The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-10-26
TIE TOLNA REACHES HONOLULU
FLYING TIE AMERICAN
FLAG.
= Series OF Receipt ms VIII be Given
on The Handsome Yacht

The trim little American zach
Tolna, under command of an Amer
lean lady, Countess Festetics d.
Tolna, arrived in Honolulu harboI
at 10 o'clock yesterday morning
She came in flying the American
flag and the colors of the San Fran
cisco yacht club, the Tolna belong
ing to that club.
A representative of the ADvER
User boarded the yacht out in the
stream, and was met at the gang
way by young lady whom he a
first mistook for the captains
daughter.
"May I see the captain?" asked
the reporter of the young lady, who
wore a yachting cap.
II am the captain" was the
quick reply.
The reporter then handed her
his card, which the fair captain
took and held in her hand while
she said: eve are fifteen days out
from San Francisco, but we had
absolutely no wind. There was a
continuous heavy swell most of the
way. Had it not been for the
Gains we would have been here
earlier. This is a very fast boat,
you see, in fact the fastest on the
Pacific coast. Most of the time
she made eight knots, but when
she had any kind of a breeze she
swept the waves along at fifteen
knot rate. There is the count :;
would you like to see him?"
eff you please" replied the re-
porter meekly. The lady captain
then introduced him to the count.
After the usual words of greeting
had been spoken the reporter went
below and the count showed him
the apartments of the first and
second officers, which were on each
side of the steps leading to the
cabin, which the count calls his
"parlor." Yes, it was a veritable
parlor, and in fact was much more
homelike than a fine ships cabin.
The designer of the cabin was
Page Brown, a well known San
Francisco architect, and he has
certainly we'll sustained his repu-
tation. The fittings and uphol-
stery work are elegant, the walls
and ceiling being of hard wood
highly polished. In the cabin are
two book cases filled with books.
The count is an amateur photo
grapher, and takes many views at
every place of call.
Forward Of the cabin are the
bathroom, chartroom and bedroom.
The latter is very capacious, and is
we'll lighted and ventilated. For
ward Of these apartments are the
dining hall and pantry.
Count Tolna navigates the yacht,
although his wife is the nominal
captain; she signing all the papers
relating to the vessel, such as entry
or clearing papers and the like.
The reason of this is easily &C.
counted for, the yacht being Amer
lean built and consequently carries
the American flag. The count be-
ing a foreigner, the United States
marine regulations forbid his being |
a captain, and so in order to avoid |
that difficulty, Countess de ToIna,
an American lady, has been made
captain.
The Tolna was built by VIM.
Turner, of Benecia, California, the
builder Of the clipper vessels w.
FL. Dimond, Consuelo, J. D. Spree
kels, schooner Moiwahine and
other swift sailing vessels on the
Pacific coast. Her dimensions are:
Length, 81 feet over all beam, "a
feet; draft, 10 feet; registered ton
mage, 1851.
Count de Tolna said that after
leaving this port, he will call at
Tahiti, then the South Sea islands
and probably Australia. From
here he will go to Japan, and ex-
oects to reach the Mikado's empire
Early next year. From Japan the
count will return to Austria, via
he Suez canal and Mediterranean
md Adriatic seas. The count
wishes to call at as many ports
long the Mediterranean sea as
so that he can be home
It Vienna by the expiration of two
-ears from date. He will remain at
Jenna for some time after arrival,
nd may or may not place the
-acht under his native flag. After
hat the count and countess will
all their yacht to New York.
Count de Tolna stated yesterday
hat he intends to give a series of
eceptions on board during his stay
n this harbor, and to that end, he
7ill cause his yacht to be prepared
Or coming festive events.
Count Festetics de Tolna is a
oung man, being only twenty
even years old, and the countess,
f course, younger and handsomer.