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Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-12
FOOD COMMISSION
/. TOLD OF SCHOOLS
and GARDEN WORK
@+4%++++4%%$+++ :

y The splendid work which the \
= pupils OF Hawaii are doing IN =
y home and school gardening was !
y told 20 the Territorial Food Com 4
y mission and the Pan Pacific Club \
y ct an important luncheon meet Z
y Ing at Laniakea theater. In H0- =
= nolulu thu week. Editor Riley II.
y Allen % the Star Rnlletin. who I
y was rolled on for q talk on school I
y gard Ing. surpr1sed the huai- I
y neasmen assembled BY telling
= item "a TIE tll6 Ids and thOfss I
= ands of children al over the 1
y islands who are busy. happy and I
= successful ii raising necessary
y food crops ii their home and 4
= school gardens.
But we must be sure that
y market Is guaranteed for those 1
y who are so faithfully and consci- 4
y entiously and patriotically work 1
y ing for the interests Of the ISL 1
= ands by their garden projects, 4
y be declared. He emphasized the 4
\ need OF connecting the gardeners I
\ and quick and profitable mar 4
= ket.
y This is something the Territori- /
y al Food Commission Is going TO
= take up and 4 viii be Of interest
= 70 the school children Of the ter I
= ritory 6.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-05-12
FIRST LETTER-FRoM MARTHA
n. WoLTERS, KAUAI HIGH
AND GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Kauai High and Grammar School.


Kauai High and Grammar School.
- LIhue, Kauai, Jan. -, 1917.
Editor Honolulu STAR Bulletin.
Sir: In the back Of the main school
there was . little ground which was
sli covered with weeds 50 Harriet
Sheldon, Helen, Wedemeyer. Eileen
Carter and thought We would Ike to
make that ground look pretty by plant
ing flowers there.
Mr. Avery told some manual train.
#ing boys 10 build q fence 70 enclose
our garden place 50 no horses or dogs
would get in and tramp over our gar
dens, but II did no good. The dogs
came IN just the same. ~ +
Some Filipino prisoners hoed up
the weeds and the boys made beds
for rs and each Of as had q bed-to
plant flowers. 9
I brought some hybisc1s sips win
roots en- ready and Mr.. Ayery got
some boys to make Q little ditch IN
which 10 plant these HIBISCUS slips.
They made bitches along the fence.
First Of al. they put fertilizer IN the
the dirt TO plant the hybiscus.
My garden was fun Of stones and
punches Of grass.
In my garden ] planted sweet peas,
dahlias. calendulae. nasturtiums. as.
tiers, periwinkles and marigolds.
They came up rather late but when
they once started 70 peep they came
up strong and healthy.
When my nasturtiums grew BIS
enough to get flowers, some kind OF
a long green worm ate the leaves.
have kiIled seven Of those worms 50
far.
The funniest thing about my garden
II this. When my sweet peas were
ready to climb, told Mr. Avery. SC
/ he told some boys TO get some sticks
for the sweet peas. One boy brought
chill pepper, and one hoy bnDughl
some lahtaha sticks Then | told nj
Avery mat the Iantana might grow
| and he said he did not think the,
would.
the lantana II growing and entwinine
with the sweet peas.
expected to see my flowers aI
large By now but they are not. TheJ
are getting larger every day. Ms
institutions are ready for picking and
50 are my marigolds, but the Other
flowers are not Ny dahlia has 4
large bud which win be open BY to
morrow.
am very much excited every morn
ing when come 20 school because
want to see who has a bud or floweI
In our gardens
have not made any money but had
lots Of pleasure When | have some
flowers give them 20 my teachers
and to Mr.. Mccall and Mr.. Avery.
| I get all my seeds from Mr YScal
hone yan win be interested n n,
Earden and may be able to see &
sometime.
Very resnectfully,
MARTHA H. WoLTERs.
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FIFTH LETTER-FRom sosAkn
YAMAMoTos tiANALEl

2 HdnhIeIl k1uAl1 Jan. -, W.
Editor Honoluln Slar.Bulletin.
SIR The greatest trouble n our
garden \ trying % keep tie DIan..
frcm being washed away. A 1oon d.
the plants come up . heavy dow
pour washes them away; our soII 81
ing sandy and soft.
The boys show no dlscourneomcnI
They quickly drop Their despair and
start q new garden after each U111
out.
We have put some fertilizer q o.
garden this week and having had
some sunshine there has been f|II|.
progress IN growth.
SOSAKU YANAMOTo.
Member Of Hanalei school card11.
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ALFRED PACHEcO, KAUAI
PRIZE. WINNER, KEEPS
8. HIS GARDEN GOING
Kekaha, kauai May ), 1911.

