The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1876-12-13
European COrrespOndence-NO. Is.

European Correspondence-No IS.
DEAR GAzErrE,-I think my last date to you
from the entrance to the Bots de Boulogne in Paris,
where waiting for a friend who was beated by
some of those omnibus regulations. describing.
Well, became tired of waiting there that con-
cuded to take little leap into Scotland, having
borrowed pair of -leagued boots for the pur-
pose. They took me to the Euston Railway Station
where decided it would be more staid to return to
the ordinary method Of travel, and took train for
Edinburgh. may yet go back to London, perhaps
to Paris. find the boots very convenient; and can
now amuse myself with " hop. skip and jump"
at pleasure rather than follow the beaten track.
1t makes lazy. too, this going kind of life
and so you will please pardon if 1 send you
very formal letter this tme,a copy. in fact, of
written to private friend who is more or less inter-
ested in the people and scenes visited:
! No. Athot Crescent, Edinburgh:
Is it not pretty name-the +" Crescent" Bdin-
burgh is full of such pretty names, which mean
pretty spots too. Terraces, squares, rings, etc.
little green parks, shaded by trees and surrounded
by pleasant houses, instead of long, dry, dusty
streets. Cur friends house faces the Crescent. L
arrived here fortnight ago, coming the long ride
from London alone. 1t seemed formidable thing
to do at first but the guard attentive, and the
company in my section not unpleasant. The latter
females-thc guard looked to that little, per-
| haps. couple of US commended particularly
to his We had our chats together, warming
feet, two three CT once, the queer tin
boxes of bot water that the pOrters put into the
partment, for the day cold. Ny companions
took comfort, and then, out of the tasks
oc H. too -
polite urgency. These were women of independent
means, of rank superior to the aboring classes, who
met arriving at their destinations by orderly
looking servants with carriage and wraps. TeetO-
talism is not common in country where good whis-
key is Sc plentiful. The Scotch idea of women's
rights gives them freedom to the mems beverages,
though it restricts them about fitting themselves for
the higher pursuits, such as the medical profession
for instance.
found our friend, Miss -, sick and confined
to her bed, but met by cordial welcome by her
sister They meant it should seem like Island"
welcome; and they have provided for amusement
and engagement every moment tH have had 70
cry Hold, enOughl" to get time to write to yOu
must tell you about it we'll [ can while il is
fresh in my memory for you know SO many of these
charming people, by fame at least, that 1 want to
write you about every one.
struck with the many ms tances of active be-
neVOlence L 1t is like what We read of in Eng
sh boOks,-the actual interest ofthe superior ranks
towards the Inferior and the gracious ways of help
ing them. Here is sick friend busy on her bed |
with her benevolent schemes. The plan that inter-
ests her just now is to provide shelter where cab
men may take a comfortable meal within sight of |
he IL -.
They prohibited by authority from leaving their
cabs more than five minutes at n time and they
not allowed to sit in them, matter how severe |
the weather is. Miss - provides means for build
ing sheds, of the cab-stands,
but there is considerable cred tape" and consider
able conservative hesitation, fancy, about intro
ducing motion. The thing has been now on
the carpet" many months.
(Later.-I am glad to say that the thing is now on
the pavements, rollers. If the city authorities
object to it obstruction, or that they have not
legal power to grant room. it is only to roll
the building away to some other place. 1 believe,
however there is fear Of any such objections now
the matter is really tried.)
find all the ladies meet in Edinburgh engaged
in some good work or other. The duty of one was
to visit the dispensary at the medical mission. at
certain hour and read and talk to the poor women
gathered there for free medical assistance In this
way Catholics reached who are otherwise un-
readable. Many of distress arc made known,
and worthy families receive substantial help. 1t 10
by no means all too much talkee" as some might
imagine. When launched with this lady she aud
her sister sewing bright bits Of fancy work.
But when 1 was shown to a side room saw the
tables covered with stout clothing for poor chill
dren that those same busy fingers had made, while
the pickup work" lay quietly aside awaiting its
chance moments 1t was a sewing society all 70 it. |
self in that house.
At the Medical Mission School there is young
woman preparing herself for q nurse. think she
intends to 90 to India. I
DR.. Lowe, a former missionary in India. is con-
nected with the school. L met him at lunch, and
found him very entertaining and st full Of love for
mission work. Il Is the DR.. Lowe whose name you
see in the GAZETTE, advertising ChlorOdyno. He
told that Dr. Coils Browne had been very kind
to him and to the mission. before he returned from
India. in giving them Chlorodyne DR.. Lowe CON
sders it infable remedy for cholera if given in
the very earliest stnges. DR.. Browne finally gave
the recipe to DR.. L. There some pleasantly be-
tween them about the " Caution None genuine
without the words - but the proprietor assured
the recipient that the medicine be would make would
be the real thing whether it was genuine Coils
Brownies OF not.
Mrs. Bouar, the wife Of Horatus Bonar, was pre- '
sent at that same lunch. She and the Doctor told
some interesting anecdotes about young Hindoos who
have at different times at attend the Edinburgh
University. There is here now who is the son c
Of wealthy man Of high caste. He has forsaken 8
bis fathers religion but he has not yet made up bis
mind to write and say so, for that disnherit-
Ance and degradation, and an immediate end to bis
educational pursuits for want Of means to follow
hem.
One lady met had fancy for employing her
little fund in befriendiDg homeless young men, stu
tents, artists, and the like, getting them free dinner
tickets. helping them to advantageous introduetiOns,
begging little here and there for my young .
men" when their wants are beyond her purse; and, 6