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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-13

There plenty of in Honolulu leaders of athletic teams
national fields who thoroughly familiar with the rules and
mbued with the spirit of real athletics Some day. perhaps
they will benefit the community by getting real amateur oganza
ton, lifting local sports" higher plane There is for
good deal of improvement locally in such matters and the
dency has been upwards Only few of baseball track
and other local athletes eligible all for Mainland anna
contests Under the rules against professionalism
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-13
CHRISTMAS GIFTS.

Iwakami's stock of holiday goods
was a little late in arriving this year
but is now on display. The line in,
cludes esquisite creations in Manda-
rim coats, kimonos, smoking packets,
dressing gowns, and in fact everything
in the SIX line togeCner with lacquer
ware, goods, crockery, toys, hats ana
trimmings. Goods purchased now we
deliver or mail to any address or keep
until Christmas.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-13
PAPERS Fu,ED sATIrRDAy

San Ant. Port. Ben. Soc vs. Kworg
zee Society, release.
). w. KaleiEini and W fe t. YoIYg
Kwong Tat, deed
Y. Eguchi to c. F. Bradshaw. caar.
mtg.
D. X. Eguchi to c. +. Bradshaw, chat.
mtg.
#. NJ. Rowland, ct al, E. N. Holmes,
attachment.
s. Egama to T. Toshiyuki, chat mtg.
X. A. Wadsworth to Moi Kekua, re-
lease.
Theo. H. Davis & Co., Ltd, to An
tonia M. Cabrinha, deed
First Bank of Hilo to j. Lehman
and husband, release.
G. B. Ferreira to Maria Cordeiro and
husband, release.
Maria Cordeiro and husband to G. B.
Ferreira mtg.
David Keawehano to w. NJ. Kalai-
waa, lease.
M. NJ. Chiquita to Mrs s W. Wal
ona, a. |.
Alau (w) to Alexander Bishaw, deed.
j. d. McVeigh and wife to Chun Kim
Sut, ct al, deed.
Mrs. H. Kane Mana ct al. to Hut
Crimson Sugar Plant. Co., deed
STOCK EXCHANGE REPORT.
Between Boards-55 Hawaiian Pine
apple Co., S29. 25
Session Sales-S2OOO Hilo r. r. Co.
Is $1OO.5O; 10 Eva $32 ,75 35 Eva Co.
$S2. IS; 10 Honokaa $2O.75; 100 Ho-
nokaa SPOTS; 40 Eva s32 rs: 5 Haw.
Pine Co., $29.25; IS Hawaiian Pine.
Co., 500 .25; Is Hawaiian Pine Co.,
S29.25; Waialua 1924 80 Is Oahu Su-
gar Co., S33 so.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-13
GONE TO A DOUBTFUL REWARD.

The obituaries of King Leopold will deal very largely with his
Congo Descriptions of the conditions that
happy vary great DEAL but there abundant evidence that
being wrung from the land by methods cruel the
Leopold built huge fortune from the Congo
Owing ealoues has been impossible for the Powers
the Turkish atrocities have passed practically
they the length of of thou
of beings other than that they Chris
world looked while natives of the Congo were
enaved killed mutaed ruthless campaign to exact
everything possible fro mhe land De mortuis nil nis bonum Is
saying nowadays and Leopold will probably be
outside his land least precious scondre
whose passing stage need public tears.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-13

Fine Job Printing. star once
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-13
BRACING WEATHER.

This is the sort of weather that
creates a desire in the average lady
to go somewhere Haleiwa offers un-
usual pleasures at this season and
nothing is more exhilarating than a
ride to that famous hotel in an auto
The management is going to serve a
fine dinner there on Christmas and
there win be golf and tennis with
which to while away the time A
dance may be given in the evening
The surrounding country is pleasant
one through which to drive or ride
and there is much to see that is Of In
terest to the kamaaina as well as the
tourist. The service at Haleiwa is
all that one could wish for and the
table is excellent.
-AS:tH-
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-13
Commercial News
BY L. D. TIMMONS.

Considering the proximity of Christ
mas, stock business today was not
bad. No fancy prices were realized
and, save for a slight shading of Oahu
there was no sagging On the boards
Is, So and 40 shares Eva sold at $32 %.
More stock was offered at the same,
but 1872 .625 was all asked.
Two blocks-10 and 100 shares-of
Honokaa sold at $2O.75. For the stock
$40 625 was bid and S20.75 asked.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-13
SHIPS WIRELESS BACK.

