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 Polly I've been as busy as
bee all week doing, Christmas shop
ping, for / belong to that latges class
Of shoppers who believe that early
purchases are a kindness to the girls
who stand behind counters selling
gifts. The stores are showing any
number of'dainty things this year and
the selection q RI membranes is q
simple task.
The doing -aWay with the Malihini
Christmas tree is disappointment to
the hundreds OF little tots in Homo
lulu, who for the past few years have
received dolls and toys from the Ma
lihini's Santa Claus 1t is because the
children in Europe need gifts that
Honolulu's little ones viii 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 1t. He said that 1t was phi
lanthropic to bestoY Christmas gifts
on the Belgian children but he rather
faneied 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
engagement of Miss Harriet Ellis and
Lieutenant Percy Deshon, and Miss
Retta Hunter and Lieutenant George
Halloran have been announced, and
before many months ,nese two OIL
GERS, who have been popular at the
post entertainments. will have joined
the ranks OF the benedicks.
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 mamma's with eligible
daughters. At one post there are only
two bachelor officers and II looks as
though they will keep bachelors quar-
tiers as long as they are in the army,
for one OF them win not look at even
the fairest damsel and the other
doesn't care a rap for the feminine
gender company and would much rath-
er sit on his lanai smoking a staffy
old cigar than go to a party where
there are a lot of fluffy, fluttering
maidens. ~:
Another millionaire has come to the
islands and he says that he intends to
marry the wealthiest girl in Honolulu
before, be leaves for the coast next
Wednesday. This millionaire is quite
the opposite of Albert Carpy, who
came here a few weeks ago, for while
Carpy Is tall and slender, Emory Tit
man weighs $40 pounds and each
pound Of flesh Is q ton OF fun. He
says he is really in earnest In his
search Tor d wife, but insists that she
must be wealthy regardless of the fact
that he has two cool millions himself
+ forgot to tell you thatsjMr Titnian
is very young-nott near the thirty
mSfk. He Is charmed with the Ha-
wasian language and has already pur7
chased q Hawaiian dictionary which
he spends hours of the day, perusing
r-or pursuing. He, has mot as yet
learned to say "Ua mau he ga ka
alma + ka pono,p though 9it took him
but. q few minutes to master :'honi
Raua wikiWiki." 4. ~ I'd 49, = n
We are all very much Interested in
the fumor that the engagement of one
Of Honolulh's fairest society, girls and
a popular young officer In the United
States army Is to bs announced in the
near future ENGAGEMENTS are always
interesting and all the more so when
they happen, right at home, .; "a
Mr.. and Mrs. Fritz Henshaws are
leaving Honolulu next, Wednesday to
make their home on the mainland and
everyone ID 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 must.
rooms so that he can study the diff
ference between mushrooms and toad
stools. His sudden desire to be able
to determine these two species Of the
Eyegetable kingdom. came from his max.
ing the mistake of gathering toadstools
the other day and taking them home
10 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. / don't
know just how he found that they were
not mushrooms but ! know he did not
take the advice of an Irishman who
said. IF you want to find out whe: her
you have been served a mushroom, eat
II, you'll know" +. . -. So
At one school they are. said toa be
seriously contemplating instftuting
night guards on each section of the
boarding department. The other night,
after. one OF the school parties, two OF
the girls decided to 60 across to the
other building and talk over the dance
with another. The lights out" signal
had been given so there was only one
way to make the rdescent-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 lanai The. men were evi-
IDENTIFY as much afraid as the girls, for
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 of clothing
spread across the stone steps and
0pOif inSDection they found that tho