The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-12-14
TOWN TALK
BY THE MAN ABOUT TOWN.

| ny 4 liz WAN
My good friend Captain Drew brought
a new story to town this time, at
least it seemed to be new here He
says it is being told on Roosevelt III
is about speech the President made
to some enthusiastic Indians at a flop
jack, or whateve" it was. The Presi.
dent waXed eloquent about American
Indians and the big audience of braves
kept showing great enthusiasm in
yelling "Umpah a word with which
the chief executive was unacquainted,- L.
even Roosevelt cant know everything.
He was pleased, however, with the
Umpahs that punctuated his every
good point though they began to get
tiresome. Finally he wound up elo-
quently with the glowing picture Of a
possible American-Indian occupant OF
the White House This time the I'm
pahs were simply deafening and as he
sat down the President asked the
meaning Of the word. In a bit more
elegant slang than the reply he receiv-
ed, Umpahs may be called hot air.
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friend Of mine has heard from Ed
ward A. DouthItt, attorney who re-
Gently left for Shanghai to tackle Judge
Whitley and the Bund. 1t appears that
he is already missing the soft breezes,
tinted skies and oceans, perenlally
fragrant atmosphere, verdant lawns
and soft-voiced waves of Hawaii Mel
He toured Japan en- route to his new
home and describes with enthusiasm
what he saw. Then he tells of Shanghai
and returns to this little spot of
everlasting June and says. " " and
l assure you | often long for the sight
of verdant lawns, of tropical foliage.
One never misses the water until the
well runs dry, and of all the beauties OF
Japan, there is no place that can hold
a candle to Honolulu. Some day /
hope l shall hike back to the Paradise
of the Pacific
In Honolulu, george Henshall fooled
his friends all right, but Harry Armi-
tage took good care to see that Hilo
would give the popular young news
paperman a reception. BY Wireless,
Editor Burns of the Hilo Tribune, was
appealed to in this way; "Henshall
and bride on Kinau; soak him. Now,
l am waiting to hear from Hilo.
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WI Ting Fang, the eminent Chinese
who is soon to return to Washington as
Minister for China is very quick at
repartee. Here is a good story about
him. WI occasionally attended the
Benning races at " ashington
II suppose, EXcelency," a Washing
ton friend said to him one day just
after the finish of a race, that if they
had racing in China they'd bet on the
| horse that finished last?"
well, they often do that here, don't
| they?' inquired WI, with twinkling
eyes, and then the Washington frieno
| tore up his ticket on a loser and asked
no more questions.
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1t is good to see a man of James
| Morgan's activity at the head of the
! Chamber of Commerce, anything with
action is good where action is needed
and we need all the industry and hust-
ling in Honolulu we can get, for al
though we are growing in world i'm
portance as a port and as a city, we
need to stir that growth regularly and
| quicken impulse on appropriate occa-
| sions Morgan is a hustler and where
he moves, results are bound to follow.
| The Chamber of Commerce has not
always been a lively proposition, nor
| has it always been slow by any means
| but the Morgan movement is the cor
rect stunt and l am glad to see it.
| Morgan's good to the newspaper men
too, and that is always a good sign;
ne is fair in his dealing with the pa.
pers and has the proper appreciation OF
the power and influence of the press.
have missed the genial patriarchia
countenance of my good friend and
confessor, the Reverend Canon Mack.
intosh, from this Paradise these last
few months, but l do not begrudge his
tour of pleasant places abroad. So
read with deep and friendly interest the
letter he wrote from the Belgrade
Hotel, Torquay, to Superintendent OF
Public instruction Babbitt. He write:
to inform the school head that he
finds he can avail himself of the pri.
Vilege the department held out to hin