Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-12-20
SIXTEEN TRUNKS AND
MANY SUIT CASES
Seattle Times Tells Of
Home Coming of
Hawaii Girls

Tue otdttle Times Ol DeC' says
The nine Hawaiian girls sent on a
sightseeing tour of the Pacific Coast
three months ago by the Honolulu
II N ] e n, sailed on the steam
ship Governor for San Francisco yes
terday morning. homeward bound
The girls will complete. tour of
nearly fourteen weeks when they
reach Honolulu. The original sched-
ule was of seven weeks duration,
but in the meantime longer visits in
the larger Pacific Coast cities and a
special trip to Alaska heightened the
trip for the party.
Mrs. Edyth Tozier Weatherred, the
chaperon who prepared the itinerary
for the party and who has been with
the girls since they left Honolulu,
did not accompany them to San
Francisco. Mrs. Detzel, Seattle
woman who will spend the winter in
the Hawaiian Islands, went on the
Governor as a special chaperone for
the party and at San Francisco the
party will be Joined by the editor of
the Honolulu Blu letin and his
wife, who are visiting there.
CHAPERoNE REMAINS HERE
Mrs. Weatherred is organizing a
party on this Coast to go to the Ha-
waiian Islands in January and she
said yesterday that she could not
spare a months time to go to Homo
lulu now. With other arrangements
for chaperoning the party made, Mrs.
Weatherred says she is free to stay
here.
Few of the girls who sailed on the
Governor last night had been asleep
the night before. There had been so
much to do and to see and Sunday
seemed to be such long way of that
none OF them began packing up for
the homeward trip until nearly mid
night. Then frantic rush began to
Jam the sixteen trunks and twice rs
many suit cases that the party car
ries. When the Hawaiian girls left
home they had less than third as
much baggage as they left Seattle
with, the extra trunks and suit cases
being filled with souvenirs of the
trip and purchases made In various
Pacific Coast cities.
PARTING is SAD
Leave taking for the Hawaiian
girls was permeated with sadness, for
The party from the tropics did not
like to say goodbye. But they knew
better than anyone else of the fifty
or more persons at the dock to see
them OFF, how short is the distance
between Seattle and Honolulu. The
Hawaiian girls proved by statistics
that one can easily reach Seattle
from Honolulu. with direct steam
ship line established. in six days.
A small party of Seattle friends
accompanied the girls to Victoria
and escorted them through the Brit
ish Columbia capital. Most of the
early morning crowd at the Govern
or's dock were friends the girls had
made in Seattle when they first ar
rived. with few who had come over
from Tacoma to say goodbye.
SONG BRINGS TEARS
The Hawaiian quintet which has
been musical feature at downtown
cafes for several years, sang song
Of parting to the girls. In the social
hall of the steamship they gave the
touching and sentimental airs of the
ISLANDS and half of the girls were in
tears before the music ceased. Des-
lite the fact that all of the girls
have insisted enthusiastically that
they enjoyed themselves on the trip
anu did not like to leave, Hawaii has
always appeared to be a great dis
lance away when the national airs OF
the islands are played.
An impromptu reception was held
by the girls on board the Governor
just before the boat left at $3.50
O'Clock. Despite the incident of the
music the party was in good spirits
when the boat pulled out and from
the deck sang Il song of goodbye to
the crowd on the dock.