= o. 3 81
Editor Honolulu StarBulIetin.
Sir: Iefeceiyed my so on May 3,
1911, and was very glad 20 have II
because I worked very hard and was
trying 70 have one Of the prizes. Ny
garden = going on very nicely.
have many kinds of vegetables and
they are growing rapidly. hope
win earn some money when the vege
tables are big enough to be sold In
our school We are making q little
garden and plant the seeds because
the boys say II plant them they viii
grow rapidly. The big boys made q
fence around the place and the small
er boys dig the ground and I plant the
seeds i bate nothing more to tell
Yours very truly.
- - n UlDUn y afgKTUf(la
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LADPAHOEHOE Is
! READY 70 PLANT
IOHELPCOlIATRY

Eaupahoehoe. 7. H. Nay ,. 1917
Editor Honolulu Star BnIlefin.
Sir: Am sending Z composIII11
written by q member 81 he s|E|.
grade as an illustration 81 cor1eI1I|t1
work done N Tie school
We are eagerly awaiting he nII|I'
al OF The Kentucky Wonder Bean.
The children found 4 pIctnro q IL
bean In seed catal0gne and r 1D4
holds . prominent place on the seho1I
room wall.
The children q the school ss1I
their kind regards
Yours very truig
1icE1SE ID t4N f t5Eitt.E
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FIVE BEST LETTERS FROM PUPILS
OFKAUAl SCHOOLS ARE PUBLISHED
Territorial Normal School Judges Fox Out Leading Letter
Writers-Neh Week Letters From Another Island win Be
Gwen ~*s

Bulletin publ
letters from each sand In the
published Nss
selections
Judges Of the Tsrroa Normal school TINS
Starsuien
noted that In this ranking o" sttsrs sOnsdd
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WAlALUh ENC OURAGED
BE GETTING A PRIZE
AND WILL CONTINUE WORN
Waialua oahu Nay !. 1911

Waialua, Oahu, Hay ], 1917.
Editor Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
Sir: Our school wishes me "a
ACKNOWLEDGES the receipt Of the SO,
the prize money FOR Our garden. We
thank the StarBuIletin very much
and We feel greatly encouraged. We
are going to plant sweet potatoes for
the next contest Thanking you
again.
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PRIzE. WINNERS
ON EAST HANAH
CONTINUE WORK
Hilo. Hawaii. Nay 8. 1917.

IlIl05 IA WALL may . 4NAte
Editor Honolulu strrBulletin.
Sir: wieh 10 thank you for the
check you sent me g. my share Of the
first prize for home garden. ] am
very pleased to have won first prize.
We both wish % thank the star-Bnl-
letin for starting this contest and 20
congratulate the newapapei staff on
the success Of the contest
II this contest had not started /
doubt II We would ever have thought
81 starting a warden at Waiakea.
Lately We have sold about 81 worth
Of Gegetables a great deal OF this
money We received froln the sale Of
our lettuce AZ present etIr lettuce
and daicon ere laeeer than any Of
those belongiag 70. the Iabefers
around rs, because Of this we always
find 4 ready sale for our vegetables.
AZ present every bed IN our garden
Is planted and the plants are all grow.
inc well. Lately We have had very
little rain so We ave % water our
plants daily.
We are thinking Of increasing the
size Of our garden % that we will
Be better able 70 sgpply the constant
demand for ffekh vegetables.
As l have nothing more to say. ex-
cept to give my heartiest thanks Tor
the prize, remain. your thankful
gardener.
DYFRIG FORBES.
p. S-f II win be acceptable 10
you. we win send letters 10 you occa-
sionally telling Of the progress We
have made.
Editors nofs: Dyfrig Forbes and
Tamoru FujiWara together won FIRST
prize IN the East Hawaii district home
garden contest The Star-Bulletin
win Be very glad 70 hear from these
two hustling youths rs often 90 they
win write letters about their garden
work.
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WILLIAM FlGUEIRA, JOINT
MOL 0kAI PRIZE WINNER,
EXPRESSES APPREclAT TON

Pukoo. Molokai May 5, Ill
Editor Honolulu sfaT-Bulletfu
Dear SIR: received your kindly
setter. and also check Of $3.50. Tor
sI|ch thank goa very much for
|| I|rtne., rhich 7 try ~ best
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always IN home garden work.
I remain yours very truly
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Paanhau, Hawsli. May 6. 1917.

