The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-12-13

November, 10 II.
The Herald:
The government physician IN
the next district south of us is a
member of the National Guard OF
Hawaii and has been called to
Honolulu for training, consequent
" have had to take care of both
districts and my work as a menu
Der of the Selective Draft Board
of Hawaii has kept me so busy
that / have not had time to write
but / hope in this letter to finish
telling you of our trip so that l
can begin writing you about the
people, the country and ourselves
in our new environment. In our
last letter we had just arrived at
the wharf in Honolulu.
As the passengers filed down
the gangplank the Royal Hawai-
ian band played Hawaiian music
and some of our music too. They
played beautifully. You all know
that ! know good music when l
hear it for / played in Caldwell s
band once upon a time. On ae-
count of Mrs. Jeffrey's injury we
had to carry her down the gang
plank. ] have always been rath-
er proud of the fact that my wife
is somewhat plump but l must say
as / helped carry her down that
plank under that tropical sun to
the waiting automobile | had a
feeling that / would like her to be
a little more slender but that feel
ing has all gone now.
We stepped out of the gate on
dry land and saw lined up before
us long line of high-prieed, well
kept automobiles and plenty of
them, ready to take us to any part
of the city. We had engaged our
ear before we arrived so we were
not bothered by the elammoring
drivers. Our car passed down
the well paved streets to the
Young Hotel, hostelry which is
not surpassed by any on the main
land for appearance, service, or
prices. 1t was an odd sight to us
to see big fine looking, well
groomed, black, traffic officers
directing the stream of automo-
biles as they moved up and down
the streets.
After enjoying short rest we
took trip over the famous city
of Honolulu. 1t seemed like fairy
land to us. The trees, the grass,
the plants, and the shrubbery
were so green and fresh. Flow
ers of all kinds, shapes, and eolors
were every where in abundance.
1t seems that almost all the veg
citation from the massive trees
down to the most insignificant
weed blooms often or continuous
" and of course beautifully. The
fragrance is often so strong that
It is almost depressing. During
orr first day on land the earth |
was very unsteady, the sidewalks
undulated and the buildings tot !
tered on their foundations, some
times we stepped high and some
times we stubbed our toes and 1
still other times we realed from
side to side but next day the real 1
estate became more substantial.
As we rode along In our car
IN one part of the city we felt 4
that we were In city of the main
land transplanted into a tropical
park, then as we drove into anOth-
er part, the streets, the houses, the
schools, the churches, the people,
and all .he surroundings would
be nothing but Japanese and we
could easily imagine that we were
in far off Japan, then we would
pass into the Portuguese quarters
where every body and everything
was Portuguese; then into the
Chinese quarters where the
chinks" reign supreme. The /
Islands have been call
ed the Melting Pot of Nations"
and the name is well chosen for
the nations are surely here and
tie melting pot too which / will
later.
OUI time was very much occu-
pied in seeing the parks, the beau
tiful residences, the museum, the
the surrounding scenic
drives, and the famous beach at
Waikiki pronounced wy-kee-
keel where we took our first mid
winter swim in the ocean. Our !
stay in Honolulu was altogether
TOO short as there were great r
many more places to go and n
great many more things to see, but a
he good ship Wilhelmina was =
anxious to finish her trip so we 2
an our car on board again and 4
IF we sailed for Hilo (pronounc- t
d hee-lo), on the Island of Ha- v