Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-08-11
VISITOR With OREGON NAVAL
I. MILITIA Tells OF HONOLULU

DR.. e. X, Scott, DR.. Ben Eorden and
Or. LF. Wolf, all OF the MllWsnkee's
company. after a jolly morning ct the
iepef hospital went out 10 Moana
and tackled m outrigger; II doesn't
often happen. hut this .optrigger upset
in about 80 feet OF water. The Ka,
akas landed right side up with care
on the canoe. Dr. Wolfe got ham.
merlock on the pointed nose of the
outrigger and grinned back at Norden
who was close behind. Then they
looked around for Scott. He was bob.
bing around in the water 10 feet away,
his glasses still astride his nose and
shouting; Il can't swim"
You've got nothing on me-" said
Norden. Neither can II
+ Il cant, too said Wolf.
With that the. Kanakas went. after
Scott and brought him alongside. He
insisted on climbing onto the canoe.
Now. an outrigger is narrow at the
bow but broad in the beam, and
where Scott got aboard 1t was like
the ample back Of a Percheron. Then
rose a new wall: "Gol ding" said
Scott Tor words to that effect), @Gol
ding! I've lost ,fny glasses.s That
was the only rear catastrophe.
"One hardly thinks OF Honolulu
without thinking also OF Iiliuokalapi,
the last queen OF the islands, She
lives In a big, handsome home. but Is
only the shadow OF the woman the
world knew. In her 70's she Is, with
cred and decrepit. She received
Chaplain Olson, OF the Portland visi-
tors, and, even posed for a photo
graph. But, as her secretary. C. r..
Iaukea kindly puts it. she has forgot
ten her great troubles. -.-ys
zone quaint character cannot fail
to attract attention to any one who
passes the old palace grounds. a
battered. scraggly- bearded man stands
looking toward the gildcd statue Of
Kamehameha 1, in the park square
across the way. He Is there all day,
every day, looking always toward
the heroic figure OF the barbaric king.
who hurled his enemies to death
from the summit of the Pail when he
conquered. the land. They call him
the statue worshiper. His mild deIu-
sion is that the statue will come to
life and the ancient glory Of Hawaii
be reborn. His only word In answer
to any questions lie by and by, BY
and by
There's still another figure who is
neither quaint nor historic, justxplains
man. and pretty good sort Of man.
He ID Theodore B. Thiele. who quit
the Pacific Coast about four years ae0
and has been managing the three big
hotels OF Honolulu ever since. He
was with hotels IN Monterey, San
Francisco and Seattle, and now di-s
reefs the affairs OF the Young, the.
Moana and the Royal Hawaiian. Az
type of the hospitality which Is q
characteristic of the island, he - one
Of the best.
"One Of the jack tars was dis
turbed to discover that bananas grow,
upside down, that is, II they hang
right side up In the store. He had
to listen to the story about the artist
who went to Hawaii to paint the na-
tive scenery. This artist painted q
beautiful picture Of banana tree,
with two punches of bananas on II.
There's only one bunch to tree, The
people laughed him out OF the islands.
The two days of shore liberty for
all hands were over too soon. An at
tempt was made to have the stay in
Honolulu prolonged. and that ID Port
Angeles curtailed. but without avail
So It was back again to the Straits
Of Fuca, and there the target pEacy
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