Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-09-27
'OPRY' HAT OF
HISHONOR
Ia Lilo IA
Birthday Party Greatly Enjoyed
but Aftermath Brings Great
Sadness to Executive


Weep. for the mayors -opry hat"
Is gone, Gone Is the opry hat OF His
Honor ]. J. Fern It Is lost. strayed
or stolen; and the whole sad affair
can be traced back to his. birthday
Iuau; and it. certainly. win not be
forgotten as long as the hat is remem-
bered. Others lost their hats. too. at
the great feast at the House Of the
Mayor. but theirs were not -Opry
hats, and to theirs did not attach. the
sweet history and great power which
adds value to His Honor.s.
II it were any other hat than this par
ticular -oprys hat II would not be so,
bad. It's value cannot be told IN
words or figures. For ct what func-
ton has 1t not appeared to be mark
of Identification for His Honor? In
what gay carnival has II not had some,
conspicuous part, or at what function
given by persons Of high degree has
It not singled the mayor out from the
rest of the company? Whose heart
is so cold that ii has not grown to
love the hat as years rolled on? And
what stranger coming to these shores
has not felt q deep respect for the
mayors "opry" hat, and out of defer
ence to old age, paid 1t pleasing tri-
butte?
But alasl 1t is no more. It has as
mysteriously disappeared as another
masterpiece Of art, the Mona Lisa.
Where il has gone, what heartless Gull
prit took It, whether he Is to- hold It
for his own use or for reward. cannot
be learned. Does the thief plan to
put it jauntily on his head and sail
forth to some other land to conquer
ii by the magic Of the HAITI His
Honor does not know, and grief for
his loss binds him like q cruel pillory.
The mayor sat modify in his Office
this morning, and reviewed in silent
meditation his birthday luau Thursday
when he called about him all his
trusted friends to celebrate with him
his forty-first anniversary Through
his mind. as he sat there each guest
passed, no doubt, in his. effort to hit
upon the thief Of the hat Upon tried
and true friends his !. tests were APP
piled. but all was fruitless; the cul-
prit is undiscovered.
And while the mayor was thinking
thus, alone and silently In his nffice.
his son, Joe, who also is q servant
Of the people, discussed the sad loss
In another Office. He drew a picture
Of the hat and told the story Of its
unexplained disappe aralice to sympa-
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