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The Washington herald., 1911-06-25

man can run. Two na tives maneuver the
sledge. On a moderate slope, they run
at incredible speed and push from be-
hind. or else go in front and pull by
means of ropes. On the steepest ydescents
they hold the sledge back by the same
means. Nowhere outside of Madeira, DOS
sibly, can one coast down a steep stone-
paved mountain road. g.s.1. =
Around the Roulette Tables.
II is not generally known that Funchal
is small Monte Carlo and has its
Strangers Club or casIuo. Monte Carlo
and Funchal are probably the only two
places In Christendom, exclusive Of min
ing towns IN newly settled regions; where
gambling has full legal protection and
encouragement. AS at Monte Carlo. no
natives are admitted, and none but rl1em-
bers are admitted. A shilling paid AZ
the entrance. however, secures a mem
bership ticket for the foreign visitor, and
he is entitled to enjoy all the privileges
of membership for one day. The hour
set for our vessel to sail was a. mr., In
prder to allow the officers OF the ship
and the passengers plenty of time at the
gaming tables. -
A brilliant spectacle was presented at
night IN the club house. large propor-
ton of the passengers and ofiicers of our
vessel being gathered there, as well az
many tourists spending some time at
Funchal 1t indeed surpassed in live
Iiness and brilliancy the spectacle wit
messed by me later IN the casino at
Monte Carlo.
An orchestra dispensed music in the
ballroom for those who cared to. dance,
could be injoyed at tables
IN the garden. but the great attraction
proved to be the long roulette tables.
surrounded by the players. conspicuous
among whom were several ladies past
seventy years Of age. and a Church Of
England clergyman. In clerical costume,
all three OF whom gamblsd continuously
FOR two hours Crowded behind the play
ersSwere the spectators, who did not wish
to play The games start at s;p. m and
continue until a. m
The PLAYERS are continuously piankfng
down their gold ard bank notes all over
the table. while the croupiers seated, at
It's middle point are every few minutes
setting the ivory ball spinning around
the inversely revolving disk. And every
few minutes the croupiers call out the
winning number. and proceed, with
miniature rakes, 10 rake In all the piles
OF RoId except those on the few winning
spots. and to shove gold along the table
TO the few lucky winners. Such is, life.
night after night. and month after
month. for various deluded individuals
Tor whom gambling is the sunmum
Donum.g
The Washington herald., 1911-06-25
HONOLULU, QUEER MIXTURE
OF MANY NATIONALITIES

