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doubt much prefers writing to acting He
first came to this country with his
charming wife. Elaline Terriss. some
thing ike ten years ago, and was one
Of the two wicked sisters IN the ex-
travaganza Cinderella" done for a
spring engagement at the Knickerbocl-
IT. then in its first season, and kno7,u
as Abbey's
Some time later he came over again.
and he and Miss Terriss appeared at
the Lyceum in My Daughter-in-Lavv. 20
Now they are both, engaged regularly
at Mr.. Charles Frohman's London the
alter. the Vaudeville. where they ap-
peared for nearly whole year in
Quality Street" and are now giving
the fairy play. THE Cricket on the
Hearth, which we are to have next
season. / believe.
A Nova Scotia Player.
But TO return to our Daisy" the
most fragrant thing about it is the i'm
personstor Of the title role. Christie
Macdonald. who was last seen here in
The Toreador.' She has an engaging.
untheatric way about her that is in
deed refreshing. where "mugging'' is SO
constantly employed
Miss Macdonald was born in Nova
Scotia. Of Scotch English pareatage. but
was brought up in Boston. She went
on the stage through sheer curiosity to
End out what mummers' life was like.
her first experience being with Pauline
Halls company, Her family was so op-
posed to such a career for her that she
finally gave her manager the two
weeks notice but before the time was
up she happened TO meet Francis Wilson
He heard her sing. liked her voice and
offered her an engagement, which she
hadn't the courage to refuse. Thus was
she regularly launched on the career
which she has come to adorn
Her first part with Wilson was A
small one in ."rhe Lion Tanner lit is
a coincidence that Iions-real live ones
figure. largely in An English DaisysD
and the next season she was cast for
Marie in "Erminie." She was made
understudy to Lulu Glaser's Javotte.
The following year she was Bob. the
valet, IN THE Devils Deputy" then
Mrs. Peter Grigg in 1.-The Chiertain."
and next Lucinde in Half a King"
After leaving Wilson she sang the
chief role in The Bride Elect" a Souga
piece. which was given at the KnicIser-
booker after LEI Captain" had made
him famous as a writer OF opera scores.
When Peter F. Daley went starring IN
Hodge, Podge & CO.. Miss MacDon-
aid came near carrying off all the hon
ors as his leading woman
Some three years ago Miss MacDon.
aid became related 10 the dean of
American actors through marriage with
his fourth son. William Winter Jener-
son. In The Toreador" she had that
captivating song about the making OF
a bouquet
Charles A. Bigelow.
Charles A. Bigelow. who is always
funny. even 10 look at. is the English
Daisy's" chief comedian. and does all
he can to lift the piece out of its rut.
Last year. it Will be remembered. nc
was member of the an-star cast at
Weber & Fields, and previous TO that
leading support OF Anna Held in The
Little Duchess" and "Papa's Wife"
Bigelow was born in Cleveland. but
made his first stage appearance in Bos-
ton This was in 1850. the piece wis
The Magic Slipper" and his remunera |
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THE FLAG: ITS FORMS AND COLORS

