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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01
BUILDING LOTS GIFT REPAYS KINDNESS

proved his friendship. He secured a
position for his friend Buttel and loan
ed him enough to help him over his
difficulties until he drew his first pay.
Buttel had sworn he would never for
get the kindness.
AS years passed the two men drift
ed apart Stransky by paying strict
attention to his duties gradually rose
in the department. Buttel by hard
work became successful He accumul.
ated property.
Then he decided the time had come
when he might we'll repay the kind.
ness done him years before. He made
inquiries and learned that his old
friend had married and had a family of
nine children.
Choosing eleven of the choicest lots
from his property over in New Jersey,
Mr.. Buttel had deeds made out so that
each child should become the owner
of a lot, and in addition there was
one each for Lieut.. Stransky and his
wife.
1t required no little urging on the
part of Buttel to induce his old friend
to accept the gift, but the more Lieut..
Stransky objected the more did Mr.
Buttel insist, and finally the lieutenant
was induced to accept.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01
TABLE MANNERS BEING
TAUGHT KANSAS ST.

MANHATTAN, Kan, May 20.-After
being tried last spring, the course in
table etiquette for the men students
at the State Agricultural College prev
ed such a success that it has been de-
cided to give the course a permanent
place in the curriculum of the college.
Already more than one hundred stu
dents have been enrolled in the course.
The students who are not taking the
course refer to those who are as the
Sword swallowers," but the latter will
nevertheless begin earnestly the work
of learning to be graceful hosts, to
carve and serve meal, and to know
the various uses OF knives forks and
spoons.
The junior girls in the department
of domestic science will cook and
serve the meals for the course in table
etiquette. Luncheons and dinners,
formal and informal, make up the five
meals to be served each week to the
class. Four persons will sit at each
table, One, a woman instructor, is al
ways hostess, and the three young
men will take turns at being the host
The girls who prepare the meals
work in small kitchens adjoining the
big dining-room, three to a kitchen.
Each table has it's separate kitchen, so
that a different menu is served every
day. The girls are allowed Sd a week
for the five meals, and they must do
their own planning and buying. A lit.
tie book, liable Etiquette and Serv
ice" is used as a textbook
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01

AS he was leaving he told Mr.. Chees.
man how much the little kindness the
latter had done meant to him, and he
said he would never forget it. Neither
did he.
A short time ago a man named Har'
ry Green died in Philadelphia. At
though deaf, he was known to bust
ness associates as having been very
successful. In his will there was
found bequest of $4,000 for Joseph
R. Cheesman.
And with the bequest was this little
explanation.
81 direct that $4,000 be paid to
Joseph r. Cheesman. At time when
l was friendless and shut off from the
rest of the world by my afflictiOn he
went out of his way to be kind and
considerate to me, and he tried II
many ways to make life more worth
living. 7 have never forgotten his
kindness, and take this means of re
paying him in small measure fol
what he did for me-"
And Mr.. Cheesman had even forgot
ten his old deaf friend.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01
WHY THE LEFT is
THE RING HANC

Prof. Pollard, lecturing recently at
University College, London, said he
thought Woman's wedding ring had
a common origin with the ring put in
the nose of a wild bull; it implied con.
troll captivity, obedience" To which
Filomena, writing in the Illustrated
London News, exclaims: "SLch nor
sense! The ring can never have i'm
piled anything of the sort; for, as a
fact, 1t often used to be given in this
country by the bride to the bridegroom
as we'll as vice versa, as it IS still in
Germany"
The real reason the wedding ring
is worn on the left hand is that this Is
less actively employed than the right
and therefore a ring on that hand Is
less exposed to injury In the ancient
Sarum ritual of England the ring was
placed upon the brides right hand. L
is a relic of the custom, which dates
back to the darkness of antiquity, o
the bridegroom giving the bride orna
ments of gold and silver, as Isaac did
when he welded Sarah.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01
TOWN HOLDS TRAMP RACES;
LAST MAN Is PUT TO WORK

