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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-02
SANITARY BUILDING PROBLEM.

Dr. Victor S. Clark commissioner, has rendered pub
lie service declaring dapproval of tenement houses in Homo
lulu sanitary consideration is opposed to he
particularly under the conditions thus far been permitted
There especial Cark opinion that at the least tene
ens should allowed back back in front OF anoe
without properly maintained public lane Intervening Some
Dogs Honolulu constantly endangerng the pDhc
health back alleys lying between densey populated tenement
cottage we'll If these WERE or could
be- kept clean would bad But rule the Stun
localities alleys made dumping ground
for refuse and receptacle for Stops Even upon OF the pr
cpa ontages that matter Asatc hucsters and rea
raeurs dav throwing Stops into the gutter NUS
complained about chrgeabe neglect OF the storm
openings the city proved to have been caused by
dealers indulgence the awess practice mentioned
be expected from the denzen of back holes and
corners?
preventive step here against undesirable tenement
erecons ordinance forbddng such residence blocks
excepting written permission of of property therein
saved least highly respectable sectonot
ago among favored localities in The ctrom the IN
house the neighborhood Legs
lacking however, regulate the construction of tennets
permission obtained for them general
building needed Something the lines Of bill that died in
Legislature back has been advocated for
city ordinance. 1t is subject of supreme Importance in view OF
the rapid growth of the and considerable shifting of much OF
the population and business of the Asac quarters which
report lately gave impending.
The whole pressing and would be good idea have
representatives of the territorial and municipal health
officials architects and builders and representatives of the CONNER
cial bodies the subject of general building ordinance
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-02
Commercial News

ian will be a difficult undertaking, but
the new director believes it can Jbe
done.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-02

1t being another "Be and beer campaign against the
Liberal government of Britain, like that avaed against
The Bible in with the probable alliance OF
hierarchy with the Lords who number them
the bishops sitting that house the lords spiritual There is no
Lansdowne made the liquor in
the budget distinct when he moved the rejection of the budget
and appeal to the people
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-02

Paerna government of desirable kind exemphed the copous
bulletins of information by the Department of Agriculture
These only every variety agricultural industry but
with of household economy and sanitation The Star
printing departmental of late buensOne referring to
the other irrigation of alfalfa
While alfalfa generally known here to be of the best tOdt
growing these islands has been attained only by
few livestock rasers.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-02

1t is quantity of promotion prints which counts judcou
placing of where will do the most good The quality should
be considered Anything attractive enough pre-
cerVaton is to a great extent a waste of money.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-02

does if the sprnkng does talk loud
enough demonstrate glazing neglect of the crossings o.
Honolulu This subject which the municipal goyernpen
might try a good mark.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-02

Twelve geographers coming here this month map the islands
for reclamation purposes Uncle Sam promote Hawai- III
peace well a protect her in
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-02

$4,000 College of Hawaii observatory By and bye
shall have Australians ocng here get good look at the South
Cross
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-02

Probably the Nation will have made better investment than
bond issue of forty million dollars for irrigation Railroad
pans selling irrigated lands fast offered fifteen dollars
The conservation scheme comprises the refundng of the
outlay to the government but from that the thousands of
homes created by reclamation billions of added national wealth
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-02

Peay life heavily insured protect magazines interest il
the story of his expedition Cooks evidence of priority of discovery
being strongly guarded way Copenhagen Now who is look
ing after the North Pole that predatory uberman doe
steal it?
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-02
Important Notice

