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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28
About Writers and Books

resolution to carve for himself fortune with
his sword. Voltaire's translation read What
care for lands? l will make with my sword
a fortune cutting meat"
Guthrie made amusing blunder in his
he speaks of the twenty-sixth day of the new
moon. while the whole age of the moon is only
twenty-eight days.
This is equal to blunder attributed to
Thomas Brown. whom making translation of a
well known work came upon the word starn,"
and, not knowing its meaning, rendered it
"stares." After the publication of the book
the translator discovered that the word meant
starting.
A Paris newspaper once came out with a
translated account from English journal
of how man killed his wife with poker. At
the foot of the page the translator appended
note admitting that he was not sure whether
the thing. called a poker surgical or
domestic instrument.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28
Long Hair a Mark of Honor

TN olden times excessively long hair was con-
L sidered mark OF honor and rank. For
many centuries long hair was in France the
distinctive mark of Kings. The ancient Per-
slams and Parthians of high caste wore long
flowing hair, while the poorer classes were
obliged to cut theirs short. Homer speaks of
the long haired Greeks by way of distinction.
honor; but Cesar obliged them to cut it off,
in token of submission. Long hair was thought
by the Franks to denote high birth, and the
Goths looked upon it as a distinctive mark
of culture and honor. Short hair was con-
sidered by nearly all the old nations to denote
thraldom, and even now criminals have their
heads shaved
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28
PERSONAL HABITS

little coat. worn over the armor, or substitute
for arrnor.
Pants, abbreviation of Greek pantaloon,
covering all but the ankle.
Shirt, Dutch for apron or petticoat.
Macintosh, name of its inventor.
Panama hat, not peculiar to Panama
undeveloped leaf of palamata plant.
Scarf fragment, or piece, of thing.
Bandana, East Indian for silk goods.
Necklace, short for neckcloth of lace.
Rubbers. original use of India rubber, for
erasing purposes.
Shoe, covering.
Boot, a hollow skin.
Vest, short for waistcoat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28
Something About the Hair

FEW people know that the number of hairs
in the human head varies largely according
to color. Taking four heads of human hair of
different colors, but of equal weight, it has been
found that the number of hairs to the head
varies as follows: Red, ninety thousand;
black, one hundred and three thousand brown,
one hundred and nine thousand; blond, one
hundred and forty thousand. Red hair is
usually the coarsest.
Dark brown hair is found most frequently
in England, the proportions averaging as fol-
lows: Red haired people, thirty; black, sixty
seven; fair, one hundred and eight; light
brown three hundred and thirty-eight; and
dark brown, eight hundred and seven.
Four hundred and fifty hairs of average
thickness laid side by side would cover one
inch in width.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28
Why Penmen Get Tired

THE average person has no idea how much
L muscular effort is expended in writing a
letter. A rapid penman can write thirty words
in minute. To do this, he must draw his pen
through the space of sixteen and half feet.
In forty minutes his pen travels furlong, and
in five hours third of mile In writing an
average word, the penman makes in the neigh
borhood of sixteen curves of the pen. Thus
in writing thirty words to the minute, his pen
would make four hundred and eighty curves
an hour, and eighty-six million four hundred
thousand in year of three hundred days of
ten hours each. The man who succeeded in
making one million marks with a pen in a
month was not at all remarkable. Many men
make four million while merely writing.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28
B1unders by Trans1ators

1 curious blunders made by translators. The
Able Gregoire says that in London he dis
covered a signboard proclaiming the keeper
of the shop before which it was hung to be the
I'nenr de pnnaises de sa Majeste," which
translated means the Bug Destroyer to His
the impression that the bugs on His Majesty
were stalked and destroyed by hand. by the
said destroyer. At any rate, he expressed him
self shocked at the degraded condition of the
English monarch.
A number of years ago French scholar in
Guided among his catalogue of works on natural
history an essay on 6 Irish Bulls" and Voltaire
did no better in his translations of some of
Shakespeare's plays. In one of these the English
dramatist makes character renounce all
claim to doubtful inheritance, with an avowed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28
Original Meaning of Articles of Dress


