The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-03-02
TOWN TALK
Did you ever hear Of the Prads?
b. The Man About Town.

Did you ever hear Of the Prads?
You needn't look the word up in the
dictionary or the encyclopedia for 1 do
not believe you will find it, If you
do you won't find the definition Of the
word as l mean it. Am 1 a Prad?
Never you mind
The Prads are without rules or rites
or regalla or ritual or recognition.
They're not organized. They do not
need to be. They know each other by
what they know. They are represent
ed all the world over and always have
been and probably always will be. They
know the inside of everything. Their
meetings are not by appointment, but
when two or three are gathered to-
gether they talk
1 attended a gathering the other
day The wisest Prad, of course, acts
as sort of chairman. ANY reports?''
he asked.
Yes" the moon has started up
again. She dropped a red-hot 500
tOnner smack into Palolo crater on
Washington's birthday, the day two
steamers were wrecked on the English
NOclSl anu lllt INlNNl lNlllllO w as lll6 II
Has the earth answered."
mot yet, but Kilauea may shoot a
stone ere long and jostle her a bit.
Isn't there any way of stopping this
war? Now that the moon and the earth
are at it, there may be a disturbance
among the other heavenly powers and
they may take a hand. Mars, for ex-
ample, might"
rs anybody on to the fact that stones
go up from Kilauea that don't come
down."
None but ourselves"
VERY WELL keep it quiet"
How will it end?" inquired young
one who was at once elected on ac-
count of his vulgar curiosity.
The talk turned to map-making and
the chair announced that the latest
from headquarters (Berne, Switzerland
was that a general war would occur
within the next seven years, at the end
of which there would be but four pow
ers on the face of the earth, America
Britannia and the German and French
Empires.
They will all be absolute monarchies'
said the chair, according to the pre-
cipitated aatral representation from
Berne, Switzerland. There are only
two forms Of government which can be
perfect one is anarchy, in the true
sense, which would mean humanity
was so perfect it governed itself, ii
which event there could of necessity be
but one power on the earth. The
other is absolute monarchy under 6
perfect monarch. There will be foul
perfect monarchs for a while"
"Will Carter be Governor of Hawaii?'
asked another young one.
The throwing out of the second dis
turber is always the signal for breakinl
up a gathering of the Prads. I was
sorry, for l wanted to ask about the
Lanai deal, the Nuuanu dam, ship sub
sides, japanese immigration, the re-
fund bill, Swanzy's dog, Lee Let's ST.
400, the Holy Rollers and a lot of other
things.
When you get a chance you must
attend Prad gathering. They remind
me of the Board of Supervisors.
SSSS
Printers make funny slips oftimes
at least it is always easy to blame the
printer (though the Governor prefers
to blame the reporter) In the account
of the floral parade that appeared il
an evening paper, touching on the per
centage allowed participants for points
one lady was credited with Is "foi
for the lady was one of the riders.
hose" Evidently "horse" was meant