Milford chronicle., 1921-08-26

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| couldn't describe these things to you
(maybe you've seen some, anyway but
they can spread out and they can shriY-
el up, they have great big pores (shall
l call them?) which they open and close
and through which l understand they
suck the blood of a human being when
they get hold of him, and while you're
standing there watching them, in a
flash half of the animal will change
from white to a dark brown. 1t even
makes me creepy to write about them !!
Dorothy says, ugh, if they have those
things around here, me for dry land, or
else Pm going TO get some chicken wire
to wear around me-" She tells me she
has been assured that they were all
caught in the coral reefs before they got
in near shore, though, so she doesn't
worry now.
The next day, Thursday, made my
self partially acquainted with the bus
iness district, inquired about securing
I stenographic positions, etc, and find the
situation rather discouraging. Seems
that many other girls from all over the
/ U. S. caught the same fever Pm a vic
tim of, but they caught it first l was
tod to register at the two agencies, and
then to solicit all the larger concerns,
which started out to do on Friday NOR
ming, and say, if you think that doesn't
take nerve I'd like to see you try it
sometime! After I'd Stumbled into"
about a half a dozen different places
was sick, sore, and tired" of the whole
affair. Although they were extremely
courteous to me everywhere l went
came to realize l had struck a bad time
to look for a job. You see, that terrible
condition of affairs which swept over
the East some time ago, has gradually
crept towards the West, until it only
recently reached the Pacific Coast, and
when it did, all the girls "set sail' for
Hawaii. Also, find many from the
East, who went to California first, just
as did, and then came over here about
two or three months ago.
Well, anyway, l finally decided Id call !
up business man to whom Miss Wolff /
had written concerning me. miss Wolff |
has charge of the employment agency in
San Francisco, with whom 1 registered.) |
He was expecting me and has a pros
peotive position for me, but 1 don't
know (nOr does he) just how it will pan
out. l hope satisfactorily
l also called on the Honolulu Dental
Supply Co., and DR.. Grossman, DR.. Lay
toms classmate, and to both of whom he
had sent me letters, and was very cOur-
teously received. Enjoyed both visits.
Speaking frankly, l think the Honolulu
d. S. Co., needs a little competition. Of
course I'm judging from merely a casu
al glance, but it looked to me as though
the place is rather slip-Shod.
Friday night l went to a dance at the
Seaside Hotel. The tables are out in the
open, and reminded me a trihe of the
country festivals we used to have back
home on Saturday nights, except that it
was right along the beach, and the break
ers dashed up against the stone wall
with kind of a soothing, refreshing
sound. We danced to music by a Ha-
waiian orchestra, but they played our
songs jazz style. OF course they couldn't
get entirely away from the Hawaiian
touch, and every few minutes would
burst forth into song. I liked it. My, .
wouldn't they make a hit at Bowers
Beach.
l almost forgot to say that on Friday
afternoon l went to a concert by Madam
Shumann Heinck, given at the Elks
Club, which is a lovely building out at
Waikiki. She is indeed wonderful A part
If the program was rendered by Mr..
George Morgan, young man, who was l.
also very, very good; in fact he won
llmost as much applause as she.
Nothing interesting happened yester-
lay, except | received some mail, but to-
lay! Dorothy and l took a trip around
he island, and l don't see how l can S
ver tell you about it and do it Justice.
f anyone should ever ask me the mean
ng of picturesque" l believe I'd ans
yer OAHU" which is the name of this
sland, as you of course know. Our ride
Overed about ffty-hve miles. We rode S
trough vast plantations of sugar cane, l
and rice. AT no time did we Il
ct out of sight of those lovely Jagged )
fountains, which become different col tt
rs, different contours, and different ev-
rything as one rides along, and not
lany times did we get away from the
lrf on the other side, which is honest
absolutely beautiful. We passed many
tile beaches of the whitest sand you q,
yer saw, with the water seemingly fad g. 9,
g from light green into dark green, w :"
len light blue into dark blue, and be- :
md that we could see a sand bar with
e white caps rolling upon it.
Before we got down into the produc-
We region, though, we stopped at Pail,
ON which point one gets a perfectly
Onderful view to the other side of the
land. Next to the Grand Canyon of
rizona, that is the most wonderful =,
ing I've seen. There is a legend con- r.
rning this place, to the effect that in
IS Kamehameha's forces put to rout
e Oahmans, pushing them back over
: edge of the cliff, and thousands met
ath at the bOttom-an abrupt drop of
20 feet. ga
All the time we couldn't help noticing EE
soil, which ranges from a deep gar rs
to bright orange color. Imagine f3
color effect of patches of this bright
on the slope of a green mountain.
We passed Marmon temple, next lS
gest to the one in Salt Lake City. We sS
our luncheon at the Halewa Hotel HI
ich is very pretty place in a very
turesque spot. 1t was from here that ks
took ride in the glass-bottomed boat Iss
,r the coral reefs, which were very M
eresting indeed. And seemingly, to M
we that such fish as we saw in the 90,
uarium really do exist, we recogniz- +rv
several species swimming around the w
al reefs. These coral reefs, by the Pr
y are of different formations, and are, mo
silly white though some were a dis wo
t yellow and others lavender. Gin
While we were waiting for this boat wa,
passed the time throwing nickels in HU