The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-05-26

By The Man
I have noticed lot of pictures show
ing the San Francisco survivors in the
bread line. why don't some one take
a few pictures of San Franciscans on
the water wagon. 1t will be far
more interesting picture in days to
come after the city gets over it's en-
forced spell of teetotalism
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Captain Drew of the bark Andrew
Welch which arrived here last Monday
morning from San Francisco, pass
ed through all of the disaster He tells
a little incident that came under his
notice that is to me one of the most
pathetic of the many l have heard
1 of the great disaster.
Il was coming along California street
said Captain Drew and l noticed an
old colored woman sitting on the edge
/ of the sidewalk i'm front of the ruins
of an elegant mansion. She was seat
ed on the little step that is raised out
of the sidewalk to enable people to step
into their carriages. l said i'Why
Nanny what i'm the world are you do
ing here alone? The fire had swept by
devastating that locality for it was
the second day of the catastrophe
/ What dom here chile? why Use
waitin' 70 de folks to KUN home
but Auntie' 1 said They won't
come back here. There is nothing for
them to come to, the house and every
thing is all burned. You must go to
some place.
"Oh yes dey will Dey dun tole
me to come here and git supper ready
fur dem and got tur wait. They'l, be
long six o'clock sub
The poor lady had gone insane over
the shock of the disaster and there
in front of what to her had been a COM
Portable home was waiting for her
employers to come back to dinner.
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I see that the local naval paymaster
may have to go to Mare Island to
stand an examination for promotion to
be full paymaster From what 1 have
observed of Honolulu there ought to
be no necessity for anybody leaving
here for such purpose.
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Again the mosquitoes are very trou-
blesome in Honolulu. 1 am led to say
this after a brief visit to Martins the
other day. There were a few of Mar
tins friends present and after roasting
Governor Jack" for allowing L. A
Thurston to bluff him in Gle Korean
hanging match" abusing the Board OF
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the talk drifted around to mosquitoes
For year and a half or more the town
has not been bothered to any great eX-
tent, with the nuisance. But the lively
little birds are returning in great num-
bers. Seems to me that the man ii
charge of the campaign is not attend
ing to his business and President Pink
ham ought to Jack him up" Then the
Promotion Committee ought to give the
matter some attention.; it will pay II
the end for the greatest nuisance il
Honolulu today is the mosquito pest.
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Far be it from me to knock and so
: have kept quiet during the past few
weeks while Joe Cohen was busily en-
gagged in closing up the work of taking
the Hawaiian County band to the main
land The matter had gone so far tina
/ it was almost impossible to turn bacl
and call the thing off; but I believe
that to abandon the trip would have
been the wisest course The tour o.
the Pacific coast will not be a great
success, owing to the San francisco
disaster The tour of the band in the
east is a grave problem; the theater'
will soon close and the public will seel
amusement in the outdoor parks. These
parks can hardly afford to employ &
band with 65 people with expenses OF
over $500 day. But Joe Cohen may
pull out and 1 hope he does. The chan
ces are against him; even Captain Der
ged was not enthusiastic as the sailing
day drew near,
hope the supervisors will never al
low the band to leave Honolulu agar
on any such proposition. We need the
music in this city and we will mis-!
Captain Berger and his boys. Then
question the wisdom of allowing the
band to be advertised as the "Roya
Hawaiian Band" as a matter of cole
fact the organization is about as roy
all as one of Lycurgus' two-bit lunch
cons. 1 do not think it fair to allow tn,
band to sail under false colors; it is al
I ways well to be honest in band mat
tiers as we'll as in other lines of bust
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