Paanhau, Hawsii. May 5 1911. Z
Sir: We are very glad because We
won the first prize We received the
SIS on Monday.
We have very good garden now
and We have chosen q president VICE
president and . eecretary treasurer.
We are running our garden like q
plantation. We choose the best boys
for president xicepresident and sec.
retary-trsasurer. Our president y
very smart and he knows how % run
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aLFRE1 RkcHEco.
Middletown transcript., 1917-01-06

An expert has figured out why the
wheels of moving vehicle shown on
the motion-picture screen sometimes
appear to stand still, sometimes to
waver between forward and back
ward and more often to travel back
ward. The mOtion-picture, as every
one knows, is simply succession of
photographs-taken at the rate OF
about 20 to the second, and each rep
resenting an instantaneous snapshot,
says Portland Oregonian. If the
spoke of the wheel in the period it
takes to make a picture moves to a
position almost but not quite where
the succeeding spoke stood in picture
No. / the eye associates it with its
former successor, because it is near
est to it, and which seems therefore
to have moved slightly backward. If
the No. 1 spoke in the interval be-
tween snapshots exactly takes the
place of the succeeding spoke, the
eye detects no change, and the wheel
seems to be still. If the camera is
cranked at an approximately steady
rate. while the vehicle varies it's
speed, it will be seen that a cOnfus-
ing series of illusions is created. 1t is
we'll understood that the term mo
ton picture" is a misnomer, since the
separate pictures of the series in
themselves do not depict motion.
Middletown transcript., 1917-01-06
SEEM TO BE fewer BLONDES
Observers Have Noticed That Darker
Types Of Females Are Beginning
to Predominant.

A silly little story came out of st.
Louis the other day to the effect that
increased cost of peroxide of hydro
gen was causing the girls out there to
quit bleaching their hair, and, as con-
sequence, fewer blondes were to be
seen. The bleached blonde is one of
the lay figures of the joker; or, rather,
of the joker who cannot keep ahead of
the times, because she has been the
target of humorous shafts ever since
the Spanish-American war. Serious
ly, though, aren't there fewer blondes
than formerly? How many genuine
yelow-haired girls have you seen in
the street cars in the last month? Very
few; and to one girl with light eyes
and coloring you will see half-dOzen
brunettes of varying shades. Well
leave it to the sociologist to establish
the relationship between the number
of immigrants from southern Europe,
where the people are mostly dark, and
the growing scarcity of real blondes.
The sociolOgist no doubt can present
all sorts of interesting theories, but we
are confronted with a fact. During
daily journeys on one car line covering
a period of II months one observer has
failed to decry single blonde that
he would be sworn was genuine; and
he is a person of fair eyesight and
partial to the light ones. What's the
answer ?-Pittsburgh GaZette-Times.
Middletown transcript., 1917-01-06
WROTE OF YANKEE POLITICS
Briton Of the Eighties Who Had No
Qualifications as a Critic, Was
Humorous.

Brander Matthews, writing his "LOn-
don Memories" in Scribner's, recalls
period in the early eighties when he
was a contributor to the London Sat-
urday Review, at that time, under the
editorship of Walter Pollock, journal
Of marked distinction. Such names as
Lang, Dobson. Gosse. H. D. Trail, w.
E. Henley illuminated its columns. Mr..
Matthews was the only American con-
nected with the staff of the "Satur-
day." as the Review was familiarly
called.
81 may confess frankly now that it
was great fun for me, an American OF
the Americans" writes Mr.. Matthews,
ito say my say about American topics
in the columns of the most British Of
British periodicals. About American
politics | rarely expressed any opinion,
because that topic had been for years
in the care of one of the oldest contrib
utors to the paper, although his long
service had not equipped him with
knowledge of the subject.
pollock called my attention once to
an article on American affairs in the
current number and wondered wheth-
er it was not all at sea in its opinions,
and l had to answer that had count
ed fifteen mistatements of fact In the
first column, whereupon he shrugged
his shoulders and explained that he
was powerless, since he had inherited
that contributor from the preceding
editors.
81 was told, although l forget by
whom, that the ancient light who thus
devoted his mind to the misunderstand
ing of American politics was &. 5. Van
ables, otherwise unknown to fame ex-
cept as the man who had broken
Thackeray's nose"
Middletown transcript., 1917-01-06
BELIEVING IN OURSELVES.

Belief in self is the foundation
stone to individual success, but II
must be so strong in quality and so
resourceful in emergency that it ut
terly refuses to admit discourage
ment. There are different degrees Of
belief in self and experience shows
plainly that It is only the most hon.
estly conceived and most carefully
developed form Of self-confidence
that is able to overcome those obsta-
cles which seem to arise with such
relentless regularity along the path
Of the earnest seeker after results,
says Charleston News and Courier.
Such a man tries to give the best
that is in him in the effort to win
success, but because he lacks the
strong, hard confidence in his own
powers of accomplishment which Is
absolutely necessary to gain his ends
he becomes discouraged. He loses
his original point of view in the con-
fusions of his failure, because 1t is
hard for man to think and act in
the face of disappointment with the
same force and enthusiasm which
characterized his more hopeful eff
forts. That is why we hear men who
have failed to say that the world is
against them when they have really,
but most unfortunately, lost their way
in the darkness. The light that blazed
so gloriously at the outset of their
careers lost its brilliancy when left to
itself, for hope needs to be cared for
sometimes to be kept alive. If the light
of hope, which after all is faith in self,
be kept burning brightly all our lives
there would be small cause for depres-
sion and fewer failures.
Middletown transcript., 1917-01-06
And With Winter Here,

The toiler at the next desk but one
has been a source of continuous annoy
ance to this department ever since food
prices started soaring last month. He
insisted daily that there was no high
cost of living, and proved it by quoting
the prices he paid for meat and-p
duce at his grOcer'S. For instance, he
asserted frequently that for ten cents
he could get "all the steak he and his
wife could eat" We retorted angrily
that many men starved their wives, but
most of them had the decency not to
brag about it. For it is no pleasure to
q man with a $50 grocery bill to hear
the ecstasies of one with $40 food
bill. But he gibed on blithely, voting
not of the future. And now retribu-
ton has come, and here Is where we
laugh:
His grocer has been declared bank
rupt, and the obnoxious tOiler at the
next desk but one faces the problem of
dealing with a middleman with some
business sense.-Kansas City Star.
Middletown transcript., 1917-01-06
Copyright, 1915, by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicate.)
DOLLARS AND SENSE.

Dollars count. Without them we
cannot procure food to eat, clothes to
wear or roof to shelter us.
Dollars by themselves, however, are
worth mighty little, even IL the mart
of trade; for mere money, unaccom-
panied by a distributing agent, is as
valueless as would be work OF art
covered with burlap and stored in
cellar.
Men of mark, taking them as they
run, and barring the few who are only
financially successful, have something
besides money, have done something
which money cannot do. They owe
their regulations in business, and out
of it, not wholly to the fact that they
are financially rich or commercially
influential.
Dollars without sense are as badly
off as would be sense without dollars
to provide for it's wants.
The power of money, great as 1t ls'
is not vested wholly in money ltselI.
It's value is dependent upon what ac-
companies it.
The miser, even though his store
house is filled with ready cash, has no
standing in the community and is not
on good terms even with himself. lie
has accumulated, but he has not dis
tributed. He has made money ana
done nothing else.
Good sense, common sense, is worth
more than money, even assuming tnat
money can be obtained without it.
The man of sense stands higher ev-
erywhere than does the man OF dol
lars
Common sense is to be priced above
all financial riches. With it all things
are possible. ithout it nothing
worth while can be accomplished
Men today are reckoned by their
sense, not by their dollars. Their
positions in business, in the profes-
sions, in the community, are depend
ent upon the amount of common sense
they possess, with or without accom-
panying money.
Don't imagine, young man. that the
mere accumulation of money is going
to give you any position Of which you
NAV be proud, even among men OF
money.
When men die they leave only one
heritage which is remembered, and
that is what they have done for the
benefit of humanity, whether or not
this good has been accomplished by
willing money to schools, libraries,
and charities, or is obtained because
they left behind them an example
worthy to be followed.
Remember that a draft drawn on
the Bank of Earth is not payable at
| the Bank of Heaven.
If you would have your money do
you and others any good, mix sense
with it.
If you would have your business of
benefit to you and to your community,
or to those who labor under you, use
sense in conducting it.
| Sense has a value in every market.
| Dollars are not good everywhere.
Sense and gumption are marketable
| commodities Without them the rich
est money man is poor indeed.
Money is worth having. Without it
| we cannot eat or live; but lonesome
money is barren as a desert plain.
| BY itself alone it cannot SOW or har-
vest. 1t is a drag which pre3ents the
rudder of the Ship of Life from max.
ing a straight course.
A diet of dollars results in mental
starvation. Sense is the food which
nourishes both the mind and the body.
Get sense first, and money after
ward.
Middletown transcript., 1917-01-06

The European war and the cOnse-
quent closing of the European sources
of production of embroideries and
laces has given tremendous impetus
to this industry in the Philippines. Be
fore the war it had already reached
large proportions in Manila and the
provinces, the public schools were Civ
ing it their attention in an effert to
train girls in the art of producing fab
RIGS which would meet commercial
needs, and American commercial inter-
ests had established agencies there.
The war has increased this business to
such an extent that it is seemingly i'm
possible to meet the demand. More
than 10000 women in Manila alone are
employed in shops and homes on fine
embroidery and laces and the monthly
pay roll is in excess of 100000 a
month.
Middletown transcript., 1917-01-06
Euus Not a Necessity.

Why eggs? Breakfast on the conti-
nent of Europe has gone it's way in
peace for many years with nothing
more than coffee and rolls. Even in
heavy-eating England rasher Of ba-
con and a bit of tea is quite all right,
without eggs, for breakfast. Samuel
Pepys seems to have got along with
out any breakfast, could do half a
days work without a bite. In fact,
breakfast, as regular meal, is re-
cent institution. It's the two or three
sOft-boiled that are here objected to as
particularly tautologic. Ones enough,
and the second is mere absent-minded-
ness. There are lot of little things
that 60 to make up the high COST
Philadelphia Ledger.
Middletown transcript., 1917-01-06
Decreased Cost of Iivinu.

The cost Of 1000 candle-hours Of
light a century ago was about $3.50
when the candle and sperm oil lamp
were the only available illuminants.
The coming of kerosene cut the cost
to 50, and along toward the latter half
of the nineteenth century the same
amount could be purchased for a dol
lar. Competition between kerosene and
gas further reduced the cost until in
the last quarter of century thou
sand candle-hours cost less than so
cents. With the present efficiency of
the electric lamp the cost Of the same
unit is about ten cents, or one-twenty-
fifth Of the original costa century It ge.
Middletown transcript., 1917-01-06

The Historical society of Delaware,
Wilmington, is without home, the
ground occupied by the present build
ing being required for the proposed new
public library, and it has become neces-
sary to vacate as soon as possible. Its
belongings have been boxed and are
being stored in the old offices Of the
Water Department, some in the base
ment of First Presbyterian Church and
some in other places.
Middletown transcript., 1917-01-06

The British government is to take
steps to enable soldiers, sailors and
munitiOn workers to vote in gen.
eral elections in war times. This
Is a measure which ought to be in
practice everywhere that men have
a vote. To penalize a man for re-
spending to the call of his country
in it's need is the rankest kind of
injustice and an outrage on common
sense.
Middletown transcript., 1917-01-06

Lieut.. Ernest Shackleton, antarctic
hero, announces his determination to
join the fighting forces in Europe after
he has tried to rescue ten members
of his expedition who are marooned
on the shores of Ross sea. The strange
ways of human reasoning are Illus
trated in this combination of courage
in saving life and the ambition to slay,
all in the name of duty.
Middletown transcript., 1917-01-06
Valuable READING.

Read papers and magazines that
deal with your work, and then read
just as many as you can that deal
with other mems work. In that way
only can you get a broad knowledge
of what the world is doing.
Middletown transcript., 1917-01-06

A st. Louis hobo, after Is years of
wandering, says it doesn't pay. The
only sort of tramping that pays is pro-
fessional pedestrianism, with purse
at the end Of the journey.
Middletown transcript., 1917-01-06

A western psychologist asserts that
there is more sugar in a mans blood
when he is in rage than at any other
time. He may be right, but one would
never suspect it from the average
mans language at such times.
Middletown transcript., 1917-01-06

A gruesome comment on the en-
plcyment of women in Europe in place
Of men is the killing of 10 woman sec
tion slands by the dash through them
-of :: Balkan eKnraSS
Middletown transcript., 1917-01-06
Fashion in Thouuht.

We are taught to clothe our minds,
rs we do our bodies, after the fashion
in vogue; and it is accounted fam
tastical. or something worse, not to
do so-Locke.
Middletown transcript., 1917-01-06
Manhood'S Work.

Each man has his appointed day;
short and irrennrahle is the brief life
of all but to extend our fame by our
deeds, this is manhoOds work.-Virgil.
Middletown transcript., 1917-01-06
Disappointed.

did you have good time shopping
today, my dear?" asked Mr.. Flubdub.
"No, l didn't" snapped Mrs Flubdub.
Il found exactly what I was looking
for in the very first store. Judge.
Middletown transcript., 1917-01-06
And There He Stonred.

''Bluffem poses as hustler, doesn't
he?" "Well. yes; he's always ener-
getic in reaching a conclusion that
something ought to be done. boston
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