COSTUME is a variation of custom,
~ what is fashionable.
Dress means to make straight, to adjust,
originally applied to all clothing.
Gown, Welsh for outer garment.
Coat. Norman for the same.
Frock Latin for wooden garment.
Skirt is a short" gown.
Bodice or corset, that which is around the
body.
Chenise. Arabic for "linen.''
Stocking is trunk, and trunk is the word for
leg
Hose is Icelandic for stocking.
Garter, Italian for the bend of the knee.
Pocket is little pouch or bag.
Pelisse is Latin for skin-made of skins.
Surplce, garment worn over the garment
of skins.
Brooches, meaning indicated in breech
cloth.
Trousers, like trousseau, means a bundle
something tucked, or fastened.
Jacket French for a leather jerkin. or
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28
Largest Libraries

THE largest library in the world. which is
L the Bibliotheque Rationale, at Paris, con-
tains three million volumes. The next largest
library is in the British Museum, where repos-
ing on musty shelves are two million books.
The Imperial library at St. Petersburg con-
tans million and half volumes.
The New York city library is the largest in
the United States and contains one million
fourteen thousand books. The Harvard library
is the largest college library in America. contain
ing nine hundred and ten thousand volumes.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28
The First Book Catalogue

THE first known book catalogue was issued
in 1904 in Augsburg, Germany, by one
George Willer. 1t was a quarto of nineteen
pages, and recorded the titles of two hundred
and ffty-six books arranged in classes.
Hand lists or posters were printed early
as I46o by Johann Mentel Cor Mentelin), of
Strasburg, who printed the first edition of the
Bible in 1865 or 1906. The first catalogue in
England was printed in 1895 by John Windet
for Andrew Maunsell, bookseller.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28
Queer Books

TN the British Museum three copies of
L the Bible written on the leaves of the fan
palm.
1t is astonishing how many different kinds of
material books have been written on. There are
still preserved works written oyster Shells fiat
bones. bricks, tiles, ivory lead. copper, and iron
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-28
Gloves

THE origin of gloves is very ancient. Some
L authorities assert that they were known
in Bible times, from references made to "shoes"
which were thought to be identical with
gloves. The first clear account of gloves
comes, however, from Xenophon. This writer
speaks of the Persians wearing gloves on their
describes Laertes working in his garden with
gloves upon his hands to protect them from
the thorns, and Varro mentions this apparel
as being worn by the Romans
Gloves have been tokens of solemn and i'm
portant things from the ninth century. They
were adopted as a rite of the church, and later
the transferring of lands or titles was always
attended with the presentation of gloves. In
the eleventh century the method of challeng
ing to single combat by throwing down
glove was instituted, and this custom still
remains in some countries. Gloves were not
worn by women until after the Reformation.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-07
EFFECTs Ga EXCESSIVE GOLD.

months
of pen1tude
being derived the beel
held that commodity will be modified by
Decline
commodity prices is 2497 for the pc
260l
Yet commodity higher than have been Tor
exchange Winnie
the present downward tendency
commodity values prevailing ten
immediate time long as gold p0ducVh
ontinueso a increasing scale now
plethora business conditions IS thus explained as
proportion Popuanon
gea
proportion to the money volume
This ompes halt and reacon
redemption at
adversely affected y TINS
contraction favorab affected by its undue ex
ransion.'
the matter that while sharp general
continued gold produon'
there can decline would nue
decided check
indicate that while production IS relatively
the early OF the past dozen
wears there stationary declining output
that and trade reaction of rather moderate
nd eompa brief duration
mentioned that than three mlons IN
districts the last
of October.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-07

Ietic sports might find it a rest to leave
some mental occupation and go out
in the garden and exercise his muscles
with the spade or hoe, and many a
man ground down in poverty with a
hungry family depending upon him for
daily bread might find the most pre-
cious rest from want and hunger by
honest toll for wages which would
drive the hunger wolf from the door
for short time.
Therefore We say that this burlesque
on Justice. this superseding the author
itv of Jesus, this eountermanding the
order of Christ and running TO folly
and tyranny, this meddling with things
of which we know absolutely nothing,
this continual legislation on things
which are none of our business, is
line of work which no Christian
should enter and with which. no Min
isterial Union should NEEDLE.
c. D. NJ. WILLIAMS.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-07
LOCAL BREVITIES.

