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Chicago eagle., 1904-10-22

The average rendcf Wit give but
glancing notice to the statement of a
New York costume creator that 80.
ciety girls" cannot dress on less than
$4,000 Il year. The same reader will
look upon any girl, man or woman
who spends $4,000 u year for dress as
having more money than sense. 1t Is
the good. Woodworking girl to whom
the majority of Americans look with
pride--one who can get along with
$50. $50 or even $50 year for cloth.
ing--not the pampered ones who spend
from $1,000 TO $4,000 year for dress
and have set their traps to snare Il
foreign duke or count.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06
DIPLOMACY
By Nicholas Memo

consider it a decidedly unfriendly act
and would at once sever diplomatic
relations with his own family until
such time as the cause OF friction
should be removed. OF course. Mrs.
Benedict reminded him that all men
we're by nature and practice unmen-
tionable brutes and that he was one OF
the best specimens of the class now
in captivity and that furthermore her
dear mother should always be vel
come in the Benedict mansion and
sho1lld stay as long as might seem de-
sirabIe to the parties in interest When
the matter was presented TO him IN
this aspect Of sweet reasonableness
John Henry promptly withdrew from
his aggressive position and announced
that any female ancestor OF Mrs
Benedict's was a firm friend Of his As
a consequence Of this particular piece
OF truthfulness on John Henry's part
he was forced to hear his many short
comings pointed out TO him by the
said female ancestor morning and
night for six weeks
This was the straw that changed the
whole current Of John Henry's life, so
TO speak. He had given the bright god
dess Truth the best chance in the
world to make good and she had ut
terly failed to deliver the goods as or
dered. He now determined 10 try what
a little judicious diplomacy would do.
When an old and tried friend OF his
youth blew in one afternoon and ex-
pressed a desire to see how the town
looked after the lights were turned on.
John Henry called up Mrs. Benedict and
broke the news to her as gently as
possible that Jones Of Kalamazoo = IS
in town with a large consignment Of
business that must be attended TO be-
fore the banks opened the next morn
ing and for this reason he would be
unable to gladden. his household with
his presence until very late hour. The
only alloy Of truth that this statement
contained was that there is such a
town as Kalamazoo-even the residents
admit that-and that there Is probably
a man or two named Jones concealed
somewhere in the city directory OF the
place; the rest was a product Of John
Henry's active Imagination This fact.
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however, did not prevent Mrs. Bens-
dict from falling On his neck, meta
phOrically speaking, when he finally
showed up carrying a distinct aroma OF
cloves about his person, and cOndoling
with him because he was so over
worked. Such had been John Henry's
hard experience with truth that he ac-
cepted the tribute Of sympathy without
even a symptom OF a blush.
The remainder Of John Henry's ca
reer proved the wisdom OF the new
policy which he had inaugurated. When
the suggestion was tentatively ad-
vanced that another visit from the an
cestor alluded TO above was impending.
he deftly evaded the invasion by point
ing out that when two people were so
happy together it was a pity to ring
in a nOn-union hand When a type
writer who could walk along the street
without frightening the cab horses
settled down in John Henry's ONCE, he
never mentioned her and, from his con-
versation, the casual observer might
have inferred that she never came
within the effective range OF his OBJ
servation. The same rule was applied
to all the domestic crises and worked
like a charm, so that where once was
discord and dread wars alarms, IN
alloyed peace and happiness now
reigned- The white-winged dove OF
peace eIbowed the grim visaged god OF
war of the nest and everything was
as lovely as a meeting OF the national
campaign committee.
In order to round out this domestic
Iliad. it is necessary TO state that Mrs.
Benedict was on to John Henry with
both feet all the time and could tell
when he was lying without the aid OF
a microscope or a spirit level. but this
did not prevent her from attributing
his mendacity to a commendable de-
sire 10 save her feelings. and in conse-
quence John Henry received praise and
honeyed words where before all was
stern censure and verbal missiles that
flew straight TO the mark All Of which
goes to prove that as long as truth
crushed to earth can be counted on TO
rise again, 1t isn't absolutely necessary
TO be so everlastingly careful Of it on
all occasions
Copyright, 1903, by Albert Brftt.)
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06
DON1ES TIC
Fable for the Foolish