To make sure of having your express
or fruit shipments arrive at mainland
points for Christmas you should send
them to our Office in time for for
warding by Mongolia, December 4,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-29
A Sewing Hint

q learned something new the other day about gathering" said a woman who is never so happy as when sewing, and want to let other people share in the suggestion. I was making work bag. with a stiff circular bottom. A friend was spending the afternoon with me. and she showed me how to cover the paste board, so the raw edges would be perfect ly smooth. I usually have caught the silk back and forth on the wrong side and after the two pieces making up the bottom were covered in this way have fastened them together by overhanding
 "She told me, after cutting out my cir cular pieces of silk-these are full inch wider than the pasteboard-to overcast the edge. Then I was told to draw up the thread little slip the pasteboard into place and draw up the overcasting till the silk was quite smooth and tight over the pasteboard. Fastening off my thread, the work was done, and in so short a timel It took but a few minutes to cover the two pieces of pasteboard in this way. I joined these covered pieces in my accumstomed way.
 When 1t came to gathering the bag and sewing it on the circular bottom. the same plan was followed. I divided the silk into four parts, and also the stiff, circular bottom. Then I overcasted the edge of the bag, drew it up to the right fulness and sewed 1t into place."
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-29
Pins, Needles, Hooks and Eyes

According to the census of 1905, 46 estap- lishments made a speciality of manufae- turing one or more varieties of needles, pins, or hooks and eyes. These estab- lishments reported a capital of $5 S31 939, 3965 wage e-earners, wages amounting to S1595, ,923, and products valued at $4, 750 5Ss. Almost equal numbers of men and women were engaged in this industry, the num- bers being 1862 and 1860, respectively.
 In addition a number of factories pIo- dueed quantities of these articles without specializing on them. The total output amounted to 1,766,073 gross of needles. valued at S,5lS, 411, and pins valued at S2,6S2, 6o6, a total value of S4,151,067 for both classes of products.
 The leading variety of needles manu- factured was sewing machine needles, with a production of 77642 gross, valued at s600,O46 Latch knitting machine needles were next in rank In importance. the 3l0.S46 gross of such needles being valued at s422, ,655. More spring knitting ma chine needles (332, 7SS gross) were manu- factured, but their value was considerably less (S11S 223).
 Large quantities of each variety of pins were produced-132, 6S2 ,232 gross of common or toilet pins, 2,550, $50 gross of safety pins, and ,704(900 gross of hairpins. The values of these varieties were s1,129,0o6, ssS, ,3S6, and $109,245 respectively.
 All other products, incuding hooks and eyes, were valued at s1,542, OPS.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-29
On Friendship

\ crowd is not company, and faces are but a gallery of pictures. and talk but a tinkling cymbal. where there Is no love, says a philosopher.
 You may take sarza to open the liver, steel to open the spleen, flowers of sul- phur for the lungs eastoreum for the brain, but no receipt openeth the heart but a true friend, to whom you may im- part griefs, joys fears, hopes, suspicious, counsels, and whatsoever lieth upon the heart to oppress it, in a kind of civil shrift or confession. This communicat- ing of a mans self to his friend works two contrary effects; for 1t redoubleth joys and cutteth griefs in half. For there is no man that imparteth his joys to his friends, but he ioyeth the more; and no man that imparteth his griefs to his friend, but he grieveth the less,
 The calling of a mans self to a strict account is a medicine. sometime, too piercing and corrosive. Reading good books of morality is a little flat and dead. Observing our faults in others is some times improper for our case. But the best recipe ,Jest, l say, to work, and best to take) is the admonition of a friend.
 If man has not a friend. he may quit the stage
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-29
OLD RAILROAD STRANGERS.
Roadbed Before the Time of Iron Rails
 and Crossties.

Point of Rocks Correspondence Ralt,.
 more Sun
 The warehouse of G. S. Mercier in this village, has some curious and historic timber in 1t. The joists are made from the "strfngers" which were used on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad when the cars were drawn by horses, before the days of the locomotive. These "stringers'' were oak timbers, about six inches square, laid 1ongitudinally on the track just as the T rails are now laid Upon these timbers iron straps about two inches wide and a half-inch thick were spiked and upon these straps the wheels ran To fit upon these thin straps the f1anges of the wheels must have been very slight Now and then the end of strap would get loose. the wheels would get under it and the iron would penetrate the floor and sometimes passengers were severely wounded by them. They were known as 'snaxe heads" To several of the stringers now used as joists in MT. Mer- cier's warehouse the straps are still at tached. and 1t is doubtful whether any wher in the world there is another spec imen intact of this kind of Trail" used in the infancy of railroad construction. The warehouse was built about 60 years or more ago. at the time the primitive rails were supplanted by crossties and iron rails.
 For a year or two, beginning in 1882, Point of Rocks was the western terminal of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, pend ing the litigation and the settlement by the legislature of the right of way be- tween the river and the mountain at this place. Large quantities of goods and produce were brought here, and the old warehouse in which they were stored is still standing and in good repair. It Is now used as a hotel.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-29
Gowns Give Employment

