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TRY To- read Bll Nyc's stun, or Az
tcmue Wards. to-day. How weirdly
o%utlandish II seems. one ~ two
men, like Clemens, have done the
thing So 1t nsts.'
4 slight rcvcrcntill change OF voice
upon the name % Clemens with
whom AR. Cobb has been compared,
may not have beer altogether the cali
C;Is Imagination.
Among the American leaders he
mentioned Harrington, Harry Leon
Wilson. George AIDE. to whose early
and now neglected short stories he is
partial, Mary Raymond Shipman An
drews. Mrs. Deland. Mrs. lthinehart
and Miss Dana Gatlin. II newcomer In
the field. OF whose present work and
prospects he spoke with unreserved
enthusiasm.
His ~favoritc novels since 1900. re-
stricting choices to the English Ian
guagc, are ETHAN PRONE, The Cen
tlcman from Indiana" "Old Wives for
New" AN Outcast Of the Islands,
The Mummcr's Wife, The old
Wives Tale "Rugglcs OF Red Gap"
The Dark Forest" The Boss Of Lit
tic Already" lie finds the American
novel in general improving.
Thackcray. he thought. would sue
coed should ~Thackoray begin to-day.
Thackeray saw and felt lifo AZ pco-
pie do now. His characters talked
naturally, whereas those OF Scott, Bull
wcr, the Brontes. &c, talked "A literary
dialogue OF which no real person would
he capable.
Followed some observations on the
%unstudicd. unedltcd nature of the most
brilliant of actual talk.
Here, too, the caller slipped in a
name.
"Ics, | guess he did, said Mr., Cobb.
II guess Wilde's conversation was lit
erature' off the bat. But he was one
talker in "A million"
lie made 1t plain that workaday
FEASIBILITY In color was essential In
fiction suprcmely satisfying to his
taste. ON this account, he admitted.
Meredith doesn't get him very hard.
In their knack of drawing real char
a%cters. and of keeping something In
tercsting and conceivable happening
all the time, he found Tho strength Of
the American novelists.
style, he said, II to him the writer's
own way of rejecting his environment.
In this sense he does not find style de-
Ginning. The decline of conscious
stylistic elegance Is "a help-a great,
decided, ovcrpowering help"
The contemporary writer's whom he
especially admires as natural historians
arc Conrad, George Moore, Hardy and
Mr.. Howells, Ile considers fine psy-
| - d. .,.l,.s, Al. Ll.L.- .-a 49,
thinks It's submits viii never enjoy
the widest appreciation. lie spoke Of
Henry James,
Conrad's vogue in America. no
thought. is hue considerably to the fact
that Conrad "writes FOR other writer's
rather than for tho public at large.
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world In the pagee OF the Atlantic
Monthly. Nor did I for one moment
dream hat any other destiny shaped
my future.
And yet what happened the moment
! stopped writing little experimental
essays and wrote a real story? I
found myself the natural product of
California. "A s~hockinSly new State.
which snapped it's fingers In the face
Of the East and all ~ traditions.
Its history had insensibly moulded my
plastic mind. its atmosphere impreg-
mated my being to the core. Not that
! learned much Of the real California
In my home. My grandfather was a
pillar Of the church and never men
toned "carly days" n more than
he would have hunted u old blankets
fun OF scarlet fever germs and shaken
them In my face. We had family
prayers twice a day, grace before
meals. and Sunday school and church
were my protesting lot. My ancestors
on both sides were from New York
and New England.
When I began to write for publica-
ton I was as anxious to please my
grandfather as to follow along the only
Ines I knew. And yet when the first
story burst out Of my callow skull 1t
violated every tradition, II expressed
myself. n section Of the country that
was rabidly new and might never have
held communication with New York
and Boston.
II was by no means worth the *
ecrAtion 1t received. save indeed ~ "A
symptom. for II was quite without
value and as crude as paint. But the
point Is that II was inevitable, and 81
IL much Of the literature so fiercely
de~nounced-but no. eXaggerate,
fercely is no word 10 apply to the gen.
tlemen Of the Institute and Academy;
denounced with satire and righteous
indignation but always In mellifiuous
phrasing and not infrequently shot on
with tho popgun ~ epigram.
OF all those early precepts so con-
cientiously pounded into me ] remem-
her only two. and. come to think Of II,
I stumbled on them by myself. Her
bert Spencer. now repudiated. said one
memorable thing: that style should be
the expression of the subject treated
AZ the moment, not a uniform To tit
sUllles, tCdTS, SuuSttS anu tbiHdub's'
Somewhere In Taine's History OF En-
glish Literature" he speaks OF the
function of imaginative work as the
lifting OF apparently ordinary charac-
tcrs out Of their monotonous round and
creating for them situations h a would
develop their latent possibilities for
good. evil. greatness or even spectacp-
lar drama. Although "a good many
years have passed since then | have
never come upon two principles more
likely to keep a writer out of quag-
mires.
To return to the Brownells, Phelpscs,
Mabies and all the conscientious rest,
they make interesting reading and
they do no more harm than good. As
1t ever has been so II ever shall be
world without end. There is no in
sight. no foresight, In the old con-
sentative watch dog. But he has his
place. Do not lie too severe on him.
And where would the supreme adven-
ture OF the literary life he II We did
not have him to fight, and the glory,
to say nothing Of the fun, Of achieving
our ambitions in spite Of him?
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very good ~tur.r. jon tom years, hat he
cor She IS NOT l'ku'y io have ten mes
s4Ecs worth dc.iNcrlua. ten s.ts OF
|Hlraotor> that differ from IN" stock
puppets, ten now ur interesting ur.cu-
tations Of He.
We are merely story t~c''ers. and
merely telling stories IS up' creating
literature. Ana .cH ~ orr writer,
have tho least s'N'l i'm the tcllina.
authorship in America is ono of the
trades that can for no training one
is a clergyman or an attorney or a
newspaper man to-day, and tomorrow
a literary mill that griuis not SLOWLY
hut exceeding small.
one wishes oneself to be an author.
and 10, one is an author,
The result is that among the dozens
OF successful novels turned oIt every
Season only the smallest proportion has
any pretence of form or style. The
narration ramhleS along loosely. dis
CursiNely. without thought. intention
or pr"oriinatlon us though tho novels
list had dictated 1t oifhand.
one marNcls that anything So slip
shod tindS a publisher
These hIpua2drd efforts find pub
Usher and public because uuly a ncg,i-
sihlr percentage Of our readers know
or care about form or style. They are
too busy, They want a story, and they
want 1t as quickly as possible. Hang
IN" rest Even pure English. 7 think.
* regarded rather aS q lrlk,-uud an
aifectation.
The buyers Of our dollar and a quar-
"
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HORS STIRRED UP BY CRITICISM OF AMERICAN FICTIO