ject 70 more wear and tear than ordi-
nary volumes. and also that nothing
makes mansso attractive to a woman
as the idea that there are depths in
his nature which she has not sounded !;
Bluebeard cham bers which she has not
peeped into. A man who tells all that
there is TO know about himself is like
a newspaper that prints all its news
on the outside page, or a horse race
that always comes out according TO
the inside tips.
Mr.. Benedict started out by telling
his wife the names Of all of the girls
that he had been engaged TO before he
met her. This is in direct violation
. OF the established matrimonial canon
that neither one Of the parties to the
contract shall have been in love be-
fore Mrs. Benedict played her part
OF the game according to Hoyle and
although she had had numerous fish
half out Of the water before she finally
got the landing net under John Henry,
she made him believe that he was the
first one that she had ever played
and she had played him for sucker
although he never knew that. In con-
sequence Of John Henry's rash frank
ness-or frank rashness-Mrs. Benedict
never failed TO remind him OF his pre-
vious attempts to butt into the matri-
nonial fold on the occasion Of domestic
crises, coupled as a rule with the fer
vent wish that he had been successful.
John Henry never took refuge be-
hind any of the pleasant subterfuges
common 10 the male sex for explaining
his absence from the family fireside un-
I'll the witching hour Of half-past
twelve. Instead Of explaining in great
detail the pressing nature Of the busi-
ness which had come up at the last
moment, requiring his immediate at
tention, he frankly confessed that he
had fallen in with a party of his pre-
matrimonial accomplices in villainy
and had enriched their exchequers to
the extent of ten dollars and twenty
FIVE cents in a pleasant little social
game of ten-call-twenty. As a result
he was persona non grata in his own
household until such a time as he had
appeased the wrath Of the powers that
be with a diplomatic application Of
new hat and gown.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06
- y THE PARENT AS A CHUM - y

to plan as a family and not as indi-
viduals for little outings and excur-
sions. Here we find a shining illustra-
tion of what sociologists call the soli-
darity of the family. 1t is not broken
up into small and competing cliques.
Each member of the home seeks and
promotes the welfare OF all the others.
1t is a splendid thing for the children
when the parents are disposed to be on
terms of comradeship. 1t keeps them
out of bad company. fosters a due
amount Of family spirit and draws out
latent possibilities. For no touch upon
the plastic life OF young child can be
quite so tender and potent as that OF
a father or mother. A man of thirty
five told me last week that one reason
why he enjoyed shopping with his wife
is that his mother used to take him
when lad on shopping expeditions,
explained to him about different fab
rics and helped him TO acquire a skill
and wisdom in the expenditure of
money that has been OF incalculable
value ever since he set up housekeeping
for himself
And the parents get a good deal out
of the relationship, too. It keeps them
young and hopeful and happy to be
sharing the emotions and ambitions
of enthusiastic and purposeful boys and
girls. Wrinkles and gray hairs. doubts
and fears, pessimism and cynicism
come less quickly to the man or woman
in mature life who has even one down
right good friendship with somebody
under twenty-five years Of age. There
fore / say to you this Sunday morning,
Take time to be chummy with your
children THE PARSON.
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06

