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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-11-09

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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-11-09
|. At THE THEATERS


% bad been anticipated tuat the cen.
ton receiving election news last night
would so dcploto the theatrical crowds
las to leave most of the play houses
quite empty; but such was not the
case AN ot them were well patroniz-
ed and as election returns were shown
or read at each those attending tbs
theaters were better on by far than
the street searchers for news. The
big Savoy advertised that the election
news would be announced from IL.
stage, and in consequence had an au
dience almost as big as the record
breaker of Saturday night.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-11-09
BY AUTHORITY
RESOLUTION.


BE 1T RESOLVED by the Board of
Supervisors of the City and County
of Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, that
the sum of SEVENTEEN HUNDRED
AND NINETY-NINE AND THIRTY
FOUR HUNDREDTHS (S1799 .34)
DOLLARS, being the balance sub
scrbed for the construction Of the Pa
cifc Heights Road, and which is to be
paid into the County Treasury by the
Pacific Heights residents, is hereby
appropriated out of the General Fund
for account of Maintenance of Roads,
Honolulu District.
introduced by
JIG. QUINN,
Supervisor.
Dated, Honolulu, October IS, 1910.
Approved this 18th day Of November
A. d. 1910.
JOSEPH j. FERN,
Mayor.
11ts-Nov. 7, 8, o, 10, II, ~, IA, Is,
10, II, IS.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-11-09
INTENDED TO PAY.

A bashful young lover walked into
the house of his sweetheart bearing a
large box with the name OF n promi.
nent florist written on the cover.
How sweet and fresh they are!"
cried the young lady opening the box.
q believe there is a little dew on them
yet"
"Why-er-yes, admitted the young
man in great confusion, "but it's just
little, and I'll pay il tomorrow
Success Magazine.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-11-09

Fine Job Printing, star once.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-11-09

The community haa had strenuous
times and b rest BE- due No place
within touch of iho stock market De-
better for vacation than naloiwa.
a is on excellent hotel providing
guests with excellent meals and
rooms aud unlimited means Of en-
ioymont of golf or tennis. NJ you
have been campaigning with The boys
try ialoiwa,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-11-09

.Dn. an 200 udt performers were
well dupDd with these silent boot prpl
ty symbols aud aIl sors of good wish.
os f1r lone and lucrative cneaeDm,nH
were EXTENDED to all
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-24
Lodge Is to Go With Hale and AldrIch

The canvassing of the votes in Mas sachusetts has seated two more dem ocrats by narrow pluralities, and the democrats now have 113 members of the lower House and 15 members of the upper house, or 12s all told. They need 13 votes more in order to elect a United States senator.
 They will not be able to seat any more democrats, but 13 insurgent re- publicans have already risen up to say that rather than vote for Henry Cabot Lodge they will shave their heads, ar ray themselves in hair shirts and fore swear baked beans forever!
 This action renders the election of MT. Lodge to succeed himself impos- sible and some are looking for his withdrawal from the race. and his transfer to London to take the place of whitelaw Reid. Be that as 1t may, he cannot we'll muster Al votes on joint ballot in the legislature. Not a
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-24

Lucretia M Davidson, In Harpers Bazar.
 As to the Christmas dinner, instead of a turkey many Italians have a capon. Often these fowls are kept in cellar or a room and fattened for weeks before hand, and are usually cooked in the form of stew, with a sauce of olive oil, an chovies, capers and sausage. In Naples cells also are feature of the Christmas dinner.
 If the Italians do not make merry with our excitement they certainly observe Christmas most religiously, the midnight mass being one of the features of an Italian Christmas. At 10 o'clock on Christmas Eve the bells begin to ring, and the function that follows in the churches is called "The Mystery" Some times at midnight in the Duomo or the s. S. Annunzata (Florence) a Bambino springs to life on the altar, and when the bells announce the glad tidings of the birth of the Saviour there is a won- drous blaze of light from numerous can dies.
 Church over, another custom in Flor ence is for the people to flock to the Ponte Vecchio and do justice to the national schiacciata hot from the oven of its famous baker; it is cut into thick slices well sprinkled with sugar and is served to the purchaser at centimes a slice
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-24
The General Chairman
ascertained

