The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-12-10
HAWAIIANS WHO ARE LIVING
OR VISITING IN EUROPE

+ son appears TO have done remarkably
well under the circumstances, but was
certainly handicapped in the matter OF
location.
} We had decidedly warm reception In
New York, where the heat was simply
fierce, the thermometer registering III
in the shade. We arrived there On Judy
Ind and left On the 4th, and had 1t not
been for the hospitality of some good
people with charming home in New
Jersey, who made Us welcome because
we had come from Honolulu, where We
knew friends of theirs. think we mast
nave wiIted completely. All the hcrses
on the streets wore straw hats, and
tie lucky ones had Jumps of ice on their
heads. Notwithstanding these plecau-
tons, however, the poor beasts died In
numbers in their harness. So many peo-
pie were overcome by the heat on the
streets that 1t became impossible for the
regular ambulances to attend to all the
cases, especially as the horses gave out
after a few trips. and automobiles and
even automobile hearses were called into
service TO convey the people to places Of
refuge. the hospitals having become
oVercrowded early. Among our fellow
passengers across the Atlantic on the
. 'Barbarossa," was DR.. Bauer, who had
visited Honolulu and the lepers on Molo-
kai, with DR.. Sem. There was also a
German lady who had known the Has
tlngs in Washington, when the late
Frank Hastings was Hawaiian consul
there. She had, in fact, occupied the
same house with them. There was also
lady who had been a nurse in Cuba
during the war, and had made the ac-
quafntance of DR.. James Judd while
there. l may add here that while COM
ing into Dresden from Hamburg on the
train, We CHANGED to meet a gentleman
with his sister, who upon learning by
some chance remark that we were from
Honolulu, said that he knew Mr. F. NJ
Swanzys people in Dublin. At PEN
sion" In Dresden, We met an American
lady who knew, several Island people
quite well, though she had never been
to the Islands herself. She enquired aft
er Miss Lottie Alexander, of Maui the
Damons, and Mrs. John Walker and Miss
Cornwell. At the same time and place
we met a Portland man. W. Riley. who
was at Stanford College with Arthur
Rice, VIM. Scper and other Honolulu
men, and so on lad infin:tum."
Germany is a wonderful country in
many respects, but decidedly behind the
times as compared with American meth
DDS. For instance, I hardly think there
are as many lifts in Dresden as there are
la Honolulu, and these few carry passen-
gers one way only You can go UP but
IauSt walk down, unless you have doc
tors certificate. This seems to be entire
" a matter of custom. 1t is also ne:es-f
sarY to watch some stationary object
TO tell if the lift is in motion or not.
We miss the Island scenery here. svGher..
the country is as fat as table for
miles. A German landscape consists
sfIiehy of mountains of sausages and
fivers and lakes of beer thought when
n saw Niagara falls that no greater BODY
of ever flowing liquid was to be seen;
then I had not seen the Germans drink
beer, but Great Wilhelm the Onest''
Niagara falls are only little trickle aft
er all. 1t seems a pity that this flow
cannot be utilized to drive the maCh!n-
cry. 1t would certainly be sufficient in
quantity. And yet an intoxicated person
Is a rare sight here. Germans 20 not
mix their drinks Gn Germany, but drink
their beers or wines straight. and no gins
or whiskeys. In this custom they seem
TO show a good example to both Eng
lish and Americans, who favor hard
drinks.
1 should like to tell you something OF
the music and art here. but fear I have
written far too much already. During
this week 1 heard Eugene Ysaye, Joa-
chin and Paderewski. D'Albert and 9TH
ers come later.
"ACf wiedersehen." NJ
H NJ. MIST.
Ores den. Oct 1911