The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-01-15

typewriter.
Well, everything went along swim
mingly for five days. He was a love-
ly mule and behaved like an angel.
But on the sixth morning, he fell from
| grace, figuratively and otherwise, and
rolled comfortably over on the ma
chine"
Wasn't that just as a mule?' ask
ed DR.. Burdette Gould you imagine
a mule doing anything else, but be-
having five days so he could misbehave
on the SIXTH"
And now MOTHER" said the genial
gentleman to his wife I'm going to
tell one on you during that trip. When
we were in Paris he said turning to
me, Il one day bought four tickets to
the Hippodrome. When l got homo
and told my wife, however, she asked
what a Hippodrome was, and on being
assured it wasn't anything more than
circus, she positively refused to go.
She said she didn't attend circusses in
her own land and had no intention OF
being seen at a French circus. l said
l had been brought up on circusses in
my own land, so accompanied by my
two boys, started out. We returned
about midnight .. Mrs Burdette was
sitting up in bed reading a very severe
| looking book l had no idea a book
could look so severe. And when Mrs
Burdette's face appeared above the
cover of the book, discovered that it
was as severe as the book she was
reading.
How did you like your circus?'
she inquired.
My circus-as if had purchased it
to debauch youth!
But one of our boys came to my
aid.
"Oh mother, he said in disgust
ed tone, it was too disappointingly
proper!'
During that trip through Egypt and
the Holy Land we had some funny ex-
periences. And when we came away
the Arabs and Assyrians all wanted
! letters of recommendation. They have
heaps of them written by previous pa
irons, and they collect them like we
do trading stamps. Well, one fellow
asked me for my letter, and 1 gave it
to him, Notwithstanding that Mrs. Bur-
dette said would make myself shame
fully common. Why, my dear do you
know what l wrote in that mans let
ter? / simply said, This man will do
anything he pleases and will tell you
all he knows. Y How could anyone
say more or less than that? Another
fellow, fine big chap, who was our
DragOman. ,,, asked me for a, remem-
, brance in writing with my name at
tached, which l did in a voluminous
document bearing. my autograph,
worth fully fifteen hundred dollars.
But he handed it back with wry
face asking me if would be so kind
as to typewrite it, He WOULD appre-
ciate it ever so much more" i
DO you type your creative impr0s-
sions,' said l straight down on the
keyboard or do you dictate them?"
Dr. Burdette laughed outright.
mot since long while ago. he
exclaimed when l thought l would
engage a stenographer.. She came
and began sharpening her pencils while
/ started with my jaw hanging, For
every idea had vanished. l searched
my memory, and found to my horror
that my memory had disappeared. So
knowing l must dictate something. l
snatched down an old paper from the
well and pompously distated an edi-
torial so old it had been forgotten.
Then / paid her for her trouble and
discharged her."
IAN experience as brief as it was
unique,"~ remarked. And as we
walked slowly toward the entrance of
1.-THE corridor, Mrs. Burdette told me
they intend to stay in Honolulu for
two months, and will Try to rest COM
pletely while in the islands. Then
they will return to their two dear boys
in Pasadena where their home is, and
resume their family life which is a
perfect fairy tale Of delights.
And when l got home and peeped
within the folded paper, told you
about some time ago the above is what
saw.