The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-01
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rumor which could not be verified
was to the effect that three more we'd
dings are on tapis before the sailing of
the transport tomorrow afternoon. and
it was observed that several of the
most attractive young schoolma' ans
were busily engaged in shopping yes
terday, the superstition being that the
purchases We're towards z hasty trous
seau.
Anent the matter of school teachers
and their migration to the Philippines,
several other things have developed 1t
| is said that the Government is not in
formed as to the plans of great many
of the voyagers it is transporting to its
new possessions, and that if it were
some of the engagements probably
would be cancelled.
There are those among them who de-
clare themselves to have started on
trips around the world, the start being,
made at the expense of the Govern
ment; few months teaching and the
excuse of illness will enable them to
resign their positions and continue
their tour, or to return via transport
AT the commissary rates, the better off
by trip of some 5000 miles and the
Experiences en- route.
There is one lady of reputed wealth
on board, hailing from Pennsylvania,
who has stated that she will remain
only couple of months in the Philip
pines, at the expiration of which time
she will be invalided and return home,
the trip being the only object of her
venture
Another couple make no secret OF
their intention of doing the same thing,
as they have Sound their quiet domestic
tranquility in the States somewhat mo-
notonous and desire a vacation; the
plan acted upon will afford them a
long and inexpensive outing, and will
widen their scope of travel to an ex-
| tent that will elevate them to great i'm
portance in the eyes of their less
shrewd neighbors at home.
The vaccination regulation was the
cause of some pilikia on the vessel. The
pretty schoolma ans objected seriously
| to having their arms mutilated by the
ugly scars, and protests were heard
from all Sides Some of them declared
that they would not be vaccinated, ana
were promptly threatened by Captain
Buford with close confinement on
board ship when the Thomas reached
Honolulu. This caused some of them
! to consent, and once started the vaccl-
nation became general, the hosp1tal
icorps being kept very busy among the
five hundred and twenty passengers
| The ladies, however, for the most
! part. refused to bare their arms to the
surgeon, and presented instead their
| feet. the vaccine being injected just
above the ankle. This arrangement,
though removing the fears of the fair
ones as to the future in the matter OF
idecolIette gowns, developed another
feature that they had not thought or
Within a day or so the promenade deck
was thronged with limping school-
ma ans, and the steamer chairs Were
utilized by the more seriously aHecleu
ones the serumized feet, carefully
bound up, resting on cigar-ribbon pn-
lows.
All the passengers on board had been
lvaccinated before the arrival at .lis
port of the Thomas, and, this plilhla
being over. the rest of the voyage WIZ
iperhars be calmer, as to indoor squaiis.
iCaptain Buford, however, is someWna
lperturbed as to the two or three Weehs
tvet left of the voyage, andfhelr uevei-
lopments. There are still several tnrea. I
enine cases of matrimony on poaro
which though not sufficiently develop
ed to furnish fee for some local mn.
lister will probably come up peIore .ne
| cantsfn within a week or SO, anu
may he up to him to tie nupllai hiio'
or two