Copyright by Bartholomew Dggins)
~ HE size OF flag is expressed by
its length. A "twenty-foot flag
IS twenty feet long The part Of
TIE flag next the staff is the hoist. ''
Where the hoisting halIiards are made
fast is the head" The lower end Of
the hoist where the halliards fasten is
foot The blue field and stars next
the head is the union" The union
generally enlarged. is I'm all respects the
union jack" of the navy. The central
portion of the flag is the field" and the
outer portion. farthest from the stan
is the fly" The flag has six white AID
seven red stripes. the top and bottom
stripes are red. The stars are five
pointed, in six parallel rows.
Regulation Sizes for the Army.
There are five regulation sizes Of col
ors IT. use by the army. The garrison
flag" is the largest regulation American
flag. and is the recognized American
standard 4" II is thirty-six feet fly. and
twenty feet hoist. IL is made of bunt-
ing 1t is issued only TO first-ciass array
posts, and only flown on holidays and
great occasions
The post flag" twenty feet fly and
ten feet hoist. made OF bunting. is the
ESg in general use over the War Depart
lnent and throughout the army posts
The storm, or recruiting. flag. eight feet
fly and four feet hoist, made OF bunting.
Is flown in stormy weather to save the
larger flags
National Regimental Colors
The regimentaI coIors. feet inches
fly and ! feet 4 inches on the pike. used
on all occasions OF parade. are made of
the best quality OF banner silk. the blue
field seamless. the stars embroidered in
white silk on both sides. 1t is trimmed
on three edges with yellow silk knotted
fringe 21k inches deep. with silk cord
and tassels. liik feet long. of blue and
white silk intermixed On the center
stripe is embroidered the number and
name Of the regiment, IN white for in
fantry. and yellow for artillery. OF ali
our present flags this comes nearest to
the dimensions OF the first American
flag. made by Betsy Ross. which was
g feet 6 inches fly and 4 feet 4 inches on
the pike first flown over Fort Schuyler.
August ?, I7G. The specifications for
regimental colors have been subject to
changes at different times by the War
Department On September o. 1896. the
ultneuSlohS N'it ShdhSSu AioAh rect y
inches fly and feet on the pike to the
present.
The Camp Colors.
The camp colors." 20 inches fly and
IS inches on the pike. is made Of silk or
bunting This with other small flags is
made by clamp dyeing the blue and red
colors on white bunting.
The regulation ensigns of the navy run
in sizes by numbers. from ! TO TO- No.
is 80 feet fly and 10 feet hoist, No. 10 is
80 inches fly and 1874 inches hoist. The
other eight numbers are graded in sizes
between Nos. / and 10.
The proportions of all parts of the
army colors diner from the naval en-
sign. The naval ensign is proportion
ately longer. The union OF the naval en-
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sign takes four-tenths the entire length
the hoist Of the ensign is feminine
teenths the length Of the flag The union
in both cases extends down and lines
with the lower edge of the fourth red
stripe from the top.
Changes in the Flag.
Though the Congress when establish
ing the flag showed the greatest interest
I'm discussing the details on the subject
Of the design. there is nothing in any
of the laws which specifies size or
proportion Of the flag. The proportions
of the different flags in use have always
been prescribed by the army and naval
regulations.
During the passage of the act estab-
fishing the flag, approved by President
Monroe. April 4. 1918. the committee hav-
ing charge of the bill selected Captain
Reid. who had won the worlds applause
by hisAneroic and successful defense OF
the iag on the Privateer Armstrong in
the harbor of Fayal. against an English
fleet four years previous, to design the
new flag. This law changed the ac, OF
1894. which made both the stripes and
stars equal to the number OF States.
The admission OF Vermont and Ken
lucky having made the flag fifteen
stripes and the admission of future
States threatened to deform the flag b.
the great increase OF stripes. CAPTAIN
Reid returned the flag to the original
thirteen stripes Of the act of III. ana
provided that a star be added for each