Fr. Bernard Vaughan said a short time ago at meeting in London apropos of women workers that he was always glad to see women of means wearing smart and elaborate dresses, as it implied that more workers were employed on 1t than if it were plain. There is lot of com mon sense in Fr. Vaughans remarks. The elaborate gown, with its hand em- broideries, its hand wrought trimmings of various kinds, and its multiplicity of trimming, means just that much more money in the pockets of the wage earners, and of a class who as a rule make but small wages.
 Of course it may be said that the mo- diste makes most of the money, but then employment at steady rate of compen- sation is given to that many more women and girls, so, all in all, notwithstanding the diatribes aginst many and costly gowns, 1t should be borne in mind that just so many more women are employed, and so much more money is put in circu- lation, for it Is not at all likely that the money spent so would be expended in other ways. It would doubtless remain tied up in banks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-29
Beine 7be OnLv 'Rea/ Nan'' At 7he Suaumey Resoy7 4 Poe Eayoyed By 7he Handsome Bachelor
  Went to Res Bu Game Back

a boating party, and another from a strange woman who was giving a water melon cutting. l plead an engagement for fishing trip, and if you could have seen the whole flight of s-t-a-r-e-s that those women gave me, you would have died laughing"
 You are the most conceited idiot l ever saw" l thought. And 1 couldn' t help saying, How nice it must be to be at home again, where you are not so popular"
 Well, like that" replied the bachelor, looking like a wilted sunfower
 Don't tell me after all the angling and scheming of the designing mamas, that you escaped" l ventured.
 "I hadn't meant to tell you that part of it, being as you are newspaper woman and that sort of thing" said he doggedly. But l gues you may as well know now as any other time"
 And who was the lucky lady, I in quired with a decidedly sarcastic inflec- ton.
 Tt was rather a queer coincidence" said he meditatively. "One morning, at my table, when l went to breakfast, 1 saw a stunning looking girl sitting there, and my heart at one bound, leaped into my throat. I could hardly eat my break fast for looking at her radiant eyes and beautiful complexion, her perfectly poll ished nails and her stunning figure. I handed her all the dishes, and she ac- cepted my attentions in the frostiest manner imaginable, and I soon saw there was no chance of a summer Irritation to be picked up with her. After breakfast I accosted one of the numerous ladies with marrying daughters who had in vited me to parties, and asked them to tell me who the q-u-e-e-n was, and one of the most loquacious in the crowd told me that she was man hater and refused to be introduced to anybody at the springs
 Glad of it, said I, tits just what you deserved for being so mean and sell fish"
 She wouldn't waste her time on the old widowers Or the young boys I noticed. but went off to the end of the porch and sat reading ponderous books and magazines, never once raising her eyes as the throng passed by
 ''Well?' I said interrogatively.
 I'm engaged to her and we are going to be married in the late fall,' said the handsome bachelor beamingly
 ''Who introduced you?' 1 inquired.
 Don't really know whether we were ever introduced, said he with charming naivete. 'I only know I came away from the place I went to with the inten- ton of being miserable, the happiest man alive, and you are the first person i!i town who knows It."
 My congratulations, I exclaimed, as I left him to his happiness and conceit.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-29
Putting On Style