LAST MAN is POI 10 "OHN
A town in North Carolina has at last
found a way to rid itself of the multi
tude of tramps that has infested it.
Beside the railway that runs through
the town is a straight hair mile of road.
When a number of tramps arrive in
town they are gathered IN by the po'
lice and lined up at the town hail at
one end of this street At the Other
end stands a policeman. Then at d
pistol shot the tramps race away fol-
liberty.
All bu. the last man are allowed tc
keep on running as far as they will 50
long as it is away from town The
last man is seized by the policeman
and set to work on the roads.
With feet winged by fear Of worl
on the roads the tramps puff and blow
their hardest and arrive at the ter
minus with aching sides and jaws, on
of breath, and ready. but for fear o
a second capture, to droD in thei
tracks and rest indefinitely. 1t i
said that no one of them has yet caret
to repeat the experience.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01
THE HAuElwA MOON.

The moon is just past full and the
attractions at Haleiwa in the scenic
line multiplied. The week end may
be spent there at a COT or $3.50, pay,
ing all expenses, the passengers leav
ing the city at 500 P. NJ. returning
Sunday evening, by the limited, arriv
ing in Honolulu at 1910 p. NJ. There
is golf tennis and bathing for the
guests to indulge in and fine chicken
dinner is served Sunday evening. Ar
inexpensive trip with lots Of pleasure
thrown in. r
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01

ness in each side, could not stand tight
clothing, and was irregular. was COM
pletely run down. On advice took
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and am enjoying good health. 1t
is now more than two years and have
not had an ache or pain since. / do all
my own work, washing and everything,
and never have backache any more. l
think your medicine is grand and | praise
it to all my'neighbors. If you think my
testimony will help others you may pub
lish it. Mrs. OLLIE WooDALL, Nor
toms Gap, Kentucky.
If you have the slightest doubt
that Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound will help you, write
to Lydia E.Pinkham Medicine Co.
(confidential) Lynn, Mass, for ad-
vice. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman,
and held in strict confidence.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01
GERMANY SENDS STRANGE.
ART ON TOUR IN AMERICA.

To advertise the productions of its
craftsmen Germany has now an eX-
hibit travelling about this country and
being shown for month or six weeks
at time in the public libraries and
museums of the more important cities.
The exhibit opens on May IS in the
City Art Museum at st. Louis After
a month there it goes to Chicago, In
dianapolis, Cincinnati and Pittsburg.
In Newark, N. ]. 1t attracted much
attention, not by any means all Of a
favorable nature. Newarkers said
that our American potteries produce
more artistic wares, our American
jewellers turn out more beautiful met
al and enamel work, our American
textile and wall paper factories have
better designs. Only in posters are
We behind these Germans. Shriekine
color and crude taste marked many
of the objects exhibited. But, as q
writer in The Newarker pointed out
there was not an object or a design
that was not original, individual, with
out a trace of being copied, In Ger
many art may be decadent; it may be
as the editor of Simplicissimus wrote
recently, dead beyond the hope of res
direction, but in Germany, commerce
is very much alive, and it is typica
of German commercial enterprise I,
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01
AS FAMILY GROWS RENT FALLS

The city of Paris is about to build
a large number of dwelling houses to
be rented to the poor at rate far
lower than that prevailing. These
houses are to be reserved Tor families
having at least three children, and II
is proposed to grade the rents accord
ing to the number of children-the
larger the family the lower the rent
The plan now under consideration
contains the following schedules, the
figures being the annual rent:
For families counting not more thar
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01

three children-Four rooms, 400 francs
i($77.2O) three rooms, $50 francs ($64.-
20; two rooms, 223 francs ($44. 81
Families counting more than three
children-Four rooms, 300 francs
1857 800; three rooms, 29O francs
1855 80 two rooms, 179 francs
($34.55).
For this purpose the city is consider.
ing a loan of 2OO,OOO,OOO francs $685.
6OO,OOO), bearing $50 per cent, inter
est, payable in seventy-five years from
1915.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01
DOES 1T HURT OYSTERS
WHEN YOU BITE THEM?