A daughter of Mr.. Okubo, formerly
pastor of the Japanese church on Nuu-
anu avenue, has recently graduated
from the theological department at
Berkeley University, taking a degree.
A Schumann recital will be given at
the Kilohana Art League rooms corner
of Miller street and Beretania avenue,
this evening, starting at $50. The en-
fextainment is in under the direction
of Mrs. H NJ Won Holt, of the musical
circle of the league.
superintendent of Public Works
Campbell has been instructed by Act
ing Governor Mott-Smith TO prepare
plans for the repair, and reconstruction
of the Judiciary building. for which
an appropriation of $4,000 was made
by the last legislature.
The celebration of the Emperor's
birthday among the Japanese of the
Waialua plantation was the biggest
event of the kind ever held among the
Hawaiian Japanese. Two theaters ran
continuously during the three days and
every night was given over to elabo-
rate fireworks displays.
A supply of rain coats for the mem
bers of the police department were re-
ceived yesterday by the Sheriff. They
are very comfortable rubber garments,
especially designed for policemen,
having special pockets for clubs and
lanterns and a place upon which a
badge can be pinned so as to leave ii
displayed.
Tan See Ping and Mikitani, both Of
Aiea. had each other arrested on war
rants for assault and battery yester-
day, coming into town that the arrests
might be effected. The racket is some
thing in the nature of an internationa,
row with various and devious rami1-
cations and viii be up for explanations
this morning before Judge Andrade.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-07
Correspondence
wTwTW1Vw9V1W1r11y
THE SABBATH QUESTION.

- Editor Advertiser: Will you kindly
allow me a little space in your val
liable paper to consider few thoughts
presented by ]. G. Woolley before the
ministerial Union and printed in your
paper November s? -ssS a@---u
Most of the positions taken by Mr..
woolley are worthy of the admiration
and the careful consideration of every
candid thinker and every. true citizen
of the United States: they are the
principles upon which the government
of the United States is founded, and
it would have been well if the gov
eminent had never departed from
them. But the final conclusion which
Mr.. woolley draws from these shows
that he himself may be liable to be
led away from some of these principles
by the popular preaching and teach
ing of the day.
The first principle was, Things
which are to all intents and purposes,
per Sc, crimes against God and man,
in the present state and light OF
knowledge, it is a burlesque on the
decalogue to forbid them on one day
in seven, or certain hours of the
night"
Now if 1t would be a burlesque or
the decalogue to forbid on one day in
the week that which, per sc, is Grim
fnal q readily grant the position)
would it not be equally burlesque
on justice to make criminal upon one
day in the week that which, per Sc
is the honest reward Of labor? Would
it not be a burlesque upon justice Il
make a man a criminal for honest
square, upright dealings upon any da!
of the week?
Second principle: Remember the
Sabbath day TO keep it holy is in the
nature of things and on the authority
of Jesus, a directory statute and no
a mandatory, as to details, upca any
body" 81
Now if this. upon the authority o
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-07
RRAcER FOR HONOLULU 1MPRovERs.

