The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-29


and restaurant. He has arrived in
San Francisco, and the San Francisco
Bulletin, embellishing its article with
a picture showing a horde Of bill
collectors q wonder WHY prints the
following about him:
There's a new "Scotty' in town.
He's not so picturesque as the old, It's
true, nor given to wearing flaming red
neckties on blue flannel shirts as does
the Death Valley original, but he car
ries a roll that would choke dog. The
new "Scottys" patronym is Weston,
and, as Mr.. Weston, blew in on the
steamer Alameda from Honolulu, in
which tropical metropolis he was for
years one of the institutions. He
was the picturesque proprietor of the
fashionable cafe of the island capital.
1t was the thing to go there, to be
seen there, to eat and to drink there.
Scotty did a roaring trade, his pile in
creased and his smile expanded until
it was a real pleasure to bask beneath
it. Fortune was at it's flood for him
and there seemed to be no end to the
favors it bore until-and there is the
sad part of 1.-THE Liquor Commission
of the territory decided that it would
be better all around if Scotty went out
of business. 1t refused him license
and it was curtains for the cafe, for,
be it known, in Honolulu, as in many
other parts of this glorious country, it
is practically impossible to dine the
dear public without winning it and
beering it.
Under the circumstances "Scotty"
decided that Honolulu was no longer
any place for him and that dear old
San Francisco would about fit his case.
He gathered his possessions, including
a large collection of shinplasters of the
larger denomination, and took passage
on the first ship out, and now 'Scotty''
is back again visiting the friends along
the line who knew him in the days
before the big fire, when he was a
humble and efficient gin-slinger, with
no thoughts of becoming the cafe king
of Honolulu or of amassing a pile that
makes the other "Scotty' look like a
piker.
At present "Scottys" plans are ne
bilious. He may break into the saloon
business here, with an idea of elevating
it with hula-hula attachment or he
may buy flats. He has no idea, how
ever, of setting up as a rival to Death
Valley "Scotty," not even to the ex-
tent of wearing his arm in a sling,
although rumor has it that he packs
around so much currency that he may
have to commander a crutch for sup
port.
Charlie Hustace, he whose maiden
meditation fancy free countenance
may be seen any day in banking hours
framed by bars of brass, never iron
bars and never even slippery mahogany
bars, has, alas, lost about S73 votes
in his district, and all on account of
his having a birthday. OF course it
is convenient for a man to have one
birthday, the first, but that's no rea-
son why he should to the world at
large specify the very date on the
calendar Anyhow, he must have told
somebody when the thirty-third ami
versary of his coming to the world
was due, for the other day, at 6:15 a.
M, Berger's band in full strength ar
rived outside his mansion and set VI
a concert there and then, regular
birthday concert. The sleepers in the
neighborhood were aroused and mos
quito nets came down and cooks were
told to hurry the breakfast that mas
tiers of houses might hustle out tt
work and escape the early morning
music, while babies were aroused, dogi
barked, cats scaled the fences in sur
prised agitation and the voice of thu
ice-man was heard to declare:
1 can: sling ice to music,
1t makes a fellow swear.
And who's this Charlie Hustace
Who's hunting votes for mayor?
Why can't he have a birthday
: Without this fearful din?
Awakening of the neighborhood
Will'never put him in!
. = = q
On looking around for candidat
for sheriff, a man who has had som
experience, is clean, honest and car
able and still is popular, l have jus
fastened on one man. He is away q
l present or / would not dare to mentio
his name, for he would probably to
2 me of the various stages of incarnatiO
through which had passed and whic
were coming later. There is no chanC
: of his taking the job so I'll tell 20
who 1t is. w. l.. WHITNEY.
Whitney has served his time as
judge in the police court, he has ha
% fine chance to see what the workir
of the police department is under se'
, evral administrations and what