Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-07-25
IS
OFF To- MAINLAND
ON MATSONIA
Writer Pleased to Leave Since
II Means He viii Sooner
;.sf. Return
HAwAII's PERFECT rRIsurE.

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y THE, older get the oftener =
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y stay" 49,. -. =. =
Jack London's oft.repeated quo =
= tation, which is becoming a Ho- =
y nolulu slogan. London says this y
is the way every one should feel. =
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Jack London has the best reason yet
offered for leaving Honolulu iWednss-
day in the MatsoHia; also he's has a
new role: He's a yard. boy. or some
thing. like that = -. ..-,.f ~
The first statement is, sentiment:
the second, rtrmor-if they were writ.
ten, as they really are. H.. - Is.
I'm glad Pm. going away Wednes-
day." London remarked with just a
trace of twinkle, "for the sooner
60. the sooner T. come back :. =
The yard boy story is different
While London was telling the Star
Bulletin man how the islands, had the
death grip upon him, and lots OF other
things, too, there came little rattle
at the door,, a tiny, timid knock.
Pardon" says London, "Ill just see
who this is knocking at my door y
The writer had on a.. Japanese- XII
mono that might have been the yard
boys Dride.e@~ ~, - ! L.
s " Howdy,"' said London to. the gentle
racket at the door. 49,. ..-.. +
There was a. little woman with, N
autograph book in her hand Her ON.
barrassments WIS real. so -.r~-ts ~
Wilt be. too 'much trouble to carry
this TO Mr.. London" piped- a stifled
voice way down IN, O frightened young
woman's throat. She apparently want.
ed to fly away. b.. -..,-.,,., .-.,.: 3.
No trouble at ALL" boomed London,
smiling down It her. I'm. it,"
There was faint gurgleaas of some.
one fainting away. Then:
! 'Oh, Pm so delighted. Oh, will you
please give me YOUR name; is It asking
too riuch?"l ..... y.
Not at all, not at all. Have
chair" And before the excited visit
or realized that she had met Jack
London and she had come all the
way from England to do.it, she said
she was out in the bright AFTERNOON
sun, speeding into the hau tree shade.
the book, tightly clntched: and London
smiling at her. T. l.. ~..1..,' ~..
Thought E was the yard-boy, God
bless her, and I. hardly blame her eth.
er,. for l. certainly look worse than
that. And she's left her fountain pen"
hes said. Il certainly am doing we'll
this afternoon III
London says similar visits are quite
common but that his system usually
excludes everybody until the after.
noon. 1No one can bother him while
he works., which Is usually all MORN
ing. sA .zyz.. sz-
when you are breaking up house.
keeping and about to take to the sea,
your system naturally falls: by the
way, temporarily he laughed, "bnt
even on my ranch in California ! see
no one, no matter who he or she may
be-. until 1890, when my mornings
work is finished. !"
London has nothing new to. say
about the islands, and his only "aio.
has" are those he has expressed that
he will eventually make the islands
his home. Just becaIse Mrs. London
and I like the beautiful of life
and viii live where we like the coun.
try and people, which is right here"
The novelist and his wife are leap
ing at this time TO be present at the
annual outdoor pageant OF the Bo.
hemian club OF San Francisco at Boz
henian Grove, the. summer camp in
Sonorila county. IL is here that hun.
dredss Of celebrities from all over the
world gather in the mountain fastIess
for a few days each year as guests
of the club to enjoy the largest and
most attractive outdoor spectacle ever
staged. Tile show costs thousands OF
dollars, has an arehestra alone of 100
pieces, is given for only one night and
is written, prepared and acted by the
members of the Bohemian Club, the
fame OF which extends around the
world. .t.Iss
London plans to CO. East for the
world series in the autumn and willS
return here in the winter or early
spring. He will write all the time.
Il nave enough notes, ideas and
sketches for short stories aud novels
stored away to keep me writing for
10 years IS one Of Jack London's in
teresting statements, and another is
that II he spent the remainder OF his
life working he couldn't write even a
small portion of the articles, stories
and so forth that he has been asked
to donate TO- various publications and
organizations gratis.
About the Mulokai' leper settlement