Honolulu star-bulletin., 1916-01-06
AZURE Devils
TOOK Wing AS
VOYAGE began
Miss M. E. Finnegan, Sierra
Hermitess." Finds Honolulu
IL. Full of Allure

She does not allow her hair TO fall
in an unkept mass about her shoul-
ders; neither does she dress in one
piece robe of sack cloth fastened
about the waist with rope. In fact,
Miss Minnie F. Finnegan, styled the
-"Sierra Hermitess. is a very pleasing
Californian. a typical booster for her
home state, and not al all like some
newspapers have seen fit to repre-
sent her. .....
Yes, | guess am what YOU might
call a hermitess, she laughed, when
interviewed in her apartments at the
Donna hotel But to say that | have
given mp Dream Cottage in Placer
valley, California. is absurd. ] came
tc Honolulu rather on the spur of the
moment. as my physician said i need
ed change . So here am in beauti-
full Honolulu" .-. .. .....s7 IS.
Miss Finnegan has achieved almost
nationwide fame for her fad" of liv-
ing in practical seclusion in Dream
Cottage" On one occasion prior to the
time she left New York society,
Prince Henry of Prussia, brother of
Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany, referred
tC her as Americas most strikingly
interesting girl. ,. -. III.
May Stay Many Months.
AS Miss Finnegan is suffering with
slight cold, her interview with a
Star-Bulletin representative was rath.
er brief. She declares that she is
charmed with Honolulu, and that she
may remain here several months for
a complete rest.
How do you like Hon2lulu?' the re.
porter inquired.
81 find that my thoughts travel back
to the last half-hour on the coast, in
passing out of that steaming dock into
the indescribably refreshing breeze"
she said, ''and as my eyes turned away
ffDm the spot where the dear group
faded from vision and swept the glo-
rious horizon, and the broad bay wild.
ened out toward the wider ocean, and
the great waves throwing up the
CHEEKY whitecaps in the distance, it
was astonishing how my spirit leaped
up to meet them, how throng of
azure devils and phantom anxieties
took wing and fled away.
All my troubles we're lost in the
only real one-separation from Sandy
my pet dog; ,heart-hunger fer those |
love, and another peep at Dream Cot
tage,' with its wonderful charm, where
the hours spent are recalled with hap
Tiest memory" III =:
She paused for moment, and then
continued: y. ~
Whole City Has Allure.
"All that is for Placer county, Cali
,fornia, and now am here in Homo
lulu While have not been able to
trip around very, much, enjoying
had cold, cannot help but feel that
this island is an ocean out of which
have dipped bucketful here and
there, and from each bucketful have,
by hard straining, swallowed pint Of
the mere material city itself; the
streets and lanes and curious courts;
the buildings, public and private; the
parks and squares; the very names of
the localities-all so rich in historical
association, and peopled with the af
fecting memorials of so many gener
ations of men-one finds interest
NlllIu dppCdlo
Il could and will spend months in
wandering over your beautiful gardens
of paradise. 1t will be real joy
searching out your corners and spell.
ing cut their inscriptions.
viii Tell Her Friends.
81 shall delight in telling my friends
upon my return home of that which
is. precious in your present ciyiliza
ton and social advancement.
This is indeed a wonderful field of
interest and it brings me back to the
hour and the sweet and solemn feeling
which rested on my sipirt as | stood
alone in the hush of evening in that
beautiful chancel at Stratford-on-Avon,
with the spirit OF my great master
1t seems that it has
been repeated here, and
in no less degree"
As yet Miss Finnegan has made no
set plans for her visit in Hawaii. She
may, however. see the other islands
and the volcano before returning tn