NEACE hath her victories no less
n than matrimony, but for pur-
poses Of convenience we will con-
fne our attention 10 the latter
class % triumphs- II is commonly
stated By people who are possessed OF
large quantities of inexperience that
the only guarantee OF domestic heppi-
ness IN this world and its consequent
rewards IN the next is perfect frsnkness
and entire truth one with another. The
theoretical admiration that many.
otherwise commonplace and unremark-
able people, have for the truth is one
of the most beautiful things known TO
man. People who would blush the
deepest possible shade Of crimson IL
they were brought face 70 face with
the naked truth, no matter how plain
II was, VIII calmly and in the presence
of their fellow men avow their fixed
and underlying belief in the benefcence
OF the results accruing from a steady
pursuit of the truth.
There have been men who have de-
clared il 70 be their opinion that men
ought, on all occasions, 10 tell the
truth, the whole truth. and nothing
much but the truth 10 the wives OF their
bosoms. II is true that this is only
theory in the majority Of cases, but we
have known a few men who attempted
10 put II into practice: the majority Of
them soon abandoned IL, however, at
the instance Of their wives, who threat
ened 10 sue for divorce, not because OF
The nature Of the things revealed, but
OF The ground that man who would DO
thing so unnecessarily foolish was
mentally incapacitated for matrimony.
This WAS more or less the experience
e John Henry Benedict When he first
inveigled Mrs. Benedict into the meshes
ot the holy bonds Of matrimony. he
soiemnly assured her that his mind
should always be as an open book 10
her and that all his acts should be as
plain as the nose on his face. As this
was about as plain as a nose could be.
without artificial aid. it should have
satisfied Mrs. Benedict that the game
was 10 be open and above board. Mr..
Benedict forgot, or did not know. that
books which are always open are SUBJ
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06

a relationship Of comradeship can be
established we can perhaps secure all
the best results of the older and stricter
regime and at the same time bridge the
chasm that used TO exist between father
and son OF between mother and daugh-
ter.
This is certainly the natural relation
ship. When our children are young
and helpless before the novelty and
wonder of their presence in the home
have faded away we do not begrudge
the time and the pains it requires TO
keep pace with their advancing life.
Every added pound Of flesh, every new
tooth delights the fond and admiring
parent For the sake of tossing them
in his arms a man will leave his busi-
ness a little earlier at night than he
used to do when a bachelor. But why
should this close touch with the child
cease or relax when 1t gets beyond
the need of the parents constant physi-
cal protection or of their direction in
every little detail of its life?
There are multitudes of homes in
America where this ideal of intimacy
has been maintained through gram
mar and high school days and long
after the growing boys and girls have
gone to college and professional school.
I go into such homes and find the pa
rents conversing at the dinner table
about the subjects the children have
that day been studying. I see on the
center table textbooks and reference
books which tell Of common work to-
gether. / note a disposition to do
things together, to play games In which
all can share. to have evening COM
panies made up of young and old alike,
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06

n YOT long ago successful busi-
ness man came to a ministerial
u friend Of mine and said in sub
stance, Il am greatly troubled
about my boys. Not that they are bad
fellows. but they seem TO be growing
away from me. don't feel acquainted
with them. What can do?" The min
lister, who has boys Of his own, by the
way, told him not TO magnify at the
moment his parental authority, but to
try the method of comradeship, "go to
their ball games, familiarize yourself
with the names Of the crack players on
the football team. Invite your boys
companions to the house Find out
what the fellows in general are read
ing and studying. Ascertain quietly the
character Of their amusements and if
they are legitimate enter heartily your
self into their recreations and excur-
sions" The business man promptly
adopted the advice and a few months
later returned to his counselor with a
radiant face. You were right" he said
i've been around with the boys a good
deal the last few weeks and we are
getting to be first-rate chums. l feel
as If 1 had gotten my boys back again"
We are worrying to-day more or less
over the decline Of parental authority
America is contrasted TO her own dis
advantage with England and the Con-
tinent in the matter Of home admins
tration. Difference of children to par
ents, exhibitions Of prompt and un-
questioned obedience are said to be
rarer than they were generation ago.
This may be true and would not con-
done waning Of respect on the part Of
the young toward their seniors. But il
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06

