Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-12-15
) TALES OUT Of SCHOOL
Honolulu. December 10. 1914

Honolulu. December 10. 1914
Dear PoIly:-I'ye been a. busy as
bee all week doing Christmas shop
ping. for I belong to that large class
OF shoppers who believe that early
purchases are kindness to the girls
who stand behind counters selling
gifts. The stores are showing any
, number of dainty things this year and
the selection o. n membranes is q
simple task.
The doing-aEay with the MaIihini
Christmas tree is a disappointment to
the hundreds Of little tots in Homo
lulu. who for the past few years have
received dolls and toys from the Ma
lihfnps Santa Claus. II is because the
children I'm Europe need gifts that
Honolulu's little ones will have to GO
without. was reading an article In
a mainland paper the other day and
the writer seemed to feel much as !
do about IT, He said that II was phi
lanthropic to bestoT Christmas gifts
on the Belgian children but he rather
fancied the old adage Charity begins
at home"
II is quite interesting to know that
two Of the popular young officers In
Uncle Sans army are to be married
soon, for within the past few days the
enlightenment Of Miss Harriet Ellis and
Lieutenant Percy Deshun. aud Miss
Retta. Hunter and Lieutenant George
HaiIoran have been announced. and
before many months these two OFF,
GERS, who have been popular at the
post entertainments, will have joined
the ranks of the. benedicks. y
OF course all the posts with the ex-
ception of Fort De Russy have count
less. Young officers who are on the
lists of the mammals with eligible
daughters. At one post there are only:
two bachelor officers and 1t looks as
though they win keep bachelors quar-
tiers as long as they are in the army.
for, one of them win mot look az even.
the fsfrest .dainsel and the spt1sr
doesn't care 1 rap for the feminine
gender company and would much rath-
er sit on his lanai smoking ia Btuffy,
old cigar than go. to ~ party where.
there are a lot Of fluifg, fltterlng,
/ fnaidens. - ; 49,:
+ Another millionaire has come, tos the
islands end he says that he intends to,
marry the weaithiest GID In Hdnolulu,
before he leaves for the coast next
"Wednesday. This millionaire is quite
the Opposite OF i Albert Carpy, who
came here q few weeks ago. for while
.Garpy Is tall and slender, Emory lit
man weighs $40 pounds and each
pound OF flesh is q ton of. fun. He
says he Is really In earnest in his,
search for wife, but insists that she
must be wealthy. regardless Of the fact
that he has two cool millions himself.
forgot to tell you that Mr. Titman
IL very young not near the thirty,
mark ? He isIcharnied with the Ha.
waiian language and has already pur-
chased Hawaiian dictionary which
he spends hours Of the day perusing
--or pursuing. He has not as vet
learned to say "Ua mau Ike ga % ka'
alma i ka poho.p though it took him
but a few minutes to master 'honi
kaua wikiwiki. - .,s : - ! - : r )
{ We are ali very much interested sin
the rumor that the engagement of one
Of sIIonolAlu's fairest society girls and
q popular young officer III the United
States army Is to be announced In the
near future Engagements are always
Interesting and all the more so when
|they1happen right at home. =. !. : ] =
Mr.. and Mrs, Fritz Hsnsfaw are
leaving Honolulu next "Wednesday to
make their home on the mainland and
everyone Is sorry, for they have made
so many friends here. Fritz" says
that as soon as he reaches California
he is going to set out q bed Of mush-
rooms 50 that he can study the .dif-
ference between mushrooms and toad
stools His sudden desire to be able
to determine these two species Of the
vegetable kingdom came from his max
ing the mistake of gathering toadstools
the other day and taking them home
to cook There was an auto party of
which the Henshaws were members
and Fritz. when he spied the toad
stools, insisted on getting out OF the
machine and gathering them. j don't
know just how he found that they were
not snlushroom but { know he did not
take the advice ot an 1rishman who
said, tIf you want 10 find out sWhesher
you have been served a mushroom, eat
it, you'll know ~. tS. - 50
At one school they are said to- be
seriously contemplating instttntfng
night guards on each section of the
boarding department. The other night
after one Of the school parties, two 81
the girls decided to go across to the
other building and talk over 4he dance
with another. The lights out signal
had been given SO there was only one
way to make the descent-the fire.
escape. 1t was easy going down the
first story but at the foot of the fire.
escape they found two men prowling
along the lanat The men were evil
IDENTITY as much afraid as the girls. Tor
they fled instantly. The students wait.
ed few minutes and then went down
to the ground floor. When they had
crossed to the opposite building they
found glorious array or clothing
spread across the stone steps and
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