The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-10-28

One of the findings of the inter-muni-
cipal committee engaged in household
research, is that the chief objection
girls have to taking up domestic SER
vice as against factory or shop life is
the use Of the term servant" It mat
ters not that its original meaning is
simply one who serves; it's twentieth
century significance is something so ig-
noble and servile that the most igno-
rant foreigner or humble American
feels it to be mira dig. The new rul-
ing that is being rapidly accepted in
the best intelligence offices is house
hold employer" and "employe," in the
place of mistress" and servant" and
there is no reason why it should not
hold.
Miss Stone, the missionary captured
by brigands two years ago, is prepar-
ing to return to her work in Bulgaria
next spring.
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A walk through the shops these days
will convince one of the popularity of
the peacock colors. All prejudice
against the peacock has evidently worn
away and the most sought after tones
are the peacock hues. Blue and green,
of course, predominate But there are
dashes of red running through and tiny
flecks of black, just as in the real pea
cock
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In "The Bad Samaritan the first
new George AIDE play of the season, one
of the scenes represents a seaside re-
sort which the author has called Mir
vana-by-the-Sea, and the stage will be
an epitome of the life and hurly-burly
seen at a summer resort where people
go for rest and are thrown into a very
vortex of excitement Mr.. AIDE, in his
characteristic manner, has burlesqued
the airs of the new born rich and
shown the inclination of the average
American to bask in the approval of a
new celebrity. In this case it is Isaac
Gridley, who has made a fortune out
of hides and tallow and who goes to
the coast resort to spend his money.
He is helped along wonderfully by a
score of new found friends only too
willing to part him from his wealth.
His attempts to do good are all mis-
construed, hence the amusing title of
1.-The Bad Samaritan" He finally ceas-
es his philanthropy and starts out to
have a good time on his own account.
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The wife of the president has a very
handsome kimono in a curious shade of
shell pink. 1t is embroidered around
the foot with fishes. They are in blue
and slate and gray, with dashes of
pink, initiating the colors of the most
beautiful of the fish tribe And with
it she wears a wide pink sash.
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When j. G. Phelps Stokes, the New
York millionaire, was in London with
his bride they visited the ghetto, which
had been the childhood home of Mrs.
Stokes. Their relatives in the ghetto
were the family of Solomon Levine
After the visit to the Levines the rich
bridegroom and his young bride, who
in her short life has been a Russian i'm
migrant ghetto cigarmaker, factory
hand, New York girl worker, poetess,
Journalist and philanthropist, drove in
their motor car to the little court
where she lived years ago as a child
Black Lion court, Stepney. They con-
tented themselves with driving past
the house, where she lived in poverty,
and having a good look at it, for
strangers now live in the place. Vivid
ly the old streets and alleys came back
to the former ghetto girl
when 1 get back to America with
my husband" she said, Il shall WORK
hard among the people of New York's
East Side, for New York has it's power
ty-stricken slums as well as London.
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A new explanation of the origin of
appendicitis is given by a writer in The
Clinical Journal. He thinks it may be
due to the widespread use of boracic
acid as food preservative. He says
boracic acid has an irritating effect on
the alimentary tract when it is swal-
lowed in small doses for a certain time
The inflamed mucous membrane offers
a favorable soil for the growth of PEE
culiar pus-forming germs and enables
them to multiply and enter into the
depths Of and destroy the underlying
tissues.
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Mrs. Fermina Sarras an old Mexican
Indian woman of Elmeralda county,
New, has sold her mining property to a
Boston syndicate for $50, 1000. The prop
erty consisted of forty claims, which
she acquired from the proceeds Of
washing clothes in mining camps.
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A teacher was irving to explain the