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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-09
Rooms for Bachelors,
but Not Comfort

In spite Of the general demand for modern
apartments especially for the convenience
Of the bachelor, the old fashioned lodg-
ing house in an ordinary city residence
is not yet a thing Of the past. There are
more bachelor houses with electric light
and porcelain bathtubs than ever, and
men are more captious; but, in spite Of
this change. houses run on the same old
plan still seem TO make money.
The plan Of these houses is to save money
on whatever may contribute to comfort,
The woman who rents the house may be
a dressmaker who wants TO live In a smart
neighbOrhood and expects the dodgers
70 pay her rent and incidentally to con-
tribute TO her profits.
For such house every room above the
ground floor will be let II the landlady
is fortunate enough to get dodgers who
will sacrifice everything for the advantage
Of a good location. Most Of the establish
ments Of this kind are to be found in the
Thrties and Forties between Fifth and
Sixth avenues.
Here are received only bachelors The
kind wanted are these that 60 out early
IN the morning for breakfast and do not
come in until they are ready to go to bed.
These who stay in their rooms during any
part Of the day are accounted nuisance
which interferes with the landlady's in
ahenable right to make as much out Of the
house as possible while providing as little
comfort for her guests. Few II any OF
them are allowed TO stay in the house
even for coffee, as that Is a trouble the
household cannot undertake,
For a house Of this kind sheltering twenty
men, two women are expected to do all
the work. They are usually Of the "slaVey'
type.
The rents are just as high as for those
In the modern apartment hotels. The
rooms have, as a rule, the single merit
Of Icing 10 very good neighboThoods. Men
will pay for a front room as much as SIS
a week; for hall rooms the rents are from
S. 10 So. The lodger will not get any more
comfort than he Is willing TO struggle for
Ice water will be grudgingly given to him
when il cannot be avoided and steam heat
Is never sufficient TO keep him comfortable
h the rigors Of winter.
One Of the favorite tricks Of the landlady
Of this type is to offer gas stove when the
ledger complains Of the cold. Then a
charge Of 81 q week for It's use Ia ADDED TO
the ill. Hot water Ia just as scarce and
there are probably plugs on the gas to see
that too much ia not used.
such lodging houses survive partly through
the Indifference Of men to comfort in com
parison with the opportunity 10 1.-Two In an
accessible and smart neighborhood. The
regular lodging house keepers who used
TO make their dodgers comfortable and look
ed to greater profit by keeping them long
time, have been superseded In the business
by the woman who rents a house TO be
used for other purposes Of her own and
then takes In dodgers 10 pay the rent and
Increase profits. These women survive
IN spite Of the increase Of electricity and
bot water and the comparatively general
supply Of steam heat.
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Great Crowd to SEQ First shad.

From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
The FIRST shad Of the season was caught
Yesterday In the Delaware River, near Big
Timber Creek. A great crowd witnessed
Tho landing Of the fish, which was Of a gen
'rol' size, and its silver scales sparkled In
lle sunlight. The first hsh Ia never sold.
here is a legend as old a. Gloucester that TO
90 ~ would bring food Of bad hok TO the
n>h'fmen. SO fish No l h always cooked
sid eaten by the men who are 20 manipulate
N, great seine net,
L'Tything is being got ready for the cast
81 hand watching the preparations OF the
TT g'W"n and listening 20 the predictions In
., l1rr" are doubling ones. OF course. but
.t'I' are those who do not hesitate TO hay
'hel The season will be a good one
d. Meantime IN and around Gloucester there
y "" usual excitement and hubbgb incident
" We opsaiRg 81 the ShAd seAsoA 49,.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-09
Pay and Chances of
the Telephone Girl

