Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-27
FROM pEooy,ro POLLY.

Dear Old Polly: Turkey Day" II
the morning, and yours truly is mos
starved. Honest TO goodness, dear.
really wouldn't be writing TO you IL
didn't just simply have to do some
thing TO divert my mind from thos,
glorious smells coming from the re
eion OF the kitchen. We have beer
actually starved for a week and today
believe, honorable cher is making
mp for IT, Here's hoping, anyhow!
Later: Just as had finished tina
paragraph, one OF the girls called mt
into her room and ] listened to the
usual run OF gossip. - Is rushing
so-and-so." and did you knsw that
Lieut. Cohen Dutch, they call him)
IL an ex-football starr" Fred o. has
wonderfully expressive eyes and do
you like the way Mabel does her
hair2" And then the bell rang and 1t
took us about two hours to eat din
ner. That is. to get seated and carve
and then eat II seems 10 me that the
eating was the smallest part of IT, l
didn't know that they'd dare sell such
an excuse for q turkey. Had u been
April they all would have seen the
joke and not bothered about it, but
no, sir Each one. as he watched the
head OF The house vigorously sticking
his carver into that poor birds sides,
or tryingfo. thought II purely imagina-
ton. Hnt--we all used the Fletcher
system Tor once, anyway. l guess
wont bettelling you any more about
the dinner, dear, for every time i
think Of n my Irish disposition begins
TO show and that's not good Tor any
one.
After dinner we all went over to
the football game, which was really.
3 very good one. ] admire q lot Of
school spirit in the youngsters But.
Polly, II Il didn't know anything about
football I'd either not 60 or when I
did 90 ID not display, my ignorance
a. do some people. Here's con-
versation between male and, female
sitting jott ahead of me yesterday:
Mabel John. Just look at that man.
He's got the ball and 900
John Natcha yellin' for, that's
Kam's man and Kam's bal"
Mabel (Quite squelched1 Well.
everyone else on the other side was
making e noise and thought 1t was
ours. anyway Did you see that big
man. Isn't he mean, he took the ball
right away from the cute little fellpw:
with the lovely hair.
meaning silence or
thought, 4 possible.
Ind or first half Mabel again1-
Look. they've stopped Is 1t all oyerg
How unhealthy; they're all drinking
Of the dirty water In that bucket,
and from 3 sponge.
John efunts--that's all he can do. :
Again Look, they've all tumbled to-
fether again. They're always doing
that Why, Johng
John---Wen, you see, they are try
ing to rub the faces Of the men from
the opposing team in the mud. The
oftener they do II the more sure they
are OF winning the game.
Mabel How dreadful 1t Is very
brutal and not At for lady. I'm go.
ing home at once,
And With that she left the stand
and her Johnny had q chance to en-.
10Y what was real football game.
After supper, the crowd. ! mean the
school children, went down town to-
fether, after having reserved 2OO
seats at the Bijou. They ferpentined
the streets. finally rounding up there.
They had a lively time, throwing
sffeamers at the actors and yelling
their cheers. But / must tell you
something funny about 1t. Punahou
had reserved the whole section and
the first and second rows we're for the
members OF the team. There are two
aJohnniese who sit every night in the
frsf row and when they came In they
found their seats taken by two husk,
les wearing the blue and gold. Really,
surprisinK as II may seem, they went
hack 10 Che manager and created such
4 fuss that they were given their reg
Mar seats IN the baldheaded row.
They are well-known men about town.
too.
/ was reading the other day about
a new fad, and quite a popular one,
too. 1t is that of giving girls a pro-
eressive rope Of pearls. Some one
starts It. giving a little girl, say, one
or two. and then everyone on the
many GIFT days add to the collection
one or two whole pearls. These can
be gotten at very reasonable price
and by the time the girl is ready to
wed she has a rope of pearls. Isn't
that lovely
There are some well-to-do people
here staying at one OF the popular
beach resorts. They have with them
two very bright children and having
Travelled extensively throughout Eu-
rope the youngsters are smarter than
Is usual. The other day, mamma was
starting over to tea to meet lady,
and her ssix-year-old son said that ne
should 10, too That was very Well
but he must change his suit.
Change my clothes. Mother