Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-13
FROM PEGGY TO POLLY.

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4 Act /; scene e. Enter the scribe.
| Well-the ball that bounced in with
the Carnival is still rolling and good
ness knows when it will stop. |, fol-
one, have danced so much within the
last fortnight that I'm quite ready to
4 drop .... III.
Polly, Cupid has a lot of snares
hasn't he? To my very small knowl
edge he's entered on skates, with golf
stick, baseball bat, in music and
now in the dance. A young pedagogue
and Beau Brummel of one of the lead.
ing educational institutions here is
dancing his way into the hearts OF
many. The other night at a dance
| heard just about six girls say: ooh,
Il wish they'd play waltz. I've the
next with that tall blond with blue
eyes and he's wonder" And when
saw him on. the floor truly wished
myself 'steen years younger. The next
morning at school one of the girls was
heard to remark that after having
danced to "Cecile" once with a partic-
ular partner she had waltzed herself
to dreamland and back to breakfast
with the same man to the same tune.
/ didn't have to guess very hard at
that. And for all the soulful gazes
cast upon him that night guess she
wasn't the only one who missed
"hearttease." 1t was Bostoneae that
did it.
Much to my delight, this weeks mail
brought me another letter from Laura
Low. Her epistles always contain so
much news of Honolulans in the East
that / just cherish them. This time
she told of rehearsing the part of
Julius Caesar in a musical comedy of
that name. recall the Caius Cassius
line, Upon what meat doth our Caesar
feed that he should grow so fat?'
When Laura left the islands she was
quite thin enough to play Cassius, but
| evidently the East has agreed with
her She has four solos in the play
and know she does them well for
she always did have charming voice.
must tell you, Polly, of two little
girls who interest me greatly, as /
really believe that they are the com
ing champiDnslsin swimming or any.
thing aquatic The other mermaids
are already keeping shy of the, beach
when Sue Aston Macdonald and Els,
Their Hall are there, for there is not a
thing they win not attempt They
swim the crawl stroke, do all sorts of
diving and stand on the surf board. 1t
is q pleasure to watch them.
/ Speaking Of diving reminds me.
there Is q young Punahou Academy
girl who is quite the rage in diving,
In fact che often attracts an admiring
audience when she is doing some of
her graceful stunts on the stand be-.
fore the 0utrigger Canoe Club. Afrac;
ton Of this audience practises the
dives early every morning SO that he
may perform in her presence in the
afternoon She dives better than a,
greet many of the men, If there is
any interscholastic competition this
year such as there was last the girl
viii certainly carry off the honors.
A dramatic club has been formed for
the purpose Of studying and produc-s
ing drama. and Tuesday morning finds
q class Of about IS 1T the University
Club studying under the direction OF
Mrs. Francis r Day She has studied,
you know, and excels In this as In any.
thing that she attempts. They say i
viii not be very long before Honolulu
viii see her well-known men and wo-
men In famous drama.
Edith Hersman, the charming Berk.
eley girl who has been visiting the ]. s
+. G. Hagens, left on the Matscnia,
much to the regret of all who had the
pleasure of knowing her. Miss Hors-a
man showed versatility in her accom-
plishments and it is said that there.
was more than one swain who heaved
a deep sigh and felt keen pang when
the last shore ties were broken and.
the big liner pulled slowly out of sight
But there is that something that whis-
pered as the lei-bedecked stragglers
were leaving the dock, The king is
dead Long live the king. Who will
be the next?
Your letters from the mainland tell
me of the wild flowers peeping through
the grass and how wonderful they are
Some tourists in the car the other day
were remarking on the beauty of the
islands One said it was as near
Paradise as he had ever SEN and he
had travelled all over the world An
OtuCI cdtO IL was
OF Eden. Your wild flowers may be
pretty. but am thankful that we don't
have to go through any season without
our many bright-colored blossoms.
beIie7e that a trip to Judge Coop
er's Palmyra islands is being planned
and that a number of very prominent
people will be listed among those who
want to spend the rest Of their days
on the beautiful islands. know that
the judge has received letters prac.
tically from all over the world re-
questing permission to live and die
in Palmyra. It looks very much as
though some of the requests will be
granted.
And now | feel as though I'm all
written out, so,
Exit.
PEGGY.
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Mr.. and Mrs. f. NJ. Brooks are ex.
pected here from the Orient shortly,