Richard w. Massey, general chairman of the jubilee so successfully concluded yesterday, has displayed fine capacity TOT leadership and has proved himself to be . master of organization. He had large task before him, but with the loyal as sistance of his special committees no detail was overlooked.
 MT. Massey is an extremely modest man, but he has long been known as one of Birminghams most public-spirited citizens. And now his marked achieve ment on this jubilee occasion will cause him to be in ready demand when gen. oral has to be selected for future big
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-24
An Extra Session Proposition

Congress will assemble on Monday week and then the game of politics will be played in the most lively manner The stake is the White House in 1912, and the game will measure up to the rich stake.
 The President stands seriously con- demned by his Winona speech indors- ing the Aldrich tariff, and there are many who believe he will call an extra session of the Sixty-second Congress soon after March 4, when he will de- mand revision of the wool schedule and possibly of one or two other sched- ules. The object would be to over come in some way the i'll effects of the Winona speech which was the noun taInous mistake of the present admin istration.
 But the calling of an extra session would harm rather than nelp tne du- ministration. It would distrust busi- ness and 1t is not plain that it would lead to any result, the one house be- ing democratic and the other repub- lican, and both well tangled up over the tariff question. No work that would reduce the cost of living could be accomplished in the proposed extra session and the administration would be held responsible for results. The Washington correspondents are freely predicting the calling of an extra ses- sion by the President, but the chances are there will be no extra session, and that things will be left to ripen for the meeting of the regular session in December of next year.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-24
What stronger breastplate than heart untaintedf
 n King Henry XI.
Fighting and Disorder in Mexico

Porfrio Diag is 80 years old and Thurs Sav next is inauguration day in Mexico City. The aged autocrat had caused himself to be "re-elected' to an eighth term. He overcome his scruples against a third term so long ago that he doubt less has forgotten the incident He gath CTS in terms as mere matter Of forn' for real elections are a rarity in Spanish American countries.
 Whether Diaz will be able to fool the Mexicans the eighth time remains to be ascertained. The country Is full of rev. ol,,tionary trouble. The Maderoists have armed themselves, Diaz has an army or as. GOO men, but as that army has been considerably recruited In the courts or the country 1t is not very trustworthy in any direction. When man IS founo s,,,ltv of larceny or assault and battery or the like he Is sentenced in Mexico to the army rather than to jail The ways of a Spanish autocracy are more rsculiar than those of the Heather Chi nese. No one can say what any army recruited on that basis twill do. It may serve Diaz. but 1t Is much more apt to serve Madero against whom 1t has no grudge.
 Diaz has been friendly to Americans because he desired to see American cap ital used in developing the resources Of Mexico. But there is no evidence that Madero. whose home is in northern Mex leo. will adopt different policy. Amer icans who take no part in the current revolution, will be left no doubt undis- turbed. The trouble at Rock Springs. Tex, is no longer factor in the situa- tion.
 The border Is filled with rumors, the most of which are unconirmed. Rail- roads and telegraph lines are not opera five. and the general public will have to await information from the heart of Mexico before the real situation can be ascertained.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-24
WHEN EVERYBODY DRANK