State admitted to the. Union on the
eth OF July next succeeding.
Capt. Samuel Chester Reid was a
sailing captain out Of the harbor of Bos-
ton. He was born in Norwich. Conn.
August %. 1873. In consideration OF his
important services. he was appointed a
master in the United States Navy. on
July 3. 1873. placed on the reservA list
September II. 1855. He died in New York
city January 2S. 1851.
Placing the Stars.
From the adoption of the flag up to
1861. while the thirteen stripes were
strictly adhered TO, there was little
uniformity in the various designs of
the stars in the union. In some cases
the stars were found in one large star,
or a diamond, or a circle and in other
cases made TO form the initials OF
business houses. hotels. steamship lines
etc. With the great number of flags
displayed in the civil war came greater
interest i'm the flag and uniformity i'm
Its design, though it was not until
1896 that the army and navy. through
Secretaries Lamont and Herbert. came
TO an agreement as to the placement of
the stars in the union. IN the regula-
ton flag Of today the stars are placed
in six horizontal rows The first row
from the top has eight stars, the sec
ond row seven. the third row eight, the
fourth row seven. the NTH row eight.
and the sixth row seven. The stars
are five-pointed, two points of the star
rest on lines parallel with the stripes.
the stars and rows equidistant.
There are but two materials suitable
for making flags. silk and bunting. SILK
makes the most beautiful: bunting the
most substantial, e. pecially where ex-
posed to sun and weather. There are
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manner at the foot of the flag 10 the
pike.
The size of the staff should be in fair
proportion to the size Of the flag. A
twenty foot flag requires a STAFF thirty
five feet high. This gives ten feet for
the hoist, twenty feet for the fly, and
five feet clear when the flag is hanging.
The staff to fly thirty-six-foot flag
on the same principle should be sixty
feet high. The average height Of staff
on large buildings is from thirty to
forty feet, and the average size Of flags
flown is from sixteen 10 twenty feet.
The proportions for a forty-foot flag
staff is nine inches at the base: this
width square six feet. then rounded and
tapered TO four inches at the top or
truck.
A hsgpole is generally in two parts:
the top mast and the lower mast. The
fiagpOle at the entrance of the WasN~
ington Navy Yard is 13S feet high from
the ground This does not include the
eh:ht-foot lap of the upper and lower
mast. and the ten feet underground The
lower mast measures one hundred feet
long, twenty inches in diameter at the
base, and eleven inches at the head.
The top mast is fifty-six feet long, ten
inches at the base.and four inches "a
All'1 tEuGh he DeSL material 4DL UdE~
poles is straight grain. an-heart yellow
pine. or Georgia pine.
The regulation army pike for the ma
uOnal coIOrs is the best quality of
straight grained ash. free from knots
and well polished, with nickel-plated
spearhead. and at the foot a nickel
plated ferrule. The length. including
spear and ferrule. nine feet one and one
half inch in diameter at a point thirty
six inches from the upper edge OF the
feTrule. tapering both ways. ~ as to
be one and one-sixteenth inches at the
ferrule and spear.
Halliards.
No plated or braided sash cord.
linen or cotton, makes the best flag hal
lizards The length should be twice the
length OF the pole
The army regulations prescribe the
halliards TO be made of the best Amer
lean or Italian hemp. composed OF four
strands. each three folds. hard twisted,
20 feet long. three-eighths of an inch in
diameter. and TO weigh eleven pounds
However IL is fouHS thai halliards laid
up in twisted strands become kinky and
full of turns. often wrapping the fag.
and choking ar the masthead. The
braided halliards make no turns. and
only become little sitter in wet
weather
Old Flags.
IL has long been a question what
should be the proper disposition Of old
and WORKOUT p--ional flags They are
never sold among the unseryiceable
property by the Government Even
their old parts are sacred 10 the pa
triotic mind. In the fan OF 1898. while In
the harbor OF Rio de Janeiro. Captain