The manager OF a telephone central AK
change was asked what prospect OF ad-
vancenent girl had when she entered the
service OF the company.
A girls progreas depends altogether
IN herself, on her ability he replied. 'In-
efficiency, even II backed by the President
OF the United States, has no show here.
ITO begin with, in selecting applicants
for the telephone exchanges we make the
requirements more and more difficult. Girls
who passed muster when the concern was
in It's infancy wouldn't stand the least
chance to-day.
In brief. we now demand q grammar
school education, fTSt class sight and hear
ing, a good voice and enunciation. A bad
or slovenly accent must be corrected before
a girl can get employment in one Of our
exchanges.
II the head Of the training school sees
possibilities in an applicant she Is taken
on trial for week, at TIE end Of which she
IL either discharged or told that she IL
regularly entered for tho full course Of
training. Eighteen Is the age limit now,
for after that age II Ia found that a young
woman does not learn 50 readily, and a
factor which also counts high IN an appli-
cants favor is a refined manner and neat
appearance
Now, about her progression. When she
lee yes the training school she begins at IS
a week, and Is placed naturally at one Of
the least busy telephones and between two
Rirls who nre much more experienced, and
With a supervisor at her back.
Sometimes at frat she will only take
a wire at an hour when trafio Is light, and
the girl who Is usually In that place will
stand at her back and see that she doesn't
get ratified. The girls who get on fastest
are those who are least nervous and not
easily confused.
From the time she makes her debut in
an exchange an operators progress toward
the ma 1imum price paid TO operPtors-
$40 a week-depends entirely on herself.
Some get there In less than two years
Others take longer.
After she gets there? Well, she may
become senior operator which means that
she Ia practically an understudy for the
poet Of supervisor able TO take the latter's
place II she Is absent, and that she IL paid
til a week. In every telephone exchange
there Is one supervisor 10 every nine girls
that is, one woman who stands OF walks
Just back Of the operators, ever at hand to
give aid or straighten out complication.
A supervisor 10 paid SIC a week
at the head Of the supervisors Ia a chief
operator. who draws from SIS 10 t25 a week
according 70 the length Of her service
The supervisors are really her lieutenhnts
and she Is responsible for their doinRs a.
we'll as for those Of the OPERATOR. Chief
operator is about as high as a woman can
20 in this business,
The next higher post IL manager which
must be filled by man and ono who has
taken a practical course In electricity.
Occasionally an operator will get a Job
AZ a private switchboard, where, II she
proves valuable, she may In time get as
much pay as supervisor or a chief
OPERATOR
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Newest CRATER Wants
Free Auto Rides

The pompous parsonage with the pre-
dominant jowl stepped into the auto
mobile agency with the assurance born
Of an unlimited bank account
"Ah, be murmurCd, Just what have
been seeking-an American built machine
Of power and stability"
'ies, sir, said the eager salesman, "our
motor car b daily winning new laurels."
80 ] understand. And only 1855,
with guarantee. Ell? Well, am the sort
OF man who makes up his mind quickly
and acts on il. Certainly the machine
is cheap at the price, IL il lives up to what
is claimed for It. But that's the question,
sir. that's the question
We are always glad to prove the splendid
qualities OF tho machine. put In the polite
salesman.
Good. Now, before Close a deal with
you. would like to take a test trip to brin z
out these qualities
Certainly, sir certainly"
Nov, must take my wife alon z to prove
to her the safety Of the auto. Fortunately.
she u outside talking with party Of friends
who are just about TO attend a reception
In the suburbs. OF course, you have no
objection to the party being my guests
Not at all, sir providing you deposit
twenty-five dollars for the eIpsnses Of
the chaufe w, wear andte on the machine,
and no on. OF oourss, it's a mere for
mality. The money win be refunded to
you after the sale.
The pompous parsonage grew very red
In the face.
let me seel Er-er--I'm not particularly
pleased with your make OF machine, any
bow, he said, and / am going down the
street TO another automo bile "a leeroo m,
where they extend oourtesies TO possible
pur ohasers.'
Then, good day said the wiz sales
man, who bad recognized The nov variety
Of automobile CRATER.
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Maurice Ahearn, Tammany Halls ofiicial
stsnographer, is regarded by many Of those
who visit the Hall frequently, as q sort Of
human barometer, 80 far az Charles f.
Murphy's movements are concerned.
About II O'Clock every morning polih-
clans and reporters 60 10 Fourteenth street
TO see the Tammany leader, who appears
at his desk two OF three days in a week
at this time Of the year, Every one OF them
puts 10 Mr.. Ahearn the question Ia Mr..
Murphy coming to-dAy?'
His invariable reply Is that he has not
heard from Mr.. Murphy, but that he 'feels'
that he Is coming OF not coming The
feeling always turns out TO be the straight
est kind Of tip.
For instance, on Thursday Of last week
Mr.. Ahearn was asked the usual question.
He answered:
I don't know whether Mr.. Murphy will
be here to-day OF not, but the indications
are that he win
what indications'' asked a district
leader.
Mr.. Ahearn seemed to go into a trance
for a'few momOnts, and then replied:
Il feel that he h coming
A half hour later Mr., Murphy walked
into TammAny Hall. accompanied by his
regular bodyEuard Phil Donohue, treas
urer Of the TammAny Society.
The following day Mr.. AheaTn answered
the question 10 this way:
Mr.. Murphy has not sent word, but
don't feel a. u he were coming He did
not come.
Whom Mr. Ahearn began 10 perform the
barometer act the Newspaper reporters
thought he was guessing, and took no
chances on his feeling Now they tele-
phone TO him regularly every morning at
~ O'Clock. and accept a. conclusive his feel
ing about Mr.. Murphy's movements.
Some persons have asserted that Mr..
Ahearn has inside information on which be
basss his predictions. Thomas T. Smith,
Mr.. Murphy'S secretary, says that this is
not trte,
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Mnro nom ~ anhnnl