The statement that oysters suffer
agonies" when they are ripped from
their shells, tortured with vinegar, pep
per and other condiments, and then
eaten, which President Craft of the
Alabama State Oyster Commission is
said to have made, is vigorously at
tackled by Andrew Lang, the famous
English naturalist
THE bivalve," he says, is crea-
ture of low sensibility. 1t does not
even pretend to the head development
of a limpet or a snail. 1t lies buried
in its mud-bank Active oyster life
is represented by currents of water
which are swept in and out of it's
she'll All the rest is purely automatic
action. It's nervous system is of low
order. A series of three nerve-centers
or so, scattered through the body,
represents its sensitive apparatus. 1t
has no head, no brain mass; it is as
nearly as possible a mere molluscan
machine which lives, and no more.
This being so, where does any ques.
ton of pain intervene? To have pain
you must have the consciousness of ii
to begin with, and a sensory apparatus
which feeds the consciousness with in,
telliGence of what is happening to the
body at large. You have no more evil
dence or warrant for presuming the
existence of consciousness in the oys
ter than you have in the case of a
! ielly-hsh."
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01
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HAIL HAWAII
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Kansas City Star, May II (edito-
riaD: Two delegates already have
arrived in Chicago to attend the
national convention which will not
convene there for more than month
yet. They come from Honolulu and
Kohala, Hawaii, and the news dis
patches state that they carry forty
two pieces of baggage, including
numerous household utensils"
Good for the delegates from Ha-
wall! They are injecting new meth
DDS and new megning to national
conventions. For a half century ma
tional conventions have been regard
ed as good things to avoid. Weary
statesmen and patriotic politicians
have attended them as a part Of the
game Of politics the disagreeable
part. They wait until few days be-
fore the convention meets and then
90 in special trains, crowded to the
vestibules. They ride in upper berths
and submit to any kind of hardship in
order to get to Chicago.
Once there they find the hotels
crowded. They walk the streets to
flnd poor lodging rooms and live on
half ratlons at lunch counters that
=
have been neglected by the pure food
inspectors. They "mill' about the no.
tel corridors where there is standing
room only and talk to anybody who
will talk to them, always carrying OF
their conversations in whispers ant
mysterious sign words about the sit
uation in our state"
Vainly they seek information as t.
what is going on The average
delegate never gets in close enough
touch with the leaders to know. The!
speak in the most familiar terms o
national party figures, but when the,
see them they cannot tell Zoe" Can
non from Mick" Longworth. TIN
chairman of the state delegation witt
a few leaders" from their hom
state calls them to meet in som
room, somewhere, and they pay
guide fifty cents to conduct them {
that room. There they are toll
what's doing" but in a few hour
they are called back to be told tina
the first information was all wrone
The program has been changed.
The best information they get
from the afternoon paper They bu
one, lean against the friendly wall 4
big building and read what the
have been doing and what they ar
expected to do. 1t is all news to tn
delegates.
They go through the same motto
four or five days; attend the CONVEX
ton; hear three or four poor speeche
and yell until their voices are gon,
| Itl utdl inc Nllbll lliHh VI INC htl
cation announce their vote for SOM
thing, yell and cheer once more-an
It is all over. That is what IS Gale
the distinguished honor of attenj
ing a national convention.
But none of that for Hawaii ThS
island possession" has introduced a
= innovation. It's delegates have move
to Chicago, taking their househoi
goods with them. And as Hawa
gets no vote in the election there
no need to hurry home. So they al
on the ground early with forty-tW
pieces of baggage, and two votes thu
, are just as good for securing pos
offices as the votes of the delegate
who make such hard work of the
4 distinguished honor"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01

health was very bad
and / had a continual
backache which was
simply awful. could
not stand on my feet
long enough to cook
a meals vic uals
with out my back
nearly killing me,
and l would have
such dragging sensa-
tons l could hardly
bear it. | had sore
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01
BACKACHE
NOT A DISEASE
But a Symptom, a Danger Sig
nal Which Every Woman
Should Heed.

