The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-09-26

ed Hennessey.
i've niver thried it and donno,"
said Mr.. Dooley. 9TH only effective
guvmint 1 know is guvmint be slipper,
footrool shingle an sugar plum. IT'S
tn mos effective. Whin We were
young criminal an violated tn ma
ternal statute against swimmin' befure
all tn ice was gone, whin we wint
home an lied about it. tn sintence
iv tn law was carried out. That was
rale guvmint, be slipper.
"An whin they was comp'ny an we
agreed to make more than three bites
iv a quarter iv a pie an kept yere
wor-rd be wan bite, We were allowd to
stay up late an spoil tn buddin good
raycord. That was guvmint be sugar
plum.
"'Tis tn only kind iv guvmint, after
all, Hinnissey. Ye talk iv silf-guvmint,
but it's only a matter iv learnin that
nature has plinty iv slippers, footrools
an shingles, an uses thin with
reckless disraygard iv' tn feelings iv
her rebellyous childer. Whin Eve ate
a forbidden apple, Adam had to go to
| work. An tn rool has held all down
tn cinturies to tn day whin we ate
wan an got a stomach ache 'Tis tn
same form iv guvmint whin we put off
| goin' home in tn dark an tn mex
day ARE enable to lave home in tn
| do fn1,f
timpted We don't do it, an thin We
ar-re proud iv ye're sif control. But
'tisn't silf guvmint, Hinnissey. IT'S
guvmint be headache. Ye think whin
We ar-re regular at mass FIR nanny
weeks that We deserve a lot iv credit.
Ye don't. Father O'Malley has told
we iv tn bliss that is to be tn ray
ward iv tn faithful. 'Tis guvmint be
sugar plum. An so tbs with most iv
what we do an brag about. They'se
very few iv us get beyon' tn nach'ral
infooence iv tn slipper, tn footrool
an tn single"
"'Tis silf-guvmint iv tn people I asst
we about" said Hennessey, not that iv
indivijools."
9Th rool is tn same" replied Mr..
Dooley. Mature has a slipper FIR tn
COMMUNITIES that don't behave. An
tn punishmint is not evenly divided
over tn body polytic-an-ny more than
twas over we're own body whin tn
slipper was more plainly understood -
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! have complaint to make and it
is nothing more nor less than that Gu
rious people should not butt into the
office of 1.-The Man About Town" al
any time, unless particularly invited
especially when The Man About
Town" is asleep.
Now, for example, yesterday after.
noon 1 was Illuminating in the depths Of
my Morris chair, with my feet on my
$745 nlaid-sister-of-pearl Hawaiian
mahogany escritoire, smoking a three
for-a-dollar perfecto ard wondering
when I could conveniently exchange
my Eva stock for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ng-freight-machine certificates OF
Inter Island Matson Amalgamated
shares, when I actually dropped off into
: the sleep which frequently follows up
on a clear conscience and $3.50 table
I d'hote at Notes.
/ AS the twilight was deepening I was
$ rudely aroused from fancyland by the
rustic of a silken garment and pip
: ing feminine photograph who said:
Y 80 sorry to disturb your eviden
' ease, but I've heard such a slew of nice
j. things about you and just dropped IL
4 to rubber round you workshop"
Well, what was a poor "Man Abou
Town" to do but derrick himself out o.
his chair switch on the electrics anC
offer the lady fan and a little cour
tesy.
did so.
introduced her to the labyrinth Of
rooms which go to make up my suite in
the Youngmoana hotel and she at once
became fascinated with the countless
drawers, cabinets, pigeonholes, boxes
containers, safes, files, walls, phials
, jars, cases and other receptacles which
hold the material records of the wealth
of wisdom necessary to the complete
furnishing of any self-respecting Man
About Town" who keeps a library and
laboratory.
Usually l keep these things out OF
sight of the vulgar gaze, but the young
woman's gaze was so far from anything
that could be construed as vulgar that
for the time, I quite forgot my usua
caution and let her rubber almost t.
I her hearts content. even handed hel
} a catalog, that she might the more
readily refer to what she wished t.
learn about. This catalog is, of course
alphabetically arranged, and she ex
pressed keen delight when she ran he
. purple pupils over such items Of re
\ ference as the following:
AnnfIonfc