The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-07-22

hatch. He was sharpening his pocke'
knife and anon would test the edge
, tenderly on the back of his hand. Pres
emily, he disappeared below and re-
turned in about half an hour with a
smooth face and q smile that told OF
great accomplishment. Yes we are
. a very clean shaver lot tonight and
, the newly-arrived trade winds can not
find a single stray whisker to blow
through.
THE WIND FALLS LIGHT.
Sunday. July 12-Lat 81 deg. 27 min.
NJ, long. 1876 deg. SO min. W. Distance
161 miles.
In the language of the vernacular-
| 'tStung again. Last night everything
was as merry as chime Of wedding
bells and the light of hope rekindled
burned brightly in our hearts. But
| today eheu, that light has gone out
and we have been wallowing in the
doldrums of dull despair.
The wind petered out shortly after
midnight and the smooth sea and light
three rivals. Eight days out and not
half way home. In all those days
| there have not been twelve consecutive
i
seems certain that the other light
weather yachts will slip easily in ahead
| of US. Tonight it is breezing up again
and the log is Keeling off 8 knots every
| hour, but the sky is leaden and loggy
and all signs point to more disappoint-
| ment tomorrow.
| I wonder what can be the matter
| with the trade winds? Instead of the
clear sky and steady strain of wind
| I expected, we have dull, cloudy skies
| and wind that comes, either in gentle
| rephyrs, or miserable little attempts
at squalls that would not deceive a
| land lubber. This then for the trade
winds:
AS IT SHOULD BE.
The Trill of the Tire1ess Trades:
| From the dreary north to the sunny
south
Meath a blue and c1oudless sky
We ruffle in glee the ripping sea
AS merrily we fly:
All sailors hail our favoring gale
And cheer as we pass them by
AS 1T IS.
The Troll of the Trifiing Trades:
with a leaden, sultry sky above
And sleepy sea below,
No trouble Wen take, only half awake.
To get out of bed and blow.
Those yachtsmen all may whistle and
call
To very hot place they can 60"
PRAISE FOR THE COOK.
How he does it I don't know, but
that man Hamilton certainly can lay
out a bill of fare that would fade Joe
Reichl to shadow if he ever saw it,
Cooking aboard a small yacht has, to
say the least, its limitations; but our
| CHEEKY steward is not troubled by this
and hands us out a course in gastron-
omics that is bringing all belts to the
last notch.
Every other day he bakes bread and
that bread is of the Ightest and most
delicious variety. Also he makes cake
and plum duff. for both of which he is
justly famous. He has a knack of
serving the most ordinary canned stuff
to look and taste like an extract from
a seven-course dinner at Rectors To-
day for instance: Breakfast-mush,
!. hot cakes, cocoa. stewed prunes, honey
or jam and Graham bread.
Dinner: Clam chowder (and that
beef ragout, potatoes, green peas,
shrimp and potato salad, peaches,
plum pudding sauce Hamilton and tea.
Supper: Lobster cold ham, sardines,
/ peaches, prunes, honey, jam and tea.
Each day he varies the menu so that
there is no chance of sameness. He
is an artist and tirelesss one at that
He even goes so far as to leave a
good supply on the table after supper
so that the watch on deck can always
duck below and get a bite. At the
other end of the table as I write are
big apple pie, the remains Of the
plGm pudding, prunes, corned beef,
cheese, bread and butter. All carefully
covered with a cloth and forming as
appetising an array as a cold lunch on
a millionaire's side board.
He is a wonderful man, this Hamil-
ton, with his cheerful, smiling face
and his peerless cooking. Long may he
live to pleasure the paiates of hungry
yachtsmen and enjoy a ripe old age
with some other culinary expert to
minister to his appetite.
THE HAWAII PROVES EASY TO-
JIBE.
Monday, July 13.-Lat. 90 deg. As min
N. long 139 deg. "a min. w. Distance
15S miles.
Considering that the wind has been
dead aft all day and quite light, also
that there has been a mean sea to jog
gle her round and make her yaw, we
have not done so badly. The moon
changes tonight and it looks as though
this were going to bring us more wind.
Tonight the sky has broken up and
the moon peers in between rapidly
moving clouds.
We have had quite a little excite
ment tonight. Just after eight bells
6 p. No. had struck, the captain gave
the order to take in the foresail and
foretopsail and set the lee side of the
square sail. No sooner was this done
than all hands were called on deck for
q jibe. Then it was that I appre-
ciated physically what have already
stated theoretically. that the Hawaii
can be jibed quickly and with mini
mum of work.
While he atborS ha1