Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-03-04

/ England the highest Eonors were be-
slowed upon them, and they have
the distinction CT being the only party
of non-Britishers ever allowed in a
kings birthday parade. They were to
be presented to the king at court in
buckingham but unfortunately the
king was in Berlin attending the royal
marriage and sent his regrets by wire.
They had civic reception at Guild
hall and the highest dignitaries paid
homage to their enterprise and lauded
the spirit of the undertaking which
has helped the boys of the various
countries to meet on common field
and they their worth against this most
versatile party of boys.
Another enjoyable day was spent
with Sir Thomas Upton. on his pa
/ Iatial yacht, the Erin, cruising about
Portsmouth where they visited Lord
Nelson's historic flagship, 1.-The Vic
tory" the flagship at the victory of
! Trafalgar Sir Thomas had Harry
i auder. Sir John Dewar, "the wit of
England" Miss Shirley kellogg, the
lwell-known American actress. and
/ many other notables on board to make
the dav as pleasant as possible. After
much feasting and at a final banquet
at Southampton Sir Thomas Upton an
nCunced that he would have one OF
| the bows of the present marty as the
only American en- board his yacht.
the Shamrock. when he races Ameri-
ca for the international cup in 1915.
| Ranquets by Mr.. August Selfridge,
owner of the large deDartment store
of that name, Mr.. Richard Rurbridge.
general manager CT the Harrods'
Stores. and many others gave the boys
a royal time.
The Darty was reviewed in the Dres-
ence of the royal family by Lord Rob-
/ erts, England's greatest living soldier
!, who also applsuded the idea of "edu-
cation by travel" and gave the boys
some excellent advice All the sights
lof London and the suburbs were taken
in, and as the reception was handled
i by the royal colonial troops entartain-
tment committee nothing was left I'M
done to make their stay in England
NEST pleasant and profitable. Two
weeks were spent in Paris and a COM
mittee CT the - foremost Americans
| in Paris was formed and had com.
fplete charge of their reception while
in Cav Paree" There was the usual
receptions and banquets and vel
come by United States Ambassador
! Mvron T.. Herrick at the embassy,
where the foremost citizens of Paris
and American visitors met the boys
] from home, They were reviewed and
, a h,,
cas- illustrious diseoverer of the north
pole who happened to be in Paris at
the time. Athletic meets with the
French boys caused great deal of
excitement and drew forth large
crowds and lie Figaro. the leading
daily CT Paris, presented the winners
with gold medals, and the hero of
the meet was one OF the American
boys who won the iavelin throw,
throwing it for the first time in his
life. .-.@. ~. II
All the PRINCIPAL sights OF Paris
were taken in also aud few Of the
evenings at the leading operas gave
the bows chance to see the best there
| is in the operate world The party
was quartered at the University of
Paris as guests and made a decided
hit with the Parisians At the invi-
| tation Of the United States ambassa-
Cor the boys gave a concert at his
home and seats sold for S pesos per
ticket by sDecial invitation Some seats
sold for Il and 90 dollars gold while
the gross receipts fer the afternoon
were $4,000 gold and Mrs. John
Aackey. wife Of the president Of the
: telegraph trust, was so pleased with
; the performance that she sent the
bows a check for thousand dollars
gold, and smaller amounts came in
from enthusiastic admirers so that
thev did not have to worry how TO
get to Australia aud they took leis-
urely trip through France. to Genoa
and NAMES and embarked for Aus
tralia. June IS. and made stops at
, Port Said. SueZ. Alden and irrived at
Colombo. CeyIOn. on the 4th of July
and celebrated their IudeDendenee dav
with two rousing shows at local
picture house and hundreds of people
were turned away. FIattering induce
mnnts WERE offered the party to stop
over in CeVlon hut the bows had to
he in Australia NJ scheduled time and
true TO that time arrived at Free
mantle, Western Australia Jniv Is.
and were greeted by thousands of