The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1911-09-01

The reference in Yesterday Advuf
iisef 90 ihc Interesting fact that just
forty years aeo-on August go, 1871
Ernest korkc stepped ashore from the
good shin Moses Taylor from San
Francisco. cslls 90 mind many rcminis.
ccnces relating 10 his long residence
here, one Of the choicest being narrated
by the Bystander on January IS. 1908,
thus,
"lIero's one on Mr.. Ernest Kopke,
engineer, musician, man Of the world
and genial good fellow that he is, Il
was only Friday that Mr.. Kopkc, who
Is the soul Of any company, was made
% citizen OF the United States and
when he appeared &C the rehearsal OF
the Symphony Orchestra that evening
there was feeling that something
should be done to honor the event. Mr..
Kopke was to conduct the overture to
the opera Mariana aud he called tho
members Of the orchestra to time at
once.
There are seven bars for the leader
to beat before the attack of the strings,
and right diligently and artistically
did Herr Kopke belabor the air. It
was the time for action, and with an
added vigor he gave the signal for the
attack. But not string stirred. He
beat through the measure and the
strings began to throb. But 1t was not
Mariana. Instead it was that soul
stirring air Yankee Doodle
90 HOF OnlW n Nnmpnt At1 fhn nav.
picked orchestra master listen and then
as he recognized the tune his face broke
INTO an expansive smile and with his
laugh the men behind the bows stopped
and joined him, for he said - Asked
Just what he said, his response was:
What else could l say3'''
1t must have been a source of graft
fication to DR.. William c. Hobby to re-
ceive so many urgent requests recent.
lY to accept the responsible position of
executive officer of the Board of
Health. His reputation as fearless
and energetic official in the Marine
Hospital Service is well remembered
and his interest in the public health
continues an intense interest, in spite
OF Il very large private practise. That
Honolulu has always admired him may
Eo seen from the first printed refer
tnce to him in The Advertiser of Sep.
TENDER 3, 1902, which reads as follows
Who is the tall good looking young
fellow that goes around with Doctor
Cofers Is that his SOM" was a query
addressed to many people on the water
front yesterday afternoon.
The person in question is not the sor
of Doctor Golfer but fine style of an
American who is to succeed Doctor
Coter as head of the quarantine service
in Honolulu. Doctor Cofer goes to the
Coast on the Oceanic liner Ventura on
september 9th. On the Sth he will turn
over his work to DR.. William C. Hobby
his successor.
Doctor Hobby has an interesting per
sonality. He has the stamp of a f'wa,
down South " man all over him. He /,
a native of Kentucky. Although past
thirty years of age his appearance il
very youthful. Regular features sci
on with blue eyes and wavy brown hair
with face bare of whiskers, give him
an appearance that ladies would term
handsome. He is six feet two inches
IN height and weighs over hundred
and eighty pounds and in his younger
days Mt college was quite an athlete
Doctor Hobby graduated from the
kentucky State College and then en-
tered Columbia University in New
York where he obtained his medica
education aud graduated. After leav
ing the univers.ty he spent two year
in doing hospital work in New Yorl
and then entered the u. s. Marine Hos
pital Service.
| IN tire quarantine service he has haC
considerable experience and has beer
at many different stations. After ser
wee at Old Point Comfort, Va, Phila
delpiia and New York, he was one o.
the few doctors in the service who hat
the honor of being sent abroad. H,
was stationed at Southampton. Eng
land, the half-modern, half.ancian
English seaport. After leaving Enpla n,
he was ordered to Savannah, Georoio
where he remained until he was sen
to Hawaii.
From the little he has already see,
OF lionoiul:l Doctor Hobby says he il
charmed with the place. lie hopes Il
be here for some time. He is accom-
panied by his wife, formerly a Ken
| t"cNy BlIii ana by one child
1t was during his first year as hea,
of the quarantine service that Doeto
Hobby showed his determination /,
having health regulations compile
with. The steamship "Amenca Mara
was scheduled to arrive here early on
morning and the passengers had all re
ceived notice the evening before tina
they were to be ready at 7:45 the mex
morning for inspect on by the Unite
States Marine Hospital boarding SUI
geon.
Every passenger was ready for tn
surgeon at the hour appointed. wit
the exception of Capt. A. w. War
wick, of the British army. Docto
Hobby was the boarding surgeon.
request was sent to Captain Warwicl
TO arise and stand the inspection. Tn
captain was said to have paid little at
tention to the request. A second re
quest was sent, and finally the office
arose, but instead of DOMINIC his dee
clothes he was reported TO have saunt
cred to the bathroom, had his morn
ing dip, returned to the stateroom an