The sun., 1908-08-09
The SUN. SUNDAY. AUGUST o. 1908.

You can't do something different In the
way of public decorations.
But Hoholulu's greeting was different
In another way. 1t was not overdone
There were only two or three formal din
ners. and those were given to the Admirals
and Captains. Honolulu's greeting wat
the glad hand and sincere words. and then
she told you to go of and enjoy yourself
there is so much here that she knew you
wouldn't get half way through the list.
and she was wise enough not to interfere
with the rational enjoyment Of her guests.
She made sure that there would be no
overcharges. The entertainments we're
mostly private. There was downright
enjoyment all over, every minute.
LEIs FOR THE SAILORS.
OF course there was parade Of the sail-
ors. fine one, and around that parade
was centred some Of the humor Of the re-
oeption here. Some of the big folks wanted
the sailors to march with leis around their
necks. 1t was to be a sort Of acceptance
Of the yoke. submission publicly to the
spell OF Hawaii The idea seemed pretty
good. for the people here had read how the
sailors marched In Santa Barbara In the
flower parade with blossoms in their rifles.
Why should they not have leis around their
neoks in Hawaii
Fine suggestionl E1-Gov. George r.
Carter. the big boss OF all the reception
committee. a splendid young fellow Of the
strenuous type-so strenuous In fact that
he was always stirring up things. and finally
got 30 worked up because he didn't get on
with some things that he threw up the Job Of
being Governor-well. Gov. Carter said
that those boys had simply got to march
with the leis. To gain his point he cent
this typical Carter cablegram TO President
Roosevelt at Oyster Bay:
HONOLULU. July ls.
The President. Oy ster Boy:
The ladies' Of Hawaii insist. the naval
regulations regarding the uniform to the
contrary. that every man Of the feet who
parades on Friday next must yield to the
Hawaiian custom and accept wreath Of
flowers as token Of their regard for the
navy. They bespeak your influence on be-
half Of Admiral Sperry, who will be VIC
tim Of circumsta noes. for they are conf
dent that his $500 men will surrender to
their force OF 100, girls who will be sta
toned with these flowers at the landing.
GEORGE r. CARTER"
What President Roosevelt thought Of the
idea Is not known here. but what folks
thought Of it here is known. Walter G.
Smith. editor Of the Advertiser. who gave
up the prospect Of brilliant career in
New York State to come out this way.
and who once represented Tompkins county.
N. Y. in the Legislature when he was
mere youth fresh from Cornell. and who
is probably as eloquent speaker and as
forceful and satrical writer as there is
in the islands. took his pen in hand and got
after Carter in this style:
Fearing that Admiral Sperry, a rough
and ready person, would actually snort at
the idea, Mr.. Carter wants the President to
cable the Admiral to be nice; and we are
now in fever Of expectancy. all Of us.
awaiting his reply. 1t seems such a dear
thought on Mr.. Carter's part.
"In case the President is as good as he
can be about 1t and puts the great rough
Admiral under orders Of the ladies' we trust
that they will not stop with 'wreaths Of
flowers but will 60 as far as their lovely
imagination can lead them. 1t has always
seemed to us that instead Of carrying a
rude. dangerous gun on a holiday march
the sailor would look more becoming if
he should carry calla lily or small ger
anium In pot. And 1t would be too sweet
for anything II the members Of the bands
would carry a singing bird in cage. Then
all along the way little girls with spray
bottles could perfume our proud boys in
blue and give each officer a ribboned syphon
full Of some Of our delicious island scents
so he could renew the perfume at intervals
H. A,xI h. r. ~
lows stop to rest each one should have q
nut sundae doe cream with nuts on top).
might we also suggest that these delica te
suggestions follow the boys on board the
ships. They would appreciate them. oh.
80 much! Think Of those motherless
apple checked young men without single
thing to make them think OF home! II
we had our way each Of them should be
given linen nightie with monogram
worked In blue on the sleeve and pair OF
slippers to put in his cabin-or do the dears
sleep out on deck9 There ought to be some
pretty. peaceful home pictures hung on the
masts, and those dreadful guns should be
covered with neat crash towelng.
we cannot end this appreciation OF Mr.
Carter's work without a strong word about |
the utterance of coarse man who was heard |
to say on the street: We want to see the |
fighting tars Of the American Navy march, |
ing out as II for business. And we want
some Of our foreign population to see them
that way. Don't rig them up like a lot of |
. fools in carnival 1t is oh, 90 pitiful |
that men Of this rude stamp should be |
allowed In the streets at all. But we feel |
sure that our dear President will do all he /
can to help our dear MIR, Carter make our !
naval reception all sweetness and light"
That started great gufiaw about town
and the result was that the sailors marched |
as II they were out for business and ac-
,ording to regulations. Still the leis pro-
gramme was carried out in a way. The
100 girls were on the landing stage whom
he boys got back and they had the leis
IN their arms. When the boys were or
Tered to the at ease position those girls
,harged on them, hooped their necks with
he wreaths and put the lads in the finest
,ossible humor. Those lads actually
wanted to hug those girls-what do you
hink Of thatp They joshed them, tried to
make dates with them. told them they were
he incest things that we're ever placed on
,arth and that afternoon htndreda ~ |