Honolulu to-day is decided mixture
of nationaiitfes and babel Of tongues
It has 1900 Hawaiians. 1900 Japanese,
$500 Chinese. 800 Portuguese. 4.soo Amer
leans. British. and Germans, 500 Porto
Ricans, LOCO Koreans. and 1.ao other
nationalities.
In short ride on the street cars
electric. II You please. say ! the Rosary
Magazine and furnishing very good serv-
ice-one can easily see representatives Of
five or six Municipalities and hear as
mary different languages spoken. First
come the natives, swarthy in complexion.
with noses. lips. and ears that might
suggest American negroes, but with
straight mot .kinky) black hair and q
copper color that recalls the American
Indian and proclaims the Polynesian.
Their language Is very suitable. To
one who hears 4 for the first time comes
the conviction that the aborigines ex-
pressed their sentiments IN primitive
vowel sounds. 10 which some consonants
have been added.
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/ Southern accent and broad Yankee
Itwang-pile into the huge, cumber.
some omnibus. bent on getting a snap
shot view OF the Nations Capital.
And when, after about an hour and
half tour of tree-lined streets and
avenues. past magnificent mansions and
great public buildings the rubber
necker" has a much better idea of
Washington than many a native WASH
1ngtonian, Awho has spent all his life
in the city. II the tourist follows this
trip with the public building tour and
the suburban sightseeing ride, pro-
vided by the same company that runs
the Touring washington automobiles,
he can, within two days. go back home
with the satisfaction of having seen
everything worth while that Washing
| ton affords the sightseer.
The Washington Herald man Joined
the rubberneckers a few days ago on
one of these swings around the city.
He sat between the unimpressed Demo-
crat from the West and a pair of the
Inevitable June honeymooners.
The tour led first to the White Lot
and Monument grounds.
From here you get a beeyootifui
view of the famous White House porti-
co. the favorite resting place of the late
President Mckinley and his wife. MrA
McKinley"-announced the barker. in
appropriately hollow tones.
Much overrated man." muttered the
Western Democrat
'Tt is here the children of the Dis
trict of Columbia hold their annual
egg-rolling contest. originated by Mrs.
Grover Cleveland" continued the bar
ker.
What do they roll eggs for?' whis-
pered the bride to her gum-chewing
lord and niaster.
SEARCH me-" he answered.
Looking through the trees on your
left" again commanded the barker.
"you. Will see the world famous shaft
of pure marble, the Washington Monu-
ment, 555h feet In height the greatest
monument in honor of any man who
has lived in civilized times"
Wasn't in it with Jefferson" inter-
jected the w. D. belligerently.
Jokes About Roosevelt.
Leaving the White Lot driveway the
car rolled into Executive avenue.
'I call your special attention to this
beeyootiful and massive ONCE building
on your left" yelled the barker. "the
State, War and Navy Building. It has
over eight miles of marble corridors
and4.more than 500 separate o1ices. On
the other side are the executive offcesa
erected by President Roosevelt in order
that he might jump out Of his ONCE and
play set of tennis between callers.
The tennis court has been turned into
a golf links"
"oh-I don't believe it." said the
bride.
"He'k just joking" explained the
groom
Swinging across the Avenue and up
Jackson place the 'rubberneckers"
are whizzed past the western border
of Lafayette Square, while the tireIess
barker expatiates upon the beauties of
of the statutes of Rocheambeau and
The Washington herald., 1911-06-25

Accompanied by a guide, who explains
everything worth talking about, the sight
seers can visit all the important buildings,
personally conducted. This trip includes
the Treasury Department, State, War,
and Navy Departments, White House,
Washington Monument. Bureau of En-
craving and Printing, Smithsonian Insti-
tuition, National Museum, the Capitol, and
the Congressional Library.
The third personally conducted trip Is
by automobile through Arlington and
Fort Myer and the Virginia suburbs.
At the expense OF a few dollars the
visitor who is not too foolishly sensitive
to mind public appearance in rubber
neck" wagon secures comprehensive and
correct idea of Washington and it's places
of interest. That these trips are well
worth taking is demonstrated by the fact
that nearly every convention gathering
in Washington makes up a large party
and charters a number of these sight
seeing vans, megaphone man and all.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-25

