Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-09-18

| tFoHoWtna are extracts from the ~
formal journal kept BY W.. r. Earring
ton on his mainland tour. MINI sofa
Witeensin and notable and newsy
things therefn-Wiih q glimpse or two
Of New Tork-form his subject in this
article
Buffalo. August &c, 1918.
am rapidly becoming a crank O
civic centers and the good appear
ance OF city at its front door.
The memory OF St, Paul Is still
heavy upon me. have always
thought would Ike to see st. PAM
and Minneapolis. Just before we rod
into the city some days ago. have
lost all track CT time--i remarked %
ice that / wished we had the time
TO stop over a day. >''.,...-,s
That was before had PASSED
through the gates OF the ST. Pau
union station. Did I say station?
meant cattle pom. Never before had
felt. like q dumb driven brute, herd
ed like a beef. neverzt.ll / passed
through the gates OF the st. Paul sta
ton. - : - s.. = = =.
Well. we landed on the train. VIZ
had TO change to another system, In
order TO make Madison. Wis. We
were directed up the cattle pen steps
All wood All dirty. All Ike q cattle
pen We went through the chute ~
reach the waiting room and secrlr.
our reservations When we came
back we could not pass down the cat
tie chute till our train was called. s.
We lad a chance to study how thr
traintnen handle people In ST Paul
.It was Just as dirty and cattle.pen,.
going out as It had been coming N
Two men guarded two gates. Thr
crowd was not large or cumbersome
We saw more discourtesy, more cat
tle-driving Of people during the 10 min
iites we were watching those gates al
ST Paul than we had seen In all our
travels. The men were. rough. I'M
couth. sloppy, discourteons to de.
gree, cattle drivers OF the toughest
type. II was perhaps more notice
able because hitherto, all along the
line OF our travels, on street cars. In,
hotels, In stations, on railway cars
and on steamboats,, where men were
paid TO be courteous and where they
are not had noticed and often re-
marked on the uniform courtesy. the
Universal courtesy shown by all men
tall Of which besides making travel
pleasant also caused one to have .
sense OF pride in his fellow country.
men.
Mot 50 az. Paul: not even sugges
tion or IL, 1T the gates that led to all
oflthe trains OF that Union Station.
Lei the Cattle Through.
While we waited, the tough guard;
ians OF the gate would occasionally
hang up tin sign over the door with
the name Of the route for which
train was ready. He would then slide
The cattle pen freight shed door open,
call In stident tones for the people to-
hurry up or to "AW, back up. Then
slam the door shut, rattle the tin can
signs, pull down the old and hang up
the neW-and let the cattle through.
& / am told st paul has b magnificent
capitol building wouldn't give two
cents to see It. would have to go
through the cattle to get there.
am convinced that St Faul needs
new station. Also that the ap.
proach to q city or home means q
great deala Honolulu should as the
Harbor Commission under Forbes Is
now doing-clean up its waterfront,
put the coal pens on Quarantine Isl.
and, as proposed by the governor.
And I'm going to keep my lawn
moved when 4 get home
- ~ y ST. 81 20
We are riding through the fertile
fields Of New York I'm inclined 10
think that the New York fafmer-if
he knows how to farm-is lucky. He
Is close by the eenters OF population.
Farms and farm buildings look more
prosperous and substantial here than
In some OF the sections Of the West
where there IL more land and less
population. 81. Ssz .5s.
incidentally. II Is getting as cold as
San Francisco as night approaches
Farmers hereabouts have been del
uged with rain this year. The ground
Is 30 soggy they cant get the ma.
chimes on the field TO harvest grain
In Wisconsin they fear the corn win
not ripen. ~ - = -. . =. - -
Where eiilboards Flourish. ii
u 5:55--Just passed q sign billboard
advertising Libby's Hawaiian Pine
apple. L wonder II some of my good
lady friends In Honolulu WIN stop eat.
ing pineapples just for that Fred
Macfarlane should take notice. Five
minutes later PASSED another and then
didn't see one for half an hour. Cas-
toria boards are more frequent than
any other. The medicine man has the
right idea. He makes his readers
think of Castoria about every 10 min
utes regularly. .~,, 49, 49,:
Meanwhile we have passed through
the station Of the city Of Rochester:
No one asked me II ] knew George
Carter. The city as one sees IL from
the station looks clean and picked up
II has my approval. The factories and
business establishments, alongside the
track give quite an amount of satten.
ton to lawns and yards free from
rubbish. One playground beside the
track ended in gore containing