The Tenyo Maru wirelessed in last
night that she was 542 miles away and
having fine weather. Another mes
sage was from the Mallura, reporting
herself ASP miles out, having light
southerly winds and fine weather
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-13
HILo R. R. PREFERRED.

Hilo Railroad preferred stock has
come upon the market. Sometime
ago 535O,OOO of this stock was author
lied, of which S157, $3.50 was issued and
1892, 140 continued as treasury stock.
The stock pays 6 per cent on pre-
ferred basis.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-13
CHAMBER OLE COMMERCE.

The bi-monthly meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce will be held in
the Stangenwald building Wednesday
afternoon. This will be the first gen.
eral gathering of the body in quite a
while, and it is expected that a large
number of matters will come up for
consideration.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-13
PAYROLLs passed.

lie Board of Supervisors held a
meeting at noon today to pass on the
first half of DEFENDERS payholls. This
and the second reading of formerly in
troduced resolutions constituted the
entire business of the meeting.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-13

Blacsod is to be with the London railroad From Ireland
Halifax the three and half days. part OF
the remarkable scheme carry mail and from London to
the western of the American continent eight days Westward
from Vancouver the speed is expected to be It announced
that Honolulu Suva be the only calling places on the way
Colonies and Hawaii will be the only British point covered
the trip to the antipodes
How did that hero Of Jules Vernes manage to waste eighty days IN
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-13
TREMENDOUS PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION SCHEME

plans for Pacific 'A Red from London to the Col
Honolulu is the only stopping place under the British flag
The scheme which is receiving the support of the Home government
expected be favored by the Postmaster General OF Canada IN
conempae egday service from Vancouver to
London government has already granted $6ooo for the con-
strucon stretch of railroad needed in Ireland Bao
Bay county Mayo which to be the European terminus
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-13
CONSIDER THE CHRISTMAS CLERKS.

are many why the Christmas shoppers should obey the
Injunction to buy early Not the least by any is consda-
the army clerks engaged selling The Christmas season
to them means longer and harder work and the great rush at
the often strength Their lot made easier by
those who do their shopping now.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1909-12-13

Wonder if the governor using the short and ugly word 1t
will be recalled that the and Kuho agreed land
bill Washington The governor started East and then Kuho
troduced different ba short simply placing all land
matters the hands of the legislature here Then the Legislature met
and endorsed the Kuho bill the opening later starting endorse
the BILL but failing through made by Republican Sen
leader Next the governor and Kuo got together bill
for the session The Democrats decided stand by the
Kuho bill But Kuo had changed He supported the FrearKuho
BILL with the result that passed the legislature unanimously Then
started for Washington Kuo opened up him 1t be-
gins that the only way Fear and Kuo stay together
in politics is for them stay together in person.
The Jewish outlook., 1909-03-12

seeing an entirely new play and at
the same time raise funds for the
sanatorium of the Jewish Con-
sumptives' Relief Society, the Den
yer Ladies' Auxiliary of the j. C.
r. S. has arranged for benefit
performance to be given at the
Baker theater on next Tuesday
evening, March 18th, when "The
Jew, or Truth in Falsity," will be
presented.
This benefit is for the purpose,
primarily, of beginning new fund
which will be devoted toward the
enlargement of the sanatorium
What is now sought is Woman's
Pavilion to be a companion build
ing to the New York Ladies' Aux
iliary Pavilion recently finished.
The installation of this new build
ing would be a wonderful improve
ment and would assure an encOur-
aging increase in facilities for
handling the numerous applicants
who are unfortunately stricken
with the dreaded disease of devas-
tation. Tickets may be obtained of
Mrs. l.. Levy, 1437 Columbine;
Mrs. B. Schraiberg, 25O7 Lafay-
cite; Mrs. S. Segal, go Eighteenth
street: Mrs. l.. Wandel, 1888 Elev-
enth street, and at the box Office.
Coupons will be exchanged for seat
tickets beginning Saturday, March
18th.
The Jewish outlook., 1909-03-12
WOMEN POLICE OFFICERS.

