertiser; shame on
you
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from that continent to the South Amer
leans, short of open sympathy and
armed assistance. 1t is, therefore,
plain that Roosevelt has a big contract
on his hands. 1t is contract in deal
ing with which the greatest caution
will have to be exercised. Mr.. Roose-
welt will have a chance, however, to
show what he is made of. If he term
mates the difficulties satisfactorily it
will prove a great feather in his cap at
q time when he will need all the feath-
ers he can scrape up. Should he, on
the other hand by his bull-headed
"strenuousness" bring on war of the
character above outlined, he will have
dug a political grave into which he
will be summarily and forever laid"
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most certainly win in the next cam
paign in the States. With a Demo
cratic administration at Washington
the local Democratic party would
have the naming of every man for Of
flee in these Islands to be appointed
by the President Small though it
may be- it would have the control of
the principal offices in its hands. No
Democrat should chase after the
Home Rulers to get them to come into
the party. The Democratic party is
above and Independent of any other
PARTY on this beach If the Home Rul-
ers wish to join the Democratic party
we'll and good; there is no way to
keep them out. But the Democrats
should feel able to go it alone and we
believe they do feel that way. In case
of the success of the Democrats in the
States next year, the loud howlers Of
both the Republican and Home Rule
parties would be falling over each 9th
er to get in out of the wet, Then will
be the time to act.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-11-09
MONDAY, NOV. 9, 1908,
Tar PANAMA TROUBLE.

The Panama trouble is by no means
80 inconsequential as many Americans
would have it believed. Ever since the
declaration of President Monroe, IA
miliarly known as the Monroe Doc
trine the great Republic has gradually
ascended from the northern horizon as
q storm cloud, threatening the auton
omy of South American States. Gov
ernments and the press of that conti-
nent have viewed the situation uneas-
lily for very long time In place of
looking upon the United States as
great friend and helper, they regard
our country as somewhat of a huge
dragon awaiting its opportunity to
gulp them down. What, then, would
be the attitude OF the South American
republics in case the present negotia-
tions with the United States of Colom-
bia came to blows? 1t is next to GER
tain that Chile, Argentina and Brazil
would form compact decidedly un-
friendly to the United States, and that
they would be Joined later by Vene-
zuela, Peru and Bolivia. If it came to
actual hard-pan war the struggle would
almost certainly be, before the end,
with all of South America and prob
ably large part of Central America.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1903-11-09

The Advertiser is a bit late in dis
covering that the County Act pre-
scribes that contests of election must
be submitted to the Circuit Court in
the county in which such contests
arise, and that the decision of the
court must be submitted to the board
of supervisors of that county. That
is the point upon which large part
Of the discussion of the past few
days has hinged, and eminent legal
counsel has advised that the section
referred to is not yet in operation, and
cannot become operative until a coun.
ty and a board of supervisors exist,
which will not be until January of next
year. 1t was held that that was plain.
ly the intention of the Legislature, or,
otherwise, a special proviso in regard
to contests arising out of the 1908
election would have been inserted in
the County Act, The question of jur.
isdiction will undoubtedly arise when
the matter is brought up in the SUI
preme Court, and upon the decision
will hinge the preliminary trend of the
proceedings. The matter has been
pretty well threshed out, however,
and there seems to be no good reason
why the Supreme Court should decline
jurisdiction. The facts of the case
would, in such event, be sufficient to
warrant a recount.