Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1899-04-18

odd features Of these Pacific coast and
oriental steamers They are mostly as
silent as the sphinx before white people.
When they retire 10 their own Chinese
privacy. however. they gable and chat
ter with q sound Of 100 ducks all quack-
ing and spluttering together. Their
walters uniform would not be endured
. moment by any French or British
waiter who had his proper pride about
him In plain English and brief, 1t IL
like long linen nighshirt At meal
time the heather hash shower puts this
garment on over all. and there you are.
II ia always bright and clean and fresh
" ironed. The color is varied for differ
ent occasions At breakfast IL Is pleas
ing sky blue At luncheon and dinner
il is a shining white At tho evening
dinner these draped white figures Hit
silently hitler and thither beneath the
electric lights like ghosts And ghosts
they are, too. shadows Of vast oriental
civilization that is vanishing as fast as
time can move They still wear their
cues hanging almost 20 their heels. be-
INK braided out 10 that length by the
aid Of a silk cord that deceivcs nobody.
any more than lady's false hair
The long black cue adds - the effect
Of the waiter appearance. picturesque
or comic. IA You look at It, For myself.
| never see one Of these long braided
tails without an almost irresistible i'm
pulse % give IL rousing ''yank. l
appreciate the feelings Of the mischie-
vous small boy. Our freight handlers are
also Cinnamon. and these, too. sport
the che hanging at full length, in spite
OF its inconvenience At San Francisco
an unearthly howl suddenly rent the
air where the boxes Of freight were be-
ing lowered into the hold. yswning far
down. A nail in one Of the boxes had
caught freight hustler's cue and WAS
drawing him by the head rapidly back
ward and downward A moment more
and there would have been a scalped
Chinaman. but his horror stricken
shrek called attention TO his plight
and he was rescued barely in time TO
save him. Heartless white folk cracked
their sides with unseemly laughter.
We have aboard 500 Chinese steerage
passengers bound for their native land.
Some Of these are retired laundrymen
who have hsaped up their fortunes Of
$500 apiece and are going back home to
spend their declining years in ease and
| luxury. Others, less lucky. are being
deported by the hard hearted United
States government just when they
thought they had run the blockade in
safety and struck the promised land
where they. too, could find Klondike
mine in washtub and cook stove.
There are also some Japs among the
Storage passengers There always are
ON these vessels bound for the orient.
and among the two races the China
Japanese war is not yet over. When
from the depths Of the steerage regions
there rises sound Of mingled Chinese
shrieks aud Jap oaths, together with a
squabbling. splitting sound "a of two
cats in each others hair. then the Off
GERS Of the ship understand that Jap
and Chinaman are at it again, finishing
up the war. Immediately whichever
one is nearest seizes a healthy long
handled broom and sails in promiscuous.
Impartially he whacks right and left,
his broom coming down with dull
thud alike upon the skull Of the shaven
pated Chinaman and the black headed
Jap, blow and blow about Thus the
superior race terminates the war be-
tween the effete orientals.
In Boring sea and on the Yukon we
aever wanted to go to bed, because IL
was daylight all the time. Here, amid
the soft, enchanting airs Of the summer
seas. il is the same. The nights are 30
gloriotsly beautiful it seems sin to go
In and leave them The Pacific ocean is
of different color from the Atlantic.
That is green The Pacific is blue blue
IS indigo. The ships propeller churns
the blue into shining white foam all
around Ms as We glide swiftly on in the
balmy night. The full moon shines
gloriously down. making the ripples on
the water look like millions Of dia-
monds 1t is time for waking dreams
and shipboard Irritation. Heavens, how
they do fiirt on this ship, old and young
alikel Age seems no bar to the tropical
foolishness. Set your face rigidly
against temptation. o friend. before
you start on the voyage TO Hawaii.
Nobody with any poetry in his soul
went 10 bed our last night ont.
With the radiant moon above MS
gorgeous. shining, woolly clouds piled
Ill around the horizon and airs of para
disc floating over us we moved softly
through the harbor waters and up to
the dock at 1 clock in the morning.
Our voyage to Honolulu, was ended
At 8 O'Clock we were ON shore view
ing the city. The first spot we struck
v.s the market. Our noses guided ~
there. 6sh being on sale in abundance.
oueer, hesthen looking things Hard
boiled eggs and cooked sweet potatoes
tied M In banana leaves were the
choicest delicacies-
But what impressed me most Of al
was the dress Of the native Hawaiian
women. Il u . Mother Hubbard h.
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