The newest movement has for its
purpose the establishment of Il
woman police force to look after
neglected children in cities. Mrs.
Julia Goldzier of Bayonne, y. j..
is the mother of the suggestion
as to New York state, and last week
she presented the matter of Secre-
tary of State Samuel S. Koenig at
Albany. The women police are to
be in uniform and are to patrol
parks and other places where chill
dren congregate for amusement. In
Cleveland, said Mrs. Goldzier, girls
are protected by women detectives
in going to and from factories.
The Jewish outlook., 1909-03-12
"4etters Of an S,ratic" :"
20. "MOck- -MOdesty. -


Friends: Have you ever hap
pened to come into contact with
the mock-mOdest man or woman
and noticed how this creature will
go to an absurd extreme? The
mock-modest individual pals on
me, since it is so unnatural, so
forced. But what is more, these
people are the most deceptive crea-
lures under the sun, and when
they are turned loose, go right to
the other extreme. Have you ever
been to a play with one of this va
riety and noted the strained eX-
preston of countenance at some
modern conventionality which ra-
tional person would not bother
about? Have you ever seen the
panied look upon the face of one
of those when supposed
naughty" novel is discussed 1t
is all boni soft qui NAL y pense.
Mock-modesty is the result of an
evil mind that can think but little
good. Mock -modesty is as great a
disappointment and as unnatural
as mock turtle soup. You have it
in Imagination, and still you have
it not. l would like to see all men
and women shed this folly. 1t is so
unbecoming and the impression it
leaves is so nauseating. How much
better and pleasanter is it to be of
that simple. wholesome. and nat
ural type which was so character
istic in the case of our grandfath-
crs and grandmothers. There is so
much make-believc in society that
it makes me sick and weary. can
not stand people who will so easily
blush and throw up their hands in
horror ut anything natural which
they consider obscene. But worst
of all, such people are not truly
honest, their standard of morality
is thermometrically low. | have
known them throw out hints which
were most improper. and have
seen them act horrid. But they will
boast mock -modcsty and make fools
of themselves. Meekly,
The Jewish outlook., 1909-03-12
T~ &oca4,
BENEFIT FOR THE J. c. r.
8. At BAKER THEATER

Without doubt the stock COM
pany at the Baker theater is grow
ing more and more popular with
every performance. The Yiddish
theatergoers appreciate what has
long been wanting here-a capable
company of actors presenting plays
of interest and fascination. To give
the playgoers an opportunity of
New-York tribune., 1909-06-13
Draw,ns by Joseph Clement Coll

ing - fast that the etiquette books an 4u1te
catch up to Il It wasn't 80 very many years ago
that II wasn't considered quite respectable 20 be dl-
vorcef Now nearly everybody has somebody who
has been divorced u l. gong - be divorced "
ought % he divorced Even the preachers look over
their congregations aui collection baskets pretty
carefully before they preach against divorce. tnd
everybody has aunt telling how Queen Victoria never
would receive a divorced woman AZ her court But
though divorces are getting - be common. no
body seems - know Just what say to q erson who
has Just been divorced Are they - nc @ongrftu-
lated OF cOnm1Serated,
When matrnnony has been committed It Is differ
ent No matter If q girl with a Sunday school heart
has ust been welded TO a with barroom dis
position everybody knows II Is the proper thing %
Congratulate them No matter infatuated fool
of fifty ha, been beguiled marrying we'll trained
and dutiflll iGhutante who needs his money every
BODY knows II IS the right thing % tell them both
looks like a regular love match
But wait till YOU get a divorce
You meet a friend whom you haven't seen for
couple of years
How are YOU. old chap he begins cheerfully
haven't seen you for age Howa the good
R,ife'
really cannot say. YOU answer smlingiy-
I've been divorced for over year.
He turns red and stammers and shutters ana
puter, and starts to apologize and finally winds up
pyith-ves II, What they all say m mighty
sorry 70 hear II
That's what the women say. too. and When you
~. to explain that you are divorced because you
wanted 20 be divorced and that your wife wanted -
-. divorced and that It she who suggested II.
md that she /, perfectly happy. and that you are
.,erfer-lv satisfied everybody thinks YOU must be
i,ing Tet-let'5 see-her- /, 4 typical .1'e
New-York tribune., 1909-06-13
BY ALIMONY ALUMNUS 1884

