The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-12-12
SHARK FAILS
TO CONNECT
All the Same, a Big
Crowd FIocks to
the Beach.

The Jap who catches sharks for the
Aquarium had a date with a man-eater
outside the reef yesterday. And per-
haps because he thought that the
shark would keep its date the Jap, in
his turn, made a date with Manager
Potter of the Aquarium to bring in the
shark in time for the amusement of
the Sunday crowd
Wen. the Jap did not keep mis- date.
with Manager Potter, that is. Whether
the shark kept its date or not has not
appeared from the returns. But, if it
did there are like to have been devel-
opments. This because of the manner
the Jap has of catching and handling
sharks. The man, to begin with, goes
our in a. boat by himself and cruises
up and down until he has located the
shark country Then he throws over
a big hook, attached to rather a small
line and waits for a fish to come along
looking for it's dinner. A shark may
not be always hungry, but it always
has accommodation for another bite
and it takes the bait.
And then there is something doing.
Heretofore the things have been done
to the shark The Jap. having worn
out the strength of the fish, finally
gets it close up to his boat, ties rope
around its tail and tows it in to the
Aquarium
But. yesterday. Well, you see your
self what might have been doing If the
shark kept it's date. The Jap might
have tired out first, which condition
would have been attended with con-
sequences. Or the fish might, by sud-
den rush, have overturned the mans
boat. and then it would have got
square meal-that is, provided it rel
ished Jap. Or. being tired but not
thoroughly tired, it might have taken
a notion to do some towing itself and,
if it did, that Japanese may be half
way to Guam by this time.
IN fact. there are fifty things that
might have happened. What did not
happen was the delivery of the shark
to the Aquarium as per agreement
And that was a disappointment to the
Sunday crowd.
For the rest, it was a very pleasant
day at the beach. The resorts all did
as much business as they have been
permitted to do since the Sunday law
Went into effect, and the surf was fill
ed with bathers and. coasters all day
lons;. 1t was warmer than it had been
on the Sunday before, which fact add
ed zest TO the aquatic sports.
The Aquarium drew well, despite the
failure of the Jap to connect with the
shark, and the little painted fishes did
their endeavor to please the visitors
Noticeably. there was an addition to
one of the tanks in the shape of some
half dozen long, thin, almost invisible
fishes shaped something the same as
bamboo leaves and looking rather like
the attenuated shadows of set of
bad dreams. These fishes their bodies
almost transparent and their fins en-
tirely so. are called t'nu-nu''-which is
not their name, but they look as much
like that as anything else
The band played at Makee Island,
and Mrs. Alapai and John Ellis sang,
and the large crowd in holiday garb
gathered about and enjoyed the music
greatly. And. indeed. it was good
music. The singing out there under
the trees where the tropic airs breath
ed softly from the sunny ripples of the
sea. was wondrous sweet.
The crowd was large. 1t went to the
park in carriages, and in autos that