The Pacific commercial advertiser., 1910-12-25
Across the United States
By an Exile from Hawaii.

| Going East had always been to me
mentally just long train ride. 1t is
not possible to tell you how very big
the United States seems to me now hav-
ing once crossed it. In this day of hur-
ry and wonderful speed one gets in the
habit of judging distances by the mum
Der of days consumed in making a GER
tain point. Being an unsophisticated
| Sandwich Islander, five davs seemed to
me quite a short time and the distance
covered must be necessarily small. In
| those five days We crossed more land
than 1t ever was possible for me to
! reallze IN the past. 1t semed as if we
| must certainly strike the sea coast
| about three days across. However, |
know now what that map in the
| Biographies marked United States
means. [ had been as far as
Denver before and looked forward to
the stops after that city. Perhaps YOU
| do not remember that we made this
| trip in May. Well, after Denver we
| went to St. Louis, and as this is all
ancient history to YOU | will simply
try to give you my impressions of these
label as the hottest place [ have ever
been in. Why people wear clothes in
that city during the summer months
can not imagine. They are entirely an
necessary. During the two days we
were there ! took more baths and drank
more ice water than | had ever done
before in that short space of time. I
From St. Louis to Chicago was a
pleasant change because it was raining
in the latter place. Chicago | liked; 4
the people all seemed to be having a
nice time even though there were
crowds on every street and in every
shop. The control the Chicago police
has over the thousa nds of people and
vehicles that crowd the streets was !
marvel to me-the hapa- haole used to .
a leisurely Hawaiian policeman. With 1
all this admiration I must confess to a
positive dislike to those awful things
the elevated trains.
After three OF four days in Chicago
we iourneyed on to Washington. Was
I disappointed in Washington No, be
cause / do not think that I had ever
thought very much about it. The funny
streets with the low houses on either
side where darkies did business in
very dilatory way. amused me-for it
was so much more like lazy tropical
town than the capital of the wide
awake, strenuous American people. OF
course we took a sightseeing automo
bile and had all the residences of every
United States senator and every for
eign consul pointed out to us, but be
tween you and me the houses looked
very stupid from the outside. The
White House and grounds looked most
comfortable. / have no doubt the only
way to enjoy Washington is to be in
the social affairs of the various forei ign
diplomats.
Then we went to Pittsburg. the city
of furnaces and steel mills Pittsburg
is not pretty, no one could expect 1t to
be, but at night when the fires from
the furnaces hight up the dark sky,
it is wonderful | visited that splendid
place, The Carnegie Institute, more
than once but | fingered longest in the
large art galleries.
From Pittsburg to Philadelphia was
but short journey. OF course | liked !
Philadelphia but I have a notion it
was principally because the fascinating
Daphne was there. Do You know l
had never met her before2 Anyway
we got on famously, and | can not
tell Won what a rest she was because
She did not insist on my going sight
seeing. Nv American history is very
weak and | have never been truly en-
thusiastIe. and it was such relief to
find that she did not think it my bound
en- duty to race around in that awful
heat TO see where some battle wa.
fought or some Indian killed. The
country in Philadelphia was beautiful