The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1908-10-06
! sh Entertainment
,5y Our Colonial
J Brothers.
By Mary H. KrOut.

The Sydney newspapers, the Morning
BRAID and Telegraph especially, with
le illustrated journals, The Sydney
dail and Town and Country Life, &C.
quilted themselves brilliantly during
fhe visit of the American fleet. Not
only was the writing admirable, as
writing, 'leaders," reports and SO on,
but the spirit manifested was Of the
most friendly and appreciative nature.
Even the advertisements were infiu-
enced by the occasion. All sorts Of
commodities were specified as "Fleet
Week Attraction while in the large
cuts utilized to the same end, the kan.
CARGO with the head of an eagle, and
the eagle with the head of kangaroo,
courteously exchanging salutations
might be described as high inspiration.
Another represented John Bull stand
5 ing between the metamorphosed crea-
lures mentioned with hand on the
shoulder of each, wearing hybrid cos
tune in which stars and stripes and
the Union jack were cleverly COM
bined.
An advertisement announcing the
first invoice of Teddy Bears, which ar
rived simultaneously with the American
ships, was also characteristic, the popu-
larity of the toy in the United States
being set forth at length, in truly John
sonian English-graphic, but a little
heavyl
One evidence of the rapt attention
given the arrival of the fleet was the
long column of lost articles advertised
: the next morning. There were brace
lets, brooches watches, walking sticks
and dogs. One gentleman announced
- Of Of 70
IN perobably dropped out as the
re entered the Heads.
rier colonial cousins both in Sydney
nelAuckland apparently had a good
ID of trouble in pronouncing the
les of the American ships, Con
Yficut, especially, being a poser
I b the difficulties were soon mastered
I'm the reports, excellent and more
n IN fair as they were, one comes across
fU familiar eva 'al,'' without which
EAntipodean or English journal would
q it had faithfully reproduced oui
u ocular. The hoary 81 opine,
4 heard by actual Americans, has
Il kmably lived its day and ceased to
tld neither officers nor seamen seem
ankve used the term.
q, " to the impression Australasian
II t,sh made upon the American sail
"a h,he following from the Sydney
III ytid correspondent in Auckland
lt the fleet was there, is amusing
" ut is disconcerting to find that oul
n mt upsets their gravity. One doe:
Il 4 think of the Australian accent a:
Lied English. They do, 1t led Q
y hr into one of the many hairbreadtf
Epes from fights he experienced dur
\ r. the day. 'The man there in the
tcard Che called it paws card) shop,
i - said, asked me what I was laffinl
tout. I said I was laffing at him. He
\ inder looked sickly. so 1 said L wa:
Y .she sort of man that was amused a
II the things / saw. / said 1 daresay he
was amused at the way I talked; waa
was amused at the way he talked
and we Americans when we're amused
I don t mind showing it. Say! New Yea
land had the biggest advertisement thi:
week I reckon it ever had. / guess
postcards have gone to every little towr
in the States; sent over 100 myself
1 ] s'pose the officers knew the sort OF
| place New Zealand WAS, but / reckon
we didn t. Most of our chaps thought
/ if we climbed a hill we would see over
the other side. We reckoned we were