The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-04-13
TOWN TALK
BY THE MAN ABOUT TOWN.

Since the scientists have said
That the human soul has weight,
The idea has so spread
That to be right up to date,
You must ask a maiden fair,
When you have her for a stroll,
To sit upon your lap
SO you may weigh her soul.
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Senator Jack Dowsett for Cover
nor; that sounds pretty good to Jack
but the knockers are after him. They
say that he has not been an American
citizen long enough to know what's
what; that he is so accustomed to
raising the British flag at his home that
he sometimes flies, by mistake, the en-
sign of the Tight Island" rather than
the Flag of the Free" But 1 do
not believe all the yarns that l hear
about public men.
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There was a fierce mix-up of datees
this week. Let me explain
Several days ago some one telephoned
a notice to a local newspaper to the
effect that Miss Locke's Dante class
would meet the following evening at
the Kaiulani Home. But for some rea-
son the message was misunderstood and
appeared as follows: Mrs Gums dane
ing class will meet at the Kaiulani
Home this evening" The consequences
was that two entirely different sets of
classes went flocking to the Kaiulani
Home And Mrs Gum who was eX-
pecting her class to meet at her usual
pretty little hall in the Odd Fellows
| buildingl must Jhave felt something
like hen when the brood of ducks
she has Matched first take to water.
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| A headline in a newspaper is some-
times a dreadful thing. To those who
glance at it and defer reading the ar
ticle for which the headline is writ
ten, until later, frequently a story
that is anything but what is intended
is told. For example, suppose big,
black headline in newspaper an
nounces the sad fact that "Smith Is
! Dead" Immediately a hundred peo-
pie, each of whom has a friend named
Smith, will miss a heartbeat and
many will at once conclude that it is
his Smith who IS dead and may even
order a black tie for the funeral, neg
lecting to read the article until after
he has bought said tie.
An incident of this kind occurred in
Honolulu only the other day april 100
when there appeared in The Star the
headlines: MILLS QUITS" only on
that occasion there were no heart
beats missed but rather were hearts
set beating quicker with delight
MILLS QUITS"
| What a world of eloquent good It'd
ings seemed stored in those two sim
pie but, at first sight, beautiful words,
my brethren.
"MILLS QUITS" There's only one
Mills in Honolulu and he is called
Harry T. Mills. Mills is a billiomani-
&C, a collector of bills, and chases the
"old account" with the zest that a
mongoose tracks a chick. He is known
as the man who is suing my friend
Clarke on an alleged milk-b bill, the
amount of which claim is TWENTY
CENTS. incidentally he practiced as
an attorney until he was disbarred.
1t was natural enough, then, for a
feeling of delight TO ripple over the
community when folks saw the sup
posed glad tidings of great joy to the
effect that MILLS QUITS"
What must have been the disap.
pointment when, upon the reading Of
the item under the head mentioned, Il
was found that it was not our Harry
} T. who had quit, but a D. O. Mill!
of New York who had resigned as di
rector Of the Southern Pacific rail
road.
Who is this d. o. Mills, anyhow?
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Do you know L wish that the Bishol
Museum would be used for some othe
purpose than to gather cobwebs an,
dust, 1t is certainly not used for tn
benefit Of the public. Instead of hav
ing the museum, which is one of tn
= finest and most interesting features o
this city, opened every day, it is ex
ceptional when the public is admitte
to the institution. l think steame
days and possibly one or two othe
days in the week, constitute the ope
days at the museum.