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Honolulu Makes Merry
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that there would be no monkeying of
the sort permitted.
Towards seven clock the entire
police force, mounted squads and all,
reported tor duty at the station and
were assigned their beats and given
their orders Captain Baker was on
duty at the central station but his task
was easy for few DRINKS were all
that bothered him. The officers, be-
fore going out on their beats, were told
to run in the first person who shot off
a freeracker or a bomb but to those
who had sticks give mere warning
and then trot them down if they per
sisted In making nuisanees out Of
themselves.
The mounted officers were placed
under command Of Hack Inspector
Scully and were given particular orders
to watch all hacks and automobiles and
arrest the first driver of either that
attempted to speed to the slightest de-
gree. AS all had been well warned
there was no occasion for such action
although a number of autos were
abroad with holiday crowds.
AS the police station early in the
evening boy came in seeking permits
sion to burn the fire matches that were
so common during the evening. AS the
matches did not come under the head
of explosives and as the sparks from
them did not burn, the permission was
granted Some boys began to throw
them up in the air later in the evening
but this was stopped as it scared the
horses.
No Pilikia Expected.
There was not much fear at the
police station that the crowd would be-
come disorderly and it didn It, staying
safely within the lines that the police
laid down. The plain clothes men and
the detectives were on the street early,
a half before the uniform men
went on duty, and kept their eyes open
for the brunt of the evening fell upon
them. The uniformed men were watch
ed by any who were inclined to carry
the fun to dangerous bounds and did
it when the officers were nowhere near.
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gutter. the girl went on her way I'M
disturbed, Cyelops turned back to con
tinue his talk with his friends, and
the crowd laughed.
There was more rough stuff attempt
ed along King street Down by Nuu-
anu avenue bunch of girls were mo-
Tested by some Hawaiian youths. They
molested for about thirty seconds and
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then were sent flying by the appear
ance of very decent-l looking malihini
Of gigantic stature, who had the ac-
cent of an Englishman and the mus
cles Of sailor. It was found out aft
erwards that he was the mate aboard
windjammer that is in port. He
also was cheered by the crowd.
Everywhere there was deceney and
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order. From Beretania avenue to King
street, and from Fort street TO Nuuanu
avenue, the crowds were thickest and
NOISE reigned supreme. But the first
suggestion of hoodlumism was prompt
~ suppressed by the bystanders. It
was the jolliest, noisiest and vet quiet
est Christmas Eve that has ever been
celebrated In Honolulu.
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on hand unnotieed and that sort of
thing stopped quickly.
Drunk No. /.
Early in the evening a Chinaman in
great fright telephoned down to the
police station saying that there was
a dead man in an alley below Fort
street and an officer was sent out to
the spot. The man was dead to the
world all right but not too drunk to lie
down, but that s about all. He gave
his name at the station as Albert Fer
gusson and apoIogized meekly while the
police department held him up.
Much Confetti.
Facing the tabu on flour and talcum
powder which the rowdies of the town
rejoiced in last year, legitimate con-
fetti was resorted to and in half an
hour the town looked as if a vari.
colored snowstorm had struck it. Ex-
eept in one instance this proved harm
less enough, One Chinese boy slammed
a handful of it directly into a lady 8
face and she was forced to go into a
Fort street drug store and have her
eye treated. 1t became infamed and
she was forced to go home. The boy
was arrested by a special officer and
brought down to the police station
where he was given a dressing down by
Captain Baker and held until the crowd
began to dispense.
Orders obeyed.
There was but one offender against
the order prohibiting frecraekers, a
Portuguese named John Comes. He
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of Hotel and Fort streets and brought
down to the station. Four more pack
ages were found on him and he evidently
expected to have a night of it. He
was in a half-drunken condition and
was booked for investigation. He has
served his time in Jail and is known
to the police
The officers expected trouble at &
later hour in the night and about mid
night began to watch some tough tene
ments on Hotel street where some
rowdies have made practise of bomt
throwing on previous occasions.
Various Amusements
A japanese woman bought her three
young hopefuls horn each at Kinj
street store about six o'clock in tn
evening, and they Immediately began
to blow their diminutive heads off
They were the first horns on the stree
and the earlier crowds were general,
minus these interesting instruments o
torture. Later. however, they begal
to discover the intense powers o
amusement hidden in them and also tn
places where they were being sold, an
in a few minutes anybody without
horn was considered out of fashion an
given an extra dose of confetti.
A good many automobile partie
began TO circle the block, until Their
was quite a procession of them, wit
the girls sitting on the, back of ther
generously distributing the paper.
Masks and false noses were in grea
demand, and few boys took adva1
tage of the disguise to be d littI
rougher than they should have beer
One enterprising young Hawaiian 5,
cured a pair of chaps and made up q
a cowboy. A few companions also $,
cured costumes and they were followe
around the street by an admirin
crowd of smaller boys.
At the skating rink fine bunch c
skaters began to get on the floor earl
and many were able to give praetie;
exhibitions. All were decorated wit
odd hats. and while the crowd gre
larger during the evening, those WI
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Hotel Celebrations.

