Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-12-29
See BLAISDELL !.
in Speed TEST
At CLUB LUNCH
Champion Typewriter Operator
Gives Exhibition for AID Men;
Old Legends Recounted

Speed was the order of the day at
the Ad Club lunch this noon at the
Alexander Young hotel. H. o. Blais-
dell, former worlds champion type
writer operator, demonstrated to the
members the speed that was neces-
sary to win the championship honors.
In one test the speed merchant wrote
12S words in one minute and in an
other test speeded up to 405 letters
In 80 seconds. ~:
Mr.. Blaisdell explained to the mem
bers present the preparation for
speed tests, and stated that many of
the experts practised for weeks before
the championship contests for the
typewriter cup, which is given to the
winner each year. The operator also
took the typewriter apart, and re.
placed it in four minutes.
Rev. W. d. Westeryelt, who has
written two books on the legends OF
Hawaii, told the members of the club
of the old legends. He stated that
there were four divisions in the
legends of Hawaii and these were
called the fairy legends, the gnomes.
the legend of double identity and the
lizard or dragon.
"A chicken could become a woman
or woman could become chicken, :"
said Rev. Mr.. Westervelt in talking
about the folk lore and legends of Ho-
nolulu, but they could not be half
woman and half chicken. One of the
most interesting legends is the story
of girl who changed herself into a
vine and back again. This is along the
line of the Hindoo legends.
"The lizard that we An. hefS a Ho,
nolulu at one time was the ra2cn of
Hawaii, and ACCORDING to the legends
the lizard conld devour many men and
was the source of MANI tales of men
who went out to capture the great REP
tile. intend to publish new book
entitled The Legends of Hawaii :
Gods and Ghosts, which will tell of
many of the stories of the legendary
period" concluded Rev. Westervelt
President Wallace R. Harrington
read an invitation from Governor LI-
cius Pinkham, asking the members of
the AID Club to be present at the re-
ception and ball at the armory on Fri
day evening, January 81. A cspy Of
Harry LADDERS song 81 Love You 4u-
noialu" was received through the cour-
tesy of James A. Dunbar, and Philip
Hall sang three verses of the song at
today's luncheon.
A letter was received from the Ka-
lihi Hospital thanking the AID Club
for its work in making the inmates OF
that institution filled with the spirit
OF Christmas. j. NJ Riggs, chairman
of the Christmas committee, stated
that S26 poor people of Honolulu had
been given Christmas dinners by the
AID Club. President Harrington an
nouneed that the next luncheon would
be Y. M. G. A, Day, and the week fol-
lowing the members would receive the
Spokane and Denver contingent.
H. o. Blaisdell, former international
typewriting champion and now with
the Underwood Typewriter Company,
gave an impressive demonstration yes
terday afternoon at the Star-Bulletin
office of the speed both of his own
agile fingers and the flying keys of an
Underwood machine.
For an hour he showed various tests
illustrating the speed, accuracy and
easy-running qualities of the Under
wood. One of the interesting exhibi.
tons was in accuracy of alignment
He wrote a line, TOOK his machine
apart, put it together again and wrote
over the same line, the letters cor
responding with such perfection that
it was impossible to tell that two inn
rressions had been made
In test for speed alone he struck
the keys of the machine Is times per
second for full minute Embodied,
he wrote III words a minute without
an error, taking from dictation In
another test on new matter he made
121 words minute and then kept up
conversation, answering questions
asked by member of the Star-Bulle
tin, staff, while writing at the rate Of
SO words minute with scarcely an
error. Later he took one of the Star
Bulletin Underwood machines that
has been in use for several years and
with no preliminary tuning-up at all
wrote 101 words in minute.
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