The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1894-10-09
MAX DRILL IN FRISCO.
Some Extracts From the Latest Book
by This Noted French Author.

by This Noted French Author.
In "John Bull g. Co.," the latest
book Of Paul Blouet, better known
as Max O'Rell, there are several
paragraphs which have local inter
est, says the San Francisco Bulletin.
Here Is one:
81 con less that San Francisco it.
self disappointed the. scarcely
know why, but l had an idea that
this town must be quite different
from the other large towns OF Amer
lea. Its name had suggested to my |
mind . place half Spanish, halt
Mexican, with an individuality OF its
own. In reality il is but another
New York, Chicago or Cincinnati.
Market street, the chief street, differs
little from Broadway, New York,
Washington street, Boston, or State
street, Chicago Everywhere the
same square blocks, the eternal
parallelograms, the same gaudy ad.
vertisenents, the same faripg pos-
tiers. In the quarter where the rich
people have taken up their abode
the houses are handsome, but have
not gardens one would expect to sea
around them. The Park Is beauti-
full and very remarkable, as being
the result OF a clever victory over
the mass Of fine sand that lay be-
tween San Francisco and the sea.
This sand, which half blinded the
city every time the wind blew in
from the ocean, IL now bound into q
fair lawn by buffalo grass, aud is
planted over with California's love
trees aud flowers. Near bv, that Ia
t. say, at three. quarters OF an hours
drive from the town, are the Seal
Rocks, covered with tho creatures
that give them their name, aud q
visit to them also means sight 81
the grand eIpanse OF the Pacific
Ocean washing In on an apparently
endless beach Of smooth yellow
sand"
OF course, Mr.. Blouet visited
Chinatown, ~ everybody does who
visits San Francisco, and this is what
he says OF II:
~ have heard great deal about
Chinatown, and have been advised
not to leave San francisco without
visiting this Chinese quarter. OK.
pected to find bit OF the Orient Ia
this great Western city, but what l
did see was q Stun, . rubbish heap,
ft to turn one sick, disgrace to q
town which, after all must be direct
ed and governed by respect able pso-
pie Thirty or forty thousand Chi
ncse swarm in an atmosphere heavy
with rancid grease, tobacco, musk,
sandalwood, and in the midst Of
gambling hells, opium dens, houses
OF i'll fame, the blinds Of which are
not even lowered-a vile crowd liv-
ing by the most shameless vice in
most ignoble dirt-and this not in
some outlying suburb, where II
might be convenient to 1ipg the
rubbish OF the community, but in
the very center OF the city.
"Heaven be praised, / coon forgot
the amazing horrors Of the place
but the odor OF il long hung about
my clothing"
At Apia NJ. Bloust met Robert
Louis Stevenson, the novelist, whose
wife Is . San Francisco woman. He
says:
Elm Samoa NO breakfasted al O
little hotel on the bay aud there we
had the pleasure OF making the &C.
qusintance OF Robert Louis Steven
son. Mr.. Stevenson has very deli,
cate health; the fine climate OF Sa
moa tempted him to settle thor,
aud for several years b. has been
living in the hills above Apia with
= his family. We found him full oI
activity, happy, singing the praises
Of Samoa and Ssmoans. aud IN ,
, state Of health which allows him to
continue the production 81 those
chefs d'Gurrs thai are eager y dsvuur
ed in England. Tn. Master al
Ballsntrss' " \ hook which will liv,
a. long ~ the Tom Jones Of Field
ing.
">fter breakfast, which consisted
not OF Q slice Of cold missionary a !,
mouiarde. but Of fresh eggs and COCO
, beefstesk, We went on the verands
to smoke and talk, with the magnifi
cent coup d'Gi of til. blue bay spreat
out in front Of us, aud then We lel
to stroll about the town.
1T was Easter Sunday and W,
wsnded our way to the csthedrsl
All along the road we met the na
NJ tives, who smiled at Us and mad,
= signs OF fri-ndiiness. 'W.lcom.
said some "A they passed; My low,
4 to YOU said others. WHIST gentle
. pretty savage.l Aud how nice Tia
women looked in their loos. -ara,es
e like those We Jaw in Hon"lulu, thei
hair tidily bound up, aud thei
rounded figures carried erect! Tw,
or three had adopted European
dress, but the effect vas very ludi
crous. Mrs. Stevenson had told u
that II was the ambition OF the ma
Y tive women, as soon As they could al
y ford il, to dress in European fashion
but ! imagine that since they hav
seen that lady in the richly Ell
broidered silk gown, made in the ma
- tive fashion, which she was wearin
- when she spoke TO US, they feel muc
3 less inclined to spend heir substanc
on corsets. The children--the littl
boys especially-made us exclaim j
admiration. The ladies wanted I
kiss them all"