The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-05-25
MY SYMPHONY.


not hinder;
To be-worth while-rather than worth
money.
To accomplish good-not graft.
To be content rather than satisfied.
To remember only the good and the
beautiful.
To be kind to my friends, and
Charitable to those who love me not.
To live each DAY as if were the last
and best;
To gaily dance with Father Time
adown
Life's narrow way-and having
done
Lie down at last as if to sweet repose,
Conscious of having done my best,
For honest effort is it's own reward.
And should no laurel crown await me,
I shall say
1T is enough, for 1 have lived"
-Harriette Goldsmith Osborn.
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Mrs. Rudyard Kipling, when young
girl, went with her brother, Wolcott
Balestier, to live in Salida, Colorado,
then little mountain railroad town.
Here the future wife of the great
author, with a daughter Of Mrs. Emma
Holman Thayer, succeeded in estab-
fishing the first Episcopal Church in
that locality.
In reply to their request the late
Bishop Spalding, of Denver, wrote that
if they would secure a place for the
service he would send a clergyman.
The only available place the two ener-
getic girls could secure was a room in
back of saloon. They rented the
room, wrote to the bishop, and posted
notices announcing the services. They
decorated the place most charmingly
with mountain flowers, fitted it up
with chairs and an organ, and at the
last moment, their scrubwoman hav-
ing failed them, went to work with
rags, soap and hot water and scrubbed
the floor
Through their efforts an Episcopal
church was later established in Salida.
man, Rev ]. Wallace Oil.
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In earlier times the ordinary man
was simply William or John-that is
to say, he had only Christian name
without any kind of handle" before it
or surname after it. Some means of
distinguishing one John or William
from another John or william became
necessary. Nicknames derived from a
mans trade or his dwelling place or
from some personal popularity were
tackled on to his Christian name, and
plain John became John Smith. And
yet there We're no 'misters" in the
land. Some John Smith accumulated
more wealth than the bulk of his fell
lows, became perhaps a landed pro-
prietor or an employer of hired labor
1hen he began to be called in the Nor
man-trench of the day the ''maistre"
of this place or that, of these worknen
or of those. In time the "maistre" or
MASTER" as it soon became, got tack
ed on before his name, and he became
Master Smith and his wife was Mails
tress Smith, Gradually the sense of
possession was lost sight of and the
title was conferred upon any kindly
mere possession Of wealth or holding
position of more or less consideration
and Importance.
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Nine. Sembrich has recently COM
mented upon the rapid advancement
made throughout the United States in
appreciation of the best in song litera-
ture. She pointed out that ten years
ago it would have been impossible
for her to attract in Chicago an au-
dience to hear her in an evening de-
voted solely to the giving of lieder.
| Now the mere announcement of such
an event brings together from 1000 to
1000 auditors, and the appreciation
shown is of the keenest and finest.
Such songs as Brahms Nightingale"
Schumann's 'Roeselein, Roeselein," or
Schubert's Dream of Spring
of the most intimate, elusive character
now make so deep an impression
and, are so we'll esteemed that they be-
come the most heartily applauded
numbers on the program. And the
gain in appreciation shown i'm Chica-
go, the great soprano declared, she
has found in but slightly less degree
throughout all the West.
She had just returned from Dallas,
Texas, and there had given two con-
certs in a hall seating some 5000 per-
sons, and yet there, too, she had found
that her finest and most delicate lieder
had created the deepest impression.
And so throughout the country she had
noted this great awakening to the
beauty and worth of the best that ex-
lists in song literature.
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wealthy New York banker, while
visiting his parents in a small town
was stricken with fever. For three
months he was confined in the old
homestead, dutifully attended bv a