The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-03-22

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Talking of sea matters, what = list
OF passengers is booked for the Siberia,
and what a list could not secure &C
commodations even on that big ship.
/ UNIONS, GAS AND DIVIDENDS.
There are three topics OF interest
constantly cropping up into converse
ton here. The outcome OF the unions
which have San Francisco in their
grasp; whether to buy or sell gas
stock; and when the Has allan sugar
plantations are going to pay dividends.
As to the first, it is admitted to be
rather serious question when house
holders are not allowed to employ their
own workmen, but have men sent them
who are assigned by the union to their
| district, when the ashman you have
| had twenty years or more tells you
| that you live block out Of his circuit
and he can honor you no more, when
the Chicken Pickers Union have a
meeting that reminds you that chick
ems do get picked, and when the Grave
Diggers Union assert themselves to an
extent that causes you to wonder if
you can get buried at all unless you re
union man.
| San Francisco is threatened with an
other car strike, the men demanding
an increase of pay that will mean a
serious loss to the company and which
seems somewhat unjust considering
tbo+ +1,ax- q -. 10 "a t,attar +bon spv nor,
in the East. Is it any wonder that the
| outcome is questioned: the answer lies
| in the prediction that with the thou
sands OF workmen pouring into this
golden city Of Unions the Unions will
soon have more workmen than work
and with dissatisfaction will finally
come disruption.
sPRECKELS ON GAS STOCKS.
or sell gas stock, there is story told
| about Claus Spreckels who has the
reputation of never giving a tip" A
prominent merchant having cornered
him alone,-to the envy OF few 9TH
ers at the Club who had been awaiting
a chance in spite of old Claus's repu-
tation,-joined the envious ones, after
parting with Mr.. Spreckels and re-
marked with quiet satisfaction:
wei. we have talked gas stock and
old Claus has opened his heart for once
and this is what he told me about
buying and selling gas stock: Gas
| stock! You ask me about gas stock
those D. fools; what do they do?
First they buy gas stock and then those
d fools, they sell gas stock Gas
stock, those d fools what do they
know about gas stock? First the d
| fools buy and then the d fools,
| they rush out and SELL They buy they
| sell, the d fools. Gas stock! They
ask me what to do. Shall buy? Shall
I sell? Those d fools and their
gas stocki' And that is what learned
| about gas stock from Claus Spreckels."
! 1t is common sight at the Club to
| see Claus Spreckels and his son
Rudolph meet and pass each other
without a sign of recognition. For a
long time Rudolph Spreckels would not
| join the Pacific-Union because of the
/ chance of constantly meeting his
father, but lately he has been persuad-
| ed to become a member and lunches
there daily. One wonders If an i'm
placable nature has its own reward
| when one muses. on Claus SDreckels.
At least he brings to mind the fact
| that one cannot live self-centered and
lalone; there is always another to suf-
Fer.
MRS. HAROLD SEwALL.
News of Mrs. Harold Sewal1 from
Bath, Maine. is not as good as her
friends would like to hear. She is obliged
to lead very much the life of an invalid,
as her heart is far from strong. But
she gives, as always, an impression of
health and good spirits and it is hop
ed that with time and good care, she
may regain her health.
Her sister Mrs. McLaren is looking
handsome and very young to be the
mother of her tall daughter. Her trip
! to Europe this summer did her much
] good and she looks like a young girl
| in the pretty white gown and picture
hat in which she appeared at a tea
recently.
BETTY ASHE, GLADYS MERRILL
AND NED NEUMANN.
| Betty Ashe. the youngest sister, has
| returned from New York where she
graduated as a professional nurse She
/ is leading a noble life, giving her train
| ing and experience to settlement
work" The poor people in the district
! where she has established herself in
4 little cottage. know her and bless Miss
| Betty" for her tender and unselfsh
! nursing.
Gladys MerrilFs wedding is going to
be a large affair. There are two thou
sand guests hidden to the church cere-
mony, and jolly party of her young
friends are to meet her at the Merrill
house with their congratulations after
Both Mrs. Merrill and Gladys have
warm friends in Honolulu and many
invitations TO the wedding have been
sent to the islands. Gladys was only
sixteen or so when she visited Honolulu
with her friend Miss Deane. She was
pretty girl then. but she has grown