The Hawaiian gazette., 1910-10-14
SULTAN ENJOYED
G0C0ANUT MILK
Smacked Royal Lips Over Guavas
and Declared Honolulu Was
Like Home.
CFrom Thursday's Advertiser.l

CFrom Thursdays Advertiser.l
The sweet water of cocoanuts and, the
luscious pink meat Of guavas, we're by
far the principal things which the Sui
tan Of Sulu appreciated most in his
automobile tour Of Honolulu yesterday
afternoon in Jim Quinn 3 big machine.
After travelling all over the world, sell
ing pearls by the peck, meeting crown
ed heads and presidents and high Off
cials of various nations; after seeing
the wonderful sights of Europe, che
United States and Market street, San
Francisco, the Sultan of Sulu found
the things in Honolulu which more
nearly reminded him Of his dear old
sultanate IN Snlulapd.
He emerged from his she'll of re-
serve yesterday and was like boy
as he picked guavas from bushes lining
7, the road to the Pail, while out at Wal
kilxi he became nervous while waiting
for cocoanut to be broken open so
that he might drink the sweet water
within the gourd. AS he drank smile
passed over his dark features, aud his
eyes lightened with pleasure. Sultan
| though he was, a monarch who was
once almost an absolute ruler over
vast number of Mohammedans, he was
tickled to death to once more be in
land where cocoanuts could be picked
from the tall trees and their contents
drunk in the shadow of the fronds.
The Sultan of Sulu-the real mon
arch and not the hero of the comic
opera of that name-arrived in Homo
lulu town yesterday accompanied by his
suite, including his brother, the heir
apparent to the pensioned throne, and
descendant of the great prophet of
Mohammedanism. Although he was
once a big ruler, and is still officially
called the Sultan by American officials
in the Philippines, yet he travelled sec
ond class on the transport Sherman
from San Francisco, and will probably
retain his present quarters all the way
to the Philippines, although many cab
ins become vacant here. The Sultan,
his brother and suite, occupy dormi-
tory all to themselves and they are
better satisfied. If they take cabins,
| they viii be cramped for room, and the
Sultan likes plenty of elbow space. He
pays 81 a day for his board on the
Sherman just the same as an army Off
Ger, but of course has no fare to pay.
The Sultan did not appear on deck
very much on the way down from San
Francisco but soon after the transport
locked, he appeared on deck. He wore
English clothes and upon his head was
half fez, with a band of dark red
plush about it, which distinguished him
| from his followers whose fezzes were
of less conspicuous design. The Sultan
and suite were reused from their revery
and contemplation of the harbor ship
ping by the appearance of Jim Quinn,
chauffeur, and also city supervisor. In
his capacity as chauffeur he got the
ear of Interpreter Werble, an American
\ schoolteacher who has the Sulu lingo
| down to fine point, and when that
official told the Sultan that the finest
auto ride in the world was his to com
mand, the little monarch said I'm Sulu) 4,
"Lead on, we III take chance with the
administrations"
The entire party piled into the auto
and were whirled up to the Pail, up to
the Punchbowl crater, out to Diamond
Head and around Mt; to the Aquarium,
and then out to Fort Shaftcr Quinn
learned on this ride that the Sultan
had twenty wives, was a millionaire,
and that his machine was the best His
Majesty had ever ridden in, These
facts are related by Quinn himself.
Hadji Jumabul Hiram is the Sui
tan's real name. He is in earnest
about his world tour. 1t has been an
eye opener and he has narveled ut the
bigness of the world, the graudeur of
its nations, the wealth he has seen in
so many industrial enterprises; the
great ocean steamers and the Lalatial
trains. He marveled that San Fran
cisco could rise from its ashes into such
magnificent city. He marve,cd in
the works where great steel plates
were rolled out under his eyes When
he returns to Sululand he viii be able
to tell the chiefs of the wild regions
that there are places mightier than
his own little sultanate and that be-
fore they begin opposing Tire riarch of
progress they had better remember
what he narrates to them of the power
of the great nations.
The Sultan and suite were enter
tanned in Washington and were nrdes
the guidance of Colonel Scott, GIFTED
States Army, an old friend Of the Sui
tan's He has disposed of the grea
part of his quarter of a million dol
lars worth Of pearls and will 5svOte
the proceeds to developing education IN
his realm.
The Sultan may be visitor here
again in 1915, if he decides to take in
the Panama Pacific exposition in San
Francisco.
SENATOR. DOLLlVER