The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-10-05
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(From Saturdays Advertiser.)

(trom saturdays AuVertlser.)
"Hello one-four. eight Send up
collection of dictionaries! Yes, this is
Joe Cohen talking! Hurry up those
canned languages.
This is the message that came into
the Advertiser Office over the telephone
last night. The office boy was hastily
sent flying up the street with Webster,
Century and the Encyclopedia Britain
MICA, but soon he was back again. They
would not do. Joe must have German
word directory and Dutch Webster,
and must have them at once. A hasty
search through the office morgue dis
closed the fact that such books were
not to be had. In the meantime the
telephone was ringing wildly again, and
the statesman.impresario was wildly
shrieking for information.
"Say, Advertiser, what does s-c-h-l-
i-t.s-c huh mean. L have a couple of
fellows up here demanding one and
I've offered them everything in the
shop without avail. Skatel Thunder,
thought they wanted fancy lunch. "
While the hunt and conversation
were in progress, the sporting editor
had been sent to the scene. Once, in
his younger days, he studied French,
and it was thought that he might prove
of some service to the gentleman in
trouble. He discovered very much ex-
cited bluejacket demanding "skytes. 4"
Joe looked blank, the custodian of the
pedal wheels was in despair.
"Sy, see if y cawn't myke this
bloomin' boke gimme some skytes,"
was the plaintive request that greet
ed the S. e.
"What do you want with the bally
things" replied the chronicler of fis-
tic events, and Immediately the face
of the troubled bluejaeket lighted.
"Sy, mybe y en- myke this ERE
bloke understand English. 'Anged if
l en- get anythin' threw is bloomin'
| 'ead. -
With the man who wanted "skytes'
disposed of, the sporting editor started
| back to the office, but he was instantly
approached by another lad in white
and blue.
"Gottes Namen, dieser verdampter
Narr kann gahr NIGHTS verstehen. lch
| brauche Schlitschuhe und-n but the
sporting editor had fled in despair.
| Around the human roulette wheel
| the sailormen of four nations waged
desperate though friendly war. De-
| tenders of the Vaterland, champions
of Her Majesty Wilhelmina, husky lads
of the Royal Navy, and bluejackets
owing allegiance to the u. s. N. We'd
with each other in seeing who could
roll the farther when the sprightly
wheel got little too lively for them.
Along Hotel street it looked as
though congress of nations had just
dsbanded. Half a dozen languages
were being spoken, and sailors of tour
great nations We're mingling as broth
ers, even though their conversation
sounded like that ON the Tower
of Babel. One six-foot bluejacket, in
the uniform of Uncle Sam navy, had
take fiye.foot Dutchman in tow. To
show his good will he exchanged his
diminutive white hat for the enormous
inverted vegetable basket which did
service as headgear for Queen Wilhel-
nina S sailor boy Arm in arm the
strangely assorted pair marched up the
street.
Two royal marines, bluejacket
from the Colorado, and seaman from
the German cruiser were driving up
and down the street in hack. The
Yankee was playing host, and he and
two Britishers were vainly trying 10
explain TO the subject of the Kaiser
the meaning of everything on the
street.