"HERE l. AT aged but perfectly RY
respectable story about man
who was asked # he could play
t- fiddle | guess 50. " he replied
rArer tried but Il looks easy
10 bachelor maid u bachelor man. however feel
iagv she OF he may write Of the JOYS II matrlmony
l. contrast to the comfortable loneliness Of single
Ipt can appreciate the moral of this time honoref
tale tor Of the three lenses of nlatrImony future
present and paSr-only those the latter class can
seak with authority Those yet 10 be married kno"
not. those now married dare not Only those who
have been married and have got over u can tell the
truth about i Nor this latter class small one by
any means Sxtv-seven divorces granted N one day
II Chicago thirty-four IN one day IN New York not
4 mention the statistics Of such places Texas ana
South Dakota where a cross look and SIX months
residence are all that ], necessary for freedom
quickly swell the ranks OF the detached
When the Census Man went round the last time
Il found ia. 600 divorced females beg pardon
IA lies but that Is what the Government reports call
YOU. and 81 9O3 divorced males You might thlnk
there would be divorced husband Tor every divorced
woman. but according to the figures there lsn
What becomes gf the husbands II the extra dlVoT-
c--s2 Nobody knows Maybe the apparent dlScTeI'-
an = due to the fact that generally one experience
n he divorce courts Is enough for most men While a
woman who once gets divorce gets the habit ana
keeps IN getting them and thus repeats IN the sta
New-York tribune., 1909-06-13
The Case of John and Jennie
Tennlr Row

VOHN DOUGH marres Jennie Ro"
He /, tvgentv-six has good position A. travel
, l.s,4r1 for +, wholesale drygoods house shaVes
seven tunes a week. has 4 good tailor. smokes good
cigars and has strength enough % drink neither TOO
much nor TOO little -
She IS -wentv. can write a letter without misaPen-
ing more than two words can sing all the latest ~ol'I
- l-S b+ :, her own accompaniment the install
mont riano knows where TO get her ha1r dressed
cheapIy which baker sells the best bread ana pastry
and m what iavs the different big stores have theH
New-York tribune., 1909-06-13


tpout It vet not even themselves
Young people N bil cities have to get acquainted
after they get married There ISN'T any opportunity
beforehand
These two John ami Jennie met At 4 party AZ the
home II 4 mutual friend He took her home and 4
night ,r two later tllcd and met her folks The
next day he vent on the road hut he sent her PIC
trirr post al, from Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Akron.
Ohm, and kokomo Indiana He wrote her from
hlcago and She answered him 10 Kansas Citv - per
ms instruction, When he got back he was IN town
tor q week during which he saw her every night hur
the two he was showing put II town customers the
sights The night before ne went of On another bust
ness trip he brought her a hundred and htty-dollar
diamond and asked her - marry huu As he was the
best looking man and had the biggest income If all
the BOYS She knew She of course promised rh-
would
When the dull season began he took i months
,acation and they got married and spent t honey
moon At a hotel in the mountains They came back
in time to get settled III little flat Just round the
corner from her mother, He got her a servant
gave her a checkboo. kissed her gooiby and went
of on the road for six weeks He va, home week
and then was gone for nine weeks travelling man
has little opportunity to learn the husband business
but he tried his best Jennie did her best too 70 be
3 good wife Of course with her husband away -
much she had to find her own 4musements She
read novels mornings and played bridge AFTERNOONS,
She shopped and went To matlneeS and spent go"l
deal Of time At her mother till her people moved -
another city Sometimes She went out IN the even
lngs but always with some married .pupe
New-York tribune., 1909-06-13
The First Drifting Apart

VET by and by. when John was home tor few
days they both began to notice that they were
gradually drifting apart John tired Of travel tired
If restaurants tired ot theatere tired ot being OUT
nights came home looking for an opportunity to sit
around the flat IN his ,hIrtsleeves with his slippers On
and pet a taste II home cooking If you ever we're
travelling man YOU can't blame him much
But Tenne'5 ideas different Whenever she
got 4 telegram that her husband was coming nome.
her brain began to work something like thus
Won't It be lovely when John Is home We Il @
,,+ 10 different restaurant every night for dinner
I'm 50 tired IF the smell If cooking IN the nat
There are a lot Of the shows haven't seen yet. Il
yet him to take me % them Mrs Harris IS giving
card party next week and Mrs Casey. too we must
=, "a both Of them People will begin - think |
New-York tribune., 1909-06-13

THERE l. Al aged but perfectly
/ respectable story about a man
who was asked II he could play
t.e nddle | guess 50. 90 he replied I
The Washington times., 1909-07-12
Cornerstone of Ingram Me
mortal Church Laid By
the President.
PASTOR PRESIDES
AT THE EXERCISES
Two Thousand Persons Hear Ad-
dresses By Prominent
Speakers.