No, it isn't a question of feeding Though we say our living is high; We could have all the food that were
 needing
 And then have money left if we'd try. No. 1t isn't the bread and the butter That prevent us from making pile, It's the folly of Haunt and of fiutter, It's the putting on style. No. it isn't question of dressing In modest and suitable way That Is keeping the family guessing How the bills they are going to pay. No. it's nothing to do with the raiment Of the kind that is decent, oh, no! That would not interfere with their pay
 ment,
 It's the making a show. No. it isn't the adequate housing That demands the exorbitant rent That is now your resentment arousing, That is not how the money is spent. If you'l pardon a cranks interference. There's reason why sorrow you sup, You will find it is just the appearance That you try to keep up.
 Chicago News.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-29
Vail of the Summer Girl

with Proper Apologies From Dolly
 Dalrymple)
 I. Broke, broke. broke, At the summer resort by the sea. Is the heart of the maid who went and laid A trap for a husband-see!
 II. Oh, where is the millionaire Who rides in hfs auto each day? And where Is the bachelor debonnair? Alas, Not here they say
 III. And the weary days go on, And her bill grows larger each day, And the beauX come not to the summer resort They are headed another way.
 ". Broke, broke broke" Signs the girl as she sits by the sea. For the coin I've squandered on clothes and board, Will never come back to me-"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-29

asked to take part in concerts at home, do you?" he growled.
 Perhaps they knew you too well at home." I timidly ventured.
 well. I got out of going. any way he said. "and pulled my chair well to one end of the proch, where I was far from the maddening crowd and got out my delicious Perfecto, and smoked to my hearts content. occasionally getting 8 tone of the inveterately poor anna teurish music"
 "Selfish" exclaimed Mercy on us."
 "The next morning long before I got out of bed," he continued, "a bellboy knocked at my door and a note was handed in. to say that Mrs. Doolittle would be pleased to have me join a bowling party at 10:30, and meet the young ladies whom she was chaperon- ing"
 Why I had no idea you were so like
 Castoria-
 Young ladies sigh for you Mothers die for you
 Why. you are the real article-aren't
 you?"
 l facetiously exclaimed
 T was the best there-and that's not saying much," replied my handsome friend; land think you are real mean to speak so sarcastically. and accuse me of being conceited. Well. I didn't bowl at any rate, but made bee line for the golf links as soon as had my breakfast, hoping among the cottagers or hotel peo- pie I'd find some other man who wanted to do the things that liked. But be- fore I bolted. I was swooped upon by a half dozen women-maids, wives and widows-who wanted to know if danced or played bridge or croqueted, and I re- marked that I was there as an invalid to rest and get well, and that the only accomplishment I had was golf. Where upon, a determined looking damsel of some 50 summers, not to speak of the hard winters and falls, said If there Is anything I just dote on, 1t is golf I plead a partner for the morning and left''
 T think ysu were very unapprecia- tive" I remarked.
 ''Not at all,' was the rejoinder That night a gay butterfly of married wom- an shied up 10 me and took me in tow to the ball room only to discover that she had an unmarried sister to whom was supposed to pay court I did my duty, and as I waltzed around, 1t was pitiful to see scores of pretty married women dancing with 1S-year-old boys, and beautifully gowned debutantes danc- ing with bouncing old men of O. After I made the fatal mistake of going to the ball room I was besieged with invita- tons. One from lady who was giving
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-29
Are You Vain?

Between vanity and proper pride in ones personal appearance there is an immense amount of difference. Vanity entails silly airs and graces. a constant dwelling of the mind on oneself, and a feeling that no one else is so becomingly attired.
 Usually it succeeds only in being su- premely ridiculous. Proper pride. on the other hand. regards all good points as gifts to be made the most of, and defects as blots to be rendered as little promi- nent as may be. It considers carefully the styles and colors most becoming and most pleasing to those of its immediate circle, and, having decided on the best, adopts it, and straightway forgets all about it until such time as fresh styles and fashions need to be considered.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-29
Fiery Writing

