Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-10-08
SHORTAGE OF FRESH EGGS;
RUr10R SAYS HENS IN UNION

sea, clncking as she proceeds for her
children to follow her to the nearby
farm house. She has kept on eyolv-
ing, but from that time on her
changes have been more gradual and
less marked. Her usefulness has
been increasing as time advances,
while other and smaller birds have
been falling on in that respect. II
was not so awfully long ago though
to be sure the exact year, and the
particular place as well are not given
by what histories there are on the
subject-it was not 50 long ago that
a king, who led o merry life, was.
tickled pink at a blackbird pie.
But that was before the hen came
into her own. The king, were be
alive today, would resent q blackbird
pie and demand something IN the way
of chicken a Ia Roi for repast. BY
all the signs of the times he would.
In Honolulu alone In, the neighb0r-
hood of 200 dozen chickens are eaten
each month, while blackbirds would
be quite safe here and unwanted on
the table.
Chickens are eaten in countless
ways, and the eggs are used IN num-
her not less. Humanity has grown to
depend upon them. and though the
rooster no longer serves as an alarm
clock, late and deplorable inventions
having done him out Of that func-
ton, the hens are constantly growing
more indispensable, and without them
even now our life would not be worth
the living. In that way she has US at
her mercy. When our lineal des-
pendants we're nehu, they were also
at the mercy of the hens; and though
the circumstances in the two cases
diner, in both 1t Is q question Of life
and death.
And here comes In another posi-
BILE explanation to throw light on the
egg shortage. Suppose the hens,
along with her children and chill,
dren's children, her maid-servants
and man.serTants. Is getting ready to-
march haughtily out of the barnyard,
not for any commercial purpose,
mind you7psycholegica research
goes against that fdea-but simply to
start life on new and Independent
footing and spare their necks from
the chopping block and their eggs
from breakfasting humanity. Man
might not starve to death, but It
would reduce him to depth of de-.
spair where he would see in death.
more Of caress than sting. No,
eggs, no chickens.
That Is why the seriousness Of the
egg shortage has caused some uneas-
mess. II the men has evolved out OF
the laying business, she would at.
least ctill pc At for the table, and
the mayors advice could be followed
and sea eggs used The evolution
theory is the one which can be ac-
cepted with the least pain. The 9TH
er-that she is going to desert the
barnyard and either commit hari-
kari, or become wild--is the worst ]
There may be other explanations, but
the last one given Is bad enough.
Fancy race of hens, not to speak Of
the ROSTERS, ending their lives in
lonely places, or again, fancy them
all becoming wild and uncatchable,
while tables In homes and cafes be-
wall their absence.
there is something doing in hen
circles. 10 speak with absolute GER
tainty and give the reason why they
are shutting down on egg producing
Is impossible at this time, but it Is
more than likely that one of the ex.
plantations given is trIIe