The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-08-10
TOWN TALK
BY THE MAN ABOUT TOWN.

millions on jewelry, suggests a new
line of Promotion work. Think of
what one royal visitor like that would
mean on these shores! There is no
reason why his royal millions should
not scatter here If we could only get
a few visitors like this every year we
could soon declare a Promotion divi-
dend | would suggest sending Prince
Bert Peterson, on a world tour, to en-
tice few kings, raiahs, bakwits, sui
tans, shahs. ahkoonds, ameers, beys,
etc, to come here and spend.
8 . 8 .
Among the returning Portuguese
from California are some former Ho-
nolulu Portuguese girls who returned
on the Alameda wearing glad rags that
were mixtures of Paris and South of
ket-before-the-fire One wore an
apricot-colored pelisse with green
Greek braid border, patent-leathers, a
three-decker ruffle on her skirt and a
hat of contorted straw sporting a scar
let dyed ostrich plume, to say nothing
of a violet necker and a finicky Vene-
tan frill. Her hair was done up in an
Evelyn Nesbit Thaw picture-drean
and she talked between her teeth
shaking hands with her old mother or
the wharf at an angle of 80 degrees in
the shade. The other fashion-platt
would have made a big, raw Swedt
domestic, on her first Sunday out il
Central Park, emerald with envy
There were others and altogether thu
steerage garments had the cabir
clothes beaten to a powder for mul
tiplicity of style and color
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Exclusive, of course, of those at tn
Press table, U. s. Judge Sanford b
Dole was the best looking man at IN
luncheon given by the Commercial
Club on Wednesday to Secretar,
Straus and others. Congressman Long
worths polished and well-develope
dome and Jack Atkinson's avoirdu
pois were other features of the oc
casion.
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have it on good authority that job
d. Rockefeller intends to present Tn
United States with $100,000,000 wit
which to build a monster navy. Ger
crosby, you say? Nothing of the kin
merely business. You see John 1
will stipulate that the warsnlps
made oll-burners and since he OWL
all the oil in the world Uncle San
will have to pay John his price for tt
fuel and st. John VIII in few yeai
get back the price OF the ships sever
times over. Talking about st. job
d. and oil Zone and the same) pu
me in mind of another rumor, ar
that is that John D. is looking for
volunteer to make a trip to Chez
Hades or plain He'll, whatever yc
wish to call the tabled regions of pc
petual grilling, to learn the natul
of the fuel used for the eternal famt
and to negotiate for a perpetual SUI
ply of oil. Since John D. owns Il
earth, or thinks he does, he might
we'll take an oil mortgage on the 9TH
= place.
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The Ninth Infantry had been in M
t Mia for three years and felt that H
nolulu was the first portion of "God
: country that they had seen. Thu
t focked to the Seaside where tn,
l dined and listened to the regular Su
day night concert. In the latter pa
Y of the evening a few of them danced
r the old parlor-not on the dancil
e lanai-one of the ladies of the tran
D port furnishing the music by playi
e on the piano. There has been Sol
/ complaint because Manager Chur
e did not put these people off of the hot
S The officers of the regiment
e told, were not little indignant as t
h resulting discussion. mo wonder
e said one of them that the white pc
pie are leaving these islands If su
e narrow minded bigotry rules here.
e young officers can go ashore and dri
I all day and all night, and that is leg
r ly o. k. but if a few of them get
y and dance with their wives and swe,
s hearts it seems to raise an awful d
n turbance. Such narrowness is wort
# of Puritanical days when witches We
5, burned at Salem"
e However, the dancing-what the
e was-was enjoyed and there was
: disturbance, so we are not so n;
II row. But there would have been tire
e BILE if such a thing had happened
It few years ago.
o Il" (" . :
= The right dope" in regard to
i frequent change of captains aboard
@ Shark is now said to be the desidel
II tum of affinity. A captain must be