The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1896-12-23
BIG COMBINATION
List Of Names Suggested
For Wilder Steamer.
Kilauea Leads With Eighty Per-
sons Several Com
binatiOnS.

When President Wight inserted an
advertisement in the San Francisco Ex-
aminer inviting guesses OF the name
of the new steamer for the Wilder
Steamship Company he did not take
into consideration the fact that there
are people here who are fairly good
guessers.
California people were without list
of names of vessels in the fleet, and
consequently a good many guessed that
Kilauea would be the name of the new
steamer; others thought it would be
the Volcano! One gentleman with a
| taste for making name combinations
hit upon ''Kila-Wild" as a sure thing,
believing that Kilauea and Wilder were
good enough to form a name suitable
for any vessel to steam in Honolulu
waters. Others let their thoughts fall
on heads of governments, ex-heads of
governments and politicians, but
they were wide of the mark.
A Goldstein, living on Washington
street, San Francisco, mailed letter |
to Mr. Wight September 3, and guessed |
the steamer would be called the |
Helene. This person gave no reason |
for it, and it is supposed they had |
what is sometimes called a "hunch," |
or else it appeared in a dream. On |
November % Mrs. John McLain of
this city, wrote a letter to Mr.. Wight |
and named Helene, the daughter of |
Mr.. and Mrs. w. G. Irwin as suitable
person for whom the fine steamer
might be called. She gave her reasons
and probably her guess was worked
out on logical grounds.
These two were the winners of the
San Francisco to the Volcano and re-
turn. Mrs McLain will begin her jour
ney at Honolulu, go to San Francisco,
and return to Honolulu.
Little Miss Irwin is popular in a very
large circle of young acquaintance,
and as she grows her popularity will
increase and extend. Mrs. McLain evil
IDENTIFY had this in her mind when she
wrote out her guess, just as Mr.. Wight
had it in his when he moistened the
gum on the flap of the envelope con-
tanning the mystic word, and locked it
in a safe.
1t is rather astonishing that out of
27S guesses but two should be correct.
Following is a full list of names and
the number of times each was sent in:
P. G., l; Ideal, 1; Kaulana, /; Cali
fornia, 1; City of Honolulu, 1; Pele, 4;
The Republic, 2; Kate Field, 3; The
2; Konah, 1; Sanford B.
Dole, 6; Saint Helena, 1; Examiner,
2; Island Republic, 1; The Mystery, L:
The New Republic, 1; Honolulu, 5;
Eskbank, 1; Mollie W., 1; Republic, /;
MOllie and Sammie, 1; HELENE, 2;
Fannie Irwin, 1; Laura, 1; S. G. Will
der, 3; Volcano, 10; Mahukona, L; XII
halani, 1; Kawaihae, 1; Hawaii, u; |
Republic of Hawaii, 1; Hilo, 2; Ha-
leakala, 3; Kilauea, 80; Tomay, 1; ia
va, 1; Kupukupu, 1; Kamaili, /; Maui
ma Loa, 8; VIM. Mckinley, 8; S. B.
Dole, 9; Wilder Wight, 1; Merrimac, 1;
America, 1; President Dole, 5; Repub-
lie, 2; Ke Au Hou, / Oahu, 8; Goddess
Pele, /; Golden Gate, /; San Francis
CO, L; Wennepeg, 2; KiIawild, 1; VIM
]. Bryan, 1; Wawona, l; Alena, 1; La
hama, 1; The Laura, 1; Maui, 1; Puma,
1; California, 1; Capt. Cooke, 1; Ka-
nalea, L; Queen of Hawaii, /; The
Wild Rose, /; May Flower, /; Kaiu-
laui, /; Protection, 2; The Hawaiian
Republic, 1; Republic of Hawaii, ?;
Scenic, 2; Bernice, 1 Wilder, 2; The
1; G. L. Wight, g. The Vol
cano 1; J. S. Dole /; The Kilauea, /;
1; Huntington, / Ka-
3; Paradise of Pacific, 2;
Scenic Kilauea, 1; aloha, 10; Kona, 2;
Dole, 1; The Guest, 1; Honolulu, l:
Fleetwing, 1; Aloha Nui, 1 Halamau-
mau, /; King Kalaukaua, 1; Queen Lii
/; Annexation, 1; George G.
Beckley, 1; Hawaiian Republic, z.