The Hawaiian gazette., 1905-07-18

caring for the guests and many were
the words OF praise and EXPLANATIONS
of surprise at the features provided
for entertainment. Everything passed
off smoothly and the party left the
plantation with regret.
The special train was scheduled to
leave the Palama Depot at 10:30 a. m,
but some of the party stopped in town
after returning from the Pail and II
was not until II o'clock that the train
left. There was a big crowd at the
station to greet the party, especial at
tention being centered in Miss Roose-
welt and Secretary Taft. Miss Roose-
Welt was loaded with leis by the lei
women who frequent the depot. they
having asked the privilege of decorat-
ing her as a special favor.
| The train was made up Of one COM
| bination car, three-chair cars, a par
lor car and President Dillinghams
private car. Conductor c. II. Tracey
was in charge of the train and Presi-
dent Dillingham; of the Oahu Railway
& Land Company was with the party
to point out things of interest. The
run down to Aiea was made In about
| % minutes and there the members of
the Naval Affairs Committee and 9TH
ers interested in the Pearl Harbor
| naval station and forts were left to
take the boats and launches waiting
to convey them to the U. S. S. Iroquois
for the trip about the lochs and back
| to the city.
AS soon as the naval party had been
| put off, the train backed up to the
junction with the Aiea branch and
proceeded to the Honolulu Plantation.
/ On the way through the cane fields 1t
went slowly in order that the guests
might see the steam plows at work
and the processes of planting, irrigat-
ing and cutting cane. Manager Low
had arranged things so that the party
| might see all the process of raising
and harvesting cane close to the rail-
road track This was a novel feature
and one that took with the guests
, Just before the mill was reached the
train was greeted by a party of the
ladies of the plantation, seated in a
gaily decorated car drawn by a plan
tation engine. gay with flags and bunt-
ing. This train followed the special to
the mill.
At the mill the decorations were
elaborate and unique. Across the gate
was a triumphal arch of foliage bear
ing on the other side the words, aloha
| Nui," and on the inner, aloha Oe."
The office building and store were gay
with flags and bunting. Opposite the
place where the train stopped was
large pavilion built of palm leaves and
! tropical foliage. On its green foliage
! floor were placed settees and chairs
for the guests. The pavilion was "a
veritable bower of riotous tropical foli-
age. The columns that supported the
| front were banana trees with ripe and
green fruit still hanging on them, for
the visitor to pick at his lei ure. Pa
paias, mangoes, alligator pears, pine
apples, guavas and other native fruits
in great clusters adorned the room.
| In one corner was a quintette club
and a group of native girls who sang
sweet songs during the whole time
that the visitors were in the pavilion.
! Sweet faced little japanese maids in
| brilliant kimonos served lemonade and
waters, while a generous supply OF
other liquid refreshments was on hand
| in another booth for those who pre-
ferred it. An interesting part of the
program was when some of the native
men and women egsayed the hula for
the benefit of the visitors. The exhibit
ton was very mild, the dancers being
in American costume, but the per-
formance served to give the guests an
idea of the ancient native dances. Miss
Roosevelt appeared much pleased with
| the reception, especially with the ma
| tive singing. She also spoke TO the
| Japanese girl who served her with re-
| freshments, much to that dainty young
woman's joy.
After short rest in the pavilion the
party was escorted into the mill and
We're shown all the processes of sugar
making under the guidance of Manager
| Low and others. Hon. w. G. Irwin
assisted in explaining the sugar in>
dustry, his wide knowledge of the sub
| ject making him we'll fitted for the
task. The party spent some time in
the mill, Secretary Taft and a number
of others climbing up the four long
| flights of stairs to the top story.
Pieces of sugar cane We're cut off for
| everybody and most of the party left
| the mill chewing the sweet stalks. At
| the pavilion there was another short
stop and more music, a picture of the
party being taken, and then amid the
strains of aloha Oe" and Hawaii
Ponoi," and the banzais and cheers of
| the laborers, the train pulled out at
| 1925. reaching the city at 1850, after
fast run. At the Palama Depot
| special electric cars We're in waiting
and the party was conveyed quickly to
! the Hawaiian Hotel, where luncheon
was ready. Secretary Taft was driven
up in a carriage with the Acting Gov
ernor. Miss Roosevelt went up in an
automobile.