Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-07-29


Lbodies OF purehasers. Wts.h.r msn
women VITA the nstis s,p c,s y,
both sexes wear them
shls is no new sight i1s very arS
since landing We nave uat aa.e Wome
fheS are to be fouHd on D. ojusi rect
corners making aud vand heir fora.
wares.
| Besides hese women, there are native
men and boys seiii0R artun. of Jof,,s
tears and tree seeds Or escD string there
are several shining tears TIA group then
ten or d,zsn brown e a., then more
tears then more seeds sad so on, untii.
when tied toget Ter ana dou Died, he string
is yard long. They are worn as necklaces
and are very pretty bought eight strings
for fifty cents. A single string sells for
ten, or when all tears, fifty cents.
Everywhere have been about the cen.
tire OF the city, have encoun, cred Jobs
tear vendors; and l have thought that
Job must have suffered very great sfflic.
tons, else he would not have wept SO
much, aud such big tears-about four or
five times larger than the ordinary human
tear.
Besides these they sell cloth or kappa
made out OF the bark OF paper mul berry
or wauke and OF mamake rnere are sew
eral qualities of kappa, some fine as mus
lin; some thick and tough; some bleached
white; some stained with mineral dyes,
which have, no doubt, been impressed
with bamboo stamps and glazed with
some kind Of gum.
In those other days with the natives,
the women wore pa-us, which were no
more or less than wrappers made OF sew
erai thicknesses of kappa and wrapping it
around the body. Men wore malos grid
les; while both sexes sometimes wore
mauties or kihei about five or six feet
square, and in much the same way that
our Arizona Indians wear their blankets
Then there is a sleeping KAPPA called kappa.
moe.
This study OF clothing OF The natives Is
very interesting, but We must not tarry
ana miss our steamer.
Going on board the "Kinan" we find
| our statetooms. There is but little time
| left before the hour for sailing, and we
spend that seeinEthe last pieces OF freigb bit
put aboard, and listening to soft, weet
| Hawaiian music by the band playing on
the pier.
There is the third whistle. The famil
lar "All aboard" "Down gang plank"
Embellishments is running to get off)
-"Puli'r 'shorel" "Let'r gol" and the
good ship swings from the pier and heads
for the channel, 1t will be a rough sea,
this trip, for little less than gale has
been on for several Gays.
We are now passing Waikiki. 1t was
off here that John Jecob Astor's ship,
'Tonquin" anchored in Feb. 1911, on
h-r wsy TO Astoria; and here she lay
Tor two or three weeks getting aboard
supplies bought of Kameha meha, the
Ring.
We pass Diamond Head, known also as
Leah, here is the beach famous for
surf bathing by the natives, and surf
riding In their euriously constructed
boats.
Now we are getting we'll ont into the
Ksiwi channel, that lies between the
Islands OF Oahu and Molokai, and into
rough sea; and we are trying to cut
across the trough OF it, SO are pitching
right lively when the gong sounds dinner
time.
look into my fellow passengers face
and my fellow passenger looks into my
face. Here are two pale faces, one ques-
tioning the her as to its ability and de-
sire to go to dinner. Both arise and walk
into he saloon with stern determination.
|, the possessor of one OF these faces,
hurriedly hang my cap on brass hook,
and tell my waiter, who Is at my elbow,
to be very quick and bring my dinner
anything that he has that's good. feel
that ii is too much trouble for me to put
on my glasses and read the bill of fare.
NY meal is before me quickly--per ps
the slap" is looking for a tip-and / very
hastily stow it away and wash it down
with good cup of Kona coffee. Coffee
raised on the island OF Hawaii, at a place
or plantation called Kona. There is
| North Kona and South Kona.)
Taking my cap from the brass hook
make bee line for the gangway, and gain
tine utCk. t1OW ttNifbb COol, lEeou
sea. breeze is as it fans my brow and
brushes my whiskers to one side, but,
hang it, the ship will roll and pitch too
much for real good inward feelings.
soon my fellow passenger comes and
sits beside me. Misery loves company,
even though 1t be miserable, and l can
see at a glance that my friend Is fast set
Ting into state of wretched misery.
We look at each other and l ask: show
did you enjoy your dinner, partner9" "All
right, how did you enjoy yours? 1 saw
that you appeared to be in great hurry as
though you were afraid somebody was
going to get your dinner away from you"
And / answer: 81 am afraid now that
Neptune is going to get it,"
We CAB on for a little while; then our
tongues refuse to wag. We're almost
gone, both of Us, and I am going to get
into my berth II / can navigate the deck.
| just make it, and not minute too