says It. Vlgor and vitality cover n
multitude Of split laiiui,iyDf. "Il.
Jungle may not nave been u.pratur.
but II was unforgcttdblc.
"McTeaguc' was almost amateur
but az n clinical inspection o. n L..d .
humanity, as a tragedy GROWN .a-
evitabiy out OF character. % W. rs.
markable.
But the commonplace story. 'n'l 4
familiar phrases. presenting tN. Dc
miliar group Of pastcboard i,t.,.-
without sidelights or Eiimrs.s .
undiscovered pldcor. IL 1 Journal.
achievement and nothing else.
And OF such Is the kingdom az our
letters.
Generalization Is idle. and c,o,. r.'a
has Its exceptions. ETHAN IT ~
a fine tragedy. So IS "Touch.'
Edith Wharton's Is a sure han.
Margaret Dollnd's. We htl.
Henry James, and william j.. .u
Howells. and Mark Twain Pu'
does not 80 on very FAR. That
seems low hat discloses a hi-. ..
In Theodore Dresser.
Going only as far "a Bingham. hive
we a Barrie, "A Wells. a Shaw. co. f....
worthy, II stephens, a WI 800 a.
Locke?
Have We Il short story Nr.'.- %,
compare with Mtrr.uk:
q. Henry seems 20 mo the wor-.
sible model. lie had i|nycnti.. ..
dramatic instinct. H. had o. a..
newspaper sense and an j. o.. -
81 49,.
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don't want pots made OF imported
kdulin, but brains that can take tho
black soil # the banks of he low /
River and mould II into anything from
mud pics To heroic statues.
think the last thing to worry luout
Is tho destruction Of style. Ia like TO
see style" wiped Of the map # Amer
lea ana forgotten. 50 that W could
build style on material instead ~
squeezing material into a style. Old
Blll Jones Of oklahoma IL real stuff In
his old buds. but he IL 4 Door piece of
goods II you squeeze him into Iluwolls's
dress suit and stick a monoclc In his
eye. And sweet little Susie Sugar j.
nice dessert in her " way. hut an
mess when served a Ia George
Eliot. The absence Of the high hat
ought to bc a lip to American novel
lists; the general adoption Of the tor
toisc trimmed spectacles Is a bad, bad
sign.
There are many English writing
novelists here and arrond who base
their work on a genuine natural his
tory OF man, More each day. Gals
worthy, Cobb. Bennett, Harrington.
lOOle, &c, NC, al mllltuin, Ana |
don't mean to say thar a tinc psyche
logical analysis Is any better, or to
be- preferred to n fine unpsyChological
Roast beef Is no better than
quail. and quail is no better than roast
beef. but no n wants to eat too much
quail or too much roast beef. We
have needed variety I'm America and
We have had to 10 to England ana tho
Continent To get II.
The law OF supply aCd demand Is he
ginning to operate. We have had too
much exclusively romance novel writ
ing. The plot sense has been too
highly developed in too many Amerl-
can writer's and there has been an
ovcrsupply Of pure romWrcc.
t,rglnnd has built Y biz novel export
The sun., 1916-11-26

