The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-16
LOCAL BREVITIES.

Buttonhole flags viii be the order
of the day.
Ladies day at the Commercial club
all day today.
Governor Frear and Tar-v viii occu-
DIV a box at the show at the Opera
House Saturday night.
Even the billboards have been sub
| iected to freshening up of the paint
| in honor of the feet.
J. o. Carter left N the Alameda
yesterday for the Co tst. He goes to
have his eyes treated.
J. Sutherland has been seriously i'll
with eczema at the Queen S hospital
since the first Of the month.
There will be a special meeting of
Hawaiian Lodge No. 81 this evening
at 1880 for work in the second degree.
Official ball tickets are SIS each, adj
hitting gentleman and any number of
ladies. The ball is on the night of the
18th. d
The boating excursion around the
feet in honor of the Keio and Santa
Clara teams viii leave the foot of Fort
street tonight at 7:15 sharp.
The meeting # the third precinct,
4th district Rep tbi,.tn club. for The
election of officers has been postpone q
until Friday evening, July p, ut $50.
VIII the ladies who have promised
donations for the foreign lunch table
send them as early as possible ON Sat
urday morning, July IS, to the Schmidt
place, Beretania avenue.
All of the ladies who have promised
donations of bread and rolls for the
luau will please have them at the
Schmidt place, Beretania avenue, at Il
| o clock Saturday morning.
George B. Mcclellan, secretary to
Delegate Kalanianaole, writes Secre-
tary Wood of the Chamber of Com
merce from Chicago that he will arrive
in Honolulu about July 20.
In the monthly report of the Cham
Der of Commerce, read yesterday, it
was noted that the taking off of the
first class mails from arriving steamers
for conveyance ashore in the Customs
launch was working satisfactorily.
The police are prapa..ng for extra
work while the +iIet IS IN pnrr .'re
dormitories are being refurniShed " In
cots and mosquito nets, It ocing the
purpose of the sheriff to have The men
working on extra watches sleep there.
Governor Frear has notified the
Chamber of Commerce that that body
has his thanks for the offer Of the
Chamber s services with reference to
the Yukon Exposition, and he states he
will take pleasure in notifying the Sec
rotary of the Interior of the offer.
Owing to illness of Mrs. Herzer it
will be impossible to produce "The
Mascot during the visit of the fleet.
In consequence of this change the
Man of the Hour will be put on the.
Opera House stage on Saturday night
instead of Friday for the second per
Torrance.
An inquiry comes from Los Angeles
relative to the whereabouts of Archie
Herries, who disappeared from there
years old, six feet tall and was dressed
when last seen in an elephant co1ored
two piece suit, dark shoes and gray hat
with lighter shade of ribbon. His
mother is an invalid and is anxious to
hear from him.
The Rapid Transit carmen will have
seven days lot of work that will
give them few hours off duty. Extra
men have been added and it is said
that lunches will be provided at the
power house for the short lay-off neces-
sary to curb the pangs of hunger. The
Rapid Transit will have every car out
in service and expects to be able to
handle the crowds in excellent shape.
The presence of Clarence Harvey,
the well known critic, dramatist and
author of New York, in this city is
opportune. He has consented to repre-
sent the Advertiser at the "Man of the
Hour performance on Thursday night
and Friday mornings paper will con-
tain signed article telling of the play
and the work done by the local people
as commented on by one of the best
dramatic critics in the United States.
The corner of Beretania and Emma
has been the scene of great many
narrow escapes from automobile acct
dents and several smashups have hap
pened there. Yesterday morning an
auto driver named NJ. C. King who
was carelessly driving his machine was
arrested by Officer Fred Weed and will
have to answer in the police court this
morning to a charge of needless driv-
ing.