Milford chronicle., 1921-08-26
EVA DEPUTY WRITES
FROM FAR HONOLULU
Her LETTER WILL BE FOUND TO Be
VERY INTERESTING TO Her MANY
MILFORD FRIENDS.
Y. w. c.. A. Homestead
61O S. King ST.,
Honolulu, T. H.
July 81, 1921.

July 81, 1872
EMMA, DEAR
How on earth am l going to be alb
to tell you everything that has happene
since last Sunday?
Pm sure l told you what a lifele'
crowd we had on the Manoa, and l mu
say it continued to be such until tn
very last afternoon, when sOmebOd
awoke sufficiently to arrange some dec
sports, and the crowd became a littl
better acquainted, or at least littl
more "peppery." These games were a
contests of one kind or another, and tn
prizes were awarded at the captain
dinner that night, which was a yer
nice affair. Besides the rather elaborat
menu, we had faxors, paper caps, bal
looms, N everything. Then, after din
ner there was little program of musi
and readings, tout on deck) composed
of the talent among the passengers.
That was Tuesday. All that night WI
practically drifted, because the wind haC
been in our favor during the voyage
and we approached the island mucf
sooner than was expected. The mex
morning we breakfasted at six, and
think all the passengers were up by day
break. was myself, hard as that may
be to believe. l don't think I'll ever for
get that dawn. 1t was a beautiful one
Above Diamond Head, which looks very
much like an extinct volcano crater, we
could see the jagged outline of the noun
tains against a pink sky interspersed
with gray clouds, and as the dawn gave
way to the light of the sun, the sky be-
came golden and the clouds gilt-edged.
1t was too beautiful for words, and a
kind of calm settled on everybody as
they gazed. When we came up on deck
after breakfast, the sun was shining, and
we had rounded Diamond Head, to the
entrance of the harbor. Then we stood
in line for the inspection by the U. S.
Inspection officers, who came out to
meet us in launch. When he saw we
were all "ht" to enter the city, we aP-
preached the wharf. Never, never, new
er have l experienced such varied emo
tions as l did as we came near! And
Pm sure never want to again. 1 felt
absolutely "all gone," and if Dorothy
hadn't been along l probably would have
"rOlled over and died" To stand there
in that crowd and see the waiting crowd
on the wharf, waving frantically as they
spotted" friends. or relations on the boat
and vice versa; to know that there
wasn't a single soul there waiting for
us, no leis to be hung around our necks,
not even a familiar smile to greet US;
not knowing what confronted us; and
knowing that we simply could not get
away within two months, no matter how
badly we wanted to lit is impossible to
make reservation to sail within that
time well, it was too muchp l saw
women weeping on the wharf. l don't
know whether it was from joy, or mere
emotion. And then, when the moment
was most intense the Hawaiian Band
struck up "Aloha," and had to steel my
self as Pve never done before, to keep
from breaking down. l looked at Dor
othy once. Once was enough, because
saw that she was going through exactly
the same as /, so we didn't exchange a
word. Finally, we did brace up and
walked down the gangplank, through the
waiting crowd. They lined up on two
sides, making sort of a little pathway
for the arrivals. Since we had no
friends to look up, or greetings TO ex-
change, we were about the first ones out
Of the place. We hailed a taxi and rode /
to the Y. W., and from there' we came
over here so that l might secure a room.
l his is their boarding home, and is a
arge place, formerly a residence. About
he first of September they are moving
nto lovely new place.
After depositing our wraps, Il surGg
'elt conspicuous with my fur coat on my
lrm, having neglected to put it in my
runk before 1 left the boat) we went
'ver to the Queens Hospital so that
Dorothy could get "located." She has
ovely room over there, the place is
.uite good-looking and the people seem
-ery nice, and l think she is going to
Ike it. She has already done some work
nd starts on her job Officially tomor-
ow."
'each-much-t Waikiki. We Just ,
lissed car, so after we had stood in
lie sun about five minutes, and weren't
| very good humor, because of that, we
'ok the next one which came along, and /
-hich was going in the opposite direc- ,
on, deciding we would go to the end of
e line and back. We were glad we /
id, because it afforded us a better idea t
the city. After passing through the c
merican, business section, which sure /
isn't extensive, we abruptly entered +
e Japanese and Chinese section. This +
composed of little shops, not at all d
,at looking, and many little fat, dirty l.
ildren playing about the streets. The
ly really artistic phase is the Japanese ii
omen dressed in Japanese costume, very n
at and clean, and really looked as fl
ough they stepped off a Japanese fan. S,
This is another of Dorothy's express
ms, and is not original with me). Ft. Ia
after was at the end of the car-line, h
d is quite good-looking place. On our "
ny back, and on the other side of the pi
y, we passed through a part of the W
sidential district, and let me tell you O,
I love it'll I wish 1 might in
Id you a picture of it, but l should pl
INT the picture to contain the exact col A
} of the lovely Towering trees (there &c
one kind which is simply loaded with co
lutiful crimson blossoms), the cocoa w
palms. the iron-wood trees, which m
: something like pine trees with "huf- til
needles that sway in the breeze, the
'geOus flowers, and the many, many w
Iutiful shrubsl The homes, which tn
bungalows and cottages, are simply to
cked away" amid an abundance of an
Sc trees and flowers and shrubs, and tn,
Gems that each street one looks down an
background of those lovely green, to
ged mountains. hi,
We heard lots of people say they were ba
appointed in Waikiki Beach. 1 wasn't bo
maybe I didn't expect as much as
T. love the palms, the banyan trees, an