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

Hawaii certainly won the hearts Of
the Oregon girls when they were here
And il was good thing, for they are
evidently boosting Hawaii In oregon,
and that will be a fine thing when Port
land and Honolulu get connected by a
steamer line. one of my friends re-
ceived a letter from one of the girls the
other day and he let me see a portion
of H. 1t was as follows: yes, / am
back in dead old Oregon, and oh! people
are so pokey here. ] do wish | was
back in Honolulu, for that place is as
near heaven as l ever wish to be.
About the night we were i'm San Fran
cisco. We were all asked to a banquet
at Taits cafe and things We're pro-
crossing beautifully when i'm the mid
die of our dinner the orchestra played
"AIoha Oe" Well We stood it for
moment and then we all made a break
TO get away for we began to cry like
babies. Whenever 1 hear that song
can see the palms, cocoanuts and ma
iestic old Diamond Head. ! long for
Hawaii. l can hear the surf beating
on the beach at Waikiki and see the
many, lights Of the Moana Hotel as l
saw them so many times during our
stay there. oh! l want to see Hawaii
again and will too! If l have to slave
for the next ten years and go without
enough to eat am resolved to see that
place again before l die"
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often wonder why it is that the
community lays down." so helpessly
before the japanese beetle. Old-d"crs
tell me of days when Honolulu Was "a
blaze of roses, when great trees of them
covered some of the houses and made a
display never to be forgotten. Now
one has to hunt for a decent rose bud
and there is no such thing as respect
able sized display of this most beauti-
! full flower in the islands. 1t is all be-
cause of the beetle, say the experts. II
these old-time stories are true, would
it not be worth while for the Promotion
Committee to give some attention tc
Mr. Beetle? 1t is safe to say that he
can be got rid Of if the right way is
only found and it would be worth a
lot of effort to restore Honolulup5s lost
floral beauty. without Mr.. Beetle, Ho.
nolulu might match Southern Califor-
MIA beauty spots i'm floral display.
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The Social Science Club did queer
thing in advertising a discussion OF
the Krean murderers' cases and ther
after some hours argument "resolu-
ting" that it all be kept secret. II
there is one proposition that is public
in its every phase, it is the question
of what should be done with these mis-
cradle convicts. 1t was "A highly dis
tinguished gathering of men that dis
cussed the matter. but something oil
the old spirit of secret privy councils
must have crept in at the last moment
and led to the decision that the poor
dear public must not know what the
learned gentlemen present thought anC
wanted.
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There is humor in everything, even
great earthquake. and there has beer
considerable fun over some of the ca
bled touches" which have come here
I think Peacock can lay claim to the
best 1t was one of the first messages
received here, and instead of being re
ceived, it might well be conceived al
sent by our own Peacock: Safe, bust
ed, writing" There was no punctua
ton. of course and a suggestion wal
made to Peacock that the message real
ly was Safe busted. Writing" TIT
genial Honolulu Peacock smiled at this
suggestion. But he shook his head anC
dreamily remarked that he didn't thlnl
the message ought to be written tina
way.
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Why does not some one come to tn
front in behalf of Morita Kaizo? HI
is a murderer and ought to have cham
pions. The five Koreans have thel
Wadman, Kinney and Thurston, Franz
Johnson has his Civis Secundus, wh!
should not Kaizo have his volcano
Marshal? If Volcano were only here
he would not let Kaizo go friendless t.
the halter.
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e. H. Paris made present of a pul
to Harry Armitage. Harry sent al
expressman to Paris house to get tn
pup. The expressman later drove t
the Armitage home with a big pum
and an equally big bill, and thereb'
hangs a tale and a puzzle, the question
being ION whom is the joke?" 1t ap
pears that the eXpressman went to tn
Paris home and announced that he ha
been sent after a pump for Harry Arm
: tage Mrs. Paris thought it must b
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