Backache is a symptom of organic
weakness or arrangement. If you have
backache don't neglect it. To get per-
manent relief you must reach the root
of the trouble. Read about Mrs. Wood
all's experience.
Morton's Gap, Kentucky. 81 suffered
tuyO wears with female disorders nv
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01

organize an exhibit Of this sort and
send it On tour for year 81 over
America.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-01

Every patron Of the classified"
page Of The Star Is friend Of that
page. Why2 Because Star "classl'
fled" advertising brings results.
The evening world., 1912-04-26

Of the senior cass, WINE the "0sants"
hail from the juniors. The winner Of
the series will get Me championship OF
Wellesley College.
The students are betting heavily ON
the result Of the series. the Arst to be
allowed By the faculty In seven ysars.
The Giants" led By Florence Mac
Creadis Of Andover. are better than .
. 10 I favorite. Their hackers arc bet
ting two pounds Of dollar chocolates to
. pound OF . cheaper srads hat their
team win win. In . recent practice
game the Giants" detected the "Ath.
ietics' by . one-run margin IA . seven
game.
The evening world., 1912-04-26

term. This letter Senator Crane refuses
to make public. Enough has been
learned. however. from those OF the
Senator's colleagues who have seen II
to warrant the assertion that Col. Roose.
welt. when he threw his hat Into the
ring In his Columbus speech. did %
long after he had determined to be-
come q Presidential candidate.
Senator Crane was asked by This Eve
ming World correspondent yesterday II
he had such q letter from Col. Roose-
Welt.
YES. Col. Roosevelt wrote me con.
corning the Presidential situation about
a year ago." said senator Crane. "He
outlined in this letter his position In
The evening world., 1912-04-26

GLADYS peroiins. catcher Of the
Giants" halls. from Brooklyn. Iizsie
Brown Of Philadelphia Is the star Of the
inheld. being the Ty Cobb OF the coll
Iese and covering third sack.
The "Athletics'' are captained By Edie
Sackett Of Rockford. Ill. "The girl Wal.
ter Johnson" she 10 called by her school.
mates. and she 10 brlmkui Of curves.
both natural and artificial. May Cor.
ham 0f New York cover the middle
cushion for the "Athletlcs' In veteran
fashion.
The evening world., 1912-04-26

Roosevelt and La Toilette. This was
made known to-day when the Secretary
OF State sent out %oficisl notices to oil
the county clerks.
James ,. Qulgiy. . prominent labor
leader. VINO has declared ne will oppose
the nomination Of Gov. wilson. to-day
nlcd his petition for delegate to the
National Democratic Convention. nSI
pledged to support Champ Clark.
The evening world., 1912-04-26

regard to q third term. I have the let
ter In my nies. hut this Ia not the time
to make its contents public. Maybe
later on ! will give II to the newspapers.
but not at present"
The evening world., 1912-04-26

FSvm the Louisville Ccurisr,Journsi)
rs your husband . good mani"
Yes; he's . good man. I can't COM
plain. 1871 ne always snesks out the
back way whenever the minister calls"
The evening world., 1912-04-26
WELLESLEY GIRLS
ASbASEBALLSTARS

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. April s.-Ths
sAthietics' and the "0iants' are to
clash for championship honors at
wellesley College. The nine girls who
oomposs the "Athletics' are members
The evening world., 1912-04-26
COLONEL PLANNED
HIS RACE yEARAG0

WASHINGTON. April N-rheodore
Roosevelt Q year AGO wrote ". Murray
Crane. telling the Junior Senator from
Massa chusstts that ne had shout deter.
mined to become Q candidate for a thirt
The evening world., 1912-04-26
WILSON ALONE ON BALLOT.


TRENTON. n. j.. April Ml-0ov. VIII
sons name will Be the only ons ~ the
Democratic ballot at the primary cleo
tion In this state On the Rspubiican
ballot thero will b three namss-Ta:t.
The Washington herald., 1912-01-03
WORK
is BEING PUSHED
Foundation May Be Com
pleted by May l.
STEAM sHovEIs AT WORK
Excavations for New Government
Building AttractInE Attention of
Builders and Public at Large.
Condition of the Ground Makes
Foundation Work PerpIexinE.