From TIE hdnsdt Guy JoNrnoi
james HIyson, BurlnEame boy, who IL
now TEACHING school In siassi. on one Of the
small Islands in tho Philippine group. In
writing Of his school saya:
4 have no girls IN my school, a. the re-
liRion OF the island requires the girls 20 stay
hidden from the public until their wedding day.
IN ny Gay snd sorns ~ ,e,Is sIe a9tlSss5
In a Kind az parted skirt. with or without q
shirt: some wear a piece Of cloth worn like a
Ia vereaokl the utility Of which / have not
been able 70 study out yet. and last. but not
least are those who come and are not attifed,
Many OF them are very smart, however, and
are learning very rapidly.
sMy piHht school 10 made up Of copstabu-
larry soldisrt entirely, and my work With them
IL chiefly teaching them W write thetr nance,
loolrs like GhorthGnd. but which suppose u
the oBRogt hand, on Earth -, -. -. v
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and bowed himself out with many thanks,
Lat year I was sent for by the board.
A proposition had come before II from a
philSnthropio Japanese gentleman who
wanted TO show his gratitude TO the United
States by presenting typical temple garden
10 the city 10 b placed In Central Park.
Careful inquiry stripped the proposal Of
lie disguise, and II was the same bid for a
concession and the same Jap. This year
II has not come up In regular form, but
Il will.
The porSiStenoe Of the race IL some
thing marvellous, something incalculable.
Twenty years from now, when l am laid
away In the ground, tho same proposition
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-09

the lungs Of the city, That e what they
are, and they must be kept IN a healthy
condition, or tho entire city suffers.
THE questicn Of the grass waa touched
upon. There has been 30 much said about
IT, sighed tho landscape architect, 'und
last year a few words said on the subject,
misunderstood or misquotod, set the presa
Of the country groaning over the fact that
Central Park was doomed 70 a speedy grass
extinction.
what did gay was that the tender grass
grown there u not adapted TO the wear
and tear Of Thousands Of busy feet. We
need a harder. closer variety or a turf
calculated TO stand such test.
Mr. Parsons denied cmphatically the
rimor that tho animals In the menagerio
we're 10 be removed to The Bronx and that
a botanical garden was TO take their place.
THAT proposition has also been turned
Town again and again, and will continue
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to be for long time hope. / think the
people would not stand for II. The mem
agerie is an institution, and while The Bronx
would undoubtedly afford more loon,
on the other hand, even with tho increased
facilities for travel, It would be difficult
for the animal lovers fron all over greater
New York TO reach them as easily as they
do at present"
At the enagerie one Of the keepers,
sitting on a rail. was found polishing the
end of long, beautifully marked pheasant's
feather.
Its the time Of year. he said that all the
birds shed their feathers, and the milliners
come up here and buy the eagles plumes
and the cockatoo and parrot feathers for
a small sum, say, rs cents apiece, dye them
and sell them for 81 each"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-09
Pay Of a Rose Grower.
From the Philadelphia Record

