The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-11-24
OFNTEREST TO
Women , and , Offers

and delightlng the world w. tn the
products of a mind undimmed by age.
How wonderful 10 discovery that viii
be? But If 1 have two birthdays every |
year I shall grow old at a terrible rate. |
The years will rush past me like an
express train and l shall soon be old |
enough to be your grandmother, or |
perhaps l shall have a double develop |
ment, like DR.. Jekyll, one for each !
birthday, so that in one phase I shall |
be twice as old as in the other The !
possibilities are astonishing. You will
see from photograph, which I send,
that I am already much older than my
sister. How much older | shall be in a
few years! I send also a pen and ink
sketch which l have made of the
church which I attend and which
stands beside my home It may re-
mind you that your faithful old birth
day is stll comfortably housed, at
least on Sundays
Papa wishes to be kindly remember
ed to yourself and family, whose ac-
quaintance he enjoyed exceedingly
Thanking you once more for gift
which 1 greatly prize, l am,
Sincerely ours,
ANNIE LOUISA IDE.
This clever acknowledgment of the
gift ELECTED this bright reply from Mr..
Stevenson:
VAILIMA, Samoa, November, 1891.
My Dear Louisa:
Your picture of the church, the pho
tograph of yourself and sister, and
your very witty and pleasing letter
came all in a bundle, and made me feel
1 had my moneys worth for that
birthday. 1 am now, 1 must be, one
of your nearest relatives; exactly what
we are to each other 1 do not know. l
doubt if the case has ever happened
before-your papa ought to know, and
1 don't believe he does; but 1 think
ought to call you in the meanwhile,
and until Wet get counsel learned in
the law, my daughter
Well, 1 was extremely pleased to see
by the church that my granddaughter
could draw; by the letter that she was
no fool, and by the photograph that She
was pretty girl-which hurts nothing.
See how virtues are rewarded! My first
idea of adopting you was entirely
charitable; and here l find l am quite
proud of it, and of you, and that l
chose just the kind of a name-daughter
that l wanted. For l can draw, too, or
rather, l mean to say that l could be-
fore I forgot how; and I am very far
from being a fool myself, however
much I may look it; and l am as beau
tiful as the day, or at least, I once
hoped that perhaps I might be going
to be. And so 1 might, So that you
see we are well met and peers on these
, important points.
am very glad that you are Older
/, than your sister. SO should l have
, been if 1 had had one. SO that the
f number of points and virtues which
= you have inherited from your name
, father is already quite surprising.
I wish you would tell your father
D not that like to encourage my rival
e that we have had a wonderful timt
1 here of late, and that they are having
y cold day in Moinoo, and the consuI
t are writing reports, and l am writins
% to the Times, and if we don't get rio
s of our friends this time I shall begin
= 20 despair Of everything but my name
: daughter.
e You are quite wrong as to the effec
f of the birthday on your age From tn
e moment the deed was registered Gas i
n was in the public press with ever,
# solemnity) the 18th of November be
e came your own and only birthday, ant
you ceased to be born on Christina
V day. Ask your father. l am sure h
# will tell you this is sound law You ar
= thus become a month and twelve day
younger than you We're, but will go o.
growing older for the future in the reg
ular and human manner from one 13t
of November to the next. The effec
= on me is more doubtful. l may, as 20
t. suggest, live forever; I might, on tn
l. other hand, come to pieces like the one
n boss shay at a moments notice. Doubt
less the step was risky, but I do no
It the least regret that which enables m
r. to sign myself your revered and de
g lightful name-father.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.
Miss Ide spent last winter in Califor
1t mia, but had fortunately just left Sa
l. Francisco for another part of the stat
y at the time of the earthquake. He
IF apartments in the city, however, wer
IN burned and she lost many valued sou
ID venirs of her Philippine life and orr
IS entail fabrics. The wedding occur
y about the middle of November and wi
be a quiet affair, though her man
N friends are anxious to give her re
i ception and will probably have the OF
pit portunity. Before making their HON
Of in Washington, D. c., they will take
II short honeymoon abroad. Miss Ide
G. gowns were all made in Paris and al
lie described as beautiful creations.
h. \ \ \ y
rs NEW YORK, November 14.-Tha
lie Bourke Cochran, who is to marry Mis-
n Anne Ide, daughter Of the former COY
Ne ernor-General Of the Phlllpnines. be