POPPING to find out on behalf OF
- a.. ,caaor. .x.o.,v no. .,o.
-, :.
- "'" "'"'" "n's's :"
Os1S heyday fcel such criticism
q their endeavors as was typihed In
rscent paper nv William Crarv
~-.u s..,-.-.,..
"s" 'ea" ~ INC """ua' ""ee''"s
% " american Academy n the Ma
6onal Institute Of Arts and Letters,
I'm Sur submitted the following oues
t1ons u n number of authors:
4. which OF the nations excels in the
modaru short story? Who. in the ma
kSom exesIiins Arc m. GREATEST mas.
~ AZ the Sorm7 10 n 4. mot America
Wherein ia Won ana their stories bet.
Ter Shan the hest now being pubNshad
by Amsploan vriters? Account for thu
niRersnt level in this country.
4. Nams tina half dozen novels writ.
len sinco 1900 which YOU consider the
(lnest perfonmances. Name the half
6opan American novels of this time
whioh vou most admire. Do Won 6nd
~ American novel in general improv.
ln9 or doterioratinx? What In YOUR
D0l0iOn II thu ySaaoN for anv
4 Name a few great novelist. dead
prsor IN is00 wboss attitude. metbod
IA style applied UNCHANGED IN new
S-nos.r,si .,o,,Ia s.cur. ,hem . i,v,r.
vere thew IN b~sin their csresrs IN.
aav. Nam. others. omnsra,ivsl re,
ant but before IaOO ~ whoc, mi.
vou,d mot no ,rue
q Ha. n n, n,o, ana
narr.,iv. ir,sre.t ara Win h me-,
~rer,ou. writer. n, aid.c,ic "ms..s,s,,
4 vour on,nion ,sna.d IN d.s,rov
av,so NJ vn,, oonsid.r ~. a.cI,,. -,
snnsc,,n. .,vI,s,,c -oIsy.nc. a h.,n 81
har,, "a ~. no,o,o
~ H., manv .na ,.,o. ,o,,.uu,
nv ..r,,or. ~ ,ho En.,is, ,ana,an.
n, 90, "a =" na. ri" .a.a.
.,vn. n., ~i". 49,. ~
81, ""n.,S.s
T.. Sa~S.r .s".
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49, "o'N
ry snn "'ooeI " "o,u
VIZ INC oVs'"n,hs s"o't S'o'y "r'e'!
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the only two subscribed for periodi-
Gals In my home, and when 7 was ~
ny nos was put to the grindStone Of
solid reading"
My grandfather had an old library
Inherited from his father and crammed
with such airy nothings as Hume,
Theirs. Rollin. Plato. Heroditus, Keno
phOn, Thucydides-to mention but a
few I can recall offhand. I was put
at each OF these In succession for W
hours every evening. After I married
with no interval) l fell into the hands
Of . learned lawyer who lived near my
country place. The same diet con-
tinued until I was avoided AZ an I'M
natural bookworm and both my men
tors plumed themselves upon the cer-
tainty that ! would first astonish the
The sun., 1916-11-26
We'll Known Writers Reply to the Latest Charge That the Novel anc
Short Story as Written Here Compare Badly With the European
Product, and Also Answer Some Interesting Questions

