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.... , 1 :':'. ' -'.'., '','''' ': '' ''"' t .' v' ' ' ': ' : -v. "'. :i'. .,'.''.'.' Hawaiian' 'GAZirr.rn, .tuekiuy, tam-uAry'J12( mi 'isumi-WEKKLy. 74 PV." - ' ' '. '. ' v. , ; j 't. -i . ', . j, : . .ST ;t W'l el'l I' 'Vvfn" Vxl-r r v h m. . ' i . . ' J W D 1 1 I -A. i I SB U w ,, J -f, u ' "i'l..!'.Vv , tn8 ot rmonaiar. "JCffloiency," obrved Orir Governor Utply with touching iron. '1 'fflcl6nejr is the keynot of teijr silmlaiatrsoti; . .. ... . ' ; v v . Tbs sppolntrntnt 'of tr1' MoCsrthf: U 'tit .ponltloaof ierrt . tori!' treaanre'r did BotVohi irprlfa ( many who wsri.swsre i-. :'. McCarthy is eirtainly efficient! ;'v,v''' . ' But bscsUM h i efBcient id oils thing it does not follow hs is r efficient in everything, though, of course, he would not lei this stats .Bis.;sitllegL',' '.4.-':,' '.'Vj'"' : There is so one I know who-is ihors ' cfflclest and naturally :::ilMtS'i the art'of bein diMourtooiis sad insulting than MsCarthy. ; Ue has alway bon thus; equipped for public life, yet in, the good old days he was, a little more careful thai bow, and kept a watch on his tongue, as It were. Ho could never tell in thoa days who, - v ' would corns is through the ewlnglog doors! ,' ; ,'. . ' ; " , But there a'r"no swinging dpors now in the happy ind o(ticlaI r. If" of , McCarthy, whs it as risea to be Man of State and can fee V "', diaoonrteona and insulting-ai hs jpleases-f-whlle hW'woadsM'hoW ; the dlckenrf he wilt Hi the tax rater All territorial OflWiaht ahoald ' ( smulaM McCarthy Thoy should strive,' to' bo at insulting as pos ' slble, and show sth.' jwplo that though we have it hlngajfoibo j and, seraps Ut' we, have Our "Governor 's v" cabinet ' member r, who ". , -n ar a, ood dal Wore ImportanC v.', ,. " " j.,' ' k ' 0S of the efficient things fcbrut McCarthy .1 , VU pnsoiitalHy., ' " 1 .1 . . ( . 1 . . A 1 1 M . . . " ' .- '.r x gof ciHcn to ciuj.bi nw oiucs.obo luiruive Dciore-ine opening hour of or one minute aftor the closing, oncjnayW subjected to ','' officient' insult Or to ring him up! - Ah; .that'ls lis bad per ; kP. worse."'.':,';' 'i'.'vi'' --V ''', V" : 'J r;V ;fm? V ;,- . ' , ' A friend of mine rang him up yesterday to aik for a maa em f ,' Pysd in his departmeat. As it fcapponsd, it wss just) one sninote '.- ' 'tor the closing hour., ', c'-l V', ;r-.iljy, '. -.."What happened T.-"v : ' 4 1 . " Kfficlency trlnmphedt '2 - ." ' " r y'.V'., y McCarthy alammed up the phone.' . ', A; ! ' v - That was cerUialy the proper tting to do. '.Was 't it one sain U ftr thp closing hourl Any efficient man woul) have done the sattie. j' ' .. .' ;;v ft i ,; -.,: - v. . - But this friend I'spoak of did not kaoW this. lie thought there . . .. was som uistaks and ao rang up McCarthy again. Ths same ques .;; .tioa was put.- v'w., ; ... .., . .-.-, . , i ' . g But, bang! went the receiver.,.,, ' , ; : ... Effleieaeytriunrphed again. , ;-.'V'vV,f s ! : "- Tift swinging doors may never :swing for McCarthy again, (he , - - people nay make it a point to see that he does bot serve another term ia public .office, but over the portal of his home there certainly will always, be, written : "Hers, lives; aa Efficient Maa!'- k ', AHOTXHT OBOES Of HONOKABLES AK EXCEIXENCIES V ;' ' .', . - '' Using a stesmroller to kill an ant does the job moat effectively, " '.without doubt, but it is a trifle more foree than the ordinary rule ' of efficiency call fot, but something very similar, is taking place ia , 1' T eur municipal govsrnment at the present time. a;s'-;. ; ' , ' " .ror instance-,"ne'-Of tho.bverwOrked."Chimbormatds at the. road K' - department stables', flraws ao' official looking document, from the " mail-carrktr' ooWtalning-a Icttei whichr .translated,-says Ton 're " .. fired. - Git," but it. Unt put .that way. Inside, the heavy bond- psper envelope is as unsealed mlasile addressed ,. , '', : r'"B.on. Walakahao lVnnsBui Esquire,. ; . ' ' . V'Cflambermald la Oharg-e-of Ooverament Mules, i - ' ':-f ; ':V '. ..'