The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-04-17

quaI duIlne JnlS morning, dOCRed NJ
Alakea wharf, and will proceed on
her way to San Francisco at 5 o'clock
this afternoon The Persia, being of
British register, is taking no freight
from Honolulu and is carrying the
following holdover passengers from
here: H. E. Hoffman, ]. f. Chapman,
Mrs Chapman and four children, and
the Rev. George Pierson.
Among the steerage passengers for
Honolulu were thirty-three picture
brides, all Japanese, who were met
at the boat by their frances. whom
they had never before seen.
The eight smallpox suspects, who
were afterward found by Drs Trotter
and Sinclair to be suffering from
chickenpox, were Filipinos, passen-
gers for Honolulu.
But although last night the rumor
spread fast that steerage passengers
were suffering from smallpox, The
passengers took the matter as a joke
and drowned their cares in various
ways.
1t was announced early in the even
ing that all would have to be vaccin.
ated just for precautions sake, and
with this end in view the men re
tired to the smoking room, while the
ladies retired to the apartments set
aside for their exclusive use
Twenty minutes later all reassem-
bled in the social hall to compare
notes and arms. Purser Mcpherson
was there with two handfuls of white
lint. On each bandage was inscribed
the legend:
Steamer Persia,
This is my vaccinated arm.
Hands Off"
The purser next proceeded to wrap
a bandage around the vaccinated arm
of each passenger.
From passengers to passenger he
passed, asking each one the question,
What arm were you vaccinated on?"
The one Intercepted would indicate
the member operated upon and the
purser would bind the indicated arm
Everything was lovely until he ap-
preached young lady who had been
growing visibly uneasy during the
binding process. Finally he came to
her
Which arm were you vaccinated
oil, may l ask?'
81 wasn't vaccinated on the arm at
all, she replied, and then fed into
her stateroom without waiting to be
bandaged
Eight congenial lights gathered to-
gether in the smoking room and cele- |
hrated the coming in sight of land in |
the usual manner According to the
Durser, they were very nice and po-
lite about it until it was time to adj !
journ and then two of the party made
the mistake of retiring for the even.
ing in the wrong staterooms and it
was only by the use of great diplo-
macy that they were persuaded to see
their mistakes.
A trip with nothing but fine weather
was reported and all were in the high |
est of spirits; deck games were
played, and charades were arranged
but the hit of the voyage was the
Meridian Day concert.
Among the passengers are D. w.
Clark, an employee of the International
Banking Corporation, who was sta
toned at Hankow during the recent
fighting and is said to have had TWEEN
ty-four blood-curdling escapes from
death a day; Miss A. Edmunds, doc
tor who has spent fifteen years in
China doing missionary work, and
DR.. d. w. Richardson and family also
Of China.
There is no race suicide on the Per
STA. In fact there are enough of the
Younger generation on board to glad.
len the hearts of Theodore Roosevelt
and other antirace suicide advocates
and to madden eighty crusty old bach
elors.
In the first cabin alone, it has been
estimated that one-fourth of the pas
3engers consist of children. When
he steamer leaves for San Francisco
his afternoon there will be four more
IN board-holdover passengers-and
l baby show as a mode of amusing
he passengers may not be such an
lnheard of possibility.
If such an entertainment should be
held, it is unquestioned that e. Nosh-
kin will take the prize for largest
family" Mr. Noshkin, who is Rus
sian going to make his home in the