pIoyed because of the mountainous char
acter Of the entire island. A large pro-
portion of the roads are too steep for
wagons to descend Moreover, the stone
i'll Madeira appears to be of peculiarly
slippery character. The sleighs appeared
TO slide over the stone pavement as
readily as over ice, and 1 occasionally
slipped on the sidewalk because 1t was
so smooth
x second novel form of conveyance
was the hammock. carried by two men,
in which some OF the ladies of the city
were making their afternoon calls. Other
ladies' were seen making their calls or
doing their shopping seated on armchair
s!eds, which were drawn or pushed by
one or two men.
All the streets were alive with peo-
pie. with here and there a sheep wan
dering aimlessiy about. Beggars, some
Eof them badly manned or crippled. and
displaying their horrible stumps In or
der to excite pity, were very much in
evidence, and as a contrast TO these
hideous forms, the most beautiful little
brunette boys and girls. selling bouquets,
were met at every turn. While 1 was
resting in a park, six of these irresist-
ibie creatures kept stretching bouquets
teward me, crying, Penny penny con-
tinuously A crowd of children will fol,
lew the tourist for half an hour IN this
manner, until he finally has to feign i'm
patience and push them away.
So many American and English tour
lists visit the islands, and so many
English people have villas there, where
they spend the winter, that the natives
have picked up some Of the most com
mon English words. Although the
islands are an integral part OF Portugal.
English money appears to be the most
common medium OF exchange Portu-
gUese money is the most unsatisfactory
In Europe, being much below par. and
while ] was in Portugal. changing In
value daily. Portugal has even no sill
Yer coins. not to mention gold. The
coins CT higher value are made OF q
cheap white metal
A simple and LovnbIe People.
notwithstanding the fact that the gov
ernment Of Madeira tolerates and en-
ecurages gambling among the upper
classes, the Madeirans Impressed me as
being Of q particularly high character
from moral standpoint In returning
to the ship toward midnight I had oc-
caslon 70 make long walk through the
city. All wine rooms and cafes were
tightly closed. ana no one was abroad
except passengers from our 1teamahin
who were returning IN small groups from
the Casino. All the natives were quietly
sleeping IN their beds Their courtesy
Is charming, as Is that Of All members Of
The Washington herald., 1911-06-25
BY JAMES L. BAHRET.
A GLIMPSE OF MADEIRA

VA GlIlhHSE OF' NlADEIhA.
Toward noon on March %. 1910. we
sighted Madeira, one of group of three
islands situated in the Atlantic Ocean
40 miles west of Morocco. The islands
are like mountains in the midst of the
sea, rising abruptly to the height Of
more than a mile. and with some perpenA
dicular cliffs almost 200 feet high. We
sailed slowly along the coast for two
hours, many villages coming successively
into view, either perched on the steep
sides of the mountains or on the shore
at their feet. Every square foot Of
ground that could possibly be cultivated
was occupied with growing crops, and
steep slopes were beautifully terraced in
order to render them cultivable.
From the sea the island has the ap-
pearance of prosperity and of sustaining
a dense population. In fact the popula-
tion in 1900 was 15052S, or z7S per square
mile, considerably moro than that Of our
most densely populated State Rhode Is
land. which in 1900 contained 4g per
square mile. Madeira, with its two sis
ter islands. has an area OF BIS suare
miles. approximately that Of the city. of
New York.
The vessel dropped anchor on Funchal,
the capital. a city Of 10000 population.
A dozen rowboats Immediately ap-
preached, from which small boys, scantily
clad, shouted 70 the passengers to throw
nickeis into the sea for them to dive
after. When the nickels strike the
water their speed is greatly checked, so
that the boys diving after them are able
TO grab them before they have descended
many feet below the surface.
As Strange as & Dream.
We were carried to shore in small
Launches. It seemed as II we had ar
rived in toyland. The people. ss a rule.
were short IN stature and OF slim buiid.
which is true Of al the Portuguese race.
and everything seemed to be In miniature
The houses seemed like DOH houses. The
great structures in New York. which
We had just looked upon. tended to-
dwarf for US every structure which We
saw IN Madeira
No wagons were visible, but many
sieighs. drawn By one or two cows. were
hurrying to and fro, loaded with people
or merchandise. Boys and girls were
seen everywhere. drawing small sledges.
Madeira. however. never has any snow
OF ice. except on the eunmits Of its
mountains II is a land Of eternal sum-
mer sleighs instead Of wagons are en-
The Washington herald., 1911-06-25

Each vowel >Is7 sounded as in Latin.
and the words are easily pronounced by
one who is patient Ind wishes to speak
distinctly. The pronunciation will be all
the better IL the speaker will draw out.
almost drawl, the vowel sounds. for
which reason the language Is well suit
ed to the doieful Hawaiian wall. Say,
=, &, Hoo-noo-luu-luu. and let the word
sing itself
The Washington herald., 1911-06-25
Hish speed OF Engliah Trains.