."Kakaako SUblea, , : j.; ;, 'Division Of Engineering and Public ; , ;' .. l . ' '.'flty. and County of Honolulu, , 7 ;V - . " .' '''Territory of Hawsit" ' . -. V , ' Within this is sa official communication ibearlng the seal of the. Y city, heavily-emboased. - Address as on. the- envelope -, ; . . SJ- wtitM MMow, regie Mife a unvv nuuur w luiorui r . you, sir acting, by and under ths authority of ths Ilonorable Board C,V . 01 bupervisors or . the City and County of Honolulu, and In aceord anee with the provisions of Resolution . Nov 4-ll44, unoiiimously ' adopted by the Honorable Board at their regular meeting,' December ., - aana, ivi. That on ana arter January 3Jst, 1919, your, valuable ser n'j vices will be no longer required. . V ."7-"'T"- l niT' " honor to remain, Sir, - - -" "Your most obedient and humble servant, - v ij , "JOHN DO. - V g "Clerk to His Excellency, The Honorable, The Mayor of Honolulu, ' . v 7 . . City and County of Honolulu, Territory of Hawaii, U. & A." .-jf ' - The gentlemen who feeds and cleans the mules gets a dollar a day, r'j - more or Jess, probably less, from the proud and haughty, pay clerk ; -. ia the treaaurer'e office once a month, if the eounty happens to have , v . ; . urn cmnn. vsmerwiae, ne receives a regiaierea warrant, ine proo ability is that he has a hard job and does good work. But the Honor- ' able Board of Huperviaora and ths Honorable Mavor. the Honorabla Clerk and all the other Honorahlos wsnt him fired, to show him that new sung reignetn ana that the dispenser or the loaves and fishes t . must be considered. - - - .'. . . AmOng thaso who have been fired by the typographical' broadside . , are road and stable lunas, crossing sweepers and school janitors. r'-i; v ; ; :.! f .. . . LEI THE AKMT TAKB A BACK BEAT T i ' , snce reading High Private Jones' remarks on costlv road building J have' lost; faith in that geutlcmaa's buaineas ability, v He may be a, dandy buck-private, the bravest of the brave, 'nad i . j, ., all that sort of 'thingbutI claim that when he gets miied fup la J, . , - diacuaalons of high-priced roads he is beyond his depth. 'The county . . still holds, the palm. ' v v k . ;. , i tu. hum $ ' ,i ; Uncle Sam has -extravagant tendencies but so have w. , The Army only has the United States treaNury to draw on, and that is empty, ; so. we are given to understand.''.. The county government hat an , , absolutely complacent clientele of citlsehs and Uxpayers to i draw on, the best ami easiest buach of ready-payers that ever happened .- ' and What do they care how the monoy Is. spent or what there ia to ", v v, show for it t Haven't they paid. their taxes! What more do" you w esjJ v 1 Aftaa plowing through ten or fifteen mires of the ordinary snores aton of bog-holes, mud and rota that evryr untutored child of Ha waii inatantly recognises as that time honored institution, i "public highway," this deserter audilenly 'came! out or) n broad, well-paaed cement-guttered and' curbed -city street. iHe confessed, afterwards, that be thought his brain iad given way jnndet the strain of en forced enjoyment of his' own companlonahip. With that rars presence of mind which charatterlxes' tfreat men when feoofronted with start , ling emergencies. the. deserter applied aU the buai Sherlock Holmes tests,, sucn as 100 lnj? st his watch, pinching himself, lighting a Otgarctt and taking a drink. The deductions that he, then deduced would have made Cohan, or (tenter, or any other Member of the Doyle .family turn green with envy. This was a real road, but, like himself, It was a deaerter. It belonged to somebody," but ths owner waa lost.'