ftOLel C6ISDIdIlOuSs
The strangers within the city gates,
far away from home, with thousands
of miles of water and land between
them and their own fresides, were not
forgotten in the Christmas festivities
yesterday, and at the hotels special eff
forts were made to have them feel that
Christmas in the frozen chimes could
have as beautiful a substitute in a
tropical setting.
A Christmas tree was the big fes-
tivity at the Young, andaall the guess
were the recipients of little favors
from it's popcorn1aden branches. The
tree was placed in the loungingroom
the one place in the hotel which is the
common sittingroom for all, and was
decorated with tinsel and Illuminated
by tiny candles. About it's base were
grouped a lot of parcels all nicely tied
with Christmas ribbons, and upon ia
bles nearby were packages containing
bonbons. There were larger packages
containing presents, and then there
were the bonbons with gay-colored
wrappers.
At nine clock large number of
the guests gathered in the lounging-
room, and while they were there Man
ager Hertsche engineered the fine new
Victor photograph, and Scotti, Caruso
and other stars sang for the gathering.
Then Santa Claus, said to be G. w. r.
King, entered in all the Santa Claus
paraphernalia and, after announcing
his mission. called out the names of
the guests and gave them all tokens of
Christmas cheer.
Theories Smashed.
Apparently Christmas eve in Homo
lulu equals one big noise. Anyway that
was the best part of the whole evening
as far as the small boys were CON
cerned. Hundreds of them, armed with
small musical instruments, paraded the
streets for hours and completely put
to flight such learned theories as the
fact that we have to breath to live;
for not one of those youngsters stop
ped to draw his breath for three solid
hours.
Another theory was smashed by the
discovery of the number of different
keys existing in the musical field. No
two of the horns were tuned in the
same key and yet all of them were
up to orchestra pitch and the strains of
the march tunes issuing from the same
had for the boys all of the harmony
of one of the most finished symphony
concerts.
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The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-07
THE soLIDlTY OF 1T.

Big as are the Investments that have
been made within the past four years
in salt Lake city. the wisest men in
the real estate business agree that the
limit of safe improvement has by no
means been reached. The country, with
its varied advantages, had gone so far
ahead of the city that every new pur-
chase and every new building, however
large either of them, was abundantly
warranted. The values are here. The
future will take care of it. And the
growth OF the surrounding country, in
farms and in mining as well as other
interests. abundantly warrants a far
greater growth of the city than has as
yet been seen.
That is the comforting reflection. The
new building, the advance in real es-
tate prices, is no boom. 1t simply is
the natural and legitimate response Of
the city TO the pressure of the situation
throughout the region. And the region
helping to make for the solidity of Salt
Lakes growth is not confined to Utah
soil. It extends into Nevada. 1t COM
prises all the southern half. at least, of
Idaho. 1t involves western Colorado.
And if ever we can get that railroad to
the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, and
the bridge across that mightiest of
chasms, all Arizona viii contribute to
the business and the prosperity and the
Growth of Salt Lake
Don't be afraid that the city has
"overdone" the matter of development.
The limit will not be reached for many
a year. And all this bench land to the
east. and all the fiat country to the
south, viii be crowded with homes
laced with paved streets, supplied with
city water and guarded with city pO-
Iicemen, from Ensign Peak to the peni-
Tertiary, and from far beyond the Jor-
dan to the base of the mountains.
This will be the biggest and the best
city in the west It is just beginning
TO come into its own.
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wlTH MALIce TowARo NoNE.

In the magazine called The World
Today there is promised a sensational
revelation of the partnership of police
departments with criminals in cities all
over the country. The writer is de-
clared to have his facts and figures for
every statement. The series-four pa
pers in number-are expected to amaze
the nation.
We don't take a great deal Of stock
in these yellow magazine Sensations. "
As a rule they are skillfully drawn
close to the line of telling something,
and stopping just short of actual facts.
As a rule they are designed more to in
crease the sales than to do d service
to the public And this is like TO be
Of a kind with the rest of them.
At the same time, and while we would
by no means even hint that there is
partnership between the police Of Salt
Lake ard the criminals operating here,
we are compelled to say the police force
is either very inefficient, or the thieves
are the smartest rascals that ever Went
unhung. And one may, in the light of
the past few months experience, say
tbat--without the slightest suggestion
of malice
There are too many robberies for the
number of arrests ana convictions
When a band Of thieves get SO bold
that they steal the whole safe, on a
prominent business street, take it to
secluded spot and break it open, get
ting away with the contents. the peril
becomes mcomfortably evident The
policemen are deficient, or the thieves
are miracles of cleverness.
Considering the amount of money
paid the department and the open
hand with which the city meets every
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NO z. NJ. sTERRETT.