The Hawaiian moon pours its ra-
dance upon broad hotel lanais. crowd
ed with tourists and residents in even
ilg dress listening 10 the sweet har-
monies OF Hawaiian singers.
Music 10 the Hawaiian is the open
sesame 70 his sensibilities. II he suf-
fers. he means In musical measures.
= he IS sad. he sighs in some minor
cadence Even his anger leaps 70
Esnur cf varied uttersnces like the per
e-1prory staccat0 Of z beaten ''ukulili. q"
and his expressions Of love or hate,
~ hope or despair, are best interpreted
through his natural medium OF rhyth-
-nicaI sounds The original music Of
The native Is largely traditional Il is
NOT science; II IS q melody flowing
from the soul. linking itself with kin
dred expressions Of feeling or passion
into chords or harmOnies as complete
ss ever fell from the pen Of Bach or
Beethoven. while unconscious Of num-
bers Or calculation In their curricu-
veritably the music OF nature as the
aggregation of bird song. or the un-
spoken thrcb u deep night. or the dis
tsnt hum q city life is the keynote 70
The universe OF sound. Is there any
thing more DitiabIe than the aloha"
~ poor Liliuokslsnf. composing the
ante-mOrtem OF her dead realm, sing
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06

In the meantime. what are you going
10 do with tflem2 They constitute
majority OF the votes Of the Territory.
They draw the color line against the
white man and draw it sharply. They
elect legislators who will vote for no
law recommended by the Governor; leg
islators who viii often pass over his
veto any law he opposes, who viii re-
fuse 10 confirm his appointees. and who
have 10 be called in extra session be-
fore they will pass the necessary ap-
prOpriation bills 10 carry on the gov
erument
The social conditions in Honolulu are.
70 say the least, peculiar. Imagine
New England Sewing Society colcn-
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06
Copyright 1904 bv Thomas Fitch.

l--rleht. lso4. hv Thomas Fitch
= CIV. iDciuielt mountains untOrn
. IN their gentle upheavaI. melting
softly into lesser hills Of Infinite
variety of color. bearing count
.ess inlDri-ts of natures moIding hand
-1 Der dimpling and curvIng processes.
ere Ars- 20 capture the eye Of the voy-
a1er as he sails into the beautiful bav
rs Honolulu. Seas Of be-yl. and amber.
and emerald, and turquoise breaking
Ge1tT Ia white foam upon a shore
"-e-e cocoa palms Lrt aloft their
t-onded heights ard great monkey-pod
rees 1l The air with pink bloom. La
e"ors covered with water filies-rrsst
crimson and lilac discs OF perfume.
Flowers and shrubs Of every conce.
a7-e lint and odor. and over al the
Seat royal poncianas, covered with
scarlet lowers. with white blossoms
;-=st-i1g .n their hearts. and as the dusk
s-a--s on the arching heavens are lii
N-th burning sunsets-rainbow tinted
and glowing in gorgeous fretwork. en-
e-rs Of glory II IS Monte Carlo with
our the click Of the roulette ban. II
is Long Branch without the hectic OF
Nal street clinging 70 its garments.
u IS Old Orchard or Mount Desert with
out their chilly nights. II is Coronado
or Monterey without their boisterous
1reezes- II is not the tropics, because
The thermometer IN seventeen years has
never registered as high as 90 degrees,
ana Yet IL IS the tropics because in the
same time The mercury has never
dropped below IS degrees. 4 straw hat
c- 1elt hat, q linen or a woolen gar
11sCr are equally in order. There are
no snakes Or reptiles or poisonous IN
sects. Il is the perfection Of physical
LIFE Fitting environments these for
The 1ree-liDbed. s0ft-eyed. uberty-Iov-
ing natives inhabiting these lovely isl
snds of The sea Fresh from the cruel
BE q nature they come. untrammeIed
by the arts Of civilized life. Their chill
dren are besotten and born and die as
members Of one loving family. They
share their little ones as they do their
bread, and the change 70 Christia nity
rom IDOL worship has made but little
difference with them. In spite OF mis-
sionsries and icOnoclasts the Kanakas
retain many Of their pristine qualities
They are not loyal in our sense Of the
word They pay little attention 10 =
promise They VIII sell their votes
eagerly and cheerfully fail TO deliver
The goods Virtue is often merely d
name. but the lack Of il is no bar sin
lister 70 good deeds and humane actions.
They are gentle and forgiving and gen
e-ous- bur they are ungrateful 10 de-
E-es almost human
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the best policy, when Mrs. Benedict
suggested that her mother be requested
to honor the Benedict domicile with a
visit Of indefinite length, John Henry
informed his wife in firm but gentle
tones that the person aforesaid was
peculiarly obnoxious TO him and that
If she appeared on the scene he would
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06