Those backing the beautifcatn Honolulu VIII
the
beautiful spread
Tor the
o-
of Architects
..Te cities that their to no effect
official TO great
accomplished at equal expense
find that without there many loose
in well devised
little results appear ana ID
to the finished design
work to public with to- beanyng the city
Then let the city take
mn this plan and slowly nevertheless steadily IN tna
direction This in the most beautiful cities IN
wholesome and sautary
OF puoh improve
ofnspi effort declon
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-07

Jesus Christ, is not a mandatory stat
ute, as to details, what right has any
man or body of men to supersede Jesus
Christ and put in the mandatory de-
tails as the Sunday law upon the stat
ute now does or as Mr.. Woolley does
in the closing of his article?
Third principle: Jesus made the
position a fixture that the man, and
not the day, was the dominant feature
of the institution, from which it fol-
lows that the man may waive his day
of rest if he will and that to forbid
his doing it is folly and tyranny
If Jesus has so ordered these things
that man may waive his day of rest
if he will and that to forbid his doing
it is folly and tyranny" whittier are
we drifting when we establish laws
that positively forbid him from doing
it? To folly and tyranny.
To folly and tyranny is just where
all religious legislation has begun and
ended for the past nineteen hundred
years 1t has begun with the folly of
the legislature and ended in tyrannicaI
persecution, whenever not a dead let
ter upon the statute books.
This religious legislation proved to
be the desolating scourge, the most ty-
rannicaI of all tyrannies of the old
world, and strewed the blood of fifty
million martyrs from the Mediter-
ranean to the Arctic ocean. It crossed
| the Atlantic and stained the New Eng
| land coast with the blood of its vic
| Tins, and today it is combining in vile
dungeons in the United States some OF
! its most conscientious and otherwise
/ law abiding citizens. 1t has touched
Honolulu and filched from the pockets
of honest men the money that they
needed to support their families. Well
| indeed, it is said that such legislation
| leads to folly and tyranny.
Fourth Principles: The one-seventh
was blessed and ha1lowed to purposes
of rest. Nothing narrower was pro-
posed nor possible. And how man
shall rest himself no other man knows
and it is no other mans business, pro-
vided that due regard is shown TO the
rest rights of others Then if we dc
not know what the other man ought
to do to rest himself and if it is none
of our business in what way he does
it. what reason is there for making
laws about a thing of which we know
nothing and which is absolutely none
of our business?
One man might rest himself at play
,another less able to exercise in ath'
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-07
THE SCHOOL CITY.

Editor Advertiser: AS the school
City, system of government seems to
be receiving attention and some criti-
cism in the Advertiser, perhaps a word
from one of the first experimenters
with the system may be of interest.
school City, government is in its
second year at Kawaiahao Seminary,
and, making only just and due allow
ance for young heads on young Shout
ders, has proved satisfactory beyond
all expectation. The citizens range in
age from eleven to nineteen, the aver
age age being sixteen. The text books
of the National School City League"
were used in all of the grades for two
or three MONTHS and the system then
applied. To this thorough training in
the principles of citizenship and Of
republican government, I ascribe in
part the success of the experiment
here. The balance of the credit is due
to the interest and cooperation of the
teachers.
officers were elected by the pupils,
without the least attempt, on the part
of the faculty, to influence them in
favor of any particular candidates,
and, with one exception only, the cleo
lions could scarcely have been inn
proved upon by the combined judg-
ment of the faculty. The judge and
sheriff of last year are this year stu
dents in Oahu College, testimony to
the citizens appreciation of the need
for superior ability in those officers.
The system has been successful here
in developing a sense of personal re-
sponsibility, on the part of the pupils.
for the welfare of the school and for
their own well-being while in it. 1t
has made them realize, as arbitrary
rules never could, that comfortable ex-.
istence, the safety of their property,
persons, etc, depend upon laws and
their enforcement. AS result of this
realization, disorderly and untidy hab-
its are disappearing, and unhecomlpg
conduct at anys time OF place is now
taken in hand by the officers, and dealt
with according to law. 81
No regular work of the scnool is
disturbed by the sittings of court or
Court OCCUPIES OAALJ
as rule, of the weekly holiday, while
the council meetings make no greater
demand upon the free time of the pu-
| pills. and no complaint has ever been
heard against this tax upon their one
/ holiday.
| On the whole. regard the system as
a decided success, in its educational
and Observation-Disclosures value, as
well as in its general effects upon the
| welfare of the school.
| Trusting that this experience with
the system-possibly the most extend
ed that has thus far been accorded ii
lin the islands, may be of some assist
ance in convincing the skeptics, I am
sir,
Very sincerely yours,
| KATHERYN CONSTANCE M'LEOD
| Kawaiahao Seminary, Honolulu, Nov
em6er 5, 1907.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-07
HIS ENJOYMENT.

