The Hawaiian gazette., 1916-02-15

VI SSNhot WhuSh dpYoareu IN y recent 10.
sue Of the New York Sun, she tells
how sne encountered the cold British
stare and oVercame It. IL
lTS HERE were two reasons why my
| friend and / engaged passngo
in an. English boat in these war
times. First, we could travel second
class and save thirteen dollars. Then
/ no American liner would call at Homo
lulu for more than a week after we
| were ready to leave, p.
1 We left the isles Of peace, romano
and sunshine about noon on a beautiful
October day covered with leis. These
lcis pronounced "lays") are wreaths
made Of flowers, seeds, shells aud col.
ored paper. They are long and slender
! like n rope, the two ends being Joined
to make circle long enough when
thrown around the neck 10 reach. be
low the waist. The natives say the
circle shape denotes eternal friendship
and will bring you back to Hawaii. i
In my business ! had come in con.
tact with a large number of persons
from real princess to little factory
| girls, 30 that when found myself
with ei9hty'seven leis around my neck
for q few moments / did hate to leave
the Islands. Ny travelling companion
was German American woman
strictly and really neusral-wbo had
been amending fey weeks on the Il.
lands and had beeoAte acquainted with
n number of German officers and san
nrs on the war vessel and other German
ships interned there. Some of them
came down TO bid her good by and one
of them, a regular Kaiser in appear.
anee, rbrotRht q kodak with him and
took several snapshots of us with our
leis on. Right here is where the
trouble began, although we did not
know II Mt the time.
Isolased In Dining saloon =.
The gong sounded and we babe them
all 'HAtohal - and went dboard. We
stayed on deck until we could no longer
distingu sh our friends, and then, as
! the luncheon gong had sounded, we
went down to the dining saloon. Thefe
we found that our fellow passengers
eonsisted OF about seveht y-n,e Entilsn
| people, mostly from Australia and New
Zealand. We learned afterward that
all tho young men on board were going
to England to Join the army and most,
of the older ones were going to fiji,
Llac"s left vacant by men who had en-
listed. 49, ..".
They were IN such a hurry to be
shot at, that they were paving their
own fare and would not wait for a.
transport, which wodld have taken
them for nothing "'- - - '---'''' =, SO
After few minutes wait we were
given our places at q table away or
in q corner, We had neigRbors to the,
right of us and nefghb6fs to the left,
but not a word was spoken. In the
meantime every one was looking at us
with very cold eye, some with two
eyeglasses and some with only one.
One lady assisted the glasses she had
on with another pair mounted on a
stick.
1 felt rather shaky and wondered
what was the matter, as it was easy TO
see ii was not admiration. / felt quite
safe it was not our costumes, as we
had all aboard beaten ON that point.
You know how the English women
dress. .<,.
We wel-& up on deck 10 get the last
view of the islands. As it was a beau.
ti1ul afternoon all the passengers were
out. A group Of young fellows were
doing signal drills-such nice looking
toys going back to be shot at! The
women were all knitting socks.
Are Stunned As spies 1-~r 49,.
We sat down near them, intending
to be very sociable, but, pr6stol in
a very few moments we were quite
alOne-had all that part of the deck
to ourselves. My friend and | looked
at each other. l asked her, "What Is
the matter with them or with usf'
She did not know. ''.'
When they all had moved over to
the other side we took the most com.
Portable chairs we could find and sat
down. BY and bv some fremen came
and sat down behind us. 2'.'
AS | wanted to talk to some one | |
started cII: rsation with the one
nearest me-. lie merely looked at me.
l was. beginning to think that they
were under the impression that we were
from Molokai, the island where the
lepets arej nut one, drawer than the
rest, enlightened ME. He explained TO
me, looking at my companion while no
spoke, that the fact of her having
German name and so many German
friends to see her on had convinced
them we were spies or something justs
as bad.
The two following days were lust
the same. & Weowers 4 summed and
shubbed, but we did not allow our,
selves TO appear worried about it, al,
though we were, as we really wanted
to be sociable. -. - *
The third day we had very rouRh
Weather and had to stay inside. The
women were nearly all seasick and the
men were playing chess aud actibbage.
Ny friend and I Just moped around.
Patriotic Tunes Make Trouble -
. / was getting Ion some and went to.
the dining room, where there was
piano, aud commenced TO play. For
some reasons Twas thinking of the
good old UIS.pA. aud played D Dixie -
and all the other patriotic tunes could
think Of, ending with 'rMy Country,
It's of Thee. !" In less than five min.
ntes the room was full Of indignant
English. One young woman asked M
what meant by singing that, "as it
was theirs"
! finished my "erse, and this time I
did the looking. eyed every one of