The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-04-27
AUTHORS TALE
San Francisco Plague
flushed Up.
Globe trotter Duhain, Journalist and
Playwright, is Gathering Ma
terial for Stories Here.

learned on good authority that there
have been twenty-five cases of the bu-
bonic plague in that city during the
last few months but that the politi-
clans have exerted their influence to
hush the matter up in order to pre-
vent a panic among the people and to
protect the great business interests
against the tremendous loss which
would naturally follow on the an
nouncement Of such a condition In the
metropolis
So said Claude L. Faye Duhain. au =
thor, playwright, journalist and globe
.roJter, to an Advertiser reporter at
he Hawaiian Hotel yesterday after
noon. Yes he continued that
would make it about the time that the
plague was first discovered in Hono!u-
u that it broke out in San Francisco.
Contrary to the reports of some Of the
Mainland newspapers that San Fran
cisco schemers are booming a plague
scare in order to rob the Government,
The politicians are working hard to
Keep from the people any knowledge OF
tne fact that the plague actually ex-
lists in that city and has existed there
Tor several months"
Duhain is on an extended trip around
The world. He left New York, his ma
i've city, several weeks ago Mr.. Du-
hahn visited the principal cities Of the
Western states on his trip across the
continent; he has been in Honolulu
barely Two weeks, but, after the man
ner of ali travellers, has fallen in love
With Hawaii nei
Japan is the authors next field for
d .. 10. fl :.
bic pen. In Japan he will tarry per-
laps two or three years, going into
he interior and all over the country.
studying the manners and customs OF
The people, becoming acquainted with
their religion and familiar with the
language. From Japan, Duhain will
90 TO China, penetrating to Manchuria
and wrestling, if possible, from the
mystic Himalayas much of great in
terest TO the lovers of the strange and
true all over the world. Then the
Philippines are to be visited by this
free lance; afterwards India will beck
On him to her wonders and marvels Of
yesterday and today. If the traveller
returns he will go back to New York
Oy way Of the SueZ canal.
Duhain writes for the New York
Mail and Express, the ST. Louis Globe
Democrat, and various other papers.
lie is also gathering material for an
exhaustive work on his travels, and at
Jne same time collecting photographs
Tor reproduction in his volume. The
young man was educated at Brown
University, Providence, X. l., is well
anown in New York social circles, and
is the author of The Reverend Mr..
Demon" a society drama in three acts
which IL expected to be one of the new
metropolitan productions on Broad
way, new YORK, next season. The au-
thor has been a close student OF the
drama under the tutelage OF two OF
The most successful playwrights in the
country.
Duhain has contributed many
sketches and short stories TO well
known magazines. He is a grandson
OF the late Thomas Faye of Washing
ton Heights, Brooklyn, whose great
grandfather was first mayor of Brook
Ign. Some of the novel scenes to be
presented in the new plays are pool
room in active operation and an arti-
fetal ice plant doing business.
The Hawaiian Islands will of course
figure in Duhain's book; he has taken
care to secure the always necessary pic
lulto VI DlduOuu f1tdu, HALVES dJ q
luau, the flower girls, a grass house
and other typical Hawaiian scenes.
a resume of the plague In Honolulu
has just been sent to the papers which
he represents, by Mr.. Duhain. In
speaking of the plague. yesterday, he
said: II have interviewed a large num-
Der of the doctors here and am perfect
ly satisfied that Honolulu has had
siege OF the bubonic plague; most of
the medical men seem to agree on that
point, though / have met several physi-
clans who stoutly maintain that there
never was any plague here. The first
few business men | talked with on the
matter said the plague was all a farce
and intimated things concerning the
authorities which would hardly do for
publication: but then I guess they felt
sore, very naturally perhaps, at busi-
ness losses on account of the quaran-
tine. have been writing on Hawaii
ever since came here;it is delightful
place and I only wish / could stay here
longer. | heard lots of talk on the
steamer. coming down, about the fu-
ture governor OF these Islands The
talk seemed to favor Sewall. but no
one really knew anything about II and
I imagine 1t was mostly joshing."