The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-09-25

rvat and Mayne Reid saturated the
minds OF the boys OF a past generation
would appear from the speetacles or
the last few days 10 he rapidly dying.
| The appearance of this feet and of the
practical. hard-headed men who man
Il svmbolized a new era of science and
extreme utiliearianism. cold, correct,
Unconditional. bur incomparably bust
nesslike and effective. Why deri-
sivelv observed an old '+sheli-back. =
who sucked MS pipe on Woolloomooioo
wharf. many of these here new
tangled coves are teetotallers.
All the sailor men of all the mer-
chant ships in port, as well as many OF
the Jack Tars from the Australian
squadron, gathered along the wharfs
TO Join in the welcome TO the seamen
Of the West. but also to view them
with critical ewes. Moving amongst
these sailors the stranger was struck
with the intense patriotic pride they
feel in the ships and the men of their
own country, and their intense interest
IN their own business. 4 buckle out Of
place, a soiled water bottle. or a poke
neck along the ranks, caught their eyes
in a moment. The British Jack Tars.
the American and the Australian naval
men aboard Fl. NJ s. Challenger and
II. NJ. s. Pyramus in Sydney Harbor,
each had their several ardent admirers,
and argument occasionally ran high. 1t
tingled the Australians blood TO re-
cognize the spirit of emulation that the
feet 8 visit has kindled in the breasts
Of his going countrymen, and 1t
made his heart swell to note the grow
ing national pride of the young Aus
tralians as a result of the object les
sons that the last few years have
brought them. The critics are waiting
in keen anticipation for next Monday s
review, when British. American and
Australian -of-warsmen viii be on
parade at Centennial Park. The dis
play Of physique. discipline and skill
on parade is provoking keen and
friendly rivalry.
The fringes of WooIoomooloo Bay
with their narrow streets sind sbs bby
rcokeries, are hardly the place to which
the rich and beautiful city of Sydney
would have desired to land its visitors.
From confined back lanes numbers Of
dishevelled women. many with babies
in their arms and swarms of gutter chill /
dren about their skirts, swept along
the ranks offering loud and laughing !
criticism. They inquired of each other /
in shrill voices. - En-, what q We think !
of the Yankee docs. - The American |
does not mind this sort of thing a bit. |
He is impervious to criticism. It can I
not penetrate his armor Of national and +
personal confidence Point out to him /
Australia s most famous features, tell /
him of the greatest deeds of her cham I
pions in the sporting or other fields, |
and he smiles quietly, as Hackenschmidt /
might smile at a small boy feeling his /
bieeps. He knows that In the States |
there are men and things capable Of /
Gaping everything in the universe.
Next came series of events extreme
II celebrating. BRASS, shouted the /
officers q March forrud. - The |
marines under the cliffs at Farm Cove |
swept along the foreshore, climbed the
heights round Mrs. Macquarie s Chair,
and marched on with rifles at the |
4rest,'' to the rousing strains of the
band, as if engaged in storming the
city. As column after column of them
came over the heights, their buckles
and aceouterments flashing in the morn
ing sunlight, the long ranks of sailors
down at Wooloomooloo swung into mo
ton also. Up the steep road they came,
swinging with rhythmical tread, the.
blaring, the kettIedrums clat-
tering, the colors of the different ships
1uttering in the breeze, the crews cheer
ing as if a relief force had just landed
20 sueeour a beleagured popuiace, and
was being cheered on TO a daring, dra-
matte, warlike enterprise. The might
# the great feet seemed greater now,
IN the virility and strength and spirit
# its young manhood. than it did even
when its own batteries were booming
salutes from their big guns as they
-raversed the waters Of the barber.