The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-01-26
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Women , and > Offers

Musk street offers rich returns to the
card hunter Fortune-telling cards
must be 600 demand there to judge from
the samples 1 saw in the collection.
The Cairo playing cards come mostly
from Germany, they are brilliant in
their colorng. The aces carry scenes
from lands both west and east
THE gem Of all the packs comes from
Switzerland The cards are small, one |
and three-quarters by two and one
half inches ia size. and the back de-
sign is the edelweiss. The kings queens |
and jacks are delightful studies I'm /.
Swiss costume, and the purchaser cer- |
tainly gets his moneys worth for each |
face card has two half figures quite !
unlike. on the aces are Swiss scenes
and objects Of interest also two to n |
card the subjects including the Castle I.
Of Chillon the Matterhorn. the bridge |
at Lucerne and the Lion Of Lucerne."
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If one is going to give a Christmas
dinner, it is best to give a good, even
a lavish one. Then one doesn't get up
from the table with remorse gnawing
at the heart, as was the case last year
with a certain young man.
He took his fiancee and her mother
TO a Christmas dinner in a restau-
rant. Arriving at the restaurant
little before the ladies', ne ordered the
dinner and then said to the waiter.
Look here; I'll call for two quarts
of champagne after the fish, but you
just bring that champagne cider in the
fancy bottle instead. It's good stuff
and the ladies won't know the differ
ence"
Very well, sir" said the waiter.
Then the ladies arrived, and the din
ner progressed spIendidly. The cham
payne was ordered, the cider was
brought, and neither guest perceived
the deception. on the contrary. they
both praised the champagne. They
drank heartily.
But when the bill came at tho timers
end the young mans face darkened.
He beckoned to the waiter and. with
mods and winks galore, pointed to the
wine item.
Waiter there's some mistake about
this charge, isn't there?"
"Oh, no, sir" said the waiter. 1.-TWO
bottles Of champagne. eight dollars.
That was what you ordered sir"
Certainly. Two bottles of cham
payne. We remember your ordering
them" the ladies chorused.
But said the young man. wink
ing and nodding like a steam engine
at the waiter.
THE bill is quite correct. sir" said
the waiter firmly
The ladies looked at him reproach-
fully and the young man could do
nothing but pay up.
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The custom of wearing orange bios
SONS on the wedding day originated in
SPAIN says an authority and even IL
the story is not true, it has a very
pleasant ring. 'Once upon a time an
African potentate gave a Spanish king
magnificent orange tree, whose frag-
rant blossoms We're the admirati ton Of
all who We're permitted to see them
In vain many people begged for a
sprig of the lovely plant, and most per-
sistent of all was a foreign ambassa-
dor, who wished to send a cutting to
his own country.
1T so happened that the head gar
dener who had charge of the orange
tree, possessed a charming daughter.
who was courted by a young artisan.
The girl, however lacked a dowry. SO
there seemed no prospect of their mar
riage taking place. One day her father
accidentally broke off a spray of or
ange blossom from the precious tree,
and gave 1t to his daughter, who plac-
ed the creamy flowers In her hair,
where they attracted the attention of
the ambassador. He promised to give
the young girl a sum sufficient for her
dowry II she would give him the spray,
and, needless to add, she willingly did
so. She was soon afterward married,
and in remembrance of the luck
brought by the orange blossom, she
secretly broke off another piece, which
she wore on her wedding day, an eX-
ample since followed by brides Of our
own and most foreign countries"