We are in receipt of Atlantic City pa
pers in which are extended reports OF
the local committees activities in pre-
pairing for the Grand Army encamp-
ment that will take place there in Au-
gust next. And for some excellent rea-
son we do not see the name of the slip
perry and sIanderous f. NJ Sterrett, who
won so bad an eminence here in Salt
Lake.
However, the graduation may be
premature. Sterrett's time may not
yet have come. Maybe there is not yet
that juicy fund of money placed I'M
questionably at the disposal of the pro-
fessionaI manager of grand encamp-
ments. If not. that would account for
the absence of Sterrett's name from the
reports Of the Atlantic City movement
We hardly think there will be an en-
tire escape from him. The man has
such an unerring nose for money, such
a passion for graft, such traitoroUs
disregard for the great cause of the
Union soldier, that wherever the easy
money is, there Will Sterrett be also
And if he is not heard from in the At
lantic City celebration, it viii be per-
fectly understood by old soldiers here
and thousands elsewhere-that the
reason is the money has been placed
whre Sterrett cannot get it by any
form OF requisition.
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FRIEND IN THE TELEPHONE
OFFICE.

We gather from the printed pages Of
a little paper called The Telephone
News that employees of the telephone
industry are human, just like the rest
Of US. Or else, the paper is the pur-
veyOr of fairy tales. Here is one.
A prominent business man in a noun
tain city met a district manager EN-
ployed by the telephone company, and
as they rode on a train the business
man spoke in warm praise of a certain
local manager. And he gave this rea-
son:
q live clear on the outskirts of the
city. One night while I was away my
baby was taken suddenly sick with
membraneous Group, and my wife
called up the telephone man. She was
alone. and she couldn't leave the baby,
And she needed help. That man got up
lit was away past midnight-hitched
up his horse, took his wife with him,
called the doctor, got the drugs that
were needed. and drove out to my
house, and he and his wife stuck there
till morning. The baby got through all
right. But 1 am for that man-al-
ways"
1t is a good story, and-let us hope
has the added merit of being true.
And the joy of the case is that one
does not need wait till the hand Of
trouble falls on the home. The tele-
phone people. if treated humanely, viii
respond with a very human service.
They haven't time TO do a great deal
of visiting with the patrons of the line,
And that is not what is wanted Of them
by any sensible person. But they viii
serve a countless number of patrons in
a day, making the very fewest mis-
takes. learning your needs without
commenting on them, remembering a
great deal that you don't suspect, en-
ploying a very shrewd intelligence and
a very kindly heart.
Nothing can replace them; and all
they ask-in addition to their PAYS
that courtesy which can always be de-
pended on from gentlemen.
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HAs CONVENED.

Probably never before has the Amer
lean congress waited so completely foi
the Presidents message. Neither house
Of congress has a program for the win
ters legislation Party leaders are ST.
lent as to the measures that shall de-
mand the attention of the Sixty-first
congress. Advocates Of recognized meas
ures are in the background, if any
where They have not at all disturbed
the surface of occasion. Professional
prophets of what congress is going to
do are silent All are waiting for the
President to s. eak.
There is a more than usual tendency
to accept the suggestion of the PTesi-
dent as to the measures that shall be
considered. with the disposition that
shall be made of them. month ago
the men who take their cue from Sem
ator LaFonette were booted and
spurred for their ride through house
and senate and Presidents room. But
they have abated the vigor of their de-
mands, and there viii be small surprise
if the promises Of turbulence be broken.
The fellows who were going to reopen
the tariff law, and overthrow the speak
er of the house, seem to have been tax
ing counsel of wisdom. And yet they
have threatened so much that they viii
be discredited unless they distinguish
themselves by disturbing the peace of
the nation.
There are matters of grave import
that demand attention in Washington.
Some of these are matters connected
with the foreign relations. More of
them have to do with the internal at
fairs of the republic. There has never
been a time when loyalty to the Re
publican party was more necessary
than now. There has never been a
time when men of prominence and adj
mitted strength can lose more by put
ting their own ambitions before the
good Of the country.
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the owner would have broken if it had
failed to secure attention.
You make me tired" was another
loud-voiced reprimand Of a woman to a
little boy whose sunny face and manly
bearing would have won him favor in
any eyes but those Of his mother.
You can't very wen do Christmas
shopping without the Christmas spirit
in your heart And if it be there, you
will not be cross to your child on the
street. You viii hide that, at least,
until you are safe in the seclusion OF
your home. Ard the child viii live to
thank you for it.
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FoR THE CHILD ON The STREET.