.'Jt didn't start anywhere of lead in hny particular direction., ,1 It looked like the beet automobile read in the lalaada, provided you; cld get a' machine onto it at ens end or abatract the vehicle and tak it elacwficrc after, a surfeit of joyriding, rain, mad ami other "Nahiku scenwry. 5 . 1 '. At ibis end he plunied back Into' the" ordinary string of. mud" holes.and knew he ,had found, the government road again; ' AWhekJ my friend 'ot back' to Kahulul he eaanally mentioned hie interesting discovery, The natives aaid they had lost a rbonk of belt road a while back and that thia might be.lt so they mi tilt ted an exploring party and sent book down the muddy trails foWardi Keanae. ' Now the Maui aupervisora are going- to hitch .a- treaties, engine eato. the road and hand it bark to etviltiiatloa where people can use it, which, considering the paam 'of idiocy, that permitted the road to be built there In the ftrat place is a mighty sensible reiav w uy'::W' -X: a J-,wi 4'.;x'':7 V'?'' TB8 ?XWmOK.:WAl'P - ' ysl ' ' If the Ilawalt fair commli'aioiiers Vers' liicllsod 'te plascalr ad square they would put it to a pubilA .vote to decHe whetlier the official matron at the oflieial exhibit t the", Panama raclfle Kx poslttoa should be a blonde nr brunette Dnbates at the round table have not been able te decide thta veaing" quealim.'-. - ' :- , t , '--- In. less; than a month now, Hawaii 'a exhibit of finh and II. P. Wood at the exposition, will be ready for business, and the Important office of matroa hasn't been docided yet. , Tdore" time available, the queetion could be determined by a plebiscite, bnt thirty days does not give chance to' prepare for anvthlsg of .the kind. h . .. This matron trouble only arose the other day. ' Berauae of ibis e raat get la on them what haa, an' hike In th' dsat or ivi 1 wt aiu rnuu oni, - - im nt((n coat o nvm don t affect some people much. Mot tverymuch, anyhow. New, when you anj I want to go to town we got to commence diaburain' change right from the go, don't wef Now, when we' went to go to th' train we either got, to walk or else pay nome gink half a peso (told to tide- in his. gasoline wagon as far a th' depot. . 'O' counie th ' p.iartermater 'a got a lot 0' glaxa station wagons' an' buases an', things, an' there'a a bunch o' gentlemen in. th' quariermaater corps to idrive 'cm, but then any 0' that thee transportation. That's for not for them -what baaa 'I. Bo it's a case of mill) nt alaA lilt mm ' T . . -i'. . , . "Tb'" when yon get to towe aa' want to get anvwhere right soon, It's k esne ef hire' at leaat a taxi, if yon haven't got time to stick around en th'. sidings on th' Bapid Tranait six-wlMielers, waitin' for th' other eel to corns along. That's what yon get for presumin' to be In nnrry,, see. "Yon can't trot around town behind a couple o' big govern moot mules, with' a quartermaster corbe gink punhia' on. th' lines, nor you isn't skid around in one of them ror.l spiders with; ,U. Q. M. D. 6n th' back, either'. That's beeauHc von ain't s-oti the mate, see.' Aa' -not kavin' th. caste a what msksa tb.coit " U.vin' ao high. '? ;- .,,' 1 1 "If you csn flayj baseball or football, maybe you can get to rido oa thr post exchange motor truck once in a while, comln' aa' goln', when there 'e a game en. That don't eoet ya nothle'. But don't try to Tiall it kny, other time, see. If yon want to go down to the Kukui tango' parlor you got to pay your way. . . "Just ahowla', you how th' little matter of caate reducea th' high cost of .JivinY the other night there wsa a big balle' at th' armory. (Jovernsr had a Now Year's reception, or something. , Aa ' 1 so' behold what cornea rollin' merrily up to th portale but the Fort Hba fur poet exchange motor truck with a buWch of th' leadin' lights, all iu white .eveain' dree, oscupyih' th' space hullt to haul plug iobacco..i; .;' ' ,-" , y .; . .