The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-02-27
SALT LAKE PARTY
ENJOYS HONOLULU
Wax Enthusiastic Over the
Beauties Which Confront
Them Upon Arrival.
PARADISE OF THE PACIFIC
ARE GIVEN ROYAL RECEPTION
BY NATIVES AND AMERICANS.
FROM H e o.


With salt Lake Party on Trip Around
the World
Honolulu, Il. J.. Feb. l3-Imagine
when you have risen on the day you
expect to arrive at Honolulu away out
IN the middle Of the Pacific. and have
gone into the dining room TO breakfast
for meals are served on time and YOU
must be al your place prOmpuN-the
sound of strange melody rising ap-
parently from the ocean itself Strange
melody, strange instruments, hut the
most beautiful music YOU ever heard
music that is edT-hauuting. Breakfast
was hurrIedly concluded and rush
was made 20 the promenade deck We
glanced out over the water to where
a. bObbing launch was seen laden with
people, some white, some brown, and
all wearing leis (flowers strung in
long StTtugS). which Ihsy wore around
their hats and necks. On the forward
deck Of the little launch was group
of HaW8tians. one girl wearing a
aunty Panama hat. whose voices were
the most musical / have ever hear
They were singing a plalntiYc song
which touched the heart strings tt
was, I afterwards learned. compost
lion by eN-Queen LiliuGkalani, and was
written while she was sore Of heart
after the overthrow Of tho monarchy,
and she was CrOwnless and JhrOneIeSS.
As tho musicians finished the whole
crowd of cleveland pc sseuECrs shouted
and Clapped their hands and waved
shouted aloha the Hawaiian word
which expresses a heartfelt greeting
OF welcome.
Inst then the sun broke through the
clouds and the mist rose from the
shore. and the clouds rolled back from
The mountains and revealed the beau
tiful city of Honolulu. mass of green.
with mere and there houses thrustiuS
their roofs above the tree tops. The
city seemed 20 nestle at the foot of old
volcanic Craters and mountain ranges.
which We're beautiful in their deep
green nantes. do not believe We
SHAH see city more beautifully 10
Gated than Honolulu.
Salt Lake Recognized.
AU the while the Hawaiian musicians
sang and play ed, using guitars and
native instrument called the ululele
launch We recognized "a Salt Lal1er.
This was Albert Taylor. who waved
and shouted greetings. Finally the
ii"nolulans We're permitted TO board
The snip. The welcoming committees
we're attended by pretty Hawaiian
girls, who We're followed by men carry
ing huge baskets filled with fra grant
iris made of carnations. plUmarias
ptnsles. ferns and MALE, the latter be
ing hawaiian myrtle, As soon as the
Honolulu people reached the deck they
commenced throwing lejs about the
Hecls Of the women and fastening leiz
around the hats of the men. There
was Il rush for the flowers. for we
were Just out of the land of SHOWS and
Ice, and flowers did look so beautiful
and We're so fragrant. soon We were
all decked out with leis. and every
body spoke about IT being such a pref
ty custom. The majority of our pas
seugers wore their leis ali day
Then our hig ship steamed I'D the
haTbOr. The Hawaiian singers and our
quaint German band alternated i'm civ
ing US concert and finally we came
into the LarhOT. off 10 one side we