The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-04-25
TOWN TALK
BY THE MAN ABOUT TOWN.

A recent arrival from the coast said
to me the other day that Honolulu had
a reputation for scandal, loose moral
ity, etc. My reply was that while the
reputation might exist this is really
one of the strictest and best behaved
communities under the flag. The
mainland American is almost constitu-
tionally addicted to the notion that
there amt no ten commandments in
the tropics" and often he regards the
Hawaiian Islands as merely collection
of hula platforms and luau tables some
where out on the balmy Pacific, in
habited by blissful devotees of dolce
far niente, peacefully Indifferent to the
severe codes so sternly enforced at
Newport and other notable social CEN
ters of the greater land. / think that
one reason that we seem perhaps to
have more than our share of scandal
is that we are so isolated and all know
one another so well that we have more
than our share of gossip, otherwise
called Knocking A man or woman
may go a bit astray in a large city
and none may know of anything wrong
but let a local brother or sister be
tempted by the primroses to describe
an ellipse away from and back to the
hard, stony and narrow path, and few
are the taacups through whose steam
the story is not whispered. On we'll
it helps perhaps to keep some on the
path. Anyhow we can't help it. We
shall always have the Gossip and the
Knocker (most of us patronize and
encourage him, or herr until that
day when both shall be aroused by the
final trump calling them to their last
home in the warmer tropics where the
worm tieth a knot"
= S1
Reading an account of lecture the
other day, came across the statement
that the speaker expressed as clearly
as such a matter could be expressed
that the idea that the limit of the UNI
attainable was nonresident and that
man is capable of realizing all things
and knowing all things through the
development Of the powers possessed
by him.
don't know what the limit of the
unattainable is, and so was not wor-
rying about it. Now that l am inform
ed that it is non-eXistent, shall worry
less than ever.
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when Hi was Heast," says John
Martin, Hi card a gentleman what
was preaching hand using for hexample
this ere Bradstreet system of findin
hout what a man is worth. e said as
'ow many a man with lots of money
'ad no credit and as ow hit was the
same thing hin life many q man
might b cas- rich as Croesus hand yet
never ave a credit. Hi didn't just
understand the system, but hit was
mighty good religious hargument.
Hit wasn't long harfter that me
hand hanother chap was a-goin' to
start hup a wall paper shop hand we
went to wall paper establishment to
get hour goods, hand we 'ad the money
hin sight. But the store chap talked
hit hover with hanother fellow and
said as 'ow e couldn't do it. My
friend said he guessed they was afraid
of hour running them hout of business
but Hi 'ad a hidea that they must
ave looked hus hup hin that there
Bradstreet.
When heard the salute fired at the
Naval Station yesterday afternoon, as
Acting Governor Mott-Smith paid his
respects to the new commandant, IL
reminded me of our old friend A. l..
G. Atkinson. The occasion was when
he was acting governor and paid like
visit. When he came ashore, for his
call was paid on board ship, l asked
him how it felt to be saluted in so
glorious a manner.
Jack shook his head and made reply:
Eyes, yes. Such is the irony OF
1 tate. received the salute OF seven
teen guns, an honor which many a
royalty has never had, but now l am
going up to Notes for two bit
lunch"
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1t seems too bad that the Promotion
Committee, which has done so much
in helping toward the Identification of
this island with suggestions of various
kinds, cannot do something for the
relief of the Pail road, from being one
of the. most hideous eyesores which
can be found. l went up there the
other day, having borrowed friend
automobile, with several tourists, and
their remarks conceded with what l
thought.
We turned a short curve in the road
and in front of us, painted a hideous
yellow, which stared out from the
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