The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-08-28
(By R. H. Patchin, Special Correspond
emit of the New York HeraldN

O'Clock this morning, their last liberty
in Honolulu at an end, party of blue
jackets sang Justify and all on the key
Glove Me and the World Is Minen 1t
meant they liked Honolulu and re-
GREETED to leave after their seven.day
call. The song, if they sing at all, upon
departure from the rare port they do
not care for, is usually "Take Me Back
to New York Town." although the ma
jority hail from inland States, from
farms and small cities. Comparatively
few ever saw Herald square, which the
song names as the longed.for native
heath.
Floating down from the ballroom roof
atop the Alexander Young Hotel at the
same hour could be heard the last
music of the last dance given for the
officers. The native musicians were
singing "Aloha oe,' most beautiful of
Hawaiian songs, the plaintive melody
of their voices and stringed instru'
ments making dancing music unlike
that heard anywhere else in the world.
Officers of all ranks from captains down
to the newest midshipmen were taking
leave of those who for six days had
made it delightful for them in this port
"You are the fifth officer who has
told me tonight that you wished you
could stay month and believe you all
really mean it," one young woman was
saying. She was the daughter of a
prominent planter who came to Hawaii
in the days of the monarchy, married a
native, participated in several revolu
lions, and, believing the manifest des
tiny of the Islands was annexation to
the United States, worked steadily to
! shape conditions to that end.
Having known the navy all her life
from the days when cruisers rushed
over from the Coast to protect Ameri
can interests during the death throes
of the picturesque monarchy, this par
ticular young woman was typical rep
resentatiye of the class of people which
ports of call for the navy. Near heI
were American-born men and women
most of whom would tell one
that they had been here ten oil
, eight years, in other words that they
had come from "home' Immediately
upon Hawaii s annexation, in 1898, oil
} upon its organization as Territory, II
} 1900
Honolulu's Hospitality Best.
} The efforts which the eight Thousand
citizens of Honolulu, assisted by tn,
Asiatic and native population, made t.
entertain officers and men were so sue
cessful that expressed regrets at de
parture were more emphatic than a
any port in the long cruise arount
} South America, and so far as the flee
as a whole is concerned were more gen
erai than anywhere during the success
! sion of parades, garden parties, ban
quets and flower shows going up tn
} Pacific Coast.
a |
ably lay in the moderation of officia
D entertainments. When, as in som
). cities the feet visited, formal func
n ton is planned for each day, no tim
remains for officers to follow their ow
NJ inclinations. If a dinner is on tn
ID schedule, the flagship signals, for il
stance: "The captain, ten wardrool
and five junior officers will go to tn
d dinner tonight; uniform special flu
dress. This takes practically all the o
y ficers not on duty, and go they must, fl
u orders are orders, and private engage
ments may not stand in the way. I'll
ID night may be hot, as, for instance,
was at the Foreign Minister'S dim,
in Rio, and the prescribed uniform u
NJ comfortable, but no matter. Those wi
planned the program in Honolulu
u caught sight of this possible menace
- thorough enjoyment and eurtailed the
ID official entertainments. Governor Frei
ID gave a dinner to the commanders
chief, divisional and commanding o
= fcers, and after the parade and r
d ceptional dance the formal function
1T were practically at an end.
:, Captain Corwin p Rees, comman
ant of the naval station here, and Mr.
ID Rees gave garden party at the Plea
anton shortly after the fleet arriva
!" which served as a meeting ground fl
Ell old friends and the making of ne
friendships. The delightful part abo'
ID it thereafter was that time enough r
\, manned for the officers to see somethin
ID of these friends.
All things gracefully combined fl
ID the fleet Is pleasure. The breeze WI
n kind enough to prevail offshore, whie
gives cool weather, instead of BLOWN
VI in from the sea, which in this hot SCI
- SON makes the mercury rise. The all
gator pears, which are just ripenin
L are said to be better than for year
and the mangoes exceed in flavor an