The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-03-16

hand or head, they are mighty careful
what they say-for fear they will offenG
the mighty ones and thereby lose bust
ness or a fair chance to make living
Intimidating people is not new in Homo
lulu and is practiced wherever a man
is found weak enough to be bluffed.
SSAS
There have been hOnors paid to Ha-
waiians but none of exactly the same
character as that conferred upon my
friend, Admiral Beckley, when he re-
presented the territory and received
Admiral Tomioka and the japanese
squadron at Hilo. 1t was an occasion
and the Admral-that is our admiral
rose to it.
1t is strange how fortune looks after
her own Had it been any other per
son but Admiral Beckley the wireless
request that he should assist in re-
ceiving and entertaining the visiting
feet would have found him in a
strange predicament; away from home
without any dress suit or uniform OF
anything of the sort, in which to ap-
pear to do the honOrs. But some how
it just happened that the Admiral had
his uniform or rather part of his uni
form, together with those decorations.
Somebody has been unkind enough tC
suggest that the Admiral must sleep
with those decorations, but / scorn
any such inslnuation. He probably
keeps them in cold storage.
But in any event, the Admiral was
there with the glittering goods. At
first, he was in quandary. He did
not have all of his uniform with him
There was only the long tailed coat
with it's brass buttons and gilt braid
ing, the trousers were missing, pos
sibly they had, in the hurry, been left
at home under the mattress 20 be press.
ed. Nor did the Admiral have the
proper fore and aft regulation hat that
So it was at first thought by the Ad-
miral, that he should wear a full dress
suit with swallow tail But the Ad-
miral bridged the difficulty by wearinr
a sort of mixed breed uniform. He
had on his black, dress suit trowsers
his blue coat and decorations, a tall
silk hat and a linen duster
1t was judicious combination. Had
the Admiral worn his fore and aft
hat of his rank, ne would have seemed
ridiculous, with a linen buster whereas
the linen duster and the tall silk plug
were in perfect accord. When the
Admiral reached the flagship he un-
buttoned his linen buster and stepped
forth, revealed in all of the decorated
glory and uniform, something like
Aphrodite steps forth from a shell ir
the Christmas burlesque shows, only
the Admiral wore more decorations
than the play woman does. Naturally
he removed his silk plug with the dus-
ter.
Keen to mark distinctions, the Japa-
nese naturally perceived that the Ha.
waiian Admiral was an entirely differ,
ent mould from the committee ant
they indicated this fact by backing the
members of the Hilo reception commit.
tee onto the sidetrack and sending the
Admiral shunting along on the cow
catcher as it were, into the presence o
Admiral Tomioka, the commander Of
the fleet. The Japanese Admiral bow.
ed several times but the Hawaiian Ad-
miral bowed only once, You are
high man in your country" observed
the japanese Admiral "You wear nor,
decorations than l do"
Yes" assented the Admiral, 81 am {
high man"
And then the Japanese admiral had
the champagne produced Hum" said
the Hawaiian Admiral "Eh?" said the
Japanese admiral. "You fellows had a
fine time here, Admiral" said the Ha-
waiian Admiral. Eyes, a very fine time"
re-echoed the Japanese admiral you
have a better room here than l have
on my ship" said the Hawaiian Ad-
miral. What is your ship" inquired
the japanese Admiral. There was
pause. The Hawaiian Admiral was in
much the same position of Tom Sawyer
when the youngster after winning a
prize for Biblical knowledge was ask