moro interested In incident than In
character. more IN plot than in char
acter analysis, more >tickled by the hui
NOR OF q phrase than by the humor Of
a situation.
worse than %juvenility, and we may
outgrow Il. More serious is the fact, to
be noted In any democracy. that we are
not Interested in human beings but In
supermen. The study and portrayal
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Progress Due to Rebels.
By GERTRUDE ArHERToN.

-. brOWnen's bitter protest against
~ American fiction of tho day is as
hepsful a symptom as the outcry
AGAINST his cocksure dictums. We
heod stanch old wheelhorses and we
hsed merry leaders.
Civilization In made up Of conserva-
i've and radical elements both tug
Ding At the fluid impulses between.
But what the good old wheelhorses Of
bdr time. as Of all times, never seem
hbje to gvasp Is that without the rebels.
~ Independents. the adventurers and
b1plorers. there would be no progress.
Look back over history and visual
~ the sort OF reading It would make
conservatism had relgned unchal-
)eoged. Read tho history az literature
hnd mako n collection OF authors
great" and famous In their little day,
pow quite unknown. Read tho dia-
frtbes against the audacious spirits, or
the merely original: note what is far
worse, the silent scorn to which they
were treated. To-day they are the
IDOLS OF our keen old ~watchdogs, who
ptide themselves upon their erudition,
but, owing to the reartionary quality
Of their MISUNDERSTANDING from
btanch consevvatlsm-lack tho cour.
nre. even IL they possessed tho fore.
hiett. 10 proclaim the ultimate triumnb
b q strongly diverging talent or of n
new school.
Therefore ia II the shortest cut IN
suocess no far az critical -recoynI,ion
n concerned. to follow m~eticulousIv in
khe ~footsteps ~ established ,nm,.
napias 10 tho newconor. h.,,. =. -.
rDeotsble talent for ,be .,o,v ava do
kheir work nice,v ,,i,ura ,s nrac,icouy
NunnossibIe They are s,o rd. rd,,.I a.,
once. II ia safe In exto, ,ham .nd
somethinR more than cafe
Thev are a new rock NJ s,r.r,,, %
TIA old guard who look Win sInn.ro
e,orror unor a ran,dIv .rouin. oI...
~ ~rrt,er. 90 wb,n 10 -
1900 .,n.r.,i,Ions - ~
~ en-. Nuho yawnira ,or ,,,o,o.t.,.
rna-su1rag,s,. nruds. ana 80.
0rhev ,b~ersforo r,ny tho 80
ths v,r,ues n, .vorv r.crui, 80 "a
-~,,,...ta. a. Wv"
-snvrs.,ng w. ir,t,,ana ~
~. ""u "''
,-n "
uNe" 80 { u '"eeh tne
.Hs = VI o.'"oaey. Inc pupNc'
~" ."io, HhaAes up '' w NINA
Hns ~''torS pers'stehtiy upheld ny the
- tua'o'ahs are Always so lacking IN
3o priceless giitot p~ersonality h the
.Hts'sse Oh ms or her literary oner-
~ uepe.aS e"t'reIy upon me choice
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Something to Say, the Need
By CHARMING POLLOCK.

The great trouble with our novc'ists.
as with our dramltists. seems TO Dee
that they have nothing TO say.
Most of III are more concerned with
turning out q hook a year, or 1t play.
than with any other feature ot the enc
tcrprisc.
IN ingenious author my devise 'oN
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to think of 1t? The story, yes, the plot
the turn OF the ending, But the char
acters, no. They don't live"
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Circle women
Plan TO LABEL
CAPITOL Trees