-"An' a couple of boors later, lo aa behold there's the same old Inotoc truek hanlin' its distinguished aseemhlsge out to Walkikl Inn, atlckln. around for couple of hours,, an' then hautin' 'en way aain. , Can ton beat it f No expense whatever, unless they chip ia an' sUp- th' driver-some change. Post Exchange makes enoiijth on canteen, chocks to buy the gasoline and cover th' de preciation. '' , !.'." ; ;lf;;f ..', " ', . ... -I ;, , y. - "See what a little matter-Of caste can do? Fixes it Co you can pay rour social obligations, an' then go out an' have a good time an witnout oavia- to worry aoout tee nigh coat of livla' a lit tie Mt. . I have 'in mind the road now being built across' the face of Bound Top. 'r It -was startedv with the- ultimate intention, Q my grandfather'-Iijnir Hie; of cdflnt)ctlntrilJwitli' the' TiaatKlue'roadAwMo time between now and 1925. .. , -v-:v ... -, y-li The road ia being built with prison labor, which eosta nothing, so I am' told, that is to say, nothing except hum hire and a few - other incidents. This kind of road building is both inexpensive and expeditions. The public don't pay anythlngthHt'ls to say, nothing but salaries and board and lodging and they get half a mile of new road every year. On an -adding-machine I estimate the coat of the -toad-St 9200,000 a mile, ' Why,. you remembenthat .road belo the Volcano Houso that was built with prison labor! . That read only cost a hundred thousand dollars n'-'niile and the ' Territory never had to pay a cent for the labor! . Uaele Ham Vill have t6j'j some to teach us anything about costly work building. ANOTHXByib ' "' ' I".-'- ' The Maul supcrvlaoin have voted au appropriation of five thou sand dollars to. bny a new traction engine since Alexander Hume Ford's invasion of those. )eaceful ahorea. One of the membera f the expedition got lost, or-was laxy, or hungry, or something, and - deserted. , Perpttadieujnr hiking did not appeal to him so he hid out In tbo, brush and prctoudod ho was lost uutil the main bod v had got hopelessly far ahead. Then ho started out along the coast trail. Home game, heyT" , . . .' . - - . r- , 1 ; J iih 'Honoluiaiis and Their Hobbies Ttie Governor I ' . .V'M'Y?' -i.V10 - v,-. , rj:ri, ' .-'. i 'v; $ ,A '.vw,' w JiA "i Vv- - .- i- i '' . ' ' '' '''' ';.;: .'V'.k, "' fact, the commission ia both blamed and Excused VWamed- by- those -nuu uni ao oiuiron anouia nave been: thought or earW la the game, and excused by the more charitable who say that With, their minds full of janitors, music, and flak the coruinlasionera could not be expected to think of thia lately developed billet in advance. But here we are, at any rate, with only a few days left before the exposition opue, and no matron decided ou! It la shocking. How humiliating t would be for our exhibit of flab to nen without "matron. Underitsnd, this matron haa nothing to do with the 'fish aa floh. . She is to staud around on one foot and then auother, if she chances to have two,, and beam upon everyone entering the fishery. - ' , The commission has its janitor and usher all nicked out. Ade chaps. More intelligent than the flab, though not as brilliant. The janitor will do a litle promotion work on the side and teach the flsh a few tricks, when not professionally engaged. If the matron were only selected, the entire' little familv would be oomnleta rndior. janitor, fish, Wood and all, unless a now aituatiou develops. i at oniy ainr. mat a new situation may develop war) heard at the last meeting when something was said of oflieial interpreters male and female and official opener-of the door and au official sprinkler of the laws. These positions may.be created in the next fow days, their salaries to be paid out of the 1.1,0(MI clear balance. It may be heresy for one to question even the benefits Hawaii will receive oa accouut sf this exhibit of flab aud musicians, which represents au Investment of sKHi.ODU. No, matter what may bo said to the contrary, there arc certain assured and uncontrovertalile. bene