The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-04-14

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slowed upon him in print the Adyertis-
ers appreciation and welcome.
Apropos of Stevenson's interest in Sa-
moan affairs I must tell you that while
he was in Honolulu the Advertiser re-
printed from the London Spectator 4 SIG
gestion that 1.-The triangular Samoan
squabble" be settled by appointing Rob-
ert Louis Stevenson king of Samoa q
with power to draw up and add to his
Town constitution! Probably the only Of
fer of a bona fide throne Stevenson ever
had!
The Scottish Thistle Club hoped to Sc
cure Stevenson for evening at their
rooms and. to this END. several of the
club members waited upon him at Sans
Souci. He greeted them very cordially.
and offered to give them the second of
the two evenings left to him before he
should sail. There was but a days notice
. of the entertainment yet when Steven
son appeared in the doorway of the hail.
he met with the heartiest applause and
found the room Overlooking with his fell
iow-countrymen and their friends His
appearance. to quote the Advertiser once
more. WAS not striking: He has a
nervous air with slightly womanish man
ners and gestures. He wore FL a
most unconventional suit OF brown
corduroy. flannel shirt and red sash. But
as soon as he commenced to speak. all
his peculiarities OF manner and tongue
were lost sight of in his intensely inter-
esting talk and his pure English"
At the outset he declared that he was
no orator, yet he compelled close and en-
thusiastic attention as he briefly summed
up the history of Scotland. in answering
the self-imposed question. why am I
glad to meet my fellow Scots?" He was
frequently interrupted by bursts of
laughter and applause. but at the end
many may well have been moved to tears
ryha fla tie t.
from poetic. expressed his sorrow that
he should never have his resting grave"
beneath the purple heathers of his native
hills. where the whaups were crying, he
remembered how,
Yet the evening ended In smiles not
In tears. for after hearty vote of thanks
given by reclamation. the chairman-I be-
lieve he was Mr.. Thos Lindsay although
Mr.. Cleghorn was also upon the platform
called for the customary doxology,"
meaning Aud Lang Syne. The new
pianist broke out with Praise God from
whom but was speedily set upon the
track of Aud Lang Syne. which all pres
ent sang with their hands clasping every
man his neighbors. Later many were in
troduced to Mr.. Stevenson.
Mr.. Graham Balfour did not witness
the reception rendered to his cousin, as
he had sailed for San Francisco in the
Oceanic the day before, confident that
Stevenson and his servant would shortly
depart for Samoa Instead of sailing
himself. Stevenson sent word to his wife
that he was sick in bed with pneumonia,
but in the careful charge of DR.. Trous-
seau. Mrs. Stevenson arrived on the
steamer of October 18th. rejoicing to find
the invalid greatly improved, although he
was not strong enough to give the pro-
posed literary talk in the Young Mems
Christian Association hall on the 21st
The same week he was elected Honorary
Cheftain OF the Thistle Club in place of
the late John s. Walker.
At some time during this visit Mr..
Allan Hutchinson must have made his
studies from life for the bust of Steven
son which he modelled, and presented
some six or seven years ago. to the
Thistle Club. Two or three others were
also cast at the same time, this one
being possession of mine, most proudly
cherished.
1t was while he was sick at Sans Souci
that he wrote his letter to the Advertiser
TO correct a prevailing impression that
the place was rather an undesirable ref
uge. He had never known of any dis
turbance. he protested. except one night
when the telephone" His letter fol-
lows:
Sans Souci. Waikiki.
Honolulu. October g. 1893.
Mr. Editor: Will you allow a harmless
sick man, who has just made out eight
lays OF sickness here, to express his
II the nickname recently tackled upon Ii
n the papers: A Disorderly House? Ny
bedroom is now in the heart OF the estab-
fshment, opening upon all the public
-ooms. No one can arrive, one
iepart, by day or night. but 1 must hear
hem. have had high fever; you will
egard il as an obvious rider that 1 was
n a state to be easily annoyed. VIII you
'elieve IL. sir. the only annoyance lat 4
las befallen me in this disorderly estab-
ishment was two nights ago. when the
telephone broke out bleating like a de-
erted infant from the nigh dining room;
Il dare never. from a variety OF pru-
entail considerations. approach this in
eresting instrument myself;-I had no Z
hoice but to summon others who should
rove more bold; and for a considerable =
lterval in the gaunt midnight the tele- .
hone bell and / performed a duet. At
myth Mr.. Simpson came to the rescue.
earlessly tackled the apparatus and
armed that the Adams was demanding X
or chief engineer
II this be disorder-well I will agree
he introduction Of the telephone into
ur bed and board, into our business and
osoms. partakes of the nature OF in
'usion. But one house in Honolulu is
OF more private than another. And to -
e. who Passing days listening to the
ind and the waves along the reef. can
lt say that I desire to find no quieter
lven than the Sans Souci; and may well
Ia. with the poet.
In a more sacred OF sequestered bower.
or nymph nor Faunus haunted"
i am sir, your obedient servant.
ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON.
Perhaps you may recognize parts OF the -,
tier. i understand that when Mr.. M
was the genial host of Sans Az
,uci he made generous use of this let
r in advertising his hosiery. 1t should
I'VE brought him many guests, 1 am IN
rel
Mr. Balfour speaks OF an interview that NJ
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