The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-02-19
SEVERAL MEN
WERE MADE OVER
The Mill of the Gods Ground
Out Queer Things at
the Y. M. C. A.

| The fun at the Y. N. c. A. rally
began a little after eight last evening
with the singing of two popular songs,
after which Kaais musical club played
a selection which was encored. About
100 members We're present.
The feature of the evening was THE
Mill of the Gods Secretary Super
| thought that in the audience there
must be a few men who would like
to have their lives changed. Accord
ingIy he asked any who wished they
could be somebody else to step upon
the platform. Several good fellows
and they awaited themselves of the OPP
portunity.
In response to the managers en-
quiry as to what or whom he wanted
to represent young man thought he
would like to be Prof. W. D. Alexander.
He was thrown head first into the mill
and the grinding began. The noise
which issued from the mill reminded
on of a stone crusher's busy day and
the yells which the transformation
necessitated were blood-curdling. They
ceased soon, however, and the door
was opened and volume after volume
of the Encyclopaedia Britannica hand
ed out.
A well-to-do young man, evidently
tired of wearing good clothes and the
like, asked the manager to change
him into a hobo. The process was the
same as was used in making learned
man, but through the exit of the mill,
a full f1edged hobo, tomato can, patches
and all, was showed.
A new hobo, one that was not ma
chine-made, requested to be changed
into the entire liquor interests of Ho-
nolulu This required but short work
as the hobo was whiskey soaked any
way, and when the door was opened.
keg of beer was rolled out. The keg
was Immediately seized by the ma
chine-made hobo but to his intense dis
appointment, it was empty.
The next man wanted to be turned
into a turnkey and when the manager
the grinding to be complet-
ed, a regular English turnkey dressed
in a red coat and brass buttons, and
wearing the convential sideburnS,
patted his stomach and bowed to the
audience who applauded loudly.
Toward the last, the men began to
be ambitious, as the next wanted to
be turned into Berger and his whole
band Perhaps if the bandmaster had
been present last night, he would have
thought that it was a whole housefuI
of babies crying at once.
The last man to be ground into
else capped the climax with
his request. He wanted to be turned
into Jack Lucas. Pretty hard thing
to do after the hard usage this ma
chine has had tonight, but We'll try
said the manager. The man was plac-
ed into the chopper, the knives began
to grind and out came a lot of little
gas balloons and the audience shouted,
Jack Lucas-hot airi"
A ''flashlight'' photo was taken of
the audience and the products of the
mill after which Kaai's Glee Club fav-
ored those present with another selec- |
ton.
piano and violin duet was to have
been the next on the program, but ow-
ing to an accident which he had re-
ceived in grinding out men in the mill,
MIR. John Ewing was unable to preside
at the piano. A solo by Mr.. jenkins,
who was accompanied by Mr.. Theo. |
Richards, took it's place.
Immediately following another selec- |
ton by Kaafs Giee Club and second
solo by Mr.. Jenkins, the audience adj
journed into the gymnasium where DIR.
Hand and his students performed some
stunts.