The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-12-09

months old, but she has already car
ried this iewelry firm over a hard
Autumn, and they nave hopes that
she will tide them over a hard Winter.
The little granddaughter of ex-
President Roosevelt has been the re
cipient of more costly presents than
any other baby in California. Her
papas house at 1892 Pacific avenue is
loaded with gold rattles, expensivev
teething rings, bespangled pins, gilt
tering cups, dainty bibs, filmy laces
and other fallals San Francisco So
cjety has lavished upon her every con
.ceivable contraption that is supposed
to be appropriate to babyhood She
not only got what she needed, but also
what cost the most, and everything
in profusion.
One of the correspondents who was
with President Taft's party here on
the occasion of the first breaking of
ground on the site of the Panama
Pacific Exposition, left behind at one
of the clubs a good story on John
! Barrett, Director of the Bureau of
American Republics in Washington
| D. c., and also well known in Port
| land. Barrett was recently in San
Diego turning the first spadeful of
earth for that city's proposed expo.
sitiOn. En- route home, he was wined
and dined in this city by the eXposi-
ton people
Appointment codsend to Barrett.
Years ago, Barrett was a journalist
in Portland. The idea seized him that
he would like to enter the Diplomatic
Service and he hied himself to the Ma
tional capital, where he commenced to
pull political wires The wait was a
long one and his funds ran short. In
his financial condition he had no other
recourse but to resort to the cheaper
restaurants. His appointment not
forthcoming, he became a regular pa
tron At noon one day while about
to order a humble luncheon, a clerk
in one Of the departments eXtented
his hand and remarked:
Let me congratulate you, Barrett"
what about?"
Don't josh me, Barrett. I guess you
know already.
Barrett got up from the lunch coun-
ter and pushed aside the cheese sand
witch and coffee he had ordered
The clerk wanted to know his hurry.
"Oh, know that" replied the Con
sulelect, giving his clothes a little
brushing. But it ill becomes the
Minister of Siam to eat here. I'll dine
at one of the principal hotels from
now on"
There is an interesting story behind
the interview with Claus Spreckels
sent out from New York last week, in
which he announced that hereafter he
was going to support the National De-
mocracy because the Republican party
has failed to keep it's promise to re-
duce the tariff duties.
His brother Rudolph, of this city,
with whom he has always been eX-
ceedingly friendly, tried in vain, when
he went East, to induce him to give
his allegiance to La Toilette. When
Claus was in San Francisco. four or
five months ago, Rudolph made his
first political appeal to his brother
He was ably seconded in his persua-
sion by Governor Johnson, Meyer Liss-
ner and Chester H. Rowell. The New
York Spreckels turned them all down,
saying that the paramount National
issue in 1912 would be a greatly re-
ducod tariff, and that Woodrow viii
son has a better chance to beat Taft
than La Toilette. Therefore, he said,
he was going to be a Democrat In Ma
tional politics and would gladly sup
port Governor Wilson if he got the
nomination, which he thought was raa-
sonahly certain