Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-08-24

We here In Honolulu have the gem
cral idea that we are some pump
klns" In fact, we sometimes get the
Impression that the eyes of the world
are straining in our direction and that
the Goddess of Liberty Is squirting
through a telescope toward the west
ia see what we are doing out here IN
the Pacific. When the chairman CT
the Board Of Supervisors calls prom
inent business man liar and the T..
q VI. retorts by saying that the I. o.
ne y. of $. couldn't tell the truth II
he tried. we wonder what Roosevelt
and Hartman will say and whether
or not it will make them jealous.
And then we get a jolt that brings us
naek to earth again. ! got one the
ether day.
| had an idea not long ago. 1t was
beautiful idea, ! thought TOO good
q be wasted when ideas are scarce.
So I resolved to perpetuate it. | would
write IT down and permit some eager
Magazine editor to disseminate 1t to an
nppreciative world.
wrote 1t. and TO my eyes, blurred
with the pride of authorship, the story
was a work of art, well calculated 10
make Rudyard Kipling look to his
laurels and William Dean Howells be-
I take himself to the bush. The story
related to Hawaii
| nut Il In an envelope and mailed II
10 one of the big magazines and then
sat me down to wait for the check.
\ An answer came the other day. the
editor regretted that he could not
/ make use of the story, but, he SAID,
I'VE never publish anything relating
TO matters outside the United States.
Outside the United States!" Oh
2iffle.
Hus-s-sh. Don't be profane
+ j. 4
The war scare started some months
ago by some of the yellow correspond
ents appears to have subsidized and the
people of Hawaii have sunk once more
into the lethargy of fancied security.
If they only knew of the active prep
arations for hostilities that are gong
On about them, their sleep would be
less sound and their dreams not Sc
tranquil.
II Is strange, too, that the signs OF
impending trouble should have been
overlooked as they have been. The
people of Honolulu, Of course, knew II
vague sort of way that the members
of the National .Guard were practlcins
vigorously at tine rife butts, but the!
thought that this. activity was inspired
lonly by the desire of the guardsmei
10 get on the rifle team that was coins
20 Ohio.
But that does not account for tn
fact that Adjutant General Jones ha
Teen haunting the Robins Egg Blu
Chamber like some uneasy ghost 10
The past few months. Not a day goe
by that the Colonel does not appear .
The door of the Executive offices t
seek an audience with the Governor
And he always gets it, too, no matte
how busy the Executive may be. Whe
the outer Office is crowded Coione
Jones employs strategy and milltar
tactics to gain an audience. He make
flank movement around the othe
walters and masses himself directl
In front of the door Then, when 1t
opened about two inches, he squeeze
through, leaving the. others to swea
and grumble at his audacity. Br
what's the use of being Colonel
you are not brave.
The Colonel never explains wha
goes on in the Robins Egg Blue, BIT
he always comes out looking solemn
MS II the weight of responsibility res
ing upon him we're nothing less tina
the safety of the Territory.
But we are safe as long as we nav
Jones to defend US, SO 1t is no US
to worry.
There has of late been marked a.
tfylty amag the members OF the AL
anlas Club which has resulted In
sudden and decided increase In u
membership of that organization. II
deed, within the past week a numb'
If notable names have been added
the rolls of the club or proposed Il
membership by their friends.
Chairman Hustace OF the Board
Supervisors has been put up by D.
NcCaDdless, and Hustace In turn pr
pores NcCaBdlegs Link Mccandle
thinks that e. y. Holloway ought
be member Of the Club, and Holl
way expresses himself similarly col
cerniug Link,
Willie Sims proposes the name
Wade Warren Theyer aud would ma
him made President OF the club,
yell, for aec0rdine 10 Sims, Thayer
not ~ the common or garden yarie
~ HAIRS, but II The absolute. nnblushi'
and intent kind. Thayer, however, q
pears unappreeiatiye Of Sims ehoI
III ble behalf and declines 10 JON
elmg II u member,
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