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

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! vho sort stand al tais u hlc. aBd each
) woman has certain grade to pick on
; and put into the cans. The cans aSe
, carried 10 another machine which
clamps the lids upon them. and imme
diately after this they are placed iE
watts of h0t water until the fruit i.
! cooked The waste portions Of the
! f.uit are turned into use as well. lr
! regular shaped pieces and bits of fruit
j,cn :he rinds are cut up or sdaped ou
and made into grated pineapple. The
that one has to notice the work o.
each machine before he realizes how
remarkable it all is
Story of Sato and Heesa.
I picked up a little romance in the
village. not a story. not a plot, hardly
an incident. and yet interesting to me
! because it tells me of sentiment in the
| Orientals-a thing which some people
deny. 1t is the little love affair OF
Sato and Heesa. Sato came from Ia
pan two years ago. an expert mechanic
seeking to regain his health. In his
Wanderings about the islands he
CHANGED to stop at the village Of La
wal, was given employment at the
cannery and because of his skill and
hard work was soon employed as head
mechanic. Fifteen-year-Old Heesa was
| working for the white family near
the eannery, and after Sato had watch
ed her going in and out at her work
for a time. had seen the girlish smile
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greeted him Ohio each morning as
! he passed On his way to work, or
"Kon Ban" each evening as he walked
home in the dusk, in a rather Occi-
dental style he fell in love. There
followed the brief courtship, the con-
sent from Heesa's father. old Torigorl.
and the wedding Tthe grandest wed
ding ever held in laval A few nights
after the wedding they went for q
walk far up the mountain road. The
! full moon, topping the crest Of the
steep pail, filtered it's light down upon
them through the koa trees, and -
night crickets chirped to them as they
walked. The next morning Heesa
came early to tell her former mis-
| tress of that moonlight walk. Last
night" she said, her girlish voice full
of love, "Sato he take me far, far
+ up the road, and the moon so bright,
and we walk so slow and Sato talk
such pretty things" Heesa is II now.
she looks older for one small Mint
takes up most of her time of late.
had the privilege of holding the little
mite myself until he squinted his
shaved eyebrows menacingly and ut
tered a very American sounding cry OF
distress.
81 think one pretty baby" I said
after Heesa had his wounded feelings
Fsoothed a bit.
I, EYES," Heesa assented proudly, 81
thinks he much like Sato."
An Incident Of Jack London.
| Kinii is to ride in baby carriage,
American style, when he is little
older, and the other village folk look
on with envy. "Kinji die" they say.
call time too clean" But doubt this
myself, for he looks healthy. He
should be very happy youngster, for
Sato. is saving up his money, he has
grown strong again, and in two years
lHSy. are 10. lake o1u 1OT1SOFl Will
them and gotback to the old home in
the land Of cherry blossoms
I returned from KAUAI on the Like
like, not pronounced as it looks, but
rather Lickylicky. She is short lit
tie tub that rolls saucily along over
the pillows that rise in the channel,
and they are no. small pillows when
a stiff breeze is blowing. Late that
might sat on the deck with Captain
Lyons. a man of sailor ancestry, who
has seen more salt water than most
folks ever dreamed Of He told me
of meeting Jack London on the Homo
lulu waterfront one night when Lon
don's Shark was lying at the wharf
near his own boat Three of Lyons
sailors were drunk and mixing in a
row on the deck. He was finding it
hard work to handle three of them.
when London appeared suddenly and
offered his assistance After the men
were locked up in separate staterooms,
London introduced himself, and the
evening was spent in yarn spinning in
the cabin of the Shark At the close
of the evening the captain was pre-
scented with an autobiography copy OF
THE Sea Wolf" 1t is only an Incl
dent showing that London knows the