This is no plea for the waif. The lit
tie fellow with less clothes than he
should have, the mite with nondescript
garment travelling alone and fearless OF
any control is the subject of another
care. But the boy or girl who goes down
with mother. particularly in these
Christmas times, deserves a word of de-
Tense.
Not an afternoon passes but one NOV
ing about in Main street viii heai
mothers publicly scolding the little peo-
pie who accompany them. The voice
is harsh. and with that petulant quali-
Is which makes clear the frequency of
its use. And the child. you may be
sure, suffers far more humiliation than
the impassive face betTays.
"Wm you come along here?" de-
mands one mother. grabbing her Off
spring with q practiced hand; and the
jerking punishment bestowed is the
more grievous because OF the publicity
attending the inhiction.
"Oh. quit stopping every step" cried
an impatient mother, as another child
paused for a peep into a window that
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wHERE rHE NATIoN Is SMALL:

The king Of Sweden is said to have
disguised himself as a stevedore, and
sought to get hold of the pulse of the
common people by working among
them.
Which is easy just in proportion as
the country is small. Where the popu-
lation is great, that course would wear
out the strongest of Iings-and vital
matters in the throne room would be
neglected while vague theories were
being worked out in the warehouses.
And yet there is an evidence of sin
certify in that action Of the king. It
shows him interested enough in the
problems of his people to take very
great pains in getting accurate infor-
nation. 1t shows, also, that he is man
enough to lay down his kingly dignity
and share the burdens of the poorest
paid of his subjects. There is some
thing to commend in his action.
If it shall win the men to give a bet
ter consideration Of the governments
side, just as the government is willing
to get the point of view Of the laboring
men themselves, then there viii be
profit i'm it.
But if it shall be another instance Of
that familiarity which breeds con-
tempt, then the king of Sweden will
have had his blisters for his pains.
Which is in the nature of a royal, un-
crowned pun.
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demand made upon it in the name Of
the police, it does seem that they should
give a better protection to the commu-
nifty.
And that isn't asking anything un-
reasonable.
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According to the debate in the y.
NJ. C. A. the young men may properly
accept the scheme Of life which is
most remunerative-if honorable. And.
that having been settled, which viii
you be-a coal man. or the President Of
the United States?
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The other day we walled that there
had not been a new Salt Lake theatre
for a whole day. And the next morn
ing the papers told of the Newhouso
promise for q modern establishment at
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Nothing could be more welcome than
the cold and the snow. Make sure no
one is suffering, and then be glad
weather so seasonable has been grant
al
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Evidently the men who command the
actual cash are determined the specu-
lators shall not get crazy, and bring on
another panic.
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In the light of that congressional
election in Chicago. it would seem that
anti Cannon people were mistaken
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1t is very disappointing to reflect
that the Christmas stories were writ
ten in the hot days of last July.
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Uncle sam can't AFFORD to have an
enemy within reach Of the Panama
canal
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D oLLAus ARE ROUND

d LIAR ARE ROUND
to- ROLL AWAY. some think.
The KIDS of SALT LAKE are of
the foolish kind. They fool their
money away. ia dime shows. dances,
ribbons, and swell socks. or send
up BURNED OFFERINGS i'm
cigars. tit is SO much LOST FOR-
f1t t1F6. Lincoln said Money spent
on the brain cannot De lost"
A FULL COURSE OF seven" system
shorthand and piano touch type
writing would enhance your
value for the more you learn the
more SOU earn. You may enter
the civil service, SO abroad or stay
at home. act as SECRETARY TO
some big gun or corporation, as
teacher of the seven shorthand.
and g0od paving work Is guarau-
Jeed by the Seven Institute. If
you enroll NOW you can be per-
feCted in January.
WHAT 4 SENSIBLE
XMAS GIFT!
just think of the year past-uo
wiser. not the least bit more
clever OF able TO do higher class
work than the shCp5irl. waitress
OF HelEU ElLA- aLet- are Dau-t
wanted as steUograplers ly Uncle
Sam--n0t girls. for they get
married as soon as they become
clever ana earn good wages.
-1D' IS HiAstG Is another good
profession Tor those who have the
ability and can use pencil and
sketch ideas. Tipping IS necessary
for this. We secure a New York
or Chicago diploma as we work in
conjunction with the best eastern
teachers.
We teach BE MAIL also.
Bell. local or long 3lTI
Offices IS Mercantile block salt
Lake City.
The seven Institute Shorthand.
Typists and Advertising Educators.