Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1910-02-17
CRUISE AROUND
THE WORLD.
Interesting Letters From Hon. George
J. IaBar and Wife.
Los ANGELES, CAL, Feb. 2, 1910

DEAR FRIENDS =
Once more, after three and one-half
months, we stand on American soil,
with our flag waving over us and can
hear the good American language
spoken, and when you realize that the
officers and crew of the ship were Ger
mans, and all others we met were
strangers, with an alien tongue, all but
our own party, you may know how
good it is to be on American soil and
hear our own language spoken, when
you try to ask questions or do busl-
ness. 1t is pleasure to sit still and
write at table and not have to sit on
the edge of bunk and hold pad on
your knee, with small light 80 high
q and 80 dim you can scarcely see.
ion't wonder that the editor and my
fhave allowed 80 many mistakes to
eep into my letters and hope you
can make out what the mistakes were
intended to be. l must go back and
tell you something about the trip
across the Pacific. If you remember l
said in my last letter that it was cold
and stormy there when we left. We had
not far gone before we ran into the
storm. All night long the ship was
pitching and diving and the water
smashing. | thought it must be raining
hard and hoped it would keep up until
morning so | could see it. Well it did
i I To oh
not lasting for it lasted eight days, and
then it eased off little for the next two
days, when we reached the port at Hon
oIulu. After had breakfast ! went up
on deck, and while it was not dangerous
or bad, it certainly was a fine sight.
The old ship would ride along for min
ute or so and lift her nose high out of
the water and then go down with a
splash. About that time wave would
strike her on the side and go spiashine
clear over her bows, drenching the sail
lors. We were at least thirty feet high
er and it did not bother us much, but
now and then one would reach us and
send us hurrying out of the way. The
side promenade deck was enclosed with
canvass, over forty feet above the water
line. Mr.. Matteson thought he would
go TO one of the openings and take a
peep, when just then a good big wave
came aboard to see for itself what was
going on and they met and Mr.. Matte
son went below to change his clothes.
To me and several others it certainly
was fine sight. ! would stand for
hours and watch the sport A great
many remained below for several days,
and aside from the monotony of seeing
nothing but water for ten days, it was
fine trip. When we reached Honolu-
lu, they said we had been in the track of
q typhoon. / mentioned in my last let
ter about crossing the $50 degree and
having two Wednesdays. Now | have a
conundrum for the younger people Now
on this trip have put in or lived one
day more than you have; had one more
reguur breakfast, dinner and supper,
than you have had, spent one night
more and did not live one minute longer
than you did. Can you figure it out
1t certainly was strange to spend We'd
nesday, get up next morning and still be
Wednesday all day again. We arrived al
Honolulu about 80 a. m. on the 23ro
and we Immediately went ashore. We
were met at the wharf by girls with
large quantities of flowers and each one
of the passengers were bedecked witt
wreaths until we looked like a walking
flower garden. We were each given
large stick pin, or badge, with the worC
"Aleha," meaning welcome, on it. W.
found street cars in waiting for us, which
we Immediately boarded for the usua
ride about the town. We found tn
city, very nice with flowers everywhere
even the hedges covered with them. w
visited the aquarium and of all the aqur
iums ever saw all around the world
and in our own country, this beats then
all The most beautiful in color ant
queerest in shape. No rainbow eve
had prettier colors than the fishes @
Honolulu and to prove that | did no
have any iimjams when looked at then
bought book to bring home with m
to show you. We took lunch at fin
hotel on shore and then next day hire
an auto and took a ride out in tn
country and up to the highest point i
the Island on which a road runs Year
ago tribe from a neighboring Islam
came in canoes and landed and conquer
ed the place and drove the natives, 8
500 strong, to the top Of this high eli
and threw them over to their death, an
remained the rulers until the white
took possession of them. When W