The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-10-04
SYDNEYS GREETINGS TO FLEET
Lavish Entertainment
!; = by Our Colonial
Brothers.
BY Mary H. Krout.

The Sydney newspapers, the Morning
Herald and Telegraph especially, with
the illustrated journals, The Sydney
Mail and Town and Country Life, ac-
omitted themselves brilliantly during
the visit of the American fleet. Not
only was the writing admirable, as
writing, '1eaders,' reports and so on,
but the spirit manifested was of the
most friendly and appreciative nature.
Even the advertisements were inau-
enced by the occasion. All sorts of
commodities were specified as "F1eet
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
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
heavyi
One evidence of the rapt attention
given the arrival of the feet was the
long column of lost articles advertised
the next morning. There were brace
lets, brooches, watches, walking sticks
and dogs. One gentleman announced
the loss of an upper set of false teeth
which perobably dropped out as the
ships entered the Heads.
Our colonial cousins both in Sydney
and Auckland apparently had a good
deal of trouble in pronouneing the
names of the American ships, Con- |
necticut, especially, being a poser. |
But the difficulties were soon mastered. |
In the reports, excellent and more /
than fair as they were, one comes across |
the familiar EVA AL - without which |
no Antipodean or English journal would /
vernacular. The hoary 81 opine,'
presumably lived its day and ceased to
be, and neither officers nor seamen seem
to have used the term.
AS to the impression Australasiau
English made upon the American sail =
ors, the following from the Sydney I
Herald correspondent in Auckland,
while the feet was there, is amusing:
s'It is diseoneerting to find that our
accent upsets their gravity. One does
not think of the Australian accent as
sailor into one of the many hairbreadth
from fights he experienced dur
ing the day. FThe man there in the
postcard Che called it paws card) shop ;
be said, asked me what ] was laffing
about. I said / was laffing at him. He ]
kinder looked sickly, so / said / was
the sort of man that was amused at
The things I saw. I said I daresay he I
vas amused at the way I talked; waal t
was amused at the way he talked; f
nd we Americans when we re amused
lon It mind showing it. Sayl New Yea 1
and had the biggest advertisement this t
week I reckon it ever had. [ guess c
postcards have gone to every little town y
n the States; sent over 100 myself. t
s'pose the officers knew the sort of v
lace New Zealand was, but / reckon o
re didn t. Most of our chaps thought c
we climbed a hill we would see over a
he other side We reekoned we were t
oming to a little island. l have not n
card one man say anything against A
lew Zealand yet. Australia We had Il
lost heard of Australia. Australia is W
lore advertised.
:" New Zealand s a young country, m