The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-11-24
81 LOVE YOU"


The sweetest words-"I love you"
Il love you"-inspiratiO deep.
To make your best endeavor;
Il love you"-troubles have to creep
And leave you sunshine weather.
The world may topsy-turvy go
And jostle you and shove you
A barrier is yours, 1 know
The sweetest words-"I love you"
HARRY S. CHESTER.
y y \ \
\ Apropos Of the approaching wedding
Of Representative w. Bourke Cochran
and Miss Annie Louisa Ide, the daugh-
ter Of Judge Ide, late governor general
of the Philippines, which it has been
announced will take place shortly at
St. Johnsbury, VT, it is said that
the couple first met at a ball in Manila
and that Mr.. Cochran was at once cap
tivated by her charm and grace. Miss
Ide was born on Christmas day and her
name Louisa was willed her by Rob-
ert Louis Stevenson in 1891 when the
Ides and Stevensons were living in Sa-
moa. The distinguished novelist hear
ing that she was deprived of a birth
day every year willed her his own, No
vember 10, in the following unique.
document:
81, Robert Louis Stevenson, advocate
of the Scots Bar, author of "The Mas
ter of Ballantrae' and Moral EN-
! blems civil engineer, sole owner and
patentee of the palace and plantation
known as Vailma in the island of Opo-
! lu, Samoa, a British subject, being in
sound mind and pretty well, I thank
YOU in body
I'm consideration that Miss A. H.
Ide, daughter of H. G. Ide, in the town
of St. Johnsbury in the county Of Ca
! ledonia, in the state of Vermont, Unit
ed States of America, was born, Out of
all reason, upon Christmas day. and
is therefore, out of all justice, denied
the consolation of a proper birthday,
And considering that I, the said
Robert Louis Stevenson, have attained
an age when we never mention 1t, and
that 1 have now no further use for
birthday of any descriptions;
And in consideration that I have
met H. c. Ide, father of the said A H.
Ide. and found him about as white a
land commissioner as 1 require;
Have transferred and do hereby
transfer to the said A. H. Ide, all and
whole of my rights and privileges in
the thirteenth day of November, for
merly my birthday, now hereby, and
henceforth the birthday of said A. Fl
Ide, to have, hold, exercise and enjoy
the same in the customary manner, by
the sporting of fine raiment, eating OF
rich meats and receipt of gifts, COM
pliments and copies of verses according
to the manner of our ancestors;
"And I direct the said A H. Ide tc
add to her name of Annie H. Ide the
name Louisa-at least in private; and
charge her to use my said birthday
with moderation and humanity, 'et
tamuuam bona fila familia,' the birth
day not being so young as 1 once was
and having carried me in very salts
: factory manner since 1 can remember
and in case the said A. H. ld'
shall neglect or contravene either o
the above conditions, 1 hereby revoke
the donation and transfer my rights il
the said birthday to the President o
E tho United States of America for thu
time being.
In witness whereof I hereto set m!
; hand and seal this nineteenth day o
June in the year of grace eighteen hun
bred and ninety-one.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.
Witness: Lloyd Osbourne.
witness: Harold Watts"
t The original document is now pre-
t served in Judge Ide's safe in his 81
t Johnsbury home and is the most high
r Iy valued souvenir of Miss Ide's foreigl
T career.
r on the occasion of her .subsequen
T return to st. Johnsbury she sent MI
:. Stevenson the following interestin
> letter:
!. Dear Mr.. Stevenson:
/, You may be interested to know tina
the will whereby you left your birth
day to me, and for which l cordial
: thank you, was published in several q
the most widely circulated papers i
the United States, and that I receive
s letters from people in different part
of the country containing birthda
greetings on November 13.
). I had my real birthday celebratio
ana QlnutT With opOl LAllG VI llllC go
ment, eating of rich meats and receiT
Of gifts, compliments and copies
verse according to the manner of gu
ancestors" as the will most satisfac
torily provides. The conditions of tn
legacy have all been complied Will
NY old name was as unsatisfactory a
my birthday and 1 am now Ami
- Louisa, so that my new birthday car
not revert to the President of tn
United States if treat it kindly as
expect TO do. I am wondering, how
ever, what you will do without birth
day. AS the years roll by you ca
grow no older, and perhaps thus wi
- become immortal in body as well as
renown. When I have celebrated seN
enty or eighty November thirteenths
shall be able to know of you then as