nagh speed OF Engltah Trains.
The fastest train in England over
long distance and without stop is an
express train between London and Ply
mouth, which covers the 225 81 miles az
the average OF 54s miles an hour. Eng
land has a number OF trains that run
distances OF from 80 to 120 miles with
out q stop at speeds varying from Nifty
one to fifty-nine miles an hour.
The Washington herald., 1911-06-25

Photogaphy Is being utilized to measure the heisht
0 saoplans hishts. canerz with lens cf kno1n
focal 1Qneth being used 10 take pictures Of Objects
@ the sarth. which are conparsd uitA Tie ohisctS
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-05-08
MOVEMENTS OF
MAIL STEAMERS
vEseELs TO ARRIVE

Tuesdya, May 9.
San Francisco--Siberia, p. NJ. s. s.
Wednesday. May 10.
Kauai ports-W. G Hall, stmr
Hawaii via Maui ports - Claudine,
stmr.
Saturday, May 10.
IIilo via way ports-Mauna Kea,
stmr.
Sunday, May IA.
Kauai ports-Kinau, stmr.
Maui. MOlokai ana Lanai ports
Mikahala, stmr.
Monday, May IS.
Kauai ports-NOeau, stmr.
Wednesday, May II.
Hawaii via Maui ports Claudine
stmr.
Kauai ports-W. G. Hall, stmr.
Tuesday, May 16.
San Francsco-Wilhelmi NJ. "
s. S.
San Francisco-Ch China, p. NJ. 8. 3.
Saturday, May 20.
HongkOng via Japan ports-Mongo-
liza. p. NJ. S. S.
Hongkong via Japan ports BuyO,
Maru, Jap, stmr.
San Francisco Lurline, NJ. N. 8. s.
iilo via way ports-Mauna Kea.
stmr.
Monday, May %.
San Observation-Disclosures, T. NJ.
S. S.
Tuesday, May %.
Australian ports via suva-Mara-
ma, CA. s. s.
Friday, May &c.
IIongkong via Japan ports-Ame-
RIGA Maru. Jap stmr.
San Sierra, o. s. 8.
Victoria and ancouyer-Zealandia
CA. s. s.
Tuesday, May 80.
San Francisco-Chlyo Maru. Jap
stmr
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-05-08

Bullet!n phone numbers area
Business OniCe 225s.
EditTIiaI RsOEas PISA
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-05-08
SALARIES RAISED; ...
WILL GIVE DINNER

Especial Bulletin Ccrrespondence)
WAILUKU, MAY 5.-The Maui
members of the Legislators of both
houses will be honored with dinner
to be given at the Maui hotel next
Monday evening by the officials whose
services have been worthily recog-
nized by the last Legislature in the
form of increased salaries, There will
be about thirty present, and the re-
turning members will relate how they
succeeded in securing the Increased
salaries for meritoriOus services.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-05-08
Oahu Railway Time Table
Outward.

For WaIanae. Waialua, Kahuku and
Way StatloDs-,s:15 a. m, 1920 .. NJ,
For Pearl City. EVA Mil aud Way
Statlops-f7:3O a. m, 1918 a. IN,
'll:30 a. m, .2;l5 .. n, 1920 p. n,
'6:15 y. NJ, 1880 .. m, tll:l6 .. m.
For Wahiawa and Leilehua--.l0:2 20
a. M, "5:l5 U. IN, 1880 D. m. t1l:lb
y. m.
Inward.
Arrive Honolulu from kahuku. Wal
aulua and Waianae--sS:36 Il. m
'5:3l p. IN.
Arrive Honolulu fro.a Eva MN and
Pearl Clty-t7:45 a. m, 1886 Il. m,
moo a. m, 'l;4O p. TO-, '4:26 D. m.
'b.3l p. m, '7:30 y. m.
Arrive Honolulu from Wahlawa and
Leilehua-9: 10 Il. m. tl:4e p m, 5:3l
.. m, tlo:l0 y. m.
The Iialc!wa Limited, two-nour
train (Unly first class tickets honored)
leaves Honolulu every Sunday at g:3G
Il. m; returning, arrives IN Honolulu
ut 1910 p. m The Limited stops only
at Pearl City and Waianae outward
and Waianae, Waipahu and Pearl City
inward
'Daily. tsunoay Excepted. tSuuday
Only.
G. ?. DENISON, +. G. SMITH.
superintendent G. p. A.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-05-08
BUSINESS NOTICES.
NOTICE.
Do You Want Mules or Horsssa

