The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-29

RatiOns


man and carry about with YOU the I,
normal mans appetite blessing
that is one of the prime reasons for ,
hanging on through that allotted span
there are many hecatombs Of vic
Tins offered up to the simple busi-
ness of keeping YOU alive.
The quality of the victims may diff
fer with your taste and your posses
sion Of the price but as a rule, the
less You have of price and The less
varied are your tastes the more nu-
merous The victims
This is fact versus poetry, social
ism and pseudophilosophy which have
all along been prone to accuse the
wicked milionaires and other mag
mates of being the devourers of hap
less victims that fall to mans appe-,
tite. But the Woodworking laborer, in
the Unite0 States at least, is liable TO
eat more meat, although in fewer
zen, and he goes probably half doz-
en- times as hgpgrily on one kind Of
food as the most avid millionaire not
dyspeptic in New York. That one
kind represents millions on millions
of individual lives inundated for his
nourishment 1t is bread. Its lives
are vegetable lives, and on the order
of eggs, at that, inasmuch as the
wheat grain is the wheat plant in its
embryo. Nevertheless, when it comes
to any reckoning on the basis of mere
numbers, the toilers of the world are
the ones who demand the toll of life
from nature in the highest estimate.
But the average man can be regard
ed neither as the rich gourmand nor
the poor devoUrer; he is about be-
tween the two, getting less than his
share of the Injuries, like reed birds
and mushrooms, apd less, too, of
bread and butter, because he'll dodge
the staff of life wherever he can in
favor of something that tastes bet
ter. But he enjoys more than his
share of moderate luxuries, Ike chick
ems, oysters and other viands, which
the wealthy are liable to neglect, and
the poor-who are the majority of us
cant afford.
If one were to weigh up he bread
he eats in, say, the sixty-siX years of
his bread-eating existence-you have
to allow for the infant diet at the
beginning, you know-it would
amount to something like 3O,S64
pounds, and that is no more than a
pound and a quarter per day You
could run line of loaves of bread
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
silk fringe, are reminiscent of the
days of our grandmothers.
Shirrings of taffeta, lace and chif-
fon and ruching of ribbon, both silk
and velvet, are much used for the
decoration of the new parasoI.
Shadow laces and all-Overs are both
popular as trimming. Batiste embroid-
cry in all-overs, founces and band
ings is eXquisitely dainty.
That gay and careless garment of
English origin, known Familiarity as
the blazer, is really back.
Many of the prettiest of the little
cotton and linen frocks show the
sailor collar of lace or OF lawn Or
of linen, lace or embroidery trimmed.
Charming hats for little girls are
made of beige-colored straw. The
puffed crowns are Of Powered taffeta,
A single flower is fastened artistically
at the left side.
Pumps and colonial models, with
very short vamps that show to adj
vantage the unusually lovely silk
stockings of today, are among the
most popular models.
Linen dresses are prettier this sea-
son than ever before.
Black satin evening slippers have
heels studded with brilliants Ex-
tremely pretty are the black satin
models with heels covered with either
cloth of gold or silver.
Serges are prime favorites for the
| tailored suits.
The new bathing suits are fashion
ed from black satin blue-and-white