Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-11-20

lotson, of many lands.
Miss Tillotson has just returned
to America from Japan and tour of
the Hawaiian Islands Leaving San
Francisco, touching at Gray's Harbor,
Tacoma and Seattle, she completes
a continental tour of North America,
with a seasons cruise throughout the
entire territory of Alaska. She eX-
presses herself as being charmed by
the daylight" nights of the Yukon
and the grandeur of the Alaska coast
scenery. Miss Tillotson's literary
worth has been acknowledged by some
OF the leading newspapers of the u.
S. and Canada as writer of travels
and historic sketches. She has fav-
ored the Tribune with some of her
Hawaiian word sketches, which will
appear from time to time.
The Island of Oahu
The Elihu Thompson and twelve
days of sea sickness is what the voy-
age to the Hawaiian Islands means.
with ones whole nature turned wrong
side out and with wretched service,
We actually found opportunity to laugh
and add amusing bits of romance.
Tacoma not being regular port
for steam ship lines with Hawaii. you
have to take what you can get and
thank your stars for the opportunity.
| San Francisco and Vancouver, b. c.,
are ports where the best service at
Dest prices is had especially Vancou-
yer, where are the most elegant
steamers which ply the Pacific ocean
A few passengers were picked up at
Seatte-the first engineers wife, the
second engineers sweetheart and no
bodys wife or sweetheart were the
only three ladies aboard. AS is usua
in small companies, conservative re
serve was ignored and each did his
best to make the trip pleasant. The
second engineer and his sweetheart
| were on their way to be married a
Hawaii and entertained us all will
their brilliant wit when not on priv
ate duty. After two days at sea th,
first engineer was taken i'll and /
looked as though we would have
funeral as well as a wedding whel
Honolulu was reached. His wifes at
tentions and time were his. The tur
tie doves cooed in the engine roor
most of the time, so what was ther
left to do but to be entertained b
the first officer and the purser, S
between these two I Jared well an
but for their special favors | woul
rather have been in heaven. All weI
!; as we'll as ocean life usually got
with me until the waves lashed hig
and broke over the windows of m
stateroom, giving me a shocking SUI
prise and corner on navigation
4 On the heaving breast Of old Ner
} tune the year itself had turned int
new one and nature wept heavil
as she always does when we crosse
the Tropic of Cancer.
On the 10th day Molokai. the Ler
per Island of the groupe, hove
sight and with field glasses levelle
| in anxiety, all are on deck. The east
ern approach to the island present
bleak, barren appearance. The du
, hills of Arizona are brought to men
) ory. but the first glimpse of disal
pointment prepared us just that muc
more for the pleasant surprises of tn
western approach of the 18th da
, when we steamed into the beautif'
harbor of Honolulu, Not being reg'
lar routed ship to the Islands we wei
not expected and so missed the usu
4 greeting of the crowds that alwa.
meet incoming ships.
r While the ropes are being mac
, fast ] cast my eye over the sea
strange dark faces turned up to !
along the shore. The population
rather picturesque in its varied mi
ture of human types, Chinese, Japa
t ese. Portuguese and every other XII
of geese" besides Americans, En-
g lsh and native Hawaiians. The ia
N anese on their high clog shoes ma
It like a miniature bench somethil
short of the foot making a clinkil
- noise as they shuttle along in the
l. How they can keep from turni
H. prone upon their faces is mystel
- Dressed in queer punched up narrt
,r garments wrapped tightly about the
le The Chinese with his long whip la
le of hair upon the cracker OF VIII
hangs his hope of Heaven. The nat