The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-23
THE RISE OF NARY KROUT,
WELL-KNOWN IN HONOLULU

special train being sent to Indianapolis
with 5000 papers. containing the speech
which the papers of that city had
missed.
Upon her return to Chicago, Miss
4 hrCut was promoted TO the editorial staff
, OF the Inter Ocean. Learning that
revolution was imminent in the Hawaii
an Islands, she induced her editor to
. send her TO Honolulu. She would have
been the only special correspondent upon
Z the ground al the time of the Queens
/ deposition but two days before she was
TO set out she made a misstep and broke
her foot. This postponed her departure
until the revolution was an accomplished
fact. But eventually, with the foot in
sil!cate cast and on crutches. she made
the journey, reached Honolulu safely,
and remained until the American flag
was hauled down from the government
building-a ceremonial of which she was
an eyewitness. Being a cousin OF Rear
Admiral George Brown, who had been
warm friend Of the Hawaiians she was
at once placed in personal communica-
ton with the heads of the government,
even Queen Liliuokalani giving her an
audience.
At the institution of the republic in
1894. she was sent back to Hawaii, and
after writing up the constitutional con-
vention. she made an extended trip to
New Zealand, Tasmania and Australia.
There she investigated the workings of
the various political theories which these
progressive colonies have exploited.
In 1895 Miss Krout was sent to London,
where she remained nearly three years
as staff correspondent of the Inter Ocean.
Her ia mily connections and her personal
acquaintance, quite aside from her pro-
fessional standing, secured for her eX-
ceptional advantages, and she saw Lon
don as few American women have ever
seen il. She was received not only by
py ~, f-ts.
writers, musicians. men and women iden-
tilted with the universities and world
wide philanthrop,c work. Among her
correspondence We're accounts of the
jameson trial. which she heard through
out; the Queens jubilee with many OF
the attendant festivities. at which she
was present, and a visit TO Lord Leigh
ton in his own beautiful house in HoI-
land Park Road
In 1899 this noted correspondent went to
China for a syndicate of newspapers. col
lecting data mainly relating to the COM
mercial relations of that empire with the
United States. From Picking she made
a journey into the interior with the wife
of the Rev. Mr.. Gamwell, one OF the he
roes of the siege of the British consul
late. On this journey the two women,
accompanied only by their native serv-
ants. penetrated the very Businesses of
the Boxer country, which was even then
in a state of ferment. They were not
molested in any way. After visiting
Japan Miss Krout went to Manila where
she obtained an idea of the true status
of affairs in the Philippine capital
In all her varied experience she says
that she has met with nothing but eX-
treme kindness and civility, although she
has, of necessity, been brought into con-
tact with all classes and conditions of
humanity
Miss KroUt is now engaged in general
literary work. having three years ago re-
tired from the staff of the Inter Ocean,
and published several books in the mean
time She resides in New York City.
where she is associate editor OF the Home
Magazine. When asked 'if the demands
of her professor had not overtaxed her
strength" she replied:
ON the contrary. I left the position
OF teacher a nervous wreck. Engaged in
profession TO which I felt myself
adapted. and even the drudgery of which
/ loved my physical condition steadily
improved, until ! am now in robust
health. and good. hope for active duty
for many years to come
Asked what she considered to be the
chief essentials of good newspaper work,
she said:
Energy in the doing. a knowledge of
what is wanted, and accuracy-accuracy
before all else. for, no matter how clev-
erly a statement may be put, one error
invalidates- the whole, and it is labor
lost FREDERICK OBRIEN.