First of all obtain a pennyworth of saltpetre at any grocer's or chemist $ shop, and dissolve 1t in little water, says Home Notes. Now, using this solu- ton as ink, draw on a piece of thin paper any design. provided that all the lines in this design are connected with each other. Before allowing the drawing to dry mark the spot when you commenced to draw with a small cross or other dis tinguishing mark. Now, when the design is perfectly dry, nothing at all can be seen on the paper except the small cross. Next light a match and let burn for a second or two. then blow it out and pre- sent the glowing end to the center of the cross. Almost immediately little sparks of fire will follow the course of the design, and in a few seconds the whole design will be burnt out.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-29
Why Cake Falls

"We often hear a person say that she cannot imagine why her cake should fall, said a sensible housekeeper recently. Such a person Is quite sure she did not open the oven door at the wrong time and she can divine no other reason for the sad result. l have learned that when cake does fall it usually is because of one of two reasons. Either one has been too generous in measuring the butter or other shortening or the sugar has not bean stirred sufficiently to let it dissolve. If one is quite careful Tn these two par ticularly the chances are she will not be disappointed when her cake comes from the oven'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-29
The Art of Salesladyship

From Judge.
 Tt makes you look small' says the saleslady to the big woman who Is trying on the hat. Sold. Tt makes you look plump" she says 10 the slender woman. Sold.
 Tt makes you look young" she says to the obviously middle-aged woman. Sold.
 Tt makes you look tall," she says to the short woman Sold.
 Tt makes you look short" she says to the tall woman. Sold.
 Tt brightens your face" she says to the dark woman. Sold.
 Tt brings out your color" she says to the pale woman. Sold
 And all the hats were alike.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-29
Some Egg Tricks

A clever egg trick is that of putting all egg inside bottle. Soak an egg in strong vinegar until its shell becomes quite soft. You can then put it into the' bottle, and by pouring in cold water 1t will resume its former shape and hardness.
 You cannot spin an egg unless you have prepared the egg in advance in the fol- lowing way: Boil the egg hard. Take 1t in the finger and thumb and spin 1t on the large end. If you spin it on a plate you can keep the egg spinning as long as you please by revolving the plate in a plane in a direction opposite to that in which the egg Is spinning.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-29
Blue Eyes Or Brown

Which are the sweetest eyes to you? The brown, where fire and langour
 meet,
 The sunny, laughing eyes of blue, Or black, with glances shy and fleet Or opaline, with changeful hue. Or gray, where mind with beauty vies, Or violet, soft and true
 Tell me, which are the sweetest eyes My darling bent her sunny head, Her radiant face seemed half divine, "The sweetest eyes to me-" I said, Are those that look with love in
 mine." Boston Globe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-29
The Bit of Black Velvet

Tt Is strange how a little thing will give an ar to costume," sad Newark woman. T have a friend who has a pronounced olive complexion. That wom- an knows how 10 whiten her complexion without adding a bit of powder How docS she do it? She always wears tiny bit of black velvet close to her face I'erhapssit is just band about the collar but however she manages it, she wears 1t close to her face. This makes 1t quite possible to wear a gown which other wise would be unbeooming, for the black whitens her skin wonderfully"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-08-29
Making Iced Tea

Tn spite of all the doctor may say on the subject. most of us will go cheer fully on our way, drinking iced tea, as long as it is hot
 If we must have it, however, let us make sure that 1t Is good.
 An excellent, but extravagant, way to prepare it is to pour freshly brewed hot tea over a lump of ice, pouring them into glasses half-fllled with shaved ice.
 More practical for most people is the brewing of the tea hours before needed, and putting it away in the ice chest. The tea Is made strong and weakened with ice water before being used.
 Iced tea must be cold, and 1t cannot be cooled by few Jumps in the pitcher. Ice must be placed in the glasses
 Lemon Is really better added before the meal than at it.
 Mix the sugar and lemon when the ice water is added
 Still another way is that adopted by Russians, of grating the rind of a lemon and pouring hot tea over 1t.
 If lemon must be passed. because all members of the family do not like 1t, 1t is better to cut it in lengthwise sections than thin slices.
 In addition, a small glass pitcher filled with extra lemon juice may be passed,