Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-02-11

tace much longer. apply hot towel No.
]. then latner again. Hot towels Nos
2, 3. 4, 5. Hot Towel 6. Ice-cold
towel No. /, with hot towel No. :
over it,
Then you're shaved. your face wash
ed with bay-rum, then refreshed b.
hot towel No. s, massage. vdseline,
hot towel, face lotion, powder.
By this time your face feels like a
rare-done beefsteak, and the barber
gives you a glass to see II you're
shaved It's not so bad. only the per-
Torrance takes about 90 minutes. and
If you're in a hurry I'd advise you
10 use your safety"
Several fine hotels. south, have given
us cordial invitations to be their
guests, but we've decided to confine
cur stay to San Francisco and outIy-
ing districts. We may get as wet as
need be here without going farther
a-fieId.
Robins Nest" at Glen Ellen will
he empty until Jack London returns
from his New York trip. Il
We hope to have a talk with Mr.
Burbank and dear old John Muir. and
I'm booked for several Talks" at.
some doings in this new-old town. But,
the truth of the matter is, such things
are not much to my taste. do love
my talks to my son. as sit by the
desk and ruin the lines along, but toI
hear your own. talk after you say it'll
some way makes 1t cheap. 1
It's quite a thing to sit in the lobby
and watch faces, Municipalities and
characteristics-isn't il? A fine NOV
ing picture, surely! Last evening be,
fore / had my hair cut: somebody
came along to mo and said with hearty
oofdiality. "Why, how do you do;
didn't expect to see you here?' 81
The man could hardly be convinced
that wasn't his old friend, SO truly
do personalities double up so far as
the more superficial signs of identity
CO. Had been 20 years younger, II
might have been tempted to play a
role for the sake of the romance. but
I'm growing cautious, and have been
taught by experience that one identity
is all can safely guide along LIES
labyrinth! -. :. - - 49, -. = |
Many years ago, when ! was in Chi
sketch of himself CHS familiar phiz), i
writing underneath: 49,, -
SDear Goodhue: This is me drawn
from memory. If you find my double
in your city, please don't exchange
condolences till you refer to the en-.
ci0Sed--" - =EFA
always think of him in connecticut
with doubles"
: Somebody sent me clipping from
a Riverside paper which used to edit
several years ago, that logged my
eyes.
Yes, sir, used to hold forth from
my leather-bottomed chair in ratherl
y0nthful leaders" praising like thei
Rst of them the unparalleled and in.
comparable climate of California
a?ss ,pthe9i hyeosugss9g,r RLVeah IS
Riverside was almost wild and
woody" then, and Los Angeles was but
burg / could have bought lots 150x
200 for $50 which are now selling for
hundreds of dollars the front foot.
I demonstrated my fine business
foresight by turning up my nose at
that waste land"
An old Dutchman who didn't know
how to read, bought some of this land,
and is now a millionaire, spending his
leisure at the ST. Francis!
However, I'm not going to worry
about 1t, and / really think ] enjoy
myself better than the Dutchman does,
when ! sit down and realize how rich
/ might have been; how, by a trifling
bit of faith and Investment / might
have been a powerful captain of in.
Gustry or happy idler in Venice or
London. Dear me, by what a narrow
margin do our destinies go by? !