The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-19
Town > TALK
BY The Man About Town.

About Town II
earthquake better than amy other kind.
Nothing could shake them down. They
would simply "jell' if old mother earth
got rrisky. OF course tall rubber
sky-scrapcr might take a couple of
hours to quit Telling after a good jolt,
but it would finally ease up and It
would be intact. | give the idea, to
satisfy him, for what it is worth. 1t
would be fine thing for the Maui rub
Der company. and ought to have local
support, The only objection 1 can
think of from a Hawaiian point of view
is that if the city ever got afre we
should smell it here
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81 never knew" said an officer of
the Nippon Maru, that l had so many
friends in San Francisco before. Why
they fairly besieged the vessel. If /
opened a bottle of Scotch among them
| might as well send for another while
drawing the cork Nobody ever saw
such thirsts before. The great city
of san Francisco is strictly on the wa
ter wagon, and naturally when a
steamer come i'm those who know the
ropes see chance to get a drink /
don't think the Nippon ever got rid of
so much liquor in the same space of
time before as during this last stay i'm
San Francisco"
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defendant who pleaded guilty i'm a
local court recently was subsequently,
called to the witness stand to testify
regarding the alleged guilt of a com
panion. In the course of his testimony
he remarked that he had pleaded guilty
himself because he felt helpless and
wanted to have his sentence done with.
He had been without counsel The
judge looked up on hearing the latter
statement. Did not appoint counsel
to defend you?' asked His Honor. yes
and as soon as I got look at the coun-
sci l decided to plead guilty" was the
reply. This is a true story. To pub
fish the name of the attorney would
give his friends too much of a chance
at him, so l will keep it secret
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l noticed an item in the paper last
week to the effect that Becky Panee
had been robbed. My natural inference
was that she had gotten into litigation
again but upon reading the article. l
discovered that it was merely that
somebody had stolen her jewelry.
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l hear it said that George A. Davis
and Charlie Chllingwprth are con-
Eiderng the advisability Of taking
apartments at the Sailors Home. They
have recently blossomed out as Proc
tors in Admiralty. They want to get
up on all nautical terms, so the ad-
visibility of going to the Sailors Home
and absorbing salt air from the salts
there is being seriously considered.
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y. G. NJ Robertson passed w. w.
Harris on the street the other day
Hello Delegate" they both exclaim-
ed at once.
Hats were gracefully raised as the
two passed and respectful bows were
, exchanged.
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a group of about dozen sailors from
the Hawaiian Isles and the Willscott
We're well entertained the other morn
ing in the federal court The source
of the entertainment was a speech
an able and powerful one,-by George
\. Davis who was championing their
own rights. They listened calmly to
the suave and eloquent Dunno and
the equally calm and learned Judge
Stanley and thought the law was not
very exciting. But when Davis rose
they got their moneys worth. 1t is
estimated that Davis flow of language
was at the rate of two thousand words
a minute His calisthenics would have
made Senator Tillman green with envy.
The sailors first looked astonished then
amazed and now and then when a
ponderous Latin phrase came tearing
from the orators lips and went ripping
up to the bench they shook their heads
in awe. Never before, they thought,
had the Lord made a lawyer like unto
theirs. Never before had human vocal
organs Numbered forth law and Latin
with such speed. If they don't win
their cases now, they at least know
that fight was made for them, and
as they sail around the world for years
to come they will tell comrades of the
fo'scle in awed tones of the speech they
heard in Honolulu.