Pickens. of the L. 5. 5. Charleston. no
ticed one OF the men cleaning a dead
light with a piece of an old American
flag. The man explained that II was
given him for that purpose by the mas
ter-at-arms. few MINUTES later tho
chief master-at-arms OF the Chr1lestOn
was degraded to a landsman.
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now several grades of cheap bunting.
much of il cotton or mixed The flag
bunting used by the United states Gov
eminent is OF selected wool of the best
quality. The fabric must be absolutely
perfect. the yarn evenly spun. the warp
and filling TO contain thirty-four threads
to an inch. IL must weigh five and one
fourth pounds per piece OF forty yards
Of ten inches width. For fastness Of
colors it is soaked for twenty-four hours
in Gear water, then washed with soap,
rinsed and dried. 1t is then exposed 10
the direct rays of the sun for two days,
and if it shows no fading or running Of
the colors it is accepted.
Eight ColorS Used.
There are eight colors Of bunting used
in rags and signals-blue. red. white.
yellow, orange. brown, green, and black.
The ranking colors are: Blue. first: red.
second; white. third. as indicated by the
Admirars Gag in the navy.
All bunting for flags until recent years
was imported from England and was
much more expensive than silk. In 1866
Gen. Il. r. Butler organized the United
States Bunting Company OF Lowell.
Mass. In February, 1866, the Ben Butler
bunting. as it was then called, was put
to test against the English bunting by
the Navy Department The American
bunting proved the better in all resEo.ts
and was adopted by the Government
Another improvenne by the Americans
was the Introduction of clamp dyeing. a
process by which the colors can be
clearly stamped on white bunting. thus
doing away with sewing. except the
hem. making great cut in the cost OF
hags and answering well for all flags
under the medium size.
There are millions of yards of bunting
now turned out from factories in New
York. Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and
North Carolina
Thirty Flag Factories.
There are more than thirty aag foo
tories that compete for the contract for
army supplies, representing all the coast
and lake States. Their estimated outnut
/; more than l0,0o0.0 COO flags a year.
tT enty-foot flag that forty years ago
would cost $50 or s70-and its possessor
would feel highly honored-can bS
bought today for $u retail. The present
retail price OF the best bunting is IS
cents per yard
All naval flags are made by the Bu-
reau OF Equipment at the Brooklyn
navy yard, and include the flags of all
other nationalities. A first-class warship
Is supplied with varied assortment OF
national and signal flags OF more than
two hundred in number
The Heading of the Flag.
The army regulations require for the
heading for bunting flags eight-ounce
cotton duck, doubled TO the hoist. with
one thickness Of jute webbing between
the folds; three and one-half inches for
the garrison flag. three inches wide for
the post flag. and two inches wide for
the storm flag. The hoist of the regi-
mental colors encase the pike. and is Sc
cured at the head. neatly AZ the spear
ferrule with leather band tackled
around the silk casing, and in the same
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TOGETHER too hard on z. H.
\ Sothern were the critics, In my
opinion. in the matter of his
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\ Timely Suggestign.-Th is the
season OF the year when the prudent
and careful housewife replenishes her
supply Of Chamberlains Cough Remedy
1t is certain to be needed before the
winter is over ana results are much
more prompt ana satisfactory when it
Is kept at hand and given as soon as
the cold is contracted and before it has
become settled I'm the system, In al
most every instance a severe cold may
be warded off by taking this remedy
freely as soon as the first indication OF
the cold appears, There Is no danger
In giving Il 10 children for Il contains
mo- harmful substance, Il is pleasant
90 take both adults ana children like
o. Buy 10 ana you win set the hest
II always cures sold hy am dealers.
Benson smith 4 Coz agents Tor Ha-
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FREIGHT CLERK CHANGEs.

