Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-11-13
MERLE'S MUSINGS

| our local milliners has let 90 secret
that has been held for thousands Of
years. She says It II Psychology that
causes q woman to pay SIS Tor . sl.75
hat and we have thought all along it
was the Pacific Man freight charges.
That q. s. army officer who has
discovered that q lot Of bald-headed
women In China are IN the habit OF
painting their scalps didn't have much
to do. STILL he has given the world
an idea. What could look prettier
than bald-headed woman with her
scalp painted red. white and blue?
Now, that this country has recog-
mixed Carranza ~ head of the Mexican
republic there may be some Of our
citizens Of mind to 60 down there
and reform those people. But, say.
see United States first.
This may be little previous, but
II il to be hoped that the people re-
sponsible for the street Santa Claus
that usually stands at the corner Of
Hotel and Fort streets will supply
that juvenile saint with fact that
the children can approach without q
shudder. The face Of last years
Santa would fry onions.
Speaking OF Mexico so often In the
papers bring to mind two warm
propositions the tamale and Felix
Diaz. The tamale Is accounted for.
but the last that We heard OF Felix
he was running for President OF
Mexico. Wonder II he thinks 1t is
some place near Cape Town?
Far be Il from me to criticize or
comment on the writings Of great.
authors, but would just say, in pass
ing, that in Mrs: Jack London's story
Of the SHARK she states that in
their trip from San francisco to
Honolulu. they steered out through
the Golden Gate. bound for Homo
lulu. steering southeast. II the
wind held true, and the Shark kept
that course she should have fetched
up at point some place near Waco.
Texas.
Some time ago there was q man In
some town In Massachusetts, attempt
ing TO demonstrate to the world that
person could live on four cents q
day. Has anybody heard of him
lately? Perhaps that Is all it Is
worth to live there. anyhow.
Blessed be nothing. John d. has
placed 4 double guard about his home
since the shooting Of Morgan. Yours
truly and q couple OF other poor dubs
here in Honolulu dom have to hire
protection against the fanatical enc
mics Of wealth.
That old joke Of mortgaging the
home to buy en- automobile Is not
half the joke some people think It |
Is To our way Of thinking 1t seems
awful foolish 70 put plaster on the |
home just to sef possession Of an |
auto, but then, people who have an |
auto say that they don't care If they |
have . home Or not.
Being personally acquainted with
Agent Bolts, we glory in |
his move up We always thought |
that Bolts was pretty busy at that /
city hall job. and that conclusion was /
clinched when the mayor extolled.
glorffied, panegryrized,
praised. applauded and commended /
The many virtues Of friend Bolts. told (
81 the immense amount Of work he
(Botts) did, and Of the thousand ana
one other things that fully occupied
the time Of the purchasing agent.
But now, our faith, which has not /
been entirely broken, has been bent
badly. The mayor thinks that his
secretary can run the Job formerly
held by Bolts In connection with hts
3wn work as mayors secretary. So
We have come to the conclusion that
here Is blamed little work IN one Of
he Jobs Which one?
You frequently hear people say, Il
Wish could live about two thousand |
1ears from now and see the wonders
hat VIII be Matched up by mortals
between now and then. Perhaps It
would be little interesting, es-
,ecially when things do move as they I
lave been moving in the last few
ears. l heard Of fellow the other
lay who is either a Bulgarian re-
ugee of Hilo railroad commuter
hat has invented q wireless bird |
age. What do you know about that?
may be an authority on doctoring |
COW. but ! know when get enough.
She" writes and asks how the mod |
I'm girl compares with the girl Of |
generation or SO ago. There Is war
'nough In the world at the present
moment 50 / decline to say.
must again impress upon certain
,eople that this Is In no sense Of the |
vord, mothers column" Many +
t the communications we receive are
brown on the floor, 1--WE have no
But occasionally one
ops In that deserves an answer.
larry k, of Kappa, writes to say
hat she is In love with man there
Iamed Fred. She says, He has al
Tays acted like gentleman toward