The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-10


that all these scholarships were now
! full.
| The Hampton boat-race course in
! terested him. He did not see the Cam
! bridge-Harvard race, but saw other
| races What surprised him most was
| the extreme narrowness of the stream
| in places where two boats absolutely
could not pass. why, you could take
| a long pole. place it in the center OF
the stream in places and vault across
| it, said Mr.. Castle.
He did not think much of the Paris
edition of the New York Herald. 1t
was inane and did not compare at all
with other English journals. There
were few general items of news. The
greater part of the paper was taken
up with utter frivolity.''
Il was very much interested in the
brother of D. L. Wilmington, who has
lived in Paris and London for about
thirty-five years" said Mr.. Castle.
His tastes are very artistic and anti
quarian. It was a rare treat to go about
Paris with him.
I'VE went to the Rue st. Honore,
where every step of our way was re-
plete with historical "reminiscences. He
turned and pointed to the church of
San Roche and then showed the spot
where Napoleon planted his guns that
memorable day during the French rev
olutfon and began his great career.
Then he pointed out a little white horse
where Robespierre established himself
and whence he was led to his execu
ton. Nearby was one of the Paris mar
kets and there used to be the build
ings adjoining the rear of Robespierre's
house where the Jacobins once ruled.
And so he took me about the city.
I'm the great market I was told thai
about 100000 people came daily to make
their purchases. People buy from day
to day, and not as we do by taking in
great quantities and storing them up.
The fruit, although generally sold out
five hours after arrival, is neverthe-
less piled up into tempting-looking
pyramids. The very manner of it's dis
play causes one to buy.
THE government of the city of Paris
buys at the market every day 1t does
tr's instead of asking for bids and be
il supplied by the bidders. The city
buys for the police stations, aims |
houses, houses of correction, and so on, |
piled daily.
Paris is a kingdom within a king-l
DOM you might say. When you ap-
proach Paris you are required to un-
lergo a customs inspection. and duties
are levied just as if you had reached
he shores of France.
THAT is a wonderful trip on the
Rhine. 1t surpasses the Hudson trip
wen in natural features, and, in addi-
ion. there are all those famous ruined
,astles from which the robber barons
emerged to make their raids. We went
o Bingen and then on to Heidelberg,
where L had opportunity to compare
German university methods with those
# England and America.
Il must confess a feeling of disap-
ointment at Heidelberg because of the
Prevailing practice of student duels.
hey have revived those oId-time
word duels and the corps contests rage
iercely. Students are to be seen ev-
rywhere with great, ugly slashes
cross their cheeks and they make
hem as bad as they can in order that
he scar. when healed, will show to
etter advantage. 1t is a hideous GUS
ON.
We met C. NJ. Cooke and family at
.ucerne Mr.. Cooke and L went to the
t. Gothard Pass and through the Fur
a Pass to the Rhone Glacier. The
forming scene there is the most Won
erful l ever beheld.
We also went through the famous
implon tunnel, thirteen miles long,
My recently opened to public travel.
his connects Italy and Switzerland. :
he ventilation was rather bad in the
lnnel, and to add to the disadvantage j.,
ley use locomotives that burn COAL
nd, of course, great clouds of smoke
Ill out of the tunnels. The atmos- .
here gets pretty murky before you get
trough. After riding thirteen miles in S
mly lit cars and then suddenly Z
merging into flashing sunlight, it is e
ther trying on ones eyes. Il
I'VE had heard before going through a
at there was an engineers report on
e tunnel to the effect that the ma
nry in sections was weak and the @
mel might have to be rebuilt in some
ay. However. we ascertained that j
ere was no Immediate danger and in
went. 7
Il found some Of the Hawaii Pro-
otion Committee literature on table w
the Schloss Hotel. The Sunday Ad-
rtiser was sent to me in Europe and
ose copies with those of the Gaz tie.
always left in hotels and they were -
morally picked UP and read with in
rest. I took some Of TIL" Adve1 fser's q
bilee number with me and CAV them
I at different places in E1uro0e I
t one at a hotel The next day /
una a gentleman reading from it to
veral ladies. They EXPIRE Ssed their
rprize about what they NE readtng .
ncerning Hawaii and before I LIFT 7
ard them rlannirr t. visit Hawaii
IS winter or next spring.
Do you know there Is a Hawaiian +