Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1905-11-23

With one or two exceptions a crowd
o: seventeen, baggaGemon, laundrymen,
representatives of the Promotion Com.
mittec. hotel men, reporters. and 9th.
crs who had business aboard, spent an
afternoon of seasiCliness yesterday on
the Custom House launch Waterwitch,
that left the Oceanic dock shortly after
noon to meet the S. S. Mongolia She
returned at 8: 80 o'clock and every one
felt more or less in a delapidated con.
ditiOn on account Of the trip. The
weather was unusually rough and
waves were rolling that at times com.
pletely hid the custom house boat from
the other craft about, although they
were only a short distance apart.
The launch which belongs to the
Young brothers began to toss within
five minutes after she left the wharf,
and to make matters worse 1t was rain.
| ing On toward the mammoth com.
handing lookinc ocean steamer she
| sped with the waves rolling higher and
higher. 1t was all the passengers could
do to keep an upright position. Water
dashed over the deck. \ number had
their clothes ard feet wet.
After the officials we're landed on the
| Mongolia which was not an easy task
| on account of the rOughuess of the wat.
Crs the Watorwitch withdrew to a safe
| distance to await the health inspection
+ and the withdrawal of the quarantine
I a.. 81. .
bunch could 60 aboard. The longer
they waited the more the little vessel
tossed. and rolled and at times almost
jumped. The Mongolia, anchored. was
as steady as a man who never drank.
| Gradually but surely the faces of the
determined not.to-get.sick ones grew
raler and paler. Finally they were
white. One by one the men. who had
anticipated an hour or so of fine sail.
| ing, withdrew to the cabin and tried
to make themselves comfortable. A.
=. Taylor of the Advertiser was among
! the first who started the ball to rolling.
l.. NJ Boyd of the Hawaiian hotel was
another of the initial to 20 down and
out. NJ. +. Peter. of the Territorial
Messenger service, also fell a victim
+ to the much.dreaded feeling. He was
about the siCkest man aboard, with
the possible exception of the writer.
George Henshall of The Star was not
, affected, or at least he pretended not
tc be, but admitted upon starting for
land that If he had stayed out much
/ longer he too would have Joined tho
popular relieving movement.
Some one start the procession, "
one pale.giled fellow said, land I'll
guarantee that we'll all follow suit
Men were scattered everywhere on the
! crowded launch, reclining and decin
ing. 81 don't mind throwing up" re
marked another wouldbe seadog, but
do hate TO have those Young broth
ers laughing at me-" If no one could
see me-" claimed another, Il would
try to relieve myself instead of trying
to keep II down" The passengers on
the Mongolia enjoyed the unusual
sight and hung over the rails laughing
while the men on the launch leaned
over the sides gagging. Several of the
men had crossed the pond and the chan.
nels off the other islands and never
been seasick, they claimed. But they
got theirs yesterday. Everybody likes
to make the assertion that they never
get seasick but there was no place TO
hide on the Customs launch and every
man had a witness to his actions, con.
WILSON'S and long face. There will not
be many applicants for passes on the
Customs House launch in the near fu,
ture. Although tired, empty and weak
there was never a happier bunch land
ed in spite of the fact that they had
not been mile from land. But 1t is
rough the water.