Neat. weather.proof zinc plates aye
soon to be placed on all the trees in
the capitol grounds in order that bqah
tourists and malihinis may know at a
glance the various species planted
there, according to decision reached
at a meeting of the Outdoor Circle
yesterday afternoon. Prof. Joseph
Rock of the College of Hawaii, has
listed the trees in the capitol grounds
and. within short time, will list those
in the public parks. 4
During the meeting the workers out
lined plans for the flower show TO
be held early next April on the lanai
of the Hawaiian hotel. The show was
to have been held year ago, but was
postponed because of the "A disaster.
The main object of the show will he
to encourage Horticulture, and flowers,
palms. ferns and plants will be on
exhibition.
A pretty feature of the meeting was
the serving OF ceremonial tea by the
Japanese members of the circle.
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SIXTY BUSINESS
GIRLSfORM CLUB


Sixty young businesswomen OF the
city met at dinner last night in the
Wv. C. A. building and organized
Honolulu Business Girls Club. the
following. officers being chosen:
Miss Mayme Nelson, president;
Mrs. Doris E. Paris, vice-pres1dent;
Miss Marion Brown, corresponding
secretary; Miss Lani Hutchinson,
secretary and treasurer, and Miss Do.
"a Ambrose, cheer leader.
Miss Alice E. Knapp presided over
the meeting and Miss Annetta DECK
mann, educational secretary of the as
ISOLATION, submitted the report for
the committee on organization.
Members of the club shall be mem
bers of the Y. w. c. A. of Honolulu
who are engaged in business or en-
ployed in clerical or mercantile work.
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past week was the auction bridge at
which Mrs Theodore Martin enter
tanned on Thursday afternoon in hon.
or Of, Mrs Witzell. mother Of Lieut.
E:1WuzeH. There were four tables
OF bridge and one OF 800" Mrs.
kerwin and Miss Chase, having the
highest scores. won the prizes. which
were attractively embroidered Chi
neserslippers. and Mrs. WitzeIl was
presented with the guest prize, pair
OF mules" In the dining-room Mrs.
Martin used yellow and white as her
color scheme and in the center Of the
table was large French basket Of
white chrysanthemums tied with yell
low tulle,3 while the candle shades
further carried out the color scheme.
Mrs. John s. Sullivan and Mrs, Clair
Bennett assisted Mrs. Martin, and
among those. who enjoyed this de-
lighaful affair were Mrs. Claire Ben
nett. Mrs. B. w. Atkinson, Mrs. John
s Sullivan, Mrs. Witzell, Mrs. Alfred
lockwood, Mrs. Ralph Holiday, Mrs.
William R. DashieH. - Mrs. Pearson.
Mrs. William B. Cochran, Mrs. Clyde
r. Abraham, Madame Cochran, Mrs.
Thomas j. Camp. Mrs. Raymond
Wheeler, Miss Chase, Mrs. Robert
Calder, Mrs. Paul B. Malone. Miss
Mary Kerwin. Miss Katherine Leni-
han and Mrs; Witzell.
: ; =
Lieut.. and Mrs. John S. Sullivan
entertained informally at luncheon
Friday for Capt. and Mrs. Z. H. Cook
and Mr.. antf.Mrs. Palen of New York
City, house-guests Of Capt and Mrs.
Cook. S
George Harker, small son of Capt,
and Mrs. Thomas H. Harker, who was
taken i'll very suddenly last Tuesday,
is patient in the Department hos
pital. = -!
!. Quitela few from the post are plan.
ming a pichic on Sunday and will mo-
tor out to- the Peninsula. where they
will have luncheon, returning to the
post later in the afternoon.
L - ..--
Mrs. ! Clark A. Brockway of New
York City is the house-guest of Mai.
and Mrs. Edgar in the main garri.
son. Mrs. Brockway arrived a week
ago and is planning to remain several
months in Oahu.
Lieut. and Mrs. Frank Anderson
Sloan entertained informally at din
ner Thursday evening in their quar-.
tiers in the cantonment
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gressiye club. The officers chosen
were a. follows: President. Miss Rose
Holt: yice-presldent. Miss Marian vii.
helm; secretary. Miss Elizabeth Holt !;
treasurer. Mrs. &. Guerrero.
Following the business meeting the
club adjourned 90 the gymnasium for
an enthusiastic practise game OF kolley
ball. IL one might Judge by the sounds
which rose from the room.
The HUI Holomua has begun life
with . membership Of Is young Ha.
waiian women.
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ROY Nj. GRAHAM OFF
FOR NAVAL ACADEMY

