The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-01-24
gton S Birthday.
Question As to Hilo.

"As to Hilo, we are not decided
yet" said Mr.. Vogelsang. "The trip
to Hilo so that the tourists might see
the crater of Kilauea has been recon-
mended to us and we are ready to make
an investigation. / was told in Yoko-
hama by gentleman who has been in
Hilo that it will be impossible to
handle all our passengers If that is
so we could not make use of such a
trip.
"However, Mr.. Weickum, our adver-
tising representative, may go over to.
morrow and return to San Francisco on
the Mongolia"
Secretary Wood of the promotion
committee, who has always been a
strong advocate of the Hilo trip for
the Cleveland, is anxious to have Mr.
Wieckum go to Hilo today for the
Volcano. He will be taken in charge
by Manager Wright of the Volcano
Stables, who will look after him to the
Volcano House, where he will Re placed
under the tender mercies of Mine Host
Dcmosthenes Lycurgus, who win con-
duet him to the fiery pit.
A conference will be held at the pro-
motion office between Mr.. Vogelsang
and Mr.. Wood, at which Manager
Wright will also be present. Manager
Wright is positive the Cleveland tour
lists can be satisfactorily handled to
the Volcano and back.
Mr.. Vogelsang says that if traffic
warrants another steamer NAV be
placed on the old eastward world trip
from New York, but the company will
have its main trips via the Panama
Canal, westward.
The company is now building TO-
600 ton steamer which is designed eS-
pressly for the Panama trade with only
first class cabin accommodation. This
ship will be in readiness for service in
! another year.
Thousands of Years Old.
"Perhaps you will remember that on
! the first Cleveland world cruise the
average age of tourists was fifty-fve, -
said Mr.. Vogelsang. owe have just
computed the average age on this trip
so You see we have very Young
crowd aboard and an extremely jolly
one. The total ages of all on board is
l7,460 years. We not only have a
very jolly and congenial crowd on
board, but one which is extremely
wealthy
To-day the party will do some sight.
seeing. A train of Rapid Transit cars
will leave the Alakea street wharf at
eight O'Clock. These will be special
ears for the tourists only. Each car
will be supplied with a volunteer guide
for Honolulu and the aquarium will be
visited. At noon the tourists will lunch
at the Moana Hotel, and in the after.
noon they will have independent ac.
ton, - as the steamship officials desig
nate individual movements.
On the way across from Yokohama
Mrs. Langdon.Re gave lectures or
Hawaii which were well received and
greatly enjoyed.
Antipodes Day.
On Monday last the tourists had al
Antipodes Day." as it was called
, when the ls0th meridian was crossed
The day was celebrated with elaborate
deck games. There WAS hairdressinl
contest in which the men PLAYED tn,
, past of maids. An extra papJr wa
. published on board TO announce the re
4 suits. The celebration was pulled OF
under the craftsmanship Of Major Jones
: In the evening there WAS a masked bal
4 and cabaret show as "A special fea
= ture. Ia the last day or two there hay
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