The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-02-06


who are at fault. They have my sym
pathy. I hope they will continue to
show their good sense
Lady Tweedmouth. one of the pref
test of the peeresses of King
Georges realm, who with her popular
husband and Lady Alastair Innes-
Kerr, arrived here the other day for
a three months junket through the
country as far as Cononad Beach,
Cal, predicts the early demise of the
freak hobble skirt. 1t has been sub
iected to so much ridicule here and
abroad, she says, that it cannot long
survive, however popular it may be
with women of slim proportions. I'm
like Miss Pankhurst, the aggressive
daughter of the famous London suf-
fragette, who arrived here the other
day to cooperate with her American
sisters in propagating the equal vot-
ing franchise doctrine, Lady Tweed
mouth is opposed to women voting.
She believes they would subordinate
their preferences to the wishes of
their husbands, if allowed to exer
else the right to vote, and thus ac-
complish no really important reform
in prevailing conditions. In her trip
through the country she is very anX-
ious to seel real Western cowboy
in all his native sartorial elegance,
with his big hat, fringed trousers and
belt filled with man killing six shoot
ers. She has craving likewise for
glimpse of a cowboys pony, about
which she has read much, but seen
nothing 1t is the plan of the party to
stop over at some of the out-of-the
way stations in the Western range
country and inspect several of the
big ranches. AS she is a skilled horse
woman, it is believed she will try her
hand at riding one of the bucking
broneos if given an opportunity.
Those love oppressed couples who
stand on the river bank on a clear
night and languishingly sigh for the
radiant glory of Venus, want to wake
up and have care, says Mary Proc
tor, the distinguished woman astron-
omer, who takes exception to the sug-
gestion of a Harvard professor that life
on the brilliant celestial orb is like
one long summer day. In effect, Miss
Proctor intimated that Hades, as con-
ceived by those who believe there is
such a place, has nothing on the ev-
ening star for thrills and excitement.
IF there is life on Venus, the in
habitants have about as busy and
uncomfortable a time as we," she
says. "They must live in cyclone cell
lars and wear heatproof diving suits
to business. How would you like to
live in a land Of perpetual tornadoes
and hot water spouts? Venus makes
but one revolution of her axis as the
moon makes but one rotation around
the earth. That is why we see but
one side of the moon. This means
that Venus presents the same side to
the sun, year in and year out. That
side is fearfully hot, fully twice as hot
as our tropics. 1t follows that the
other side would be about twice as
cold as our arctics."
1t was suggested that if one liv-
ed in the perpetual twilight between
the two sides there should be a de-
lightful climate there.
THAT would be the worst place to
live" she continued. "All of this
cold air on one side and hot air on
the other is an unnatural condition
In the twilight belt that you mention,
terrific windstorms are forming one
after another, tearing across the face
of the planet with incredible force
and rapidity. Tornado follows lorna
do. Then we know; or at least there
is reason to believe that the surface
Of Venus is almost entirely water
There would be a regular procession
of hot and cold water spouts over the
planet, humping into transforms and
tornadoes and all sorts of meteorolog-
ical upheavals. There is probably
never a dull moment on Venus. These
storms keep the surface of the planet
constantly covered with rolling, sour
rying clouds that make anything like
accurate observation of the surface
itself practically impossible. 1t is
these heavy atmospheric conditions
that probably give the planet it's
beauty. 1t reflects seven tenths of
the light it receives from the sun.
Mercury, though one-half as far away
from the sun as Venus, looks like a
disc of dirty zinc beside the evening
star"
The four-masted ship Dirigo today