Roy Montrose Graham, 16 years old.
will leave this afternoon on the trans
port Sherman for the mainland and
will 90 to Annapolis to finish prepare
tory studies for the Naval Academy
He has passed the examination for
Naval Cadet and heen appointed by
Delegate Kuhio. The entrance exam
nation for the academy are held in
June. r.
$ Young Graham's brother, Ivan L.
Graham; is an ensign in the navy
and was here last fall on the Mary
land.
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1T. SKATER SOCIETY
Especial s.aI.BuIls.iu corr.spondene.l

Especial Star Bulletin correspondenoel
FORT SKATER, Feb 5.-Mrs.
Charles S. Lincoln has issued invita-
ttcps for an auction bridge" next
Thursday afternoon, February 10, at
he home In Mapoa valley.
ut and Mrs. F.. F. Barker enter
tafned informally at dinner last Sat
cantonment In honor Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Boehmer OF Portland. Oregon. Lieut.
and Mrs. Bankers other guests were
Miss Chase and Lieut.. Carl Cohen
After dim er they attended Col. and
Mrs Chatfield's Al Home"
Another informal dinner In the can
torment on the same evening was
that at: which Lieut. and Mrs. A. T.
Dalton entertained for Lieut. and
Mrs: George II. HaIIoran
g
Lieut.. and Mrs. F. A. Sloan were
hest and hostess at delightful din
ner> party In their home in the canton
IneTH last Saturday evening.
- : <
Lieut.. and Mrs. Thomas J. Camp
entertained at delightfully."- Jolly Sun
day night supper last week. and
around THE attractively decorated
table, covers were placed for Lieut..
and Mrs. Clyde r. Abraham, Lieut..
aud Mrs Robert Calder and Lieut.,
md Mrs F. A. Barker. .~-
4 sLieut. and Mrs. John s. Sullivan
entertained Informally at supper last
Sunday evening for Lieut. and Mrs.
John B. Richardson.
~. t -
Lieut.. and Mrs. Theodore Martin
entertained with a movie party at
the aerodome last Saturday evening,
followed by a chafing-dish supper at
their quarters In the Bachelor build
Ing. Among Lieut.. and Mrs. Martins
guests were Lieut.. and Mrs. Claire
Bennett, Lieut. and Mrs. Clyde r. Abb
raham, Mrs. Witzell andi Lieut.. and
Mrs. lockwood.
Mrs Charles s. Lincoln. who has
: been visiting at Fort Shafter for the
past week, has returned to her home
in Manoa valley.
Mrs Peck was hostess last Monday
evening at the Officers Club for the
Evening Bridge Club. and Mrs. Clyde
n. Abraham, having the highest score,
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HUI HOLOMUA' IS
name CHOSENFOR
new GIRLS CLUB

The Hawaiian girls club. organized
at the Young Womens Christian As
ISOLATION during the last few weeks,
held an important business meeting
last night at which an official name
was chosen and officers were elected.
The name chosen was Hui Holomua.
which Is interpreted to mean the pro-
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fine HYACINTHS
TO BE Shown

Beginning next Wednesday. Mrs Z.
NJ. Taylor. the florist on Hotel street.
will show in her windows and store
a beautiful display of hyacinths which
she has carefully cultivated. They
are already blossoming and a fine
variety of color and kind is represent
ed.-Adv.
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summons was returned to circuit
court today in the case OF Eugeiio de
Folco against High Sheriff W. n Jar.
rett and the United States Fidelity 4
Guaranty Company. an action for dam.
ages In which the plaintiff prays for
Judgment in the sum Of $S9ls.9s.
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The Spanish government will per-
init the entry of 100000 tons Of wheat
free of duty and transportation tax.
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Another informal dinner in the can
Torment on the same evening was
that at: which Lieut. and Mrs. A. T.
Dalton entertained for Lieut. and
Mrs. George Fl. HaIIoran
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-05

, sLieut. and Mrs. John S. Sullivan
entertained Informally at supper last
Sunday evening for Lieut. and Mrs.
John B. Richardson.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-05

Lieut.. and Mrs. F. A. Sloan were
hest and hostess at a delightful din
mel, party In their home in the canton
IneH last Saturday evening.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-05

Capt. Edwin Hartshorn. who has
been iii for the past week, is conyal.
escing and will soon be able to be
out.