The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-11-18

books was placed on exhibition in the
northwest gallery of the Library of
Congress recently. One hundred and
Ininety-two volumes are displayed, no
one of which measures more than two
inches in length or breadth. They come
from all lands, and are printed in many
Languages. The smallest book that ever
was produced is there-an almost mi
Icroscopic edition of Edward Fitzger-
AIDS translation of the "Rubayat." So
tiny is it that it defies measurement in
inches, and must need have it's size set
down in millimeters, of which it is only
s by 8 by 8. Some of the little volumes
date back to the early part of the eigh-
tenth century, but the majority are
modern productions.
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Mrs. Katherine Cecil Thurston, the
author of THE Masquerader" and THE
Gambler" WILL it is said, make her
home in the future at Ardmore, little
village on the south coast OF Ireland,
not far from Cork, her native town.
Ardmore itself has long been the sum-
mer home of her father, Alderman Paul
Madden, an ardent Parnellite, whose
modesty, unusual at least in American
aldermen, is said to have led him to
decline an offer of knighthood.
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| A few years ago Henry James review
ed new novel by Gertrude Atherton.
After req 7ing the review MIS-. Ather.0n
wrote to Mr.. James as follcWs:
Dear Mr.. James: 1 have read with
much pleasure your review OF my novel.
Will you kindly let me know whether
you liked it or not? Sincerely,
Gertrude Atherton."
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There has been a request for a de-
scrption of what a "linen shower is
for a prospective bride and how such
a hospitality should be conducted. AS
the guests arrive they find a basket
in the hallway to receive the gifts.
Each gift is wrapped in tissue paper,
and bears the card of the donor with
in. After all have assembled in the
drawing room, the bride-to-be sits in
the middle of the room upon a prop of
cushions and holds a raised parasol
above her head, and the guests, each
selecting a parcel from the basket, form
a circle and simultaneously throw them
at her, no matter how light or heavy
their volume may be. After this show
; er of parcels which the honoree has
been able, more or less deXterously to
dodge, she opens the packages and
thanks each donor in turn. After that
refreshments are served. When it is a
tin" shower it is obvious the bride
elect is not pelted with the articles
any more than when it is a "miscella-
neous" shower
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A perfect pun makes good sense both
ways; the edges meet with click like
the blades of a sharp pair of shears.
Sometimes the very thoughts fit tight
together in antagonistic identity, as
when the man said of the temperance
exhorter that he would be a good fellow
if he would only let drink alone; or
when Disraeli Qf it was he) wrote to
the youth who had sent him a first
novel: 81 thank you very much! I
shall lose no time in reading it," or as
when a man seeing poor piece of car
pentry said: THAT chicken coop looks
as if some man had made it himself"
Exquisite perverse literalness of
thought! And the same absolute pun
ming, the very self-destructiOn of a
| DIOpOSlllOls was the Olu utdlu thrust Ut
poor poet by the friend who said:
His poetry will be read when Shakes
peare and Homer are forgotten" 1t
was a fine, double-edged blade of
) speech until some crude fellow, Heine,
, I think, sharpened it to a wire edge by
; adding, "and not till then a banality
that dulled its perfection forever.
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Table decorations for tea given to a
coming bride at a recent California
gathering had a feature which caused
much merriment. Amid the flowers
was a tiny lamb, while from the chan
delier swung a snowy bird Ca martin)
and joining these two were loops Of
pink satin lovers knots. The name of
the bride-elect is Martin and that Of the
groom Lamb.
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isn't he just lovely?" said a pretty
girl in her teens, all hung with lace
- and beads and bangles. "I don't see
how any one dare to think he IL such
n sissy"
IT'S the men," succinctly responded
her black-eyed comrade. "They'rq
Jealous"
Two women in adjacent seats, who
caught the words, imperceptibly nudged
each other and smiled. But they also
had their little partialities, and immc-
diately fell into a discussion of the