The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1908-08-15
CARELESS CARTUNEs, BY Midas.
The A B C of Local Political Timber.


Lads and ladies, glance, ] pray,
At the herewith brave array
OF names of people who may deign
To figure in the great campaign.
Some are good, while some, alas!
Are largely made of bluff and gas!
Take your pick and pick your choice
While the rhymster rude gives voice:
A is for Atcherley, Achi and Atkinson,
Any one might be mayor of the
town;
B stands for Brown, Cecil or Arthur,
Also for Bicknell or Booth of re-
nown.
G stands for Cooke, or for Cox, or for
Cathcart,
Likewise for Crawford, jolly and
fat;
D is for Douthitt, or Davis, or Dickey,
Also for Dwight with bee in his
hat
e is for Emmeluth, honest old John,
Or even for Efinger, curio man;
F is Fernandez, legions their name,
But remember the Maker of Kings,
Nag-a-ran.
G is for Gear, with initials A. ",
The gentleman guide to the Hula
Midway;
H stands for Hustace. the jolly old
batch
Who does all the work and givea
glory away.
l you can bet is for Iaukea, sure,
And also begins the sign Il. o. u"
j stands for Jarrett who's saving up
wood
Awaiting to see what the people
will do.
X is Kalakiela, Chief of Detectives,
He certainly would deputy be:
l. is for Lucas and Lane and for Levy
The latter's a hackman with mind
that is free.
M is for Mills, or for Martin, or Mark
ham,
Mills is the man who attaches youl
food;
N is for Motley, big and boomer
Of things that will do our Motley
most good;
o stands for Dat, the weather kahuna,
Whose schemes make him famous,
tho not understood
P is for Parker and Paris and Peacock,
Likewise for Pinkham and also tor
Peck;
Q stands for Quinn. Tom, Glen and
Jimmie,
Any of whom is always on deck.
R is for Rose, Charley's his first name,
And Rawlins, and Roe of the ma
chinist's shop;
s stands for Scroggy and Scully and
Schuman
And a long list of Smiths that
never will stop.
T is for Turrill and Thayer and Thurs
ton,
And, by the way, it is also for
Thwing:
US for Uhalu, Umetani and Uni,
But what is the Use when I'm too
tired to sing!
V is for Vickers, Vierra and Vida,
But Vida declares he is out of the
game;
w stands, or it used to. for .Wallach,
The doctor of worms and of female
rock fame,
X is the mark that you make on the
ballot,
There are lots of dark-ponies
whose names l don't know;
You may be one who are reading this
dribble,
And should you so be, may you
have a fair show!
2 is Fabian who is wise to the future
And you must go ask him what l
cannot know.
. :: :" 8
Clarence Waterman doesn't seem to
be able to keep out of trouble any more
than our old friend of the Sunday sup
plements, Mr. Butt-in. He had his
last experience few days ago on one
of the Punahou cars which was carry
| ing the noon crowd home to lunch.
Clarence was seated on the car with
a negligent air of self-approval only
modified by a look now and then to
see if his trousers were at the right
height, a pat on his head to see that
his hair was not straying beyond the
confines allotted to it, little straight
ening of his neckwear and few like
attentions to his person.
At the corner Of Fort and King a
Japanese wahine with a small baby
started to get on. There would have
been plenty of time if Clarence had not
been there. He was there, however
and with that innate courtesy which he
is noted for, he stopped to assist the
little brown lady. In doing so he
blocked the entrance to the car The
little Japanese woman looked puzzled
wondering what sort of a game she
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