New-York tribune., 1903-02-11
THE PASSING THRONG.

James p Allies a. prominent business man and
former member of the local legislature IN Hawaii
was at the Imperial Hotel yester-
HAwAITS day. When / left home" hs
PROSPERITY said. "the people were getting
along finely and rejoicing in this
fact OF American sovereignty. l tell you we are
glad be Americans in these stirring days Our
in,norts and our exports growing We are a
vay station on the Philippine route Our govern
ment is now securely established and the old quar-.
reis about Queen Liliuokalani and her court are
done away with. The invasion Of American capital
and the interest taken by American people in gen
eraI have heIped us woEierfuIly The completion
of the Pacific cable Will put US in touch with tho
United States and the Orient, and we Will indeed
be a great midway station between the greatest
country In the world, the United States, and the
coming if not already wonderful Orient \
great deal of American capital has been invested
in Hawaii recently. and agents representing Ameri-
can capital are there, studying the situaten and
more money will be invested there. We are loyal
Of this. We have LIBERAL laws and government ard
are happy ana content
when I in Washington last week. said
Henry p Barbour. attorney of Chicago. at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel last night. I
SENATOR heard good story which was cred
HOAR'S ited to Senator Hoar. OF NaSsa-
MISTAKE chusetts. We all know and admire
the venerable Senator He NAV
have his peculiar ideas and erotchets. but he -
honest and painstakins- This story deals with tNs
Senator Hoar. as a member of the COMMITTEES Us
tening to and weighing evidence, was one Z the
most punctIlious members of the committee Saciy
enough, however. Of the evidences presented
TO the committee prosy and tiresome and the
venerable Senator frequently nodded over ths
drowsy evidence. One time he aroused hiIrSeit
Just as the witness was talking about corporal
punishment Of a prisoner. The Senator from
Massachusetts aroused himself and said. with dig
nifty: Corporal punishment? 1 would Ike to have
the witness state the nsms OF she e9rp9Ta bs S NH
give us a chance get at the facts better; II -
needless & to say shs5s Mere exPained to the SEN
atOr he laughed with the resi-
.If YOU want to see something scTeaminsly
funny said Captain Joseph Watson OF Pittsbar2.
al the Holland House. yesterday.
A PARIS $50 to Paris and party Of
CAKEWALK. professional dancers so through an
American 'cakewalk-' I was n
par;s In Dacember and with number OF other
ar,aricsus I was invited to a dinner and musical
al the home of a we'll known French diplomat. In
honor of entertaining Americans. he explained thaI
he was going to give us something real American.
Late In the evening it was announced. with great
deaI OF pride that there would be an American
cakswalk I pricked up my and thought that
7 was about TO get real taste OF home. but " was
not the case A Paris cakewalk is as much Ike tAs
real thing as Allegheny River stern wheeler -
IKE an ocean liner In the first place. instead OF
the roilclxinS Jig step music that sets your feeE
atInrIinr the music was toned down. made slower
and smoothed over. Then. the dancers were odd
They were blacked up. and wore costumes thar
were a marvel They were as far distant as could
be from the real thing Then the dSnes stssJsd % sng
thing else. Instead OF walking for the cake thSy
danssd Psre%6 % 9 epurs sRd we @ens m td k bs hove
fne il was. and how natural. bur the next time I
excited. They have simply no conception OF -
negro dancing and cakswalking."