Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1912-12-06
HONOLULU GIRL
FIGURES in new .
ROMANCE OF SEA
Voyage of Nippon Maru Proves
= That Cupid Can Go Some
on the Pacific

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 24.-Cupid
is getting on very friendly terms with
Father NeptHne; in fact, the little
! love god and the Old Man of the Sea
appear to be working hand in hand
in the furtherance Of romance. ac-
cording to passengers on the liner
Nippon Maru. which arrived yester
day from the Far East.
If the stories related by passengers
who made the round trip on the liner
| and the officers of the ship them
selves are to be credited, young Dan
must have about emptied his CULVER
OF arrows on the outward voyage of
the Nippon from the Golden Gate.
i One marriage and several engage
ments, to say nothing of near engage
ments, were the outcome of the trip,
report the passengers, who hint that
! Cupid had not only the glamour of
| the tropical seas and moonlit decks
for his aids. but also in some cases
the assistance of Captain Alfred G..
Stevens, the handsome young skip
per, who, being a benedict, knows a
few things about the art of match
making.
A Naval Engagement.
Taking them consecutively as they
might be entered in Cupid's log book,
the sea romance began with that Of
Lieutenant F. F. Rogers, United States
] Navy, an attache of the American
/, Embassy at Toxic, and Miss Helen
| Zurbonsen, the handsome daughter of
an Admiral in the Kaisers navy.
Hardly had the liner cleared the
Golden Gate than the dashing young
naval officer was attracted by the
charms of the chic German girl, who
was bound for home, accompanied by
/ her chum, Miss Lena Roth, after a
two years stay in the United States.
From his vantage point somewhere
among the sheltering lifeboats Cupid
| fired his first arrow, piercing the
! Lieutenant's heart and wounding him
| quite severely.
| The dart was little slower in caus-
/ ing the other necessary victim to sur
render, but surrender 1t was. Three
days after leaving Honolulu, where a
stroll along Waikiki beach and a dip
1 in the flashing surf further aided the
love god, the Navy officer proposed
and was accepted. Miss Zurbonsen
will return to her home in Germany,
it is said, where she will be joined by
leave of absence, and the wedding
bells will tinkle. ...
Cupid was now in full charge of
the situation. Neptune was never in
a more complacent mood. The calm,
Pnruffled seas stretched away in the
moonlight from the liners bow; the
gentle zephyrs played aloft in the
rigging and the pleasant hum of the
| propellerS was as music.
There Were Others.
Romance No. l safely launched, Gu
pid focused his marine blasses and
peeped about for other conquests. The
next couple to become engaged were
j. d. Halliday, newspaper man go
| ing out to establish magazine in
Japan, and Miss Marie Phillips, a
Honolulu girl who joined the liner at
the island port for a pleasure trip TO
the Orient.
| A. n. Quayle, bound for Manila, and
Mrs. J. B. Davis, who was on a visit
to Japan, were reported to be the
third victims. They were married at
Yokohama, say the Nippon's passen-
gers, but Cupid may have wept few
tears over this victory of his, for it
was also reported that the couple sep
arated at Shanghai
If there had been society editor
on board she would have been busy
jotting down engagements, but unfor-
| tunately this gracious person was
not passenger. There is no further
record of betrothals except that the
! passengers say there were at least
! four. other romanCes.
Cupid made one error, however.
The moon was not shining brightly
on that particular night. and some
how ahe avalanche of darts fluttered
in the wrong direction. A Manila
business man got hit by one of the
miS6irected arrows for when he TTO.