81 suppose you have a much larger
income than you can possibly spend"
Yes" answered Mr.. Dustin Stax:
"but 1 learned in my youth TO rejoice
in habits of thrift, and the greater
my income the more material have
with which TO be saving" Washing
ton Star.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-07

Carolina to be
Springfield Republican
IT will not 600 immigrants brought TO charleston
the state
congenial
Senator Latim of speaks of the $4,000 raised
No. the costs being
raised in the South at had been found to enlarge the whe
population the but the South Carolina
to be blasting.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-07
WORD MAKING.

els that young woman an au-
thoress?'
No" answered the man who dis
likes affected forms of speech; she is
a newspaper reporteress. Washington
Star.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-07
MADAM,

How have you Jared during
these recent showers? Get wet,
with ruined dress or perhaps
a cold as the result?
Better come in and get one Of
our Shower-proof Coats, made OF
rubberized stain in all colors, or a
Cravenette Coat if you desire
something heavier, might be more
to your liking.
We have an elegant assortment
of both, now.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-07

pv the printing of sinister in paragraph yesterday the
asn intended
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-11-07

Healthy discussion devoid motive but the
to welcomed to arrive at the
Of the nubic as well best ideas of dueatnsts
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22
BLOW FOR DEFENSE
COURT ALLOWS THE BRoTHER-lN.
LAW OF STANFORD WHITE
TO TESTIFY.

New York, March 13.-District At
torney Jerome has played his strong
est card in his effort to convict Harry
Thaw Of the murder Of Stanford
White. This evidence came to his
knowledge but few days ago and
caused him to abandon the idea OF
sending Whites slayer to madhouse
and to try for a straight out convic,
ton under the criminal statutes. The
evidence came from Mrs. Stanford
Whites brother, James Clinch Smith,
who told remarkably clear, succinct
story Of the events of Madison Square
Garden the night White was killed and
of long conversation he had with
Thaw just prior to the shooting.
II seems that Thaw sat for some
time with Smith during the fateful
first performance Of "Mam'selle Cham
payne" and discussed with him a
variety of topics in a manner, Mr..
Smith declared, such as any sane man
would talk Mr.. Smith gave the con-
versation in detail, omitting nothing,
he asserted.
With the brother in-law Of the man
who was so soon to be a victim OF his
pistol, Thaw discussed the play, Wall
street, common acquaintances, plans
for the summer and many other
things, including "buxom brunette"
whom Thaw declared he was anxious
to have Smith meet. Thaw said he
and his wife we're going abroad later
In the summer. There was no hint
anywhere in the repeated converse
tion of Thaw's intent to inflict bodily
harm upon anyone. Mr.. Smith did
say, however that Thaw, not having
a reserved seat, roamed around the
garden and continually looked in the
direction of the spot where he subse-
uuently killed Stanford White.
Eureka post. (Eureka, McPherson Co., S.D.) 18??-19??, 1907-03-22
Men who are interested m the di,

Men who are interested In the d.
vorce industry in this state have de-
eided upon sensational coup which
will prevent the new law increasing
the period of residence from six
months to one year from going into
effect for at least nearly two years.
It is officially announced that the
referendum amendment will be in
voked and this will prevent the new
divorce law from going into effect un-
I'll after 1t has been submitted to the
voters of the state and receives a
majority of the votes cast. It cannot
be submitted until November, 1908,
and In the meantime the present law,
requiring only six months residence,
will be In effect. These petitions will
be circulated Immediately for sigma.
tures and will be fled before the ex.
piration of ninety days from the pas.
sage of the new divorce law, as re.
suired by the referendum amend
ment Of the state constitution.