The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-12-29
TOWN TALK
Bv Tho Man About Town.

a letter came into the Honolulu POST
office the other day addressed simply
Bishop Hamehameha" And that let
ter stirred up hat full Of trouble for
several people before it finally came
into the right hands.
one Of the carriers after debating
the question over for several moments
had bright idea suddenly hit him lie
remembered the connection of Perley
L. Horne with the Civic Federation. All
he had the solution The Kameha-
meha fit i'm all right and while Princi-
pal Horne was not a Bishop still he
was a Civic Fed, and that was just as
good. And so he delivered the letter
at the schools.
But Principal Horne spurned the
letter. He was not a bishop and further
he was under salary to maintain his
connection with the name of Kane
hameha. He puzzled for a while and
then he remembered that St. Andrews
Cathedral was more or less gift to
the people on the part of Kamehamehas
" and V. So he sent the letter to
Bishop Restarick
Now the Bishop took the letter from
the postman with his other mail and
tore it open. There fluttered to the
ground a check. 1t was payable to
bearer and was signed by the Wash
ington star.
The Bishop puzzled and puzzled. He
knew there was a mistake somewhere
but where he did not know. Then he
glanced at the envelope and the add
dress caught his eye. He reasoned
a while and then an idea struck him.
He remembered that Serene Bishop
wrote for newspapers under a title of
'Kamehameha" and by putting the
two together he made out the address.
So ethe letter was remailed, this time
to Dr. Bishop.
AS far as can be learned the letter
has not been turned back and so it is
thought that the letter after many days
came unto its own
S3SS
The season for the New Year re-
solution is at hand. On all sides /
hear reports regarding these resolu-
tions of which l have heard nothing
since last January.
Really l believe that most of the
up business for at least a week-but
perhaps after all three days will cover
the period during which business will
be slack.
Some of the resolutions are really
amusing. A number of my friends
come and tell me with the Creates
confidence that after the first of the
year they will be "on the wagon. How
often have 1 heard that same refrain
from those same fellows. Every yea
past for a decade or so they have TOLD
me the same thing in the same wa!
with the same earnestness.
The youngster resolves that he won
: smoke any more.
l The sweet young thing resolves t
stop chewing gum.
= The sport says he will "cut out tn
l booze"
The telephone girls resolves to Away
be polite.
The autodrivers resolve not to ru
5 down any more dogs.
s The married man resolves to kiss hi
Y wife once a week.
Y And so on, and so on, and so OF
/ Even 1 have made a resolution. An
S that is-never again to make a Ne1
Years resolution.
i U000
n Our captains of industry and ou
p Sargent of immigration seem to be {
e one mind in the matter of a "middl
e class" for Hawaii. I wish some on
e would define the middle class"
= far as I know the middle class" al
e those not poor enough to have to wal
n and not rich enough to buy an auto
mobile.
: 10SS
Il I wonder if it will be a case of IL
Missing Link" when Governor Carter
+ emissaries go forth to serve papers
: that threatened damage suit again'
: Senator Link McCandless.
II SSSS
e In view of all the reports regardir
II the two japanese regiments in Honc
: lulu l was interested to see the otht
/ day a Japanese laborer walking L
z, Hotel street with heavy winter Japi
Il nese military coat on. 1t had row
q of buttons down the front and the
ID were Japanese army buttons too. AsiC
: from the coat the Jap looked like
le yard boy as he was barefooted ar
% wore working clothes.
d ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
b. ing and some day will be President
l. the Anti-Saloon League