Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1909-05-01

COnllnueu, Dut dJ lHlS Time IL WIS
quite the thing to handy jokes and
trade yarns with our exchanges all
over the country. This literary rail-
lery was always good-natured, and
helped to keep our spirits up. Local
climates, for instance, came In for a
good deal of attention-the Bay an
climate" of San Diego, the dust
storms of Santa Ana, the "cobble-
stone zephyrs" of San Francisco, and
so on. The Santa Anas, which blew
out of the north, were by no means
confined to Santa Ana. Tired per-
haps, of dilating on the beauties of
an eternally glorious climate, H.
scratched of a paragraph entitled
"Northers.
l give part of It below, as it de-
scribes fairly well one of the physl-
cal features of that southern section
of California;:
Teachers attending the Institute
In this city will have the privilege of
sampling one of our northers. These
gentle breezes blow over and through
our valley once in n while, and are a
great treat In themselves. Unlike
our glorious climate, they are not
eternally with us, but fit like the
evanescent butterfly. They are pc
culiar things, and come from ihe
north, as their name indicates. last
/ ing generally for three days. They
blow for all they are worth for half
of that time, after which they lose
their vigor, and finally dwindle into
insigniicanCc. They create electri-
cal disturbances, blow up any dust
which may happen to be lying Around
loose, slamming door and shutters
most numerically. We have never
heard of their doing any other dam
age. Persons of an enquirlng turn
OF mind will have during this north
er an excellent opportunity to make
scientific observations. In the first
place, of the effects of such winds
upon the human frame; in the sec
ond place, of their effects on other
/
whirling up and down the streets all
night, and morning finds him still
engaged at the same business, you
are apt to feel worried that he is
firing himself out. Your lips get
dry. and there seems to be sort Of
internal fever. Perhaps your head
aches. Though you may never have
been troubled with unruly hair -
hair which will persist in sticking
up when you order It down--it will
rise now and sCintillatc as you pass
your new electric brush through 1t.
After while you open your window,
and cloud OF atomized adobe comes
rushing in, filling your eyes and nose
with n splendid antiseptic dressing.
You shut the window with n bang,
but the dust streams in and covers
your choice furniture, until at last
in despair you renounce all your
cherished sentiments, and say, with
the degenerated tenderfoot: I'll be
blamed If | wouldn't rather have
snow"
This article displeased my proprie-
tor and literary adviser very much.
what sort of sense were you run
ming on when you wrote that?" he
asked, handing me the paper. ut
amt pertickerly complimentary TO
our town"
Il was running on my sense of
humor," | answered, land, while the
stuff may not be complimentary, II is
true, isn't it?"
Guess t is" Studabecker assent
ed, with a grin on. his face, but you
better ink the spot to-morrer with
piece on the balmy breezes and that
sort of rot"
See" said StudabeclIer, few
days later, here's the Pasadena Star
man." ! read
| Pasadena is having n pretty stiff
breeze today,-but what must 1t be
down at Riverside? A sandstone
probably, or as their poet-editor
names 1t, "A Norther'."
Like dog on the scent, Studa-
becker looked over the exchanges for
more items on the subject of north
ers. The next was in the Santa Ana
Standard, which he laid on my desk