The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-01-24

w ElJlNECl1A I , JAIN ONNl -,
Cawnpore and LUCKNOW. Then all came
together again at Calcutta and took
ship for Rangoon and its matchless
shwe Dagon pagoda
The Far Eastern Gates.
The next port was Singapore--the
halfway house to the Farthest East
the crossroads of the ocean highways,
with it's peoples of every race under
the sun. Then, a degree southwark,
they crossed the Equator and passed
on to Batavia, where they soiourned
with the genial little Malays of Java
and did not drink Java coffee. North
ward again across the line and then
northeastward, the Cleveland caught
up the trail of Dewey and steamed
into Manila Bay, where the party was
met at sea by the famous Constabul-
airy Band, playing the music Of the
homeland.
Christmas at Sea.
1t was Christmas Eve when the
Cleveland went out of the bay, so
Christmas was spent IN the China Sea
on the way to Hongkong, While the
ship lay at anchor here, the party went
in river boats up to Canton and re-
ceived the heartiest of welcomes from
/ an innumerable multitude of Chinese
gathered on the pier, with the flag of
their new republic waving everywhere.
Back again to Hongkong and across
the Chinese Sea, the party celebrated
New Years Day with the Japanese at
Nagasaki.
Two Weeks in Japan.
In Japan, where two delightful weeks
we're spent, the party again divided
Some went in special trains across
Japan; some went independently or
regular trains; and the others con
tented themselves with the cities OF
Kobe, Nara. Kioto, Yokohama, Toxic
and Nikko. Then the Cleveland put tC
sea with it's PROV pointed toward
Honolulu and home.
At Honolulu.
The cruise has had the great good
fortune to make the circuit of the
globe without accident to the shiI
and without picking up infectious dis
eases that cause quarantine trouble
There were two deaths at sea, one o
which was due to chronic ailmen
and the other was suicidal The lat
ter was the case of an elderly lad!
who sprang overheard into the Sc,
between Sumatra and Borneo. Anoth
er of the passengers-Mr. Marcus
Jordan, of Baltimore-dived from on,
of the upper decks and held the float
ing body until the life-boat reached
the spot but the unfortunate woman
could not be resuscitated.
The Earth Girdled.
This cruise has again demonstrates
the fact that this is the easiest an
most comfortable of all ways i
which to girdle the earth. The pa:
sengers have had their floating hote
all the way around, With no incol
veniences about baggage and cu
toms. They have been most of tn
time in the company of friends an
acquaintances. They have had thei
special entertainments and lecture
and musicals and dances to enlive
the tedium of long stretches of W;
ter. And they have had, from stal
to finish, the skilled services of
large staff of men who knew ju:
what to do before reaching each POI
and who had the facilities afioat an
6 ashore to meet all emergencies.
s Those in Charge.
{ The cruise has been in the charg
s of Mr.. C. Vogelsang, of Hambur
= and Mr.. C. Scherer, of Berlin, as tt
f Hamburg-American' representative
@ with a staff of nine assistants fro
4 the company's offices in Hambur
h Berlin and New York. The commi
f sary department sent along Mr.. Ma
o tint to make special provision for Il
p cuisine and otherwise add to Il
comfort of the voyage. At every po
Mr.. Vogelsang has had the cooper
o ton of his companys local represe
!. tatives, who were thoroughly familii
g with local conditions. Besides a
= this, the fine organization of the sh
. itself, with the Captain and First O
. ficer Kruse at its head, has been u
wearying day and night in the effo
>, to meet the manifold requirement
reasonable or otherwise) of so mar
", passengers representing so many n
tionalities and so many temper
-. ments.