The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1905-11-07
GIRL WITH
SHORT PAU
my Hawaiian maiden,
"Her name is Lulu;
"She wears a holoku

And n snort pau.
SO runs the charming little ballad, at
present so popular in Honolulu, and
which when once heard, causes the
hearer to hum the same until he be-
comes nuisance to himself anu
friends.
The little ditty was introduced dur
ing the exercises in the police court
yesterday morning, to the very evident
amusement of the bench, bar and occu-
pants of the courtroom generally.
1t was in the case of Mrs. Charles
Wagner charged with assault and bat
terry on Mrs. Sarah Lyman, that the
speciality occurred.
1t appeared that the two ladies men,
toned had quarrel in the Kalihi dis
trict on Friday and that Mrs. Lyman
got the worst of a physical encounter
that followed and sought the redress of
the law.
Mrs. Lyman testified that she was
singing in her house on Friday and that
defendant, who is neighbor, opened
her door and told her to "kuli kuli, y
which same being interpreted meaneth
to shut up.
81 asked her for why l should stop, -
said witness, "and she called me names
and told me to come on. didn Z
know what she wanted so / went out
side into the road and she grabbed me
by the hair, bit me in the cheek, sat on
ME and pulled my head up several
times by the hair and let it drop on the
ground.''
Complainant here exhibited her cheek
which bore the distinct impression of
dainty molars, the wound looking
something like a dogs bite.
what song were you singing2o en-
quired Attorney Humphreys, who APP
peared for the defendant. ''Was at
You re Dainty Little Sunbeam?'''
"No, stree" replied witness, 1T was
about the girl at Waikiki with a short
pau"
81 also sang the Spanish Cava-
Her. 30 vouchsafed the musical Mrs.
Lyman.
SIN fact you aired your vocal roper
toire during the progress of your
household work." said Humphreys.
> Witness intimated that the attorney
had the situation sized up about right.
A witness named Anton stated that
he had seen Mrs. Wagner sitting on
Mrs. Lyman IS head at the time and
place mentioned.
"That was to protect herself from
bites" explained Humphreys; ga
woman 8 hands are not dangerous,
only her teeth.''
Mrs. Wagner took the stand and told
different story. She admitted all al
legations and ratified off the following
bellicose statement:
"Mrs. Lyman sing dirty songs about
mel was so vexed. She say "pig
pig" and 1 say, "pig, pig, Then
she sing "Mrs Wagner go to Waikiki
with no proper dress on-and only
wears a holoku and nothing else. I'm
n respectable married woman and that
made me so vexed. Then we had a
fight and knocked her down fiat on
her back and pounded her head six
times and she said to me, go ahead,
and went ahead. Then six peoples
come and they can't hardly separate
us and if those six people hadn't come
and interfered / never would have
let go.
"Did you bite her9'' queried
Humphreys.
"My mouth happened to be open
and she must have hit her face against
my mouth. / was so vexed and ex.
cited. L didn't mean to bite her but
1 was so mad because she said / went
to Waikiki without a paul.
"Your Honor has probably heard
the song complainant was singing7'
suggested Prosecuting Attorney An
drade.
His Honor blushed and by mega
tory motion of his head denied the
soft impeachment.
Counsel for the defense argued that
defendants perfectly frank statement
of facts must impress the bench favor
ably. His client had undoubtedly
been provoked to fighting pitch by the
ill-timed chanting of a ribald song
: He thought that reprimand would
meet the ends of justice.
Andrade remarked that if all de
PENDANTS were as frank as Mrs. Wag
ner had been the business of the court
would be expedited wonderfully. He
asked for fine as deterrent against
similar breaches of the public peace.
Judge Whitney opined that relations
between the two ladies were still of 6
somewhat strained nature and imposed
a fine of So and costs as an object les
SON that ladies that punch and gel
pinched must pay.