The Hawaiian gazette., 1906-05-22
A WOMAN
EXPERIENCE
Continued from Page b.

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many we're FROM the Palace.
Mr.. Pittock left us about seven
o'clock that morning at Preside
| Heights to find friend g house He
Preached them, but that afternoon they
were all compelled to abandon the
place. Thursday night ! reached Berle.
ley aud the home of my cousin. Rev
| Mr. Waltz. There was great rejoicing
| when ] arrived. they not knowing my
| fate. II was three days before | could
| get letter OF wire to my mother.
| worried over Sallie MadigaD, not know
! ing what she had suffered. She was to
have left for Portland Thursday morn
| ing ] had her ticket and berth check
Her Hawaiian souvenirs were all
burned for they were in trunk in the
baggage room of the Palace.
Now ! have given you only bit of
my own experience. The press cannot
| tell the half. San Francisco looks like
| a charrcd forest, with blackened
stumps here and there. Every park and
cemetery is n camping ground. Hun
drcds live in the burned district Rel
atives and friends are still seeking lost
ones. Hundreds, yes thousands, | am
sure, are hungry, with the limited
rations and the variety is not ample
for the laboring people.
| A lady friend of mine (whose hus-
band is an upholsterer busy making mat
tresses for the government) stood in
line for three hours, then she got two
| hard-boiled eggs and lemon. Over
here we have plenty to eat. OF course
| just now ] am not dressing for dinner
i or looking NJ summer styles, and prob
ably it will he some time before I get
| back to real living Have no idea
whore my business is or whether ! have
any or not. However, / am not going
TO run away, but will remain and help
to get things started again.
The National Teachers Association
which was to have met here, is called
off and will have no convention this
year. ! was busy arranging for side
trips to Alaska. As soon rs the steam
ship companies get located and ready to
, think and talk business, ! am going to
, approach them on the matter of Ha-
waiian excursions. / have so many
now asking me if / will chaperon an
4 other party this winter and am telling
. them yes.
Have no idea where Mr.. Walter
Scott is-your representative here.
1t is very hard to locate any one. ]
have been advertised for several times
never realized before | had so many
= friends. The messages and letters are
rolling in. And those dear girls of mine
! are dividing their wardrobe with me-
| 1t is very hard to buy anything yet
/, Every store that sold drygoods was
swept away in San Francisco, and
naturally those who were fortunate
enough to have some money on hand
J have cleaned the stores out here and in
| Oakland
: Fifteen square miles in the heart of a
| city like San Francisco has made a
| small village of it. People cannot build
! fires in their houses or have lights at
| night. Along the streets where homes
! were not burned is one continuous row
of rook-stoves, parlor heaters and brick
ovens. Neighbors, previously unknown
! to one another, are swapping supplies
! and exchanging pleasant greetings.
: The bread and potato line is very in
| teresting. Three to five hundred slowly
! advance to the ration quarters. Rich
and poor great and small side by side
; receiving like and like. Have seen a
woman with silk dress use ii for an
I apron to get her potatoes and hurry
home. You can read of all these con-
/; ditions, yet ii cannot seem real that it
is right here in the metropolis of the
great West
! 1t is remarkable how brave these San
, Francisco people are. Every one is
, hopeful and cheerful. They have the
greatest faith in the upbuilding of their
city. 'Tis true, they have all that God
gave them-the ocean, the harbor, eli
mate, wonderful resources. the markets
of the nation and the world S demands
, The esprit of San Francisco is un-
/ like that of any other locality in the
universe, and within a few years the
pioneers, native sons and daughters of
California can point with Just pride to
the Greater San Francisco.
Now, ! am afraid | have tired you
with this lengthy letter, but it seems
there is SO much to say relative to this
greatest of American disasters. a few
days after being in Berkeley on the ear,
! ! met sweet, pretty girl taking an old
lady Gone of the refugecs) to some
! place of safety and rest The Young
: lady saw my hat and at once recognized
the Hawaiian emblem. She at once in
quired if ! was from Honolulu. 1t was
/ "A Miss Ashley, who is attending college
at Berkeley. She had heard many
rumorS relative 10 the destruction of
the Islands The young lady was wear
ing red.cross badge and with the
other college girls was busy caring for
the homeless,
Yes, for several DAYS We kept hearing
Of the disaster in Honolulu.
There are several matters of which |
want information, one is Of the yacht
, club races are they 10 take place from
, here Go the lsnndsl when will the
| Hawaiian Band be horel | presume
they viii make the tour amy way leay'
I ing out San Francisco. How about the
Hotel Convention aud Trans Mississippi
| tQnpressi Please remember mo to the
Promotion Committee and the good poa-
| pie iu general of Honolulu. Tcll your
Committee that though having been
frightened ani uunorVed almost beyond
human endurance, that it hns In no
way lessenod my great 'gthrsiaHm Tor
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