From the Autobiography of Horace Gree
 ley.
 In my childhood there was no merry making, there was no entertainment of relatives or friends, there was scarcely casual gathering of two or three neigh tors for an evenings chat, without strong drink, Cider, always. while 1t remained drinkable without sever contortions of visage. Rum, at all seasons and on all occasions, was required and provided. No house or barn was raised without boun- tiful supply of the latter, and generally of both. A wedding without 'toddy,' sling" or 'punch." with rum undisguised iu abundance. would have been deemed poor, mean affair, even among the penniless; while the more fortunate and thrifty, of course, dispensed wine, brandy and gin in profusion.
 Dancing-almost the only pastime wherein the sexes jointly participated was always enllvened and stimulated by liquor. Militia trainings-then rigidly en- forced at least twice a year-usually wound up with 0 drinking frolic at the village tavern. Election days were drink ing days, as they still too commonly are' and even funerals were regarded as in- adequately celebrated without the dis pensing of spurious consolation; so that I distinctly remember the neighoorhood talk, In 1S20 after the funeral of poor mans child, that, If he had not peen mean as well as poor. he would nave cheered the hearts of his sympathizing friends by treating them to at least one gallon of rum.
 I have heard my father say that he had moved through the having season of 30 successive years, and never day without liquor; and the account or an Irishman who moved and pitched throughout one having. drinking only but termilk, while his associates drank rum, yer accomplished more and with less fatigue, than any of them, was received with much wondering incredulity, as though it had been certified that he lived wholly on air. Nay, we had an ordina- ton In Amherst nearly '50 years ago, settling an able and popular young cier- gyman named Lord I believe he Is now the venerable ex-prestdent of Dartmouth college) to the signal satisfaction of the. great body of our people; and according to my recollection, strong drink was more generally and bountifully dispensed than on any previous occasion; bottles and glasses being set on tables in front of many farmers houses as an invitation to those who passed on their way to or from the installation to stop and drink freely.
 We have worse liquor now than we had then; and delirium tremens, apo- plexy, palsy, etc, pome sooner and oft ener to those who use 1t; but our con- sumers of strong drink are a class; where as they were then the whole people, The pious probably drank more discreetly than the ungodly, but they all drank to their own satisfaction, and, judge, more than was consistent with their personal eroOd
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-24
THANKSGIVING CREEPING

. By W. E. vasser. A royal season, clothed in gold And glorious colors manifoldI The crystal horn
 By autumn borne Now blares a fanfare rich and bold: And comes the glad Thanksgiying
 morn! Envoy of golden harvest days IL This day our thanks to Heaven we raise The dust of souls
 Now upward rolls, An incense, mist, and starry maze. Wreathing His throne with aureoles. The rain, the sun, and frost delayed Have all our crops abundant made; The fleecy yields
 Of cotton fields Are, multi-baled, to port conveyed, And His the power that makes and
 shields. Where night in day enfolds the mine, And dimly labor's torches shine, In daytime night,
 Sweet flowers of light Ascend with Heavens own flowers to
 twine,
 From hearts His love in gloom made
 bright. And where the throbbing engines thrill The atmosphere of shop and mill, The vibrant air Is filled with prayer And gratitude, for strength and skill, s Good fellowship, and Christian care An with the seasons praise and cheer Are mingled chimes that charm the ear-- With measured swing The church-bels ring In silver cadense, far and near. And blessing on Thanksgiving bring. Athens, Ala.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-24

endless appeals permitted in this coun- try and the methods of selecting a Jury in notorious cases and the special pleas that high priced lawyers devise, and the obstructive pleas that are brought forward at every step in this country renders our entire system re- An essentially aristo- cratic country has furnished us with an excellent object lesson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-24

few other republican members of the legislature dislike Henry Cabot and he knows they are looking for an ex- cuse to keep out of caucus and to vote independently.
 The only republican who has been named to succeed him is exPresident Eliot. Whether the democratic vote can be poged for MT. Eliot remains to be seen. Nothing seems to be certain that MT. Lodge Is not to be his own successor.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-24
Population of the Black Belt


