Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1903-03-28

, ter to the Bulletin Bookman written .
not long ago, he says:
Il have always wanted very much .
TO see the Hawaiian Islands and have /
tried to have my publishers, Harper &
! Bros, send me there. II has been in
| vain thus far, but know | shall some
day see that poetic land Of luxury and
| languor in Nature, and of strength and
heroic sentiment among its people
His some day" will never come.
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Thos. Mast, another prominent pub /.
! lie figure who, If not exactly literary
was artistic and therefore related to
the craft, died of yellow fever in Quay
Rquil, Ecuador. December Z, 1902. He
was a martyr to MS boyish enthusiasm
. for adventure. After sending TO Pres
ident Roosevelt a sketch application
for South American Consulate, he
acknowledged his appointment by an
other characteristic drawing. both OF
which are no doubt appreciated by our
Teddy. Mr.. Mast, though born in Ba-
varia, was like many other Germans,
an intensely patriotic American. He
loved his country; was not ashamed OF
its flag or the pride he had in II, and,
unlike many of the ultra-refned ma
tives Of New England, took delight in
celebrating the glorious" Fourth.
Many deplore the influx OF foreign
ers into our country land there has
been some reason for the periodical
jeremiades) but II II preserves for us
the genuine though coarser expression
of patriotic feeling which we need in
such country as ours, we may thank
the Lord for the comings.
Mr.. Mast in his remarkable career as
caricaturist, met nearly all the dis
tinguished men Of his day. He was a
careful newspaper reader all his life,
and for several years previous to his
sad death, he sent the Bulletin Book
man clippings about Hawaii-a slip or
; two marked by foot-note scrawl and
the characteristic 9Th. Mast" Two
years ago in letter to us, he said he
was writing an autobiography but II
was not finished, and the MS, be-
lieve, is in the house of a New Eng.
land author. who is to edit II. Timely
and extended notices OF his life are TO
be found in all of the standard publ
cations; among the best are those In
Harper's Weekly, Dec. 20, and Book
man for January.
In July, the Bulletin Bookman re-
, ceived Fourth of July card on which
;. Mr.. Mast had made sketch of him
:, self, and written across "Remem-
= brances," then, only few weeks later,
came letter from Guayaquil inviting
, us to put up" at the American Con-
: sulate for an indefinite period.
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Philip James Bailey, the aged auth
- or OF "Festus." died at his home in
!, Nottingham, England, in the latter
, part OF the year. II was the Bulletin
Bookman's privilege to be in touch
with this great man, and, later on, in
: this department will be given a few
:, notes on the man and his work, both
a Of which should be better known by
the present generation.
:. : OF "Festus" Tennyson said, Il can
scarcely trust myself to say how much
: admire ii, for fear of falling into ex-
: travagance," while Montgomery and
:, Bulwer Lytton were equally laudatory
!, The poem went into forty editions in
= our own country. That was over forty
years ago, and the quotation
, I'VE live in deeds, not years; In
y thoughts not breaths;
> In feelings, not in figures on dial,
We should count time by heart thrObs
He most lives
b. Who thinks most, feels the noblcst
, acts the best"
= | have met many who believed that
y this was from Shakespeare.
, The BOOkman was touched by the
.. receipt Of a letter from Mr.. Bailey
H. written in his S5th year, asking for oIt
- OF Queen Emmas autographs Thi,
., request was accompanied by photo
graph Of the aged author and copy
, of "Festus," ! was unable to secure
., the autograph, but have the request
., as an evidence Of the authors kindly
- interest in things Hawaiian.
D" :. !. !.
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-, big!er; A Doctors Wander Days, G. +
", Jydston; The Rewards of Taste, Nor
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