a good rose grower that il, one who
can show good results says a well known
florist. receives rs much pay as college
professor. A. a rule, his knovledge has cost
him about as much.
BY rose grower ] mean a specialist
who can produce heavy headed beauties
with strong. yard long stems. Growing
roses In DOTS or in the open l. another matter.
II requires skill 10 grow them we'll, but Il
requires something more 10 show cut flowers
OF the quality that has come 70 be considered
the first grade. That IL a business by itsen.
Good TOee growers ret from -. 900 20 IS, 900
q year, and some OF them receive much more,
notably q few who cater 70 the New York
maTk6ks
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will be made to a park board, and some
time 1t will succeed; feel Il.
New York, continued Mr.. Parsons, is
the most generous city in the world in re-
gard TO its parks; a million and half dollars
annually y not too large a figure 10 name
in order y express what is spent on their
maintenance alone. The French nation,
should say, do not spend as much in Paris
nor the English in London but they seem
to get more for the money expended.
Some one has wisely called the parks
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new families on the common. The sheep
seemed TO be glad, too.
You will find lots Of artists skstohing
outside the gates Of tho shoepfold. One
OF the young women became shrillnely
enthusiastic the other day at the sight Of a
iozen small lambs licking salt from a
wooden box labelled green CASTLE soap
Does II make the wool whittier to give
them soap?' she inquired OF the gentle
shepherd. and he allowed that Il did, with
a faraway expression.
Most OF the lambkins keep close to their
food supply. They follow the new dietetio
rule not 10 eat too much at a time but to
eat frequently.
Central Park responds readily 10 the
first smile Of the vernRl sun. It seems 10
take hardly day to put on tie early spring
garment, to change from dull browns and
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many "reminiscences, thinks highly OF
them.
There are thirty-seven ewes and fifty
young lambs this spring. Conway says
It was the hardest winter he ever knew,
and he was glad when the ground was
warm enough 20 take the sheep and their
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and. buttohihE his coat one button out Of
place, like q trasodisn Of The old school,
strides on 20 q more secluded place
Them poets, says tho genial policeman,
Just seem 10 come out OF the ground this
time Of year. seen four Of them yostsr-
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critics never take coEniSanos when they
accuse America Of lacking men whose
profession IL leisure. These bench loungers
are really happy In these spring days
On the donkey path more happy people
are grandchildren. For 10 cents they
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-09

day l asked the most prosperous Iookin'
one what he was Writln', and ~ said q
Christmas story. He said that all the
best paid ones wrote the spring PONIES
during the winter season and the Christmas
ponce from now on I'LL August, so as to
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-09
Spring
in
Central
Park

March, II II came in like lion. went out
leaving a lot Of lambs. The lambs are at
the shecpfold, near the Seventy-second
street entrance Of Central Park. Conway,
the shepherd. he Of the collie dog and the
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1905-04-09

L0mbS Poets, Babies and
Other Privileged Morfas
Emily ThSmS0IOss In the
Open 4ir :; :: =: I:
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grays TO emerald.
The benches are filed with representa-
tives Of that special class Of whom foreign
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-21
SALES BETWEEN BOARDS.

SO Honokaa, $2S.75; 100 Honokaa, $24;
100 Honokaa, $2425: $50 Honokaa, $24. so:
26O McBryde, $3.50; 378 Kihei, $14 Is
Kihei, $13.25; go Kihei, $3.50; IT'S XII
kei, $13.75; Hawaiian Ayr. Co., S95:
200 Eva, $29; 60 Eva, $3.50; 81 Eva.
$2S.75; 100 Eva, $2S.S71a; 100 Haw. SUI
gar Co., $34; % Waialua, $S5; 200 Ono
mea, $37; 10 O. r. & L. Co, $40; 10 Pho
neer, $3.50; $4,000 Waialua per cent
bonds, $500; $4,000 Paia per cent bonds,
s1O2; SO Ookala, $s.621h; 100 Ookala, So;
100 Haw. c. & S. Co., sS5; 100 Haw. C.
& S. Co, $S6.75 B. 80.
SESSION SALES.
rs Hawaiian Sugar Co, $34
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INTELLIGENCE
ARRIVED.

Friday. Jan. 20.
Stmr. Ke Au Hou, Tullett, from Ka-
uai ports. $50 a. m.
Stmr. Noeau, Peterson, from Hawaii
ports, Clio a. m.
Stmr. j. a. Cummins, Searle, from
Waimanalo, 8 p. m.
DEPARTED
Stmr. J. A. Cummins. Searle, for
Waimanalo, 9:15 a. m.
Stmr. Niihau, Thompson, for Maka-
we'll.
Stmr. Ke Au Hou, TuIlett, for Nawi-
Twill and Anahola.
L. S. S. New Orleans, Harbor, for
San Francisco, II p. m.
ARRIVE TODAY.
Stmr. Kinau, Freeman, from Hilo
and way ports, a. m.
Stmr. Likelike, Naopala. from Maui
and Molokai ports, due.
ARRIVE SUNDAY.
Stmr. Claudine, Parker, from Maui
ports, a. m.
Stmr. w. C. Hall, Thompson, from
Kauai ports, a. m.
DEPART MONDAY.
Stmr. Lil1elike, NaopaIa, for Maui
and Molokai ports, 5 p. m.
Stmr. NOeau, Peterson for Maui and
Hawaii ports, 5 .. m.
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Shipping Notes.

