The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-11-03

OPTIMISM
Get all the good there is today {
Don't fret about tomorrow.
There's trouble round us all the time
What need is there to borrow?
The wise man gets what joy he can,
And leaves the fool his folly.
He knows too much to waste his life
In gloom and melancholy.
Look on the bright side every time
| Don't waste your days repining,
When any cloud looks dark and dull
! Turn out the silver lining.
| We wisel Be cheerful, bright, and glad,
! Leave to the fool his folly,
/ And let your motto be: "Cheer up!'
Your rule of life: "Be Jolly!
-Somerville Journal
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As If the matter of initials hadn't
been properly taken care of by people
who embroider and supplemented by
tiny machine-made ones, as well, lace
makers have invented the prettiest
cobweb affairs imaginable.
1t is an open bit, as open and lacy as
can be, the only heavy part about 1t,
the strong little edge, and the letter,
which apparently Happens" right in
the center.
Even if there's no lace on chemise or
corset cover, such an initial adds a
pretty little touch of individuality
without adding the work of embroider-
ing.
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"Mr. Dumbsey," said Mrs. D., with
some asperity, the other morning,
what are these two theater tickets
that 1 found in your dress vest?"
Mr.. Dumbsey choked over his butter
ed muffin.
"Eh? What? why, they're old ones
mo, they're not. Here's the date
Oct. o."
nineteen hundred and four, my
dear; not 1906"
why, you only had this suit last
February. Don't sit there and lie like
that! So you took somebody to the
theater last night, did you? And
here at home trying to save money by
sewing the lining in your last spring
overcoat. Paul Dumbsey, I just hate
the sight of you. And you told me you
were going to a political meeting"
80, I did, and afterward I me-
Tompkins, and as he had these tickets
given him by the manager, we wan
and saw the last act"
(Which Tompkins?"
''Why, George You know him. Yol
ask him, if you don't believe me-"
} Here a sharp tap at the window; anC
the merry face of George Tompltini
D was seen.
"Haroa, Mrs. Dumbsey! Good morn
ing. Halloa Paul; sorry didn't SCI
you last night; had to go into tn
country Ta-ta, see you later"
/, And he toddled gayly away, leaving
, a mixed state of affairs behind him.
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, A number of the plainest possibl
= coats and skirts, the latter escaping
the ground anywhere from two to fou
+ inches and the former with skirt
$ coming below the hips, are seen on tn
a very young girls and many of tn
younger matrons These coats ar
usually double breasted but som
/ have a single row only of buttons, an
- these buttons, by the way. are quit
as apt to be metal as covered wit
the material or velvet, yet all are seer
For example, Mrs. August Belmont
1 wife of August Belmont. Jr., was see
i'm green cloth coat and skirt, tn
former having velvet buttons; Mis-
jeanette Hatch, youngest daughter G
Mrs. w. DenisOn Hatch, was in a gra
skirt and coat, the latter with silve
y buttons, while several others notice
the same day had either crochet but
tons-when the coat was black-an
S buttons covered with the material {
the coat. However fancy metal but
tons predominant everywhere, ain
when Of suitable size and design an
properly applied are decidedly orna
mental.
II Large plain metal buttons i'm gras
It or gold and silver are the latest thin
It In tailored cloth costumes, and thos
n OF us who had ancestors in the war {
II the revolution and who treasure til
II remnants of their uniforms with the
II nat thick, plain brass buttons will l
:. reminded of their souvenir heirloom
,. by this latest fancy of fashion.
l. The late Mrs. Craigie or John DIV,
HOBBIES as the brilliant American NJ
velist was known, was a superb mimi
Mimicry as she had mastered it,
one Of the fine arts. One night at dir
ner, she mimicked a silly, empty
70 headed little lady, whose husband
lover of gaiety, was inclined to nel
lect his wife.
r. MRS. Craigie said that this lad
while spending the winter in the cour
try, said one day at the country POI
office:
"'Dear me, what a silly mistake yo
} post office people have made
"'How, madam? asked the clerk.
"'Why,' she exclaimed, with title