The Hawaiian gazette., 1918-03-19
Hapless Lepers Are
Thrilled By j. r. !.
Visit Of Airplane
Waited Long and Patiently For
SIGht Of Mokdlele and Finally
Mere aIlckled To Death;
Grateful fp UNCLE Sam Whom
They Thanked '' ''..'. ~ ".'%t

Nowhere else in the world than al
khlAupaph and Kalawao, the leper set.
Elements isolated on a peninsula Of the
island OF M0lokai, could the appear.
ance Of q great mechanical bird have
prodnced such excitement in this day
when narveh ate regarded az every.
day occurrences! ThA. Is what hap.
pened on Friday morning when out Of
the eloaas, seemingly, Major Harold
~. Clark, y. 8. A., plotting his sea.
plane, circled Q er The strange vii
iaCas. Hy,-Ry * =
y. ID. McVeigh, superintendent Of the
settlement, who lie at present In. H6.
noltIn, received letters yesterday from
the settlement, telling Of the marvel.
iotis sight which had been Afforded Tthe
residents, bit the best expression they
could give of their Impressions was
that all Hwere tickled TO death - to
haye been % highly honored by the
daring young aviator. - X
waited weary Days r~
For nearly a week the inmates Of
the settlement had watched the skies
asnevef before. Somebody 3 eyes were
| turned heayenward at all times Of the
lay Waiting for the marvellous emo.
khlele Y TO appear. They had seen bic.
tufes Of Aifpihnes, and possibly also
seen them In motion pictures, which are
frequently shown at the settlement, but
had Always Been denied the privilege
81 seeing the actuaT aiFplaIe In fight.
And then On Friday there was a shout
| that the |" mok ulele " was appfoAchj hing
In less than three minutes practically
| everyone who could walE was out 50
the open g4Eing toward the blue, cloud.
| studded vault - vi Ib2sA.t
| Rapidly 1t approached from Honolulu
a yspeGk Eat FIRST gradually becoming
| larger and larger, and then came down
ward swiftly toward the peninsula, and
there, all at once they could see that
| IL was mach bra. 1t was actual
y an sirplane. ~ ~
clear vieH Given
Then they Heard the drone of the
motor, and finally it seemed as If Il
| would come iii their midst, for the
/ major flew low and came within $500
feet of them, SO that they could see
/ the body of The machine and the boat
/ and the insignia Of the American fly
ing corps upon the planes.
:, Majors Clark, according to those il
/ the settlement, seemed inclined to Civ,
them thrills, for he circled -four or fiv,
times 0vef the settlement, and flew
away, only to come back and dip to
ward them,
For half an hour Uncle Sam s wal
aviator gave the people Of the settle
msnt every, opportunity TO study til,
strange machine and wonder over it
lnakyellNis doings, and then few ava,
6ver the Pail and back to Honolulu.
\ 2'tI don't believe that any one nov
in the settlement ever saw an airpIan
before, - said superintendent McVefgl
\ yesterday. h"In previous years no
i every one in Honolulu had seen an air
plane in flight here, and so I'm sur,
that none over there ever had seer
one.
1 Thank Uncle Sam 49,.
~asThet write me that 1t was a won
derful sight, this 'moku1ele' as the,
can It, and they were just tickled t.
death to think that Uncle Sam w1ul,
| 20 so far out of Ills way to let then
| have a peep at this wonderful thin
that travels through the afr so easil
and rapidly. They win have some
thing to talk about now for years"