The j. A. Cummins goes to Wanna
nalo daily for sugar
The w. G. Hall is at KoIoa and the
Kauai is at Anahola.
The Noeau arrived yesterday morn
ing from Kauai ports.
The steamer Hanalei will lay up for
the winter in the mud of Oakland
creek.
The old schooner Concord. owned by
Allen & Robinson, sunk in rotten row
yesterday.
Beginning a week from Monday the
Likelike will only make one round trip
week, leaving at the usual time
on Mondays and returning Saturday
morning.
About one-fourth of the framework
for the first story of the new Quaran-
tine building behind the Channel wharf
is now UP although all the piles are
not yet driven. Carpenters have been
busy for some time past getting the
lumber shaped up so that putting the
building together will take but a
short time.
Makaweli Sugar Company's sugar,
which has heretofore been shipped to
the Mainland in sailing ships, is to be
handled, at least a part of it. by the
InterIsland Company. The steamer
Niihau left last evening for Makaweli
for load of its sugar. 1t is believed
that in a years time the entire output
viii be handled by island steamers.
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New Orleans May Sprint.

1t is said that the United States
cruiser New Orleans may beat all pas
senger boat records on the trip fro =
Honolulu to San Francisco by putt :;
on her best speed and getting to ne
mainland port in four ard one-third
daN-s
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A CHANCE FOR a GOOD HOME,

II you want fine lot ready for
guiding at Eaimuki, do not buy before
+ou have consulted the UNDERSIGNED
who offers bargt ms at your own terms
and without interest.
Two 50x10O KewaIo lots at 5000 each
A nice lot, with a new, comfortable
house, at Kaluapalena, Kalihi. for $3.50.
Two pretty homes new housesl in
Nuuanu Tract, provided with good
water, at $3.50 and $3.50 respectively.
bargains. Also in the same tract the
coolest and healthiest place about the
city; some fine, cheap lots at your own
terms.
Also for rent. a nice. coy cottage in
good nefghborhood and close to center
OF city. at s16 per month. ]. H. Schnack.
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The Observation-Disclosures steamers are
said not to be in the race for taking
on the sugar direct
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VESSELS IN PORT.
ARMY AND NAVY,

U. S. S. Bear, Hamlet, San Francisco,
Dec. 29.
Z. s. S. New Orleans, Harbor, Cavite.
via Guam and Midway, Jan. Is
U. S. S. Patterson, Pratt, Kahoolawe,
De-, %
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UNITED STATES WEATHER Blu.
REAU,

Young Building, Honolulu,
Territory of Hawaii
January 20, p. m.
Mean temporal ure-6S
Maximum temperatures.
Minimum temperature-62.
Mean barometer-30.07
Rainfall, "A hours ending 8 p. mo-.
Relative humidfty-8 a. M, II per
cent; p. M, 81 per cent.
Mean absolute humidity-5.346 grs.
per cubic foot.
Prevailing direction of wind-N. E.
Average wind velocity, miles per
hour-6
Average cloudiness, in tenths-4
ALEX. Nee. ASHLEY,
Section Director in Charge.
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TIDES, SUN AND MOON.

Full moon January 20 at SAB p. m.
Times Of the tide are taken from the
United States Coast and Geodetic Sur
vey tables.
The tides at Kahului and Hilo occur
about one hour earlier than at Homo
lulu.
Hawaiian standard time is 10 hours
30 minutes slower than Greenwich
time, being that of the meridian of 157
degrees thirty mfnures- The time whis-
tie blows at 1870 p. m, which is the
same as Greenwich, 0 hours minutes.
Sun and moon are for local time for
the whole group.
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IN Thursday, January 10. between Nc
Cures nursery, King street and Pu-
nahou. ladies' silver chatelain bag.
Finder can keep the contents (money)
and return bag to this office. zoos
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METEOROLOGICAL RECORD.
Issued by the U. S. Weather Bureau
Office Every Sunday Morning.

Note:-Barometer readings are cor
rected for temperature, instrumental
errors, and local gravity, and reduced
to sea level. Average cIoudiness stated
In scale from to 10. Direction of wind
In prevailing direction during "a hours
ending at 8 p. m. Velocity of wind In
average velocity in miles per hour.
ALEX. McC. ASHLEY,
Section Director, in Charge.
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SECONDHAND lady's bicycle; state
price, make and condition. X, Ad-
Vertiser. zoos