 The census figures. showing that about half of the black belt counties have lost population in the last ten years, is leading to a free discussion of the rea- sons why in all parts of the state. The Marion Standard attributes the losses in population to the going away of negroes to the mineral district, where higher wages can be secured. Few white men come in to keep up the population. The Gadsden Journal reaches similar con- clusion, when it says: According to the census figures covering the state of ties that have suffered a decided loss of population. Most of this loss is in the black belt and indicates very plainly that the negro is leaving the farm to work where returns are quicker He does not like to work year without handling any money. In one of the black counties the count showed 5000 fewer people than ten years ago. The county in question is a purely agricultural one, and the loss of this labor from the farms will work a serious hardship. It is evident that some steps must be taken to overcome this movement or to offset it's bad effects or all values in this county will seriously decline. It Is the migration of the black folks to the cities that Is keeping Ala bama lands so low in selling value and either the lands must be cut into small farms and sold to white men who will make homes on them or else the negro must be taught diversified farming and shown how on the land he can have pay day at any season of the year if he will but arrange to have the products to sell throughout the year. A failure to do one or the other of these things will certainly result in the lands of the sec ton most seriously affected by the mil grafton of the negro becoming compara- lively valueless."
 The subject is one that cannot be too freely discussed. In a country full of people looking for farms at low prices 1t would seem to be possible to attract to rich lands In a mild climate white farmers. The legislature should study the problem and in the meanwhile every newspaper and every public man in the state should discuss it. Action is needed in order to limit, and If possible stop, the movement that Is robbing some of our best counties of their labor supply.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-24
COULD AFFORD TO BE PROUD

From Scraps.
 of the fact that one of his ancestors affixed his name to the Declaration of Independence At the time the salesman called the buyer was signing a number of checks and affixed his signature with many curve and flourish. The sales- mans patience becoming exhausted in waiting for the buyer to recognize him, he finally observed: You nave a fine signature, MT. So-and-So." "Yes," ad- mitted the buyer, "I should have. One of my forefathers signed the Declara- ton of Independence.' "So?' said the caller, with rising infection. And then he added: well, you ain'd got nottings on me. One of my forefathers signed the Ten Commandments"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-24
Execution of Crippen
events.

\ The hanging of Hawley H. Crippen hp Pentonville prison in London speed ly ends a case that has deeply in terested people on both sides of the sea. There is little doubt in anyone's mind concerning the guilt of Crippen. The fact that his wife has not ap- peared is In the absence of certain and positive proof is pretty conclusive The circumstantial evidence including the poisonous material used ran strongly against the prisoner, and public senti- ment on both sides of the sea sustains the verdict that was yesterday car ried out.
 The quick manner in which a jury vas secured in the case and the ex- peditious course of the sensational trial, void as it was of technicalities and brainstorm nonsense, all commend the English criminal courts and meth ods while they condemn the criminal oourt methods of this country. Wheth- ar SO intended or not the criminal courts of this country are conducted 10 the end that the weak, humble and uninfluentia1 shall be speedily tried  and punished, while the rich, the pow orful and the prisoners with pull shall escape scot free. This Is a broad indictment, but it, alas. Is tEe effect and purport of American methods. The
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-24
REFORM COMING From the Philadelphia Telegraph.

-Four women now sit in the Colorado legislature, and still reform legislation is slow and uncertain in t."-Birmingham Age-Herald.
 Reform legislation may be triffe slow, but 1t is only question of time when you will see all the men members chew ing gum instead of tobacco, while beauti- ful bouquets will adorn the brass cuspi- dors
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-24
AVIATION WISDOM

From the Boston Transcript.
 The successful aviator looks down on other folks.
 The aeronaut would sooner acquire broken records than broken ribs
 When an aeroplane takes a drop we do not think 1t Is bargain.
 Can an airship manufacturer be said to be doing something to uplift the race?
 General, the enemy fiies," will have a new meaning when aeroplanes are used in warfare.
 "A little of this goes long way" said the aeronaut as he ficked the ash from his cigar.
 Aviation has one advantage over other modes of travel-you can always be sure of making good time on the return trip.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-24

