The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-04


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Moving picture representation Of
the opera Tannhauser might be re-
ferred to as "Canned.hauser.
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The Advertiser last week, under the
caption of Short Sports" made men
ton of ID. l.. wilmington. We had al
ways regarded %. L." as rather a
long sport.
A local paper the other day inform
ed the sporting public that at the re-
cent cricket match President Withing-
ton of the Honolulu Cricket Club
bowled a magnificent catch We may
next expect to hear that Barney Joy
has pitched sensational long n.y.
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This from "Handicraft," the peri
odical of the Kamehameha Schools:
The play of Hiawatha was acted out
without costumes before the girls on
Thursday night"
We consider it our dut yto call
this matter to the attention of the
Law and Order Committee of the
Civic Federation.
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SEVERN has been kind of severing
his connection, come to think of it.
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Philip B. Dankey, the long sycamore
of the local Fourth Estate, is reported
to have claimed a fortune. That's
the nearest any local newspaper man
ever came to getting one.
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They'll soon be offering prizes for
swatting a policeman.
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1t has been suggested that the name
Of the gentleman who takes the place
of Walter G. Smith on the Star should
be put up to the Press Club for en-
dorsement.
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There is little or no truth in the
rumor that the walters in the local
chop suey palaces have struck in
sympathy with the walters and cooks
employed at the Astor, st. Regis, Van
derbilt, Plaza, Marie Antoinette,
Gotham, Waldorf-Astoria and other
New York hostelries, news of whose
walk-out was cabled to Honolulu re-
Gently
Champ Clark is reported to be a
heavy loser in the Hampton's Maya
zine smash. He looks to be Il ser all
round.
The retiring Y. NJ c. A. physical
director certainly got the glad Hand
at the farewell function.
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The Kapiolani Estate sold the alga-
roba grove on Punchbowl to the Jap.
anese woodcutter en- bloc so that there
can be no question of short weight or
measure in this deal.
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Yesterday was the birthday of King
George V. Bright and early the con
sulates and big business houses of
nationality other than British threw
their banners to the breeze in honor
of Keoki's natal day. Only over the
= Honolulu Ironworks and the establish
} ment of Theo. H. Davies G. Co., did the
Union Jack fail to fiaunt it's proud
: colors. The joke was generally en-.
joyed until along about 1870 (oh, the
? humiliation of it ALL when the office,
boy over at Hackfeld's reminded the
Davies people of their singular remiss
ness. Shortly after, the flag of Great
Britain climbed the pole on Kaahu
manu- street, and there was an almost
simultaneous fluttering of the same
emblem over the ironworks. God save
; the King!
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At a Kakaako Mission celebration
on Decoration Day the Christian
I knights are reported to have van
pushed the knights of the Round
| Table" at baseball by the score of Z
1 to II. The result sounds more like
Kakaako's favorite pastime than the
national game. There are some
, strong roofing possibilities about
those magic figures too
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Beware of the man who picks things
off the lapel of your coat while con
versing with you. He never buys!
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The lapse of ages is all very well
as a conversational topic, but. many
prefer the laps of youth.
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The following questions propounded
by w, Alden Smith during the III.
tanic investigation, reminds one
: somehow, of a session of the local