Not dismayed by his experience in
this direction, John Henry mentioned
one evening, when he was more or less
on the witness stand, that his new type
writer was a peach with red hair and
complexion that made a red rose look
like coat Of whitewash. There was
another typewriter in the Office, Of
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06

Benedict & Co. next day and in ac-
cordance with the plans and specifi-
cations prepared by the-nominally-
silent member Of the firm, she had a
large crop Of freckles and a face that
made the Office clock lose fifteen min
utes the first day. Still firm in his ad-
herence to the belief that honesty is
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06

The King is dead-long live the
King" What of the problem of govern
ment presented by these islands 10 the
American nation2 Seventy millions of
people Lying on the mainland think lit
tie and care little for the fate or the fu-
ture OF 80, 600 dweIlers in Hawaii, yet
the nation has Z duty to perform to-
ward them as trustee and guardians
duty which it may not neglect or shirk
without reproach.
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ing her heart-breaking sobs for a lost
kingdom, lest to her on earth forever?
! happened TO be present at the fu-
neral OF the last Of the anahamehas
Among the gorgeous trappings Of woe
were TO be seen signs and symbols Of
royal heritage baz9ned with golden en-
broidery; but Of kingly possessions
there were none. and somebody Whis-
pered. He had them all destroyed the
night before he died Alien touch
shan not finger my crown, or traitor
breath stir the feathers upon my raj
ment,' SAID he.
And so died the last Of the royal line
The feather scepters nodded their
beautiful plumes 10 the piaintive chant
of stored music, and the old native
monologist babbled cf farther isles and
wars. but over all the raven Of destiny
croaked ''Nevermore.
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The rights and wishes Of the natives
seem TO have been but slightly consult
ed They loved their little, harmless
opera bouffe monarchy, with its fuss
and feathers. They believed that Eng
land and France would protect them
from japanese absorption They we're
not much interested in an increase in
the market value Of sugar stocks, or a
rise in town lots in Honolulu, for they
had parted with the best Of their lands
and the best Of their lots to white men.
They had not assimilated the spirit of
the great Saxon law of titles, which ap-
plies TO national as TO independent pos
session:
This the law ot Cedric's band,
The law OF usn 20 man.
That he must keep who gets the land
And he must get who can.
They looked with enmity and distrust
upon those who annexed" their coun-
try, and I fear il will take generations
70 eradicate this hatred-so many gen
eraLions that their accelerated decrease
fl numbers will make Of the Kanaka
only a memory by the time the hatred
has died out.
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As an American citizen I rejoice that
these islands are. for good or for evil.
under the stars and Stripes. but I may
not disguise from myself that in the
manner Of obtaining them we were
guilty Of national larceny. The condi-
tions were peculiar and pressing. The
sugar industry. in which was invested
millions Of American capital, was men
aced with loss of the open American
market through a possible failure 10 re-.
new the reciprocity treaty. The alert,
aggressive. adroit japanese were colo
nizing in vast numbers and IL was
feared would vote themselves into pow
er. japanese the government and
eventually annex il 10 the Mikado's
kingdom, and all the material and
property interests Of the islands would.
as il then appeared. be promoted by
American annexation. and the misguid-
ed Queen was threatening TO change
the constitution so as TO disfranchise
all but native Hawaiians or men who
had married native Hawaiians.
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ing her heart-breaking sobs for lost
kingdom, lest to her on earth forever?
The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06

OF long ago a successful busi-
ness man came to a ministerial
friend of mine and said in sub
stance, Il am greatly troubled