who did know of him, he was harmless to the government. His messages were more thoughtfuly read in most other countries than in that in which he lived and worked.
 Some investigators of Tolstoi on his native heath have asserted that to per- sons who understood him in Russia he was less striking than he was in other countries, because he was not a pioneer in preaching the doctrine of anti-milli tarism, which was one of his major be- liefs, and expressing his belief in the people rather than in Christianity His theory of the simple life had been ex- plotted before his time. There had been movement refecting the Tolstoan ideals, and Turgenieff had written US history and shown how it ended in dis illusionment
 Tolstoi's teachings did not make him positive force in any Russian class, but his general human philosophy had an influence at least upon thought throughout the world. He had nothing to do with revolution In Russia. He held the peasant, in his present state, to Be living upon higher plane than the ed- ucated class and saw no better stand ard of morals among cultured persons than among those close to the soil. An advocate of the primitive life, he preached theory that clashed somewhat with the advance Of nations and races.
 But if f'Tolstoi was not a man of great achievement as constructive critic of society. his was at least great intellect His broad humanity gives him a high place among altruistic philosophers of this and other ages, while his contribu- tions to literature insure the permanence of his fame as an artist.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-24
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

From the New York Press.
 Nobody needs the experience of old age tlli he is there himself
 The great majority of the world invest in hopes the dividends from which go to a small minority.
 People don't care how much money they earn; the thing they care about Is what they get.
 A man who can stay up all night In poker game losing money can go to sleep in the first paragraph of a lecture on how to save his country.
 A girl has such natural faith in ev- erything she knows her eyes are blue when the looking-glas shows them green.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-24
GadsIxi Tomorrow Night

Madame Gadskl will appear in a. song recital at the Jefferson theatre tomor- row afternoon at 8 o'clock under the management of Mrs. John A. Cathey.
 It is believed that the afternoon-3 'clock-will suit a greater number of theatre-goers and music lovers than night. Madame Gadski is one of the most famous prima donnas in the world and the most popular recital attraction in America today. The house will doubtless be crowded.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-24
IN HOTEL LOBBIES
Tribute To a Popular Alabamlan


 Few persons visiting Birmingham this week have met more friends, perhaps, or been more cordially greeted than Maj. w. ". Screws of the Montgomery Ad- vertiser.
 Ex-Gov. ". D. Jelks, in introducing Major Screws as one of the speakers at the close of the veterans parade yes- terday. voiced the sentiments of the crowd when he said: "I am now, my fellow citizens, privileged to introduce to you one of the sweetest spirited gen. tlemen this state has ever produced. I believe I learned by alphabet from the Montgomery Advertiser, whose honored editor he Is, and has been for so many years. If Alabama had a hall of fame in which were inches for names and busts of it's most useful citizens. counting high mfndedness in her service, length of the service and its effectiveness for good, I shuld put the gentleman whom I am about to introduce in the very first place. My friends, Major William Wallace Screws"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-11-24
A TROMBONE AND BALKY MULE

TROMBONE AND A BALKY MULE From the Memphis News-Scimitar.
 Should ballky mules develop to be the principal part of Memphis steamboat cargoes, the slide trombone will soon be a regular part of steamboat equipment. Discovery that this very difficult instru- ment had practical use aside from Its regular place in the musical family was demonstrated when a balky mule was led to the rivers edge and attempts to coax him aboard the H. w. Buttorff began.
 Setting back his ears, the mule re- fused to move. With four feet planted firmly on the approach to the stage plank, he remained immovable.
 Kicks, curses and all ordinary means failed and tho mate was wiping great beads of precipitation from his fore head when five negroes came leisurely down the levee. They composed dance orchestra, and were preparing to invade Arkansas to fill an engagement
 "Heah, boss" volunteered the trom- bone player. slipping his horn from It's covering. 'Lemme git at da mule; I'll show you how to deck him."
 And placing the mouthpiece against his lips he quickly ran the slide for ward and backward several times, gen. erating discord possible only with this type of instrument.
 No second attack was needed. The mule with a leap left the levee at the first sound and with a few jumps landed on the deck.