The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-02-09

One of the greatest difficulties which
has met the Governors party on the
trip around the Island of Hawaii has
been the scarcity of typewriters-ma-
chimes, not girls. There is just one ma
chine in the entire Kohala district and
that is in bad condition. Honokaa is
better supplied, but Waimea is very far
behind in the matter of up-to-date let
ter writing.
At Waimea there is a young man, a
Portuguese, of considerable intelligence.
He was the first man tackled on the
question of machines and also the last.
Secretary Creedon asked him if there
were typewriter in the place. The
young man thought long and deeply.
NO" he finally replied, but l guess
| can git you a meIodeon.'
The offer unfortunately had to be
declined.
WAIMEA'S FIREPLACE.
Fireplaces are not very numerous in
Hawaii. There is one at the Volcano
House and very recently fireplace
has been built at Waimea in the new
Parker ranch house. The fireplace is
large and open, is constructed of brick
1t was rather cold in Waimea while
the Governors party was there and as
the fireplace had never been tried be-
fore Mr.. Alfred Carter was extremely
anxious to demonstrate it's success. So
he ordered one of the Japanese SER
wants to build a fire there and then
left him. 1t was an hour later before
Mr.. Carter returned. The fire had been
built according to order, but instead
of uslig the fireplace, the japanese had
carefully collected his wood and shaw
ings and planted them in the ash recep-
tacle, where he had a blaze going that
treatened to destroy the entire ranch
house. The Jap knows how to start
a blaze in fireplace now.
A UNIQUE DANCE.
At Waimea Governor Carter broke
his record and danced. The Governor
has been little backward about mix
ing in the pleasures of the waltz and
two-step but the ladies at Kohala and
Hilo and other places where Social en-
tertainments We're arranged for the
Executive party will forgive him when
they learn the circumstances of the
ball at Waimea.
Waimea by the way is a desirable
place of abode for matrimonially in
clined young ladies. There are very
few ladies in the little village and those
that are there are deServedly popular.
But to return to the dance. The Gov
ernor's party arrived at Waimea in a
drenching rain which in a few hours
had made the roads impossible and
kept away the ladies who would other
wise have attended the luau given in
honor of the Executive. And so ii hap
pened that when a dance was decided
upon after the luau it was discovered
that there were but four ladies avail
able for the occasion. Waimea rose to
the emergency. The ladies We're reserv-
ed for the visitors. There were about
thirty cowboys from the Parker ranch
at the ball. but the committee gave
them to understand that they We're to
be mere wall-fowers. The orchestra,
very fine quiptette club, played con-
tinuously just as long as anyone of the
party wanted to dance. and so 1t came
about that the Governor had to accept
the honors thrust upon him and he led
the grand march with the fairest young
lady in the bunch. The dance was most
enjoyable, even though ii was n unique
affair and ii will not be forgotten in
Waimea for good many years at least.
But it was rathr II embarrassing for a
Waimea boy just as he was about to
start off with girl in his arms, to be
politely informed that the dance was
off-the young lady had been reserved
for the guests of honor. But the girls
enjoyed it, so did the Governors party
THE LYONS GIRLS.
Waimea has a most interesting couple
of ladies the Lyons girls, Both of them
are over sixty years of age. but they
have been known since girlhood as
the Lyons girls" Gov. Carter visited
| them just before leaving Waimea and
had a hearty chat with the women