The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-12-30

I was delighted to again meet my
old friend Commander c. f. Pond of
the navy, aboard the transport Law
ton, this week Commander Pond is
a particular favorite of the people of
these islands, which is not implying
that the other naval gentlemen who
are and have been on duty at the
local station are not for Hawaii has
been very fortunate i'm having such
a uniformity courteous and fine lot Of
men on local naval service. But Com
mander Pond was one Cf the first of
the American naval men to take a deep
interest in Pearl Harbor Immediately
following Annexation. He is one OF
the men of our navy who regards Pearl
Harbor as a place of great strategical
Importance and l have understood that
he has long cherished the ambition of
being known as the Father of the Pearl
Harbor Navy Yard. Certainly Hawaii
is fortunate in possessing a friend like
! Commander Pond for when the i'm
| provement of Pearl Harbor will come
/ up for consideration, he will by that
time be of higher rank in his profess
sion and will be able to yield even
more influence than he can as a COM
mander I look to Rear Admiral Pond
| to be one of the strongest influences
that Hawaii will find in subsequent
years, to aid her in securing the neces-
sary millions for the creation of Pearl
Harbor naval base.
= & = =
Did you see that story in the morn
! ing paper about Oriental ho~sh boys
looting the miniature banks?" said a
friend of mine yesterday. mo? Well it
amounted to a statement that the
miniature banks were robbed by Chi
nese or Japanese who insert slips Of
gauze in the slot and then by turning
the box upside down shake out coins.
"That trick is as old as the hills.
Thirty years ago when 1 was a kid liv-
ing in England big cousin Of mine
taught me that. 1 had a money box
in which my people reposed faith that
it would teach me habits of thrift. Pa
tronizing uncles and aunts used to drop
in shillings and siXpences. Occasional
I1y I would part with a three penny Bit
from my own slender allowance and
my grandfather would now and again
drop in half a Guild or so.
"The box was to be opened at Christ
mas time but alas, my big cousin cam
down from London and he pictured tn
delights of the pantomine at the Gaiet
He was a cheerful youth of about SIX
teel. He was cheerful, but he wa
broke. 1 told him that I had money
but that I couldn't get it as it was in
my money box.
THAT was easy for him and so 1
got the box and we retired into the
shrubbery at the end of the garden. He
whittled two slips of wood down fine
put them in the slot, turned the box up
side down and with a little shaking
untold wealth started to pour out.
'"rhen this cheerful cousin of mine
told the mater some story about having
to go up to town and he took me with
him. We went to the Gaiety and, by
the way saw Connie Gilchrist as the
Slave of the Lamp in Aladdin. fell
in love with her but 1 never told hsr
about it, Yes, 1 was about seven or
eight years old then.
''The reckoning came later when my
money box was formally opsned.
could not tell a lie then, a defect in
character which have since eradicated
thoroughly and my further interview
with my father was painful. He said
it was painful to him too but I always
doubted that.
MY big cousin? Well you can easily
guess what became of him. He is now
a clergyman"
8 : g
l hear a lot of talk about the matter
of whether proper attention was paid
to the officers of the cruiser while she
was here. Much of it is severe criti-
cism of the officer who seems to have
been alone in complaining and still