Although greatly retarded by the ex-
'cessive rainfall during the last ten days,
the work of excavating for the founda-
ton for the magnificent city post-ofiee
10 be erected adjoining the Union Sta
ton has been progressing at q rapid
rate. and the ground viii soon be ready
for the sinking OF the concrete piers
which are TO support the structure.
The preparation for the erection OF this
handsome addition to Washington's long
list OF costly government buildings Is at
present the center Of attraction in local
building circles, for Il Is the most ex-
tensive building operation being started
at this time. Besides attracting the at
tention of builders. the preparations for
the erection of this building are also be-
ing watched with interest by the public
at large. for they mark the beginning
Of the first Improvement to the several
squares of unoceupied ground which now
surrounds the Union Station. The utllI-
zation OF this ground, either as sites for
government buildings or public parks. Is
being urged. both by residents OF this
city and members OF Congress, and when
once the post-ofice building II under way
the movement TO bring about the i'm
provement of the remaining ground VIII
be renewed with increased vigor.
ExeavAtinE Progressing Rapidly.
Although the excavation work was
started less than two weeks ago. many
thousands Of cubic feet Of earth have
already been removed. The work Is be-
Ing done by the Warren F. Brenizer Com
pany and G. B. Mullin. excavating con-
tractors. of this city, the general con-
tractors for the entire undertaking being
John GIN & Sons, Of Cleveland. Ohio.
The contractors now have two large
steam shovels at work, and a continuous
line OF two-horse teams Is needed to re-
ceive the dirt as II is scooped from the
hill side. II Is estimated that more than
10000 cubic yards OF earth viii have to
be removed before the work Of sinking
the concrete piers can be started. Ac-
cording to the present calculations. all
OF the foundation work viii be completed
and everything viii be In readiness for
the starting OF the steel frame by May L
Just whether this task can be completed
within this time viii. OF course, depend
entirely on the weather.
In planning the erection OF this new
addition 10 washington's magnificent
buildings, the engineers and architects
who had the work In charge were at
The Washington herald., 1912-01-03

What should prove busy session Of
the District Committee of the House is
scheduled for next Friday, the first
regular meeting day of the committee
after the recommending of Congress. If
a quorum is present, the body will find
a number of important measures re-
ported from the various subcommittee
and ready for consideration. The fol-
lowing Monday will be District day in
in the House, and it is probable the
chairman of the District Committee
will desire reports from his committee
on several proposed District laws.
"REAL CONSIDERATION" BILL.
The 1ubcommitte on assessments, Of
which Henry George. jr., IS chairman, is
ready to report to the full committee
on a number OF measures, the most i'm
portant OF which is the bin introduced
several weeks ago and calling for the
recital Of the true consideration involved
in real estate transactions on deeds Of
trust or conveysls This measure is as
sured OF the united opposition Of the
real estate interests Of Washington, al
though IT was introduced on the sugges-
ton OF Assessor Richard. A number Of
leading real estate firms have called an
Indignation meeting for Thursday after
noon in the rooms Of the Chamber Of
Commerce.
Mr.. George and a majority Of his sub
committee are unequiyocsIly In favor Of
the measure, the enactment OF which,
The Washington herald., 1912-01-03

first at loss to know Just what type
of foundation would be best suited for
the structure. The square on which
the new post-office Is TO be erected Is
filled ground. the elevation OF that
having been raised more
than thirty feet at the time the Union
Station was built. Beneath this thirty
foot fll are TO be found the founda-
tions OF the rows OF houses which for
merry occupied the ground.
Ground Ia Not solid.
What has caused the engineers and
architects no small amount of worry
is the fact that beneath both this thir-
ty feet OF filled ground and what now
remains of the foundations for the
former rows OF houses is to be found
the bed OF a creek that flowed through
that section Of the city at one time.
This stream. known as Tiber Creek.
was completely filled in years ago. but.
despite this hlling. there still remains
the unstable ground which Is always
to be found wherever a stream was
formerly located.
The fact that the site OF the post-ofice
Is directly above the former bed OF the
stream was proved last winter when test
borings were made at different points
in the square. The borings showed that
at no great depth beneath the founda-
tions Of the rows OF houses Il to be found
the blush gray sand OF the Tiber Creek
bed.
Last spring several thousand dollars
were spent IN experimenting with long
concrete piles IN hopes OF hitting upon
scheme which would solve
the problem. At this time two re-
concrete piles, sixteen inches in
diameter and sixty feet long. were cast
The two piles ARE said to have been
the longest pilek OF that diameter that
had ever been q st Up to that time.
The first step b the experiment was to
drive into the gteund 15-foot length OF
steel tublns. hay|nE an inside diameter Of