The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1909-09-28
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VI
"Come on, fellers, lets go home"
shouted a bluejacket to lot of COM
rades on a street car last night. And
where do you imagine "home" was
with them The Alexander Young Hotel,
and the best rooms in the big 100000
hostelry,
When the bluejacket comes ashore
with his pockets full of coin, he wants
the best, for he hash t much time to
spend, and he has to spend fast. Since
the Pacific feet returned from the Ma
alaea Bay speed trials, the Young
Hotel register has fairly swarmed with
names. Page after page has been fill
ed and dozens, aye, scores, have had
to be turned away, although as many
as six have slept in one room.
As soon as the men began coming
ashore on Saturday, scores rushed off to
the hotels to engage rooms for the night.
After paying over their room rent and
giving orders to the clerk for a morn
ing call, generally around CLOCK they
left to have u good time. There were
many hours in which to ride horseback,
see the town on the quarterback of a
bicycle, or view the scenery from the
luxurious depths of sea.going auto
or surrey. Plenty of refreshments were
laid in for ballast and when night final
ly did come on, many who had engaged
rooms forgot such small matter and
when sleep overlook them they laid
down on the lawn of a convenient park,
feeling just as comfortable as if in a
downy bed. Any sort of a change is
good after being cramped between
decks on one of Uncle Sam IS warships,
and sleeping in hammock.
| "They want the best rooms we we
got,n said hotel clerk yesterday.
"They get them and are willing to pay
the price. They don't object to filing
up room in company with three or
four others. If there are connecting
doors between rooms they ask to have
them opened up, and it surely is a
funny sight toward morning to find
them stretched out on the floors
through room after room.
4 "Sleep in the beds3 Sometimes
they do, but quite aften the housekeep
er is surprised to find the next day
that, after half a dozen men have
, slept in room. the beds have not beer
disturbed at all They sleep on the
floor, on the sofa, and one bluejacket
slept in a bathtub. 1t was dry, how
ever.
"They DOM use the phone much
except to ring for ice water, and / car
tell you they drink a lot of that. This
afternoon one of the chauffeurs of the
| "a hn fol bpn or
over that a man was walking along
; the fourth story window ledge. Sure
enough one of the men in room 11S
, was out taking little stroll on tn,
ledge Just to get the air. We asked
him to come inside and he good natur
edly acquiesced but it made my blood
, run cold until he was safe in the room
!, again. They re a jolly, good lot o,
boys. They surely do like the goot
things of life"
When the Atlantic fleet was her,
last year, a dozen or so bluejacket
engaged the finest suites in the Younl
? and made great preparations for a biz
, sleep, hut when morning came ever,
, mother s son of the bunch was foun,
}, sound asleep in the little park opposite
, "Just think of couple of fellow
. with about 5000 in their pockets Sat
l urday night unable to get a room t
sleep in" said a big chief petty OF
ficer last night. every hotel is run
ming full blast just now"
Automobiles The biggest and hes
: are not any too good for Uncle Sam
,, men. The garages look empty nov
= days and nights too. The livery stable
: haven horse on hand half the time
= Big tallyhoes followed by a string o
: surveys could be seen on Kalakau
! avenue yesterday, with an expires
y wagon following along behind loade
with kegs of beer, for the bluejacke
had found a way to get his liquid II
: freshments.