fits. It Is true Mr. Wood, the janitor, the usher, the matron mid the others in the building ma feel the highest .thrill of tU beno lits, for 1P1.T promises to be very pjennant living for them. As for the fish well, Unit is different. They have a hard-your ot work ahead, of them. v VI'" v ." r TUB USUAL, TEN PEB CENT '.,-' " ' ; ,' ' '" The latest military yarn ia that of a recruit oa sentry duty at Kchoficld. -lie, had been a drygoode clerk before he enlisted and was more acquainted with the language of business than with mili tary terms and. usages. The countersign for the night waa, " Dis count," so when bis e. o. strolled up through the gloom of the night the ex -clerk ;on guard threw up his piece and 'called a halt "Hey there, what discount do you five." The officer 'was' surprised' bift answered, '"Ten per cent." "Advance, ' friend, 'and give the dis count" was the answering challenge. Haleakala i. By H. M. Ay res. Great peudaut rtars bend from a violet sky, -A low-swung moon makes shameless shadows fall I'pon the crater's floor the wild gouts call Across the void from pa lis where .they lie . A-tremble at a distant wolfish cry. The haunting wind nio.iiin throi'.vh dead Cele's hall l-aut of the slaves of thut dread goildess1' thrall, Who. temple pmdo where aeons' ucIich lie. Nor fern npr HyWrr in this place hutli life, Only-the n eon gfiiita whit.' upon llio rjlvar sword IVrxhaucWHoine pixy coiIo'b ti-oasurcd huartl, Hid iu a i ir a tiki of elemental strife , With nothiuu else of grnen or licmity rifi -And yet. Willi evcivthiup in hvi I ar. mil. Honolulu, .lumuiry i), itl.'i. , JAMtU II. t'.OYD Bain in Hilof Well, I eheuld aay rather, ' ' '. Didn't I go flown there on ar water ceset ; , , . DV h. CASK When a man get ia bad and a figbt looms p in the horlr.oa there Is nothiag like running to Augustus E. Murphy for protection. , ' '. i ...'.' A. D. f'AHTKO Knowing Major Lane as Intimately as I do, 1 predict. very su.-ceisfiil and business like administration of muniriiml affairs during the coming two year. .' 'JACK1 lVcAS The Hawaii World s Fair Commission haa I0, 000f uj. msney to. spend. As taxpayer, I' waat to know: What are WBgpJtijjogct for Itt Phow met A . . ' CLAnF;,f'E'Dv rpIVOLC Having got' an ear telephone l can' eten hear fflisrffMniWW. Th4Ms.wortderful iivehtloa.1 Iteforc I got ' it I never thought it possible that I could do it. ' ' (3KORGK WKBllilWhen out company 'produces Esst Lrnqc,, It ' will bring hack Many fond memories to the "grown-ups" here Itt Ifonolulu,, who saw this piny in their . early youth . ALBERT IIARRIH ft is a good thing we don't judge opium by the dreams. ' If we did, the one who Indicted that yarn about the cane- ' knife would ,!e up for smoking the hop., hmut dream! . J, M- ( AMARA t was surprised to lesrn that I had filed a dirorco suit for a client during the pst year. What I did' was to p,rrdnt the papers'for lllliig for my partner, Lorria Andrews. 'TAX Af(lSR WILDER From all arpearaneee, the Ux office will soOnlrun in ativi-rmiOrtttio i sHtk locej auctioneers' 'when it comes to the sale of automobiles. Nothing like giving everybody duo Warning. ALBERT HORNER I certainly appreciate the pilvllege that was ' recently extended to mo to join the Twenty-four Social Club for 1913. "', I waa proposed by E. L. Nrhwarcherg, who waa my predecessor, as the , latest member. , . '.