The place of freight clerk on the
steamer Kinau held so long by Tom
Birmingham will be taken by William
Jarrett who has been in charge of the
freight business at the Kinau wharf.
Pete Phillips of the Claudine will sue
coed Jarrett and William Mead will
take the freigh clerkship on the Clau-
dine
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How to Secure the Views

These lows, which Jill constitute
complete reflex and record OF the Ex-
position, are not distributed by us as a
matt % pro1t, but rather t, please
our readers. Although the regular
price Is 20 cents, we pl ce the entire
series thin the reach of ever r-ader
at only
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PROTECT MAY VISIT HILO.

The French cruiser Protet will get
away from Honolulu next Monday.
She may stop at Hilo en- route to San
Francisco. In such an event, French
consul Vizzavona will accompany the
vessel as far as Hilo.
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Oceanic Steamship Company.
GTINIE1 TABLE
y FROM SAN FRANCISCO.

The fine Passenger Steamers Of this
hs hereunder; H." eg 80.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Weather Bureau.

u. ). Department OF Agriculture,
Weather Bureau.
The following data, covering a period
of q years, have been compiled from
the Weather Bureau and McKibbin re-
cords at Honolulu, T. II. They are is
sued to show the conditions that have
prevailed, during the month in ques-
ton, 70 the above period of years, but
must not be construed as a forecast of
the weather conditions for the coming
month.
Month December for q year.
Temperature. 1S9O-19O3, inclusive.)
Mean or normal temperature, 72.
The warmest month was that of 1891,
with an averaE of "a
The coolest month was that of 1902,
with an average of II.
The highest temperature was 81 on
December 2, 1890.
The lowest temperature was So on
December 80, 1900.
Precipitation Grain } (1S77-1S9S.)
Average for the month, 1853 inches.
Average number of days with .O1 of
an inch or more, IA.
The greatest monthly precipitation
was S.S6 inches in 1879.
The least monthly precipitation was
III inches in 1888.
The greatest amount of precipitation
recorded in any "a consecutive hours
was 4:30 inches on December %, 1879.
Clouds and weather. QSS5-19O3)
Average number of clear days, 70;
partly cloudy days IA; cloudy days, 5.
Wind. QSS5-19O3)
The prevailing winds have been from
the northeast.
Station: Honolulu. T. H.
Date of issue: November 20, 1904.
ALEX. McC. ASHLEY,
Weather Bureau.
Note: Only precipitation data taken
from TIE McKibbin record.
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ARRIVING.

AttRl WING.
Tuesday, December q.
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Wednesday, December %.
Stmr. Mikahala, Gregory, from Kau-
al ports at AIS a. m. with 1850 bags
sugar.
Thursday, December 30.
s. S. Ventura, Hayward, from San
Francisco, due in afternoon.
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PASSENGERS.
Arriving.

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DEPARTING.

Wednesday, December 2S.
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at p. IN.
Am. schr. Mary E. Foster, Willer, for
Port Townsend at a. IN.
Stmr. Kinau, Freeman, for Hilo and
way ports at noon.
Stmr. Claudine. Parker, for Maui
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Thursday, December %.
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ports at y. m.
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Times of the tide are taken from the
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occur about one hour earlier than at
Honolulu. Hawaiian standard time is
10 hours 80 minutes slower than Green
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of 157 degreess 30 minutes. The time
whistle blows at 1880 p. m, which is
the same as Greenwich, hours, min
utes. The Sun and moon are for local
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His father was a Confederate SOL
dier and was wounded at the battle
OF Sharpsburg. Probably if Billy
would bring his people down to Co.
lumbia. set up a camp of wigwams
on the State House ground and give
a Wild West show, with fancy
shooting and riding, they would
clear more in one session OF the
legislature than they will get from
several annual appropriations.
Night sessions of the Legislature
usually attract a large attendance Of
visitors, particularly IT," sessions Of
the house, this '>ody, probably or
account of the large number OF
members and the more frequent de-
bates, being considerably more pop
ular with the public thar the senate.
The galleries are gene.aE!, crowd
ed, and on the floor Of the house
beyond the rail, there are nearly all
ways numbers of ladies and gertle-
men. Among the onlookers are al
most always to be found men whose
names are known from one end OF
the state to the other, and an even
ing spent at a night session is very
profitable in extending knowledge
of the distinguished men OF South
Carolina.
The other night l pointed out to
a visitor, a lady from Canada, by
the way, Governor Hevward, the
Hon. George L. Johnstone, recent
" a candidate for the United Sen
ate, one of Jim Tillnlan's counsel,
and one of the ablest criminal law
vers in the State; Col. James L.
| Orr. the we'll known Piedmont mill
president, and man of command
ing presence; the great and only
Hub" Evans. recently elected
chairman of the State board of con-
troll; the Hon. Leon J. Williams,
who resigned from the position to
which Evans was elected, and who,
it is said, will oppose Col. Croft for
CONGRESS this summer: the Hon.
NJ. |. Smith, speaker of the house !;
August Kohn, the "A. K. OF The
News and Courier, and probably
the best known newspaper man IN
the State and dozen others.