The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-12-14
Flour Barrels and Sugar Chests
on Legs.
JAMS AND JELLIES.
and Tropical Fruits
Supplied the Travellers.
And With Them Sure Cure for
Indigestion.

rest The keeper owned a Jersey
COW, and I gorged myself with milk
which tasted surprisingly good after
an experience of six days with the
condensed article. On our way down
the mountains, we stopped at the same
place again, and secured all of the
mornings milk" carrying away in
bottle that which could not drink.
Mr.. Emmeluth had arranged for an ex-
pensive luncheon for us, but I told him
that if he would take me where I
could secure a bowl, and a spoon, and
bread, we could cut the expensive
luncheon. So he took US to his home,
and I am glad he did, for it gave me
opportunity to see a home in the
tropics. The EmmeIuths live in a
modern house built on a high hill over
looking Honolulu, the harbOr and the
ocean. The house was built two years
ago, THE lot being cut out of a noun
tain of lava. BY degrees it is beauti-
fed by means of fountains, fish ponds,
flowers, trees, walks, grass, etc It's
location is about such as might be
found half way down the river bluff
east of the former residence of DIR. w.
L. Challiss. The Emmeluths employ
a Chinese man as cook at SO a week,
and Korean boy to work in the yard
Mr. Emmeluth talked Chinese to the
COOK ana Korean TO the boy. ana LLl6X
brought me a bowl, and a spoon and
bread made from American flour.
Then I proceeded to enjoy myself
They also brought in a number of
native fruits and vegetables, including
taro, the native potato. The taro is
ground into a paste. and after fer
mentation, becomes poi, on which the
natives mainly live. I tasted the poi.
It tasted like sour paste, and Mr.. EN-
meluth says it may be used as paste.
The original taro plant looks exactly
like what we know as the palladium,
and the bulb looks like the calIadium
bulb. When the taro crop fails the
natives make poi out of American
flour, and it seems to answer the pur-
pose, though it is light in color, instead
of dark. Americans soon learn to like
poi, and it is said to be very whole
some. (Note.=I hate a man who
writes travel notes, and frequently uses
queer words taken out Of the guide
books. I apologize for "taro" and
poi, and shall not offend again.)
Mrs. Emmeluth is a native of Ha-
Waii, and is very fond of American
bacon. Her husband also says she
reads the Atchison weekly Globe reg
ulaFly. and says that Mrs. I4ysander
man. The EInmeluth home is sup
piled with modern plumbing, and the
rooms are delightfully."- light and airy.
Instead of having mosquito netting at
TIE W4uQOWc, the uGtL4nS IS around the
beds. There are no heavy draperies,
and no plush furniture. Flour, sugar,
etc, are kept in earthenWare jars in
the kitchen. These jars are raised on
cup-lIke legs to keep out the ants,
which seem to be somewhat of a pest
The cook has a modern range, with
hot water attachment, and uses wood
as fuel.
In the family bedroom, I saw a
native bed. Imagine platform as
III oh T-sA h Ill
of an ordinary bed. The platform was
eight feet wider than an ordinary bed.
The bed being placed in the center of
the platform, a space of four feet was
left on either side. On hot nights, the
sleepers in the bed can roll out on
either side. where it is cooler. The bed
itself is without springs.
/ fear I have given a poor descrip-
ton of the bed. Imagine that the top
of the platform is of the shape of a
half the space, but placed in the mid
die.
Much to my regret, did not meet
Mrs. Emmeluth; the Korean boy said
she had gone down town. Mr.. EN-
meluth visited the United States in 1898
and his wife accompanied him. They
intended visiting Atchison, but at Ar
mour, Mrs. Emmeluth backed out, and
they continued their journey I asked
Mr.. Emmeluth why his wife backed
out but he laughingly replied: Let her
tell you" When we arrived at the house
Mrs. Emmeluth was not at home. and
I forgot the incident.
Mr. EmmeIuth has been in Honolulu
twenty-five years. He went there in
sailing vessel from San Francisco, work
ing his passage as a sailor. Old timers
in Atchison viii remember him as a
timer who worked for Jacob Leu. His
sister has been in Hawaii eight years
She was employed as bookkeeper in
Atchison by the Mangelsdorf Co. and
Dy GreenIeaf & Baker She reads The
Globe, and always pays Atchison travel
ers attention. She was on the dock
when we arrived and when we sailed,
and I would like to wager that she viii
meet Captain Harry Smith and wife,
who are due in three or four days, on
the transport Sherman" When I
reached my room after sailing, I found
two immense baskets of fruit there,
sent by Miss Emmeluth. Besides the
fruit, they contained several packages
of Jams iellfes nnarmalade, etc, all
home made, and very fine These we
pass about at the ship tables. The bas-
kets contained a sort of melon known
as papai. It looks like a large cucun-
Der, except that it is darker in color.
The flesh is yellow, and found 1t de-
licious. They say you must cultivate
taste for it, but mine is ready made.
Fortunately, Mattel does not like it,
nor do the other passengers care for it.
It is said to be natural cure for in
digestion I have enough to last several
days The baskets also contained fine
apples and bananas. besides several 9TH
er fruits which are new to me Fresh
pineapple is also said to be good for in
digestion.
In the afternoon we all went bathing
at a noted beach four miles from the
city, reached by fine and rapid electric
cars. On the way to the beach. we
passed dozens of duck farms. owned
and managed by Chinese. These farms
are operated on low, marshy places. and
are profitable. Chickens are raised in
Honolulu, but they are subject to dis
ease; they do not look as healthy as
Kansas chickens. Eggs are worth fifty
cents a dozen the year round.
Honolulu. although controlled by
Americans. is intensely foreign. The
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