( , , v . EDWARD WOODWARD I would like lo know, and .the mayor la , ' ', .mat a Inquisitive as I am, who took way that fiae crayon picture of President Wilson from the city halL It 1 nothing more than leso " ' majeste, I think. . . V', GOVERNOR I INKHAM 1 have bcen interned la real earnest .", during the whole past week, but I notice that the territorial govern ment is running along as usual. Beeretary Thayer ia away, too, and nothing has hsppened.. v- SERGEANT MAJOR J. H. MULDIN8 The reason I am oa the ' t. Wfter wagon, if anybody wants to know, is just thia: I Intend to go, ' U Han Kram iaeo myself this year instead of sending Dick Kullivan. , 1 want to see the exposition. WILLIAM T. RAWLIN'g-l-I am astonished that ao word has come " from Duke Kahanamoku from far off Australia. Can it be possible .''';' that the Germans have captured Duke's party! The boys would cer- taialy make fine aea fighter. " i" WENTWORTlt BUCIIANAl-Wlth the resumption ef the Can-' ' adian-Auatralian rervlce, I predict that we wlU have a large tourist tram from Canada and the Northwest this winter.. The Northwest . contributed hesvily toward the Hawaii touriet crop (ast year. ...... '' a . ED TO.W8E Wtatistles kept by the Hawaii Promotion Committee , ,i show that there are 60 lese tourists in Honolulu today thaa there ' were a year ago. Now is' the time to make a atreanoua effort to get . the crowds, which are coming out to California, moving thia way. . - ' i JOSEPH P..IA3-I would like to know under what authority S? the editor of O Luso undertakes to pass upon the qualifications of In- ' fr' ternreteraf Every interpreter in the land claims to be the beat ever ;'; and I see no necessity for outsiders to disillusion any particular one. ...' ' 8UPERVIOB;JIM QULNN I ha've Jaeard lot of Ulk abont ' Honolule. having government b commission. I don't know msch .' ' aboUt thia ornniisslon buaineas, but if it Is anything like the Bolt koad Commission or the Hawaii World's Fair Commission excuse met, , .'' ROBERT W. CATHCART I woadet who Spread the atory that 1 ' ',' Was kftcrGUs Moriihy'e clerkship! This' thing has bothered me even ''.'... more than, I think it haa my friend. If 1 were a member of the - . t' legislature and controlled ell the votes I would most certainly bridle " 7 the presi.,J. 1 ,':;'".;'',' "'X' A'. M.TtRbWNi-i-iru'the supreme court room Friday, before Judge 'l Ashford, the grand jury foremaa beiag hoarse with a eold, I acted aa a volro transmitter for the chief inquisitor. Since then I am being V, called the "Human Dictagraph," ' ; 1 ' ; ''.."'. ' ... " 1 ' ' J.-'Wr$Liftf ykoMPSON-They 'vi' taken' to calling me "Doc"., V tor" because I carry a dinkjF little typewriter ia box around witk "S(,hii-k1tbey.tlrjHk.bJ a medicine cheat. I overheard young women observe the other day, ee 4 passed along,-"There goes n medicine man; .,. .. ..; p1-- t. '" 'ifW1.7 KifETThe" hot' lunch T. exirlment 'at Llliuokala School te turning out better results than I had expected. The Normal -icWhoel lupil'teachers who arc laying out the 'work have taken hold x ' enthusiastically. The teachers like th work 'and tho scholars like the lunches. The Idea U already n uceeee.. ' r ' 'v .'1.' h "JOeit" b.'TlTClCEB Doa't f look swell ainee t discarded my , . Maper (rlothest c'Two brand new blue serge suits at bne time, the fiist in thirty, yenra.. , Christmas presonta, you know, but don't men- j tioa it, tbe people I bought them from might hear of it This hat, too, , was ' Chriatma present Got it the sam .way. .. . . ( .,' VAl'GHAN .MacCAUGOEY Professor Bryan Saturday morn- , ' ing lectures onVJalarlno Life", at the College of Hawaii are very la-' : tercstlng, Alt .who , are interested 1 the. sea and what it contains should take advantage of the full' course' of lectures because this Is n t subject oil whkvh Professor. Bryan hat specialized for A good many .. years. . . . ;ty, '..- ; v .- .. : t .';',).'. ; ,X--, . .v.' JO!i-.i:.- ANDEKMOX I taught big' runaway chap. from the ;. Waialce Boys' Industrial School Friday -night, who had been away . ', siiu e August.') I bluffed him; Into accompanying me peaceably to the. . police station, even after he tried to pull off the gag on me that he -was some one else,, What I would have done- had be shown fight, 1 7 ' don't know. He certainly stood a head taller than ma. Guess he.'