DIR. II. I. HoRDORN will depart by
the Sierra for the Coast, there TO make
purchases Of mules and horses. Spe-
Cial attention given to commissions
from intending buyers OF mules.
Stock delivered ON or about June /.
can or address: The Leland. G27
Bcrctania Avenue. 49lG-l2t
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-05-08
MAiLS.

Malls are due from the following
points as follows:
San Franclsco-Siberia. May O.
Mongolia, May 90.
Colonies-Per Mariana. May %.
Victoria-Per eZalandia, May 20.
Mails will depart for the following
points as follows:
San Francisco-Sierra, May 10.
Yokohama-Siberia. May 8.
Vancouver-Per Mariana, May %.
Sydney-Zealandia, May 20.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-05-08
The Yokohama Specie
Bank, Limited
HEAD OFFICE. YOKOHAMA

HEAD OFFICE. YOKOHAMA
Capital U'aid Up Yen 1900. 900
reserve Fund. :. Yen 5000. 900
General banking business
Transacted Savings accounts for
81 and upwards.
Fire and burglar-prOOf vaults.
with Safe Deposit Boxes for rent
al 81 per year and upwards.
Trunks aud cases to be kept on
custody at moderate rates.
Particulars to he applied for.
W AkAl, Manager.
Honolulu Office. Bethel and Mer-
chants Streets. Telephone 2I2l
and 1894. y. o. Box lGS.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-05-08
VESSELS TO DEPART
Tuesday, May 9.

uonyking vio ia,or ,or,, o,,,orto
p NJ = s
Hilo via way ports-Mauna Kea.
stmr.. 10 a. IN.
Kauai ports-Kinau. stmr.. & u. m.
Maui Molokai and Lanai ports -
Mikahala, stmr., s D. m.
Wedne sday, NAV 10.
San Francisco-Sierra o. 8. s., 10
a. m.
Thursday, May II.
KAUAI ports-W. G. Hall, stmr., 6
D. M
FRIDAY, May ".
haWali via Maui ports - Claudine,
S'n,r' p IN.
san frahcisco-hoholulan, NJ. N. 5.
y" ~ d. ~,
y,, W. '.y, way To-
T S'm''' D. ILL.,
mn, II. 'L way w.
"" way P'''' MAUI" MA
I.,a,, IT,, -, c,,
ID n w." Japan p'''' O"'''''
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-05-08
TRANSPORT SERVICE.

Dix. arrived Seattle. Apr. 10.
Logan, from Honolulu, for San Fran
Z cisco, May 3.
Sheridan, from San Francisco for Ho-
nolulu, May 3.
Sherman, from Honolulu, for Manila,
arrived May Z.
Crook, arrived at San Francisco, Apr.
10.
Buford. arrived Shanghai Mar. 81.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1911-05-08
BaIfOur, Guthrie Line


Steamer will receive freight during
June and viii arrive Honolulu about
!.
Loading ports will possibly include
Lelth.
Good opportunity for shipment of
holiday goods.
For freight rates and information,
apply to
FRED L. WALDRoN, Agent.
49O7-7t
The Washington herald., 1911-12-13
.DU PONT MAY HEAD
GOOD ROADS BODY
Senator Offered Presidency
of Association.

