The Hawaiian star., 1906-04-14

IT'S a remarkable druuth," said Cap
tain Greene caretaker of the Capitol
grounds, as he watched feeble spray
from a sprnlll on the lawn IT'S the
only dry spell l ever knew that didn't
end up in a rain"
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\ proposal has been made for the
Promotion Committee to invite Mark
Twain to come here as the guest of
the islands The suggestion cane from
r. w Breckons. who is a constant
reader and adnirer Of the great hu
morist 1t viii be rem. mberel that
the last time Twain was here he was
compelled to stop outside the harbor.
There was a quarantine ON. It was
when he was making his last trip
around the world and writing FOLLOW
ing the Equator" with which work he
paid off bankruptcy debts and res
tored his finances. In that work Mark
Twain speaks of his stop off Honolulu
and expresses his regrets that he
could not again visit the scenes he
knew many years before. In view of
the fact that the most eloqu mt Bit of
praise Hawaii has ever had is i'm the
/ language of Mark Twain, and that it
| is the best bit of advertising matter
ever written about the islands, it would
| be a graceful act to invite the author
here. offering him the visit which he
says he so regretfully missed some
years ago. l don't suppose he would
accept-but he might and surely all
would be glad to have him come.
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! Frank Andrade the amiable special
pros cutor in the police court is well
! known as the one of the leading dairy
men of the islands. The other morning
he happened to be late in the police
! court so there was a delay in calling
the docket. Where is Mr.. Andrade," ="
! inquired the court.
"Oh, I think" said one of the Off
cials that he was detained this morn
! ing milking his cows
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! l saw him the other day 1t was the
morning after the news of the serious
water famine became known. This
| is a serious problem before us" he eN-
claimed. I'VE will all have to lose
|
the city so delightful to the eye of the
tourist, we viii have to lose our pretty
flowers We must all bear our share
of the burden. | have started already
to cut down on my use of water he
concluded as I saw him dash into
| Cunha's.
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| Purser Jerome of the :. $. China is
well known to local people. There
are two sides to Jerome, the amiable
land the otherwise. Some years ago
while Jerome was the purser on the s
5. China "A vessel by the way which is
a popular ship with missionaries of the
Asiatic fields, young man went aboard
the vessel during her stay i'm this port
and inquired for the purser The
young man was not i'm quest of any
particular miss onariss but out of the
generous christianity of his heart he
wanted to gre some visiting strangers
and extend to them the hand Of vel
come.
Have you any missionari on board
this trip, Mr.. Purser?" he politely in
quired of Jerome.
Jerome looked at him much after
the fashion that a bank cashier looks
at a man who has tried to pass a coun-
terfeit coin and then jerome said in the
coolest, most contemptuous tones have
ever heard. Young man did you OF
any body else ever hear Of any time
that the China was not full of mis-
sionaries."
l understand that jerome likes the
berth on the Siberia much more than
he did that on the old missionary
boat
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