. , saw tbo flnsh of my police badge. . -, - . , ,'. . ..' ' ", MKN ATOK CHARLES F. CHILLING WORTH--As the fsther of the Hawaii World's Fair (Commission Bill. I will see to it that there V ia a proper accounting for every dollar of the $100,000 of taxpayers' ' money, whicf has been appropriated for thia project, ft la my lnton-. '' tion to have a joint committee from the senate and house appointed, to .' malio an lntestigation of this commission In the same manner that (ill public expenditures are Investigated. ' ' ., ' ; ALBERT K. HARRIS It's not generally known, but mv chief, , .' the marshal, was onse npon a time a dealer in ships. He bought, and . ,'''. fitted the s-hooner Ida May, now here, for McCandless A AVilson. , ' The Ida May is thirty-three toa boat and carries fifty-horsepower v ' engine. When the little iveasel arrived hem from her first trip to'. , I Mulokai her manifest showed the following cargo list: "Six cords ' b ' wool. 40 jriga, S calves, Mayor Fern aad "Link" McCandless." The - '.Ui Ida May was not allowed te carry passengers and her, captaia put the two big men down as livestock. .- '. ... C!-T?" FRANCIS M. SWANZV Xo one can predict authorltaUvely i . what the busiuess trend of Hawaii will be during the war, or two, '' three and for that matter many years afterwards, The trade eireu ' lats are not able to tell us anything. - They can-only exprtre an ;.,' opi-iioa. BusinesM all over the world, even ia .countries not engaged in the great conflict, will be profoundly disturbed. If ike effect i: '':'' '"' of war t adverse to the geaeral prosperity of the United States ss ' a whole, Hawaii, Isolated aa it la in the. broad Pacific Ocean, with ,, no arcs ami nothing to do .but welcome tourists and visitors, is Imund . te be sympathetically affected. i . '.,.. b-" . , , DOCTOR E. A.1 HACK Tho hike across Maui was ono of tho moxt enjoyable tramping expeditions I have ever had.. Everything waa well urrunged and well conducted. Mr. Ford is deserving of the highest . , v pmise for his energy and ability In gettiag up an affair of this kind . .', . and puttiug it throuuh t n saoc-esaful concluaioa. j I bad rather un ii hapi'y.ttnjo rf it the, last. half of the trip, but it was my own fault. -X I thought this tramp would, be a aplendid chance to wear out a puir ' ' of old shoes that I had been: keeping a long time because they looked ton good to throw away,. 'That was where I fell down. . The shoes had . pointed toes. Going up Haleakala was all right, but coming down on this ride was all wrong. I was walking "pigeon-toed" by tho time , w 1 Mt to orimla, and If a passing automobile hadn't given me a lift I n ight uot have bubbled down to the landing by thia time. On a tnm:p like this the most Important Item ,of equipment 'is pair of " st'int, roomy, hoh-naihid 'boots. ' ' . -'' . , ' GEORQK KORNITZ I have been on a walking trip .around the. '' lictjiml of Hawaii, for & vacation and a rhange. Starting from llilo, I went first by train to I'aaullo and walked up to the Louisiana eof- - . ' fee I'luntatiou. The next atag waa up to Waiinea village. I got a ton m there and rolc half way to Kailua aad footed it ths rest of the -' Then 1 loitered along dow n through Koua to the old BuchhoIU . , 1'Ihi o at Papn, got a horae to tide down to Hoopuloa landing and back, and then tiamped avrons the lavii flows to Waiohinu. Then 1 wcut Ot ' 'low m to lloiimipo aud liayk to llilo by way of Pahala au.Utho Vol- '" '-. can.' 'House. 1' got an Occasional "pick-up" from tettiffccia and ant i-iata, but for ono whole woek I was footloose and rarefrCc. The weather was fine and the whole trip glorious one. I have never ' ... iiinhi(Jg to comimrc in grandeur with the simwclnd suniuiila . of tin- two big mountains- a stream of fire and awoke towering obovo Mhuhu Lou and another blue k cloud streaming up from Kllaucu, ni ",'m .' ;'. 1 '''.'t , Jt tr 'if': " " 'v l- "' '''.'..' ': ' " - ff'H'f V 1- r , X :( i t