The Hawaiian gazette., 1913-01-24
WELCOME AT SEA Is
GIVEN TO VISITING
TOURISTS ON CLEVELAND

Confined From Page Four)
Instead Jacobs ladder dangled I'm.
invitingly over the steep side and up
this Doctors Sinclair and Trotter clam
bered. Then followed customs and i'm.
migration officers, and as they rolled
mp an undercurrent of profanity rolled
down. They never appeared to get to
the top, and when at last they did it
was to look over the other side and
see comfortable companionway ready
for their convenience.
Inspection of the vessel took close
TO an hour, and in the interim the
launches discovered the companionway
up on the weather side. On the Gus
toms launch Charles Bartlett, George
'Thielen and Others of the B. p. o. H.
cheered the row of faces along the up
per deck and the faces cheered back.
On the other launch were the official
welcoIpers, the mayor and his retinue
and committee of ladies who were
overjoyed when the companlonway
was discovered.
The crew quickly passed muster at
the hands of the port doctors and the
passengers were not much more than
counted, the ships surgeons statement
being accepted.
Reaches Port at Last.
BY the time the visitors to the ship
had discovered which alleyway ran into
the galley and which was inclined to
take them into diningroom, the big
vessel was under way and hardly more
than drifted toward the channel, no
sound from the engine rooms telling
the passengers, in the midst of their
evening meal, that the vessel was near
ing the wharf.
On the bridge Captain Kier and his
officers and Pilot Lorenzon focused
their attention on the channel ahead
and any nervousness that might have
been aboard about bringing the float
ing palace through the narrow channel
on Il dark night was right there. At
no time did the vessel leave its proper
course into the harbor, except when it
approached the dock and lay diagon-
ally across it until it was warped over.
Meanwhile those on the vessel, expe-
rienced travellers after their hundred
days. contented themselves at the
meal, which was completed Just in time
TO permit them to come to the deck as
Berger s hand struck up the "'Star
hHllbAlRAtN litlllltl Will a btIillin dN-
cent and Germans and Americans on
hoard the vessel cheered Justify.
1 The little group of customs and i'm.
migration officers, whose duties kept
them in the salon until it was too late
4 to accept the invitation to dinner, went
on still hunt for amusement. Thi:
/ was speedily discovered in steward
who was ventriloquist and being 9
good one he worked overtime for tn,
edification of Uncle Sam s officials.
Tackle City by Night.
4 Happily for work, the vessel was a
the wharf too late to permit the pas
sengers to do more than pour over thu
gangplank, take a hasty look at tn,
city by night and get back to ther
cabins. So there was no handbaggag
for the customs men to examine and n,
delay on the part of the passengers il
getting off and they wer0soon in ever,
place but on their floating home.
The mezzanine floor of the Alakei
wharf, where the vessel drew up, wa
jammed with people, through whom tn
police kept small lane opened. Dow
this the passengers walked easily an
with an orderllness which betokene
experience with, leaving ship, instea
of the disorder that usually marks tn
wharfing of trans-Pacifc boat.
Clean across the esplahade and int
an uninviting coal pile did the tourist
go before they could get away froI
the horde of chRffeurs, hackdrivers an
the curious.
1t was n new town and they wer
, malihinis, but they attacked ii bravel
, and poured in thin steady stream u
+, Alakea street. The head of this ha
/ long since invaded the cur;o shops b.
/. fore the last of the passengers weI
Z. crossing the gangplank.
1 The leader OF this army was a biz
well-groomed man who hailed from clo'
+ 10 State street, Chicago, eseorting Tvs
/. ladies, With u cunning born of eigl
/ teen thousand miles of travel he troo
Ii ed on down Merchant street tOwars
}. the opera house and the KRai coneeT
y lie was going 20 the concert and
J. knew where Il WAS
Almost dst Lost
y liut the scores Of other tourists, ODE
! ing with Thomas Cook faithfnne
n the little tourist game Of follow Il
y leader, had no desire 20 20 10 the 60
N cert which indeed, was half over the
N and we're much dismnyei When thi
n found themselves hnddled in baNild'
10 81 little knois 30 upllghsed, gloon
% fnlnee square
3 Rul they we're soou back in Town ~
those tpNnpr0uls nuf curious rnOnl
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