Laid by the hand Of President Taft,
who exhibited all the adeptness Of q
mason in the operation. the corner
stone Of Ingram Memorial Congrega-
tional Church. Tenth and Massachu-
sets avenue northeast, rests securely
in its place today.
The cornerstone laying took place in
the presence OF more than 1000 per
sons yesterday afternoon and the man
ner In which the President did the job
pleased the crowd thoroughly. Mr..
Tart departed from the ordinary digni-
ned way Of taking a gold-plated trow-
ell and bestowing one dab Of mortar. He
used several Towelfuls and took inf
mite pains IN getting the small marble
capstone set just right.
To simplify matters. the larger cor
nerstone had been laid before the eXer-
cises. The Presidents task consisted
IN formally putting in place the small
stone containing newspapers. coins, a
picture OF the President and similar ar
ticles.
Is Union Man.
ARE you a member Of the union p
called some one in the crowd as the
President showed such dizziness in ply
ing the troweL
yves. I've got my card ali right" re
sponded Mr.. Taft, holding the trowel
sIoft Let's see, it's in them the
on, yes-the steam shoveler's union"
Then everybody laughed and after the
President had completed his task he
was loudly cheered.
D-e=fHsT7T v-,aEa hrfaF address
before the laying OF the stone. and
significantly, it is thought. took ocCa-
sion 10 compliment the civil service ap
pointees who live on Capitol Hill before
he closed. The President also referred
70 the undue severity in religious mat
ters OF the Puritan fathers-a favorite
theme with Mr.. Taft of late.
Or. J. ". Frizzell, pastor Of the new
church, presided at the exercises and
made a brief statement concerning the
object of the Ingram Memorial Church
plan He explained that 1t was a me
moral 70 the late Charles H Ingram, OF
Eau Claire, Wis, whose father, 0. II
Ingram, had given $4,000 toward its
erection. The church viii be institu
tional, ministerlng 10 the whole man
by means Of clubhouse facilities, swim
ming pools. lecture halls, and graded
religious school
kNuLCu 7 uLuIG-
The Rev. DR.. Charles H Richards
OF New York. representing the Church
Building Association. spoke briefly pre-
dieting that TIE new church would be
@ living, vital force In the community
Other speakers were the Rev. DR.. S
n. Newnan, president of Kee Mar Col
lege. Haserstown, and Representative
John J. Esch, OF Wisconsin, Who spoke
in behalf Of the donor, Who Is one OF
Mr. Esch-s constituents. His theme
was Man as the Cornerstone of the
Church"
The chOirs OF the Ingram and FfrsO
Congregational churches had places 20
the Presidents right Mrs A. =. Mel
yin, just prior 10 the Presidents adj
dress, sang a solo composed by Mrs
Melvin and Dr.. ETlzzel, and dedicated
70 MI and hrs. D. r. Ingram
The Presideu-, introduced as d friend
% all the people, mas loudly Cheered as
he arose.
The Washington times., 1909-07-12

1T is conservative to place the entire
yearly loss to the people Of Washing
toa from rats and mice at 100000"
Accepting the above statement of
David L. Lants, assistant in the biOlogi-
cal survey, Agriculture Department,
Health officer Woodward has declared
war against the rodents. The campaign
will be conducted in every part of the
city. II will be pushed in the enforce
ment Of the regulations regarding clean
illness in the hotels and restaurants. and
househOldeTs viii be asked to cooper
ate in the effort to rid the city of them.
Made Investigation.
IT personally interviewed about 500
business men in Washington and more
securing data upon which TO base al
estimate of the probable amount Of in
jury done to property by rats and mice
In cities" says Mr.. Lants.
THE persons interviewed included
dealers in merchandise, feeders OF
horses. managers of hotels and res-au-
rants and manufacturers.
''Of 499 firms interviewed in Wash
ington, seventy-One reported no losses,
eighty-three were unable to give est
mates and 345 reported damages aggre-
eating $36 100. OF the firms seen, no
account was taken of about two score
alien dealers in groceries or fruits who,
probably because Of fears ef health in
spection. would not admit that they
were troubled by rats or mice, although