Senator Henry A. Du Pont, of Della
ware, was rendered the presidency of the
United States Highway Association at
its meeting at the Raleigh yesterday af-
ternoon. In a short address Senator Du
Pont said he would take the matter un-
der, consideration Senator Du Pont then
left the session to catch a train.
The committee on nomination was not
ready to report, and the election of off,
GERS was postponed until to-day. At the
morning session yesterday John A. Fox,
director of the National Rivers and Har-
bors Congress; S. II. Lee, State engineer
of South Dakota, and S. a. Thompson,
secretary of the Rivers and Harbors
Congress, spoke on the need of concen-
tration of action and the desirability of
securing even a small appropriation from
Congress as an entering wedge to the
broad project.
Gen. Floyd King, the only delegate
from the District, spoke in favor Of his
idea OF seven great national highways,
upon which is based the Cullom bill in
troduced in the Senate last session. 4
draft of a new bill creating the depart
ment of public highways was considered
at the afternoon session.
A tentative draft of the constitution of
the association was adopted. One OF its
provisions is that Washington shall be
the headquarters of the United States
Highway Association, with permanent
office. here.
The Washington herald., 1911-12-13

Every contestant in The Herald's con-
test for trips around the world and the
Mediterranean countries is getting set for
the home stretch of the race on Saturday
night
More excitement will prevail in the
rush Of the closing hours, perhaps, than
has existed so far during the contest. A
candidate rushing here to secure a sub
scription; a score or more rushing there
to place their ballots in the last count
talking the merits of their candidacy to
friends. Here and there and everywhere
the work will be going on, but the OBJ
ject Of it all is the same-one of the trips
in The Herald's list OF ten.
Your ship may come in Saturday. If
your past efforts have been strenuous
enough, then you can feel reasonably GER
tain that there will be a reward. On the
other hand, If you do not hold one of the
trips in your possession after the win
ners are announced, it may be due to a
lack Of proper hustle during the hours
between now and Saturday at 10 p. m.
Would you feel satisfied to lose out by
a few thousand votes If you knew that
the candidate ahead of you had secured
their majority over you between now and
the close of the race? For this reason
your candidacy should at this time be
better supported than at any moment of
the contest up TO now. The Herald can
not do the work Of securing subscriptions
for you, except to offer you the best pub
hcation in this section OF the country
When it gives you that, its power to
bring in the subscription ceases. The fur
ther appeal must be made by you in
your own way.
If your friends need persuasion before
they can be enlisted in your cause, it is
up to you to do the persuading. Don't
wait for any trick of fate to bring the
The Washington herald., 1911-12-13
THREE MORE DAYS TO
WIN A EUROPEAN TRIP
This Is the Last Call for Candidates in The Herafs
Tour COntest-Race Ends Saturday
Night at Ten Sharp.

final subscriptions to you. You've got to
go out and get them. You know what the
| chances are of being returned a winner
II you work, and what they are II you
don't work. Only a matter of a few
hours intervene before everything is over.
The count will be made as soon as pos
sible, as stated. The publication of win
ners cannot be made until the subscrip-
tions have been verified, whether old or
new.
Ascertain positiv ely whether your sub
scriptions are old or new before turning
them in, so that there may be no need
to cut down any votes.
Every contestant should turn in the
votes early Saturday, December l6, SO
that the contest department will have
time for the proper issuing of the re-
ceipts.
Votes Must Be I'm Before 10 p. NJ.
Remember that not one minute after 10
p. m. will any one be permitted to turn
in subscriptions, and mail arriving after
10 D. ln, containing subscriptions, will
not count.
This is absolute and positive. If you
wait until the last hour others may be
ahead of you in line and you might get
left. You will have TO allow for time in
which to receipt and stamp the ballots.
Have your subscriptions all filled out with
the exception of the line at the bottom
of the ballot for the signature of the
secretary and the space for the number
of the ballot.
That the contestants are holding back
all their voting ballots until the final
close is proven in the score of to-day,
which gives only the single newspaper
coupons.
ANY subscriptions turned in any time
this week may be held over for the final
count, If requested to do so.
This is the standing of the candidates: