Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1917-03-01


land OF history which supplies us with
i much interesting matter in the form
/ OF magazines and books. We have
become historical. so to Speak, and
) our good turns daily practised we shall
have no cause to regret From the
messenger who ran Tor cup of water
in the crowded Pan-Pacific building.
] TO the human semaphore who stood al
King and Fort streets and directed
| cars eva and cars waikiki, and autos
| mauka and makai so capably, all
/ scouts were alive and ready and
should be grateful TO the scoutnasters
who have given them so much time in
| training. ST.
| All scouts are tired-so tired and
!. full OF sleep that no meetings OF Inn
| portance have yet been held: but next
week we'll wake up and stand alert,
and the scribes will once more dip
their quilts in ink-wells that (alas)
run To overlooking in some Of the
scout headquarters, wishing the. writ
ers would use them more extensively.
! Meantime the editors bottle is nearly
PAU, while the old office Quill scratch
es along and rehashes in way the
little notes that Mother C's adopted
children have sent in.
Dear Robert Anderson has gone,
one OF the finest scoutmasters that the
order ever boosted: and as he leaned
over the rail of the Manoa, all lei
bedecked and smiling (while never
theless choking down a big lump in his
throat, a few of his boys left the
boat and went marching back to town,
their secret tears dripping down and
falling into the dust below.
The perfect weather of King Carni-
walls week has passed, and now the
coconut feathe: busters that swished
against the sky and kept 1t bright and
smiling fer the best part OF a week,
are having their deserved good wash
ing, SOS to look all bright and green
again. or evenings there are but few
scout Voices to be heard, and as night
darkens into blackness toward the
morning hours, all that reaches the
editors ears is the steady strike of
little hammers and the ring OF elfin
anyiis as the menehunes ply their
trades under the mountain apple trees
and in the black volcanic caves OF
upper Manoa valley.
Scribe Simonton of Troop reports
slim meeting held last Saturday
when certain exercises were attempt. /
ed. 1t was discovered that some of the
boys could not rapidly spell cat and J
rat, and so they held spelling match,
few of them at the close being able
to spell dog and COW and gun and
other simple little words. with great /,
rapidity. All members are requested
to be present at next Saturdays meet |
ing, as talk will be given the boys on |
the use of the camera. The meeting |
of the following Saturday, March 10.
will be interesting also as baseball
stories will be told the scouts by an !
old hand at the game.
Abraham Annoy; formerly assistant !.
scoutmaster of Troop II, VIII assume j
control OF that troop, taking the place ,
of Mr.. Anderson.
Carl Mortensen, late..y turned Eagle
scout of Troop v, and scribe as well,
sends in notice that the meeting night |
of that troop is to be changed from
Thursday to Friday. All members are
urged to be present at this weeks
meeting, March 2, as important mat
tiers will be taken up.
--
A good one on Sgt. Sanderson of
Sheffield ID that he lost his automo-
bile during Carnival week and that 1t
was not found by his own troop
famed for tracking antosl, hut by
somebody else guess who.
OF interest to residents of Makiki
district Is the announcement of new
troop. Mr.. Clinton Hicks, who has
had considerable experience in hand
ling boys, will be the scoutmaster, as
sisted by Leo De Roo. All boys of /.
thar district who are interested are !,
urged to be present at the Christian
church on Kewalo street at 1850 Sat-
urday evening and help TO swell the
membership of Troop XVIII.
Troop v gets sFecial mention in the
February number Of Boys Life, regard
ing its human mascot. Also, Alatail
Wilder Is again listed as an Eagle
scout and Robert Naeconel as a Life
and Star scout.
All first-class scouts who have not
qualified for the merit badge for
Workmanship are requested to re-
port at Troop VS. scout house and
practise; that is. il they are not ac- +
.,,otrtod v,fkh rffloo Mr barry will A
instruct them how. when and where
TO shoot
THE STATUE or LIBERTY NEVER
INVISIBLE NOW
Suddenly transformed from a dark
bulk against the darkening sky into
gloriously illuminated figure, the II
Statue of Liberty on the evening of
December Q, was illuminated by giant
searchlights which formed a perma.