Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-24


or merely a hungry soldiers dream Of
hcme. A Mosiem's vision % Paradise
could not be more repictn with hlppi-
ness. ghat the expertltre nf Uncle
Sans troopers IN tnis beautiful place.
Never before have I seen shc nike This
greet pearl In the Pacific, this far-awuy
city turned absolutely orr 20 the de-
tenders Of Old Glory, Is something
never 20 be forgotten. an event In tho
history Of the world without precedent.
ANA one for whiuh every lover u free
| dom and America VIII hc1iliy think
the people who call Honolulu home.
The RIO dc Jinclfo arrived here last
Sunday morning and was given a most
Hilrring reception by great thnngs,
WIN, Notwithstanding the very young,
moss Of the day, thrunrcd the docks ana
ships 10 wave and sing and screen Us
welcome. No sooner was the ship
moured TO the quay. than great loads
% fruits and pines were tossed frum the
wharf by citizens Of al classes. TO the
hungry boys aboard. and the Honolulu
brass and silver band. one OF the hneat
In the world. played welcome again and
again. There were three tf1ntpnrta IN
nofi pennayivania. city Of Pueblo and
! Peru. and their thousands Of soldiers
shouted themselves hoarse. while our
own bows went wild with ioy a. the
| prospect Of again settling foot on tcfa
| nima, ana among friends. Hours rolled
by. however. beforo the word 20 fall
In In marching order. came and then
after much impatient delay nnd opntu-
mou we were marched 70 the lance
grounds. and dismiased 20. four hours.
| Ohi what "a relief In a few moments
n was learned that In all Honolulu
Thorn vua not q house or orchard
lawn or a nook u any kind that was
not Tor the soldiers use anu comfort,
moi a hear; In feminine or manly breast
hut that seemed TO beat IN sympathy
Tor the boys IN blue and smiles ana
| rheors and. best Of ALL food greeted MIN
on all hands Cocoanut groves. flowers
paftisns. orchards OF all dcns lpilonH
were invaded upon invitation OF their
owners, houses thrown open and re-
fre9hmcnta u al kinds served without
stint not one rostfaint was placed on
tho volunteers Who iaughcd ana sang
ara shouted and looked 20 plehseu'
their hard. salt faces seemed In dah-
/ ger u cracking.
STROLL OVER THE CITY.
s,roiisd OUT along KinE street. past
great junEios OF tropical veriure sur
rounding perfect dreams on NH VIZ; -, -
| beautiful churches and snug coitaset,
| and svarywhtrc I went people smlloi
! and eaid, come ana rest ami eat. Chl-
/ dren todf my hands ari gave me now.
/ srs ana fruits, and btEgCd cards ana
buttons. Girls, duHky ana hEhi. tolk
my hand az ovcry corner ~ 9h.
mace. whore the house, a great airy
| concern, was an but hliinn meath
/ Inc coiors N Hawaii and The stare ami
| Stripes, and the great lawns were
/ shaded By a fnrea. nf palms and mango
trees. a dozen soldiers were stretched
| On the grass eating, drinking. smoking
and reading. Some were washing ana
I Iii HHH ~ "A FaNH ID
clntcutmrnt and rgn unsnrpaAseh, IN
tree drapod with Oh Glory, was the
following;
"wclcomo 20 che boys IN blue. Help
| yourselves. Eat and drink n you ma.
Stay and rssl ami Rad or walk about
MOTHER CASTLE"
on tables and benches were late
papers and maRazlnea IN rich pro-
fusion. and as ! stretched OUT on me
grass and NHitid. a Chinste servant
brought; hlf after basket full % the
| most delicious sandwiches. nrnfull
after armfull u the most refreshing
fruits ana melons, and each time he
came he Haii. you eat all ". call. me
bring MORE" but before u was R1nc
he was hack with something else. s0l-
dlsrs came tired. sweat and dust be-
Erlmrd and hungry, they went away
| washed, rested and refreshed. and not
few careless ana thourhtlcss fellows
became serious and said. God bless
Mother Castle"
FEAST FOR THE SOLDIERS.
on Monday our uhlpi1ad o. over 300
men We're feasted IN most bountiful
style on the palace grounds by. the
| Honolulu committee OF one hundred.
who had done The same Tor the differ
ont expeditions that had preceded ours.
From START 10 nulHh n was most
lavish ana sxtrnvafant hffalr. HAT We
been an army u c1nqurrinE kings We
could scarcely have been treated with
more Kindness and confederation. Sll-
dlera were WrsA,hed ana dockod with
flowers by mothers and daughters
whose faces shone with llght and glad
ness az being ahr 20 DO 10 much for
those 90 Gar from home, ciEam were
PLACED al every plate by merchants
and soda water by ihe wagon load was
rtsssd around 10 The boys az fast ana
a. ,pnE a. they could drink Il. Every
body smiled. Everybody couldn't do
| otherwise. Those whose atnmncha
were full smiled 10 soc VA eat. We, who
flr aght days had not eaten "a thing
with relish, stuffed and laughed and
slumcu, and marveled 10 think that
with all our eating the supply ala not
seem 90 diminish.
Aftcr the feast, President ana Mru
Dole received every one who wished
10 call, under the shade Of an immenae
banynn tree, by accident happened
~ be In the lead Of quite an extensive
line Of Utah recruits and when 1
shook hands with President Dole I
looked at my companions and said we
are from Utah. The president smiled
ana said he was really gnd to SOC the
Utah boys, and he wished ua all safe
ana happy homecoming. and Mrs
Dole, with SMILES ana hearty hand.
shakes, more than endorsed Il all.
UTAH DAY IN HONOLULU.
But today has been uthh's day I'm
Honolulu Hon. W. A. Kinney. formerly
resident of and nt present well
known In Salt Lake City, took the
Utah battery out for picnic. lie
chartered six street cars and took Us
10 Waikiki. out from Honolulu about
I'VE miles, 20 u bathing resort known
an Long Beach. The road led through
great cOc0anut and banana groves and
gardens most all the way, and WIS ono
n tho most charming rides une could
have. AZ Long Beach We plunged into
the Pacific for swim. An hour later
ON the grass meath the shade OF trop-
lohl trees, we were banquetted o. our
hearts and stomachs' content Moth
lng the people OF Honolulu could do
Tor our comfort and pleasure has been
LETT undnne. IL seems that every prl-
vate citizen feels that he Ia personally
| bound "a aae that Ifualata tra,ua /. -.