Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXVII, Number 34, 11 March 1936 — Current Comment By OTTO B. SCHOTT [ARTICLE]

Current Comment By OTTO B. SCHOTT

WHY EqiTŌRS C() NUTTV

Last \yeck this euluiun practicallv ruined hecause a duinb printer dropped a line off the bottom of a paragraph, entirely changing the mean{ng. This week the itcm is being reprinted in its i'nlirft\ ; as fo!lows: Seienee is rapidly revealing some of the \vorld's m}steries, but it remains foi sumc briTliant scientist to successfully anal\ze a Portuguebe

sausage. Ihe word "saus.age M was dropped off either accidentally or through maliee āforethought. This httle poem, by an unknown author, will give a pretty good idea of t'he \vriter s feel-; ings: : 1 The typographical error is a slip-' pery thing and sly, You ean hunt till you are dizzy 3 but ijt sdmehow will get by. Till tW forms are off the presses it is strange how still it keeps; , It-stirinks down eorner aiul ; it uever stirs or peepa. Thait typographieaJ urror, too smal! for human eyes, TUI ihe ink is on the paper, wlien it grows to mouutain size. The b6ss he with horror, then he grabs h.is hair and groans; The copy reader drotis his liead upoij his hands arul moans— The of the issue 111ay.be 1 elean aa elean ean be, | But typograp]iical error is llie only thing you see. I ' .*.#*** ' : *

REACTION TO FAIR 1

Mueh of the reaetion to thē suggestiōn of the Hawaii Tourist Butfe.au that Hawiiii begin to plan now a suitable celebration in 1948 to commemmorate the fifticth an.niversary s of annexation to the United States, has heen. favorable, sa>s tb.e Honolulu Advertiser editoriauyl Some, however, have questioned whether this Tcrritory is large «^M^^toyfinance.-■suc!i ax. affr>Jr. That is a natural question, but tlie natural ansvver, as inany will tell you, and a good one, too, is that nothing is too good for Hawaii, and that the Territory has alvvays been able to put on everything it deemed sufficiently worth\yhile. Another ans\ver is that the term "world's fair," whieh has been used in connection with thc celebration, is probably a misnomcr. Naturally, Hawaii coutd not e\pect to handlc a world's fair in the sense of a Chicago or a San F raneisco e\ppsitipn." But some appropriate observance, n"iore along the lines of the California exposition at San Diego, the Texas Ccntennial exposition and the Vancouver Jubilee exposition 1 all being held this year, could, without doubt, be handled satisfactorily here. Hawaii's celebration eouKl he truh' international in scope and interesting through the wide particiiWtion whieh would be forthcoming from vanous countries around the Pac'fic. It has been suggcsted that as a result of this participation, soitie of these couijtries wouKl inaintain t?;cīr buildtngsk for pei'maneni rep'Y;.entation in Hawaii,

iIARD TO PAY

The present mcthod of ta\ing uu- j t<)mobiles in Iluwaii one of thc most unfair that eouM {X)ssihly bc foistcd on tlu» puhlie, in that it causcs cxtreuic h;udships to poor folks. At this mmute thcic are some 2,000 car owncb on thc Hig lslaiui who have heen unahle to dig up the moncy for their. new l(ceusc p!atos. Some of the old cars drivcn hy thcsc iH ( oplc are hardty worth the c*>st oi' thc liccnst' for one ycar. On March 15 al! cars \vith oU platcs h« sei/cd by the poliee and put in eohl imtil the ta\ is paid. whkh wiH he addjtional hard>hip to thc imtVvrtunate o\vners. lf somc"arrangcmn>t xo\i!d he madc whereby th«sc tav* v \W hc paid in halt yc»rl) or qu,utcvl\ ;nstuŪmcntN the chances arc c\crvS>.>d\ aniki tn.uv age to up t«onc\ H> xkc U\ p,»id op \\h«n a m.m hi>. t>» pa\ oi $40 all nī o»»c tm»c, ?t s«mpl\- c,m't be dw\c tn nvm\ casrs.

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