Milford chronicle., 1921-11-25

1.-THE following letter from Miss Eva
Deputy, who was formerly with th'
Caulk Dental Company of Milford
in charge of one of the departments
was written to her friend and chum
Miss Emma Davis, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Walter H. Davis, of Mil
ford. 1t is one of q series Miss Dep
uty has written, which have been
printed in the Chronicle. The pres
ent letter is a description of triI
to an active volcano in the Hlwallan
Islands, and will be interesting to
all who read her description
tori
Honolulu, T. H.
October 6, 1921
Dearest Emma
1 must tell you about my trip over
to Wawaii to see Kilanea, the largest
active volcano in the world. 1t is ris-
ing at the rate Of IL feet day, and is
within rs feet of the top, so Dot and
thought we'd better not put off cur
trip too long Besides, she had va
cation the past weekend, so we made
our decision Thursday night, and lost
no time in making our reservations.
We left here at three o'clock Saturday
afternoon, on a small inter-lSlan0
boat. 1t is rather rough, too, going
through several channels, and almost
everybody gets seasick. went to bed
and stayed there till we landed, or I'm
sure would have been sick too. 1t is
1876 miles over there. At nine o'clock
P. NJ, we stopped off the island Mani,
about a mile from the coast. The pass
e., 1,nA fa1o oil h
ed down into the life boats, and were
rowed over to the little town of La
haina. OF course we had to wait for
the boats to come back.
We arrived at Hilo ION Hawaii, and
the next town in size to HonOlulu) at
seven a. m, and were met by chat
feur with a Cadillac touring car. BY
this time there were six in our party,
and we stayed together all the time,
and had heaps of fun.
We first rode to Rainbow Falls,
then to see Onomea Arch, which is a
natural formation in the rock pro-
iecting into the sea, and then rode
back to HilO in time to take the 9:15
train for a trip around one side of the
island.
That was a lovely trip. We were on
the observation car, and could get a
good look at all the scenery. We rode
through miles and miles of sugar
cane growing all over the hillsides;
across deep gorges, ION steel bridges)
wonderful places where the vegeta-
tion is thick with ferns and lovely
trees, and sometimes we could look
down upon a picturesque village by
the sea; through plantation settle
ments, where the children would
come out of the houses to wave at the
passengers big event in their lives,
1 suppose; and even through a tun-
mel One-half mile long, cut through
the hills, which is quite a piece OF
engineering. There were many bread
fruit trees loaded with fruit. They are |
beautiful large trees, and the bread
fruits are about the size of grape |
fruit-Only green. 1 ate my first one |
today, by the way, and found it delic- |
ious. They have to be baked, and
taste like sweet potatoes.
When we arrived in Hilo at 2:30 it |
was pouring rain, and there was some
thunder and lightning. 1 thoroughly
enjoyed it, being the nearest like
real storm of anything I've seen since
I left Delaware. And it didn't delay
our Journey. We started right out to-
wards the Volcano House, thirty-One
miles distant We ran put of the
storm a few miles out of HilO, and
had a very enjoyable ride. Hawaii is
more tropical than this Island, and OF
course one gets a better idea OF the
original life of the natives, although
the white people are gradually occu-
pying the island, and educating the
OF course those sugar
are owned by business
men from here, mostly.
With the exception of some sugar
cane growing, all of this section OF
The islands, between Hilo and the
volcano, is not cultivated. There is
an abundance of beautiful ferns and
fern-trees growing wild; also ginger !
lowers, which are very, very fragrant !
md which are used so much in leis. /
Well, we arrived at the Volcano ;
House (hoteD about p. m, and at {
80 we "hopped in" the auto again,
md started for the wonderful pit. Ev- !
IN at the Volcano House the hot 7
;team comes out of the ground in f
places, and gives one rather an un- {
,anny feeling. We stopped on the r
yay to view two large extinct craters Q
one of them 77O #. deep. Finally we +
.rrived at the really active one, and +
could hardly get to the edge QUICK +
v enough. I was so anxious to see 2
!. and oh, what sight! Imagine that =
oiling. bubbling, kissing lava, in "
loving mass, bright orange in color;
t least. as near as I can describe. IL
J a color that is hard to describe.
here were three large lakes like this,
nd all around were large cracks with " "
he red showing through, just to let q "
s know that the same kind of thing ~
ras going on under the harder crust p >,
{ lava. 1t was so fascinating that we 4"
at for two-and-a-half hours and
-atched it, and then hated to pull
urselves away; but we dared not bi
lay longer and run the risk OF MISS h
lg our dinner. ie
The next morning was one OF the Il
lost beautiful I've ever seen. The sun fC
as shining, and the air was crisp. fl
Te started out in our (?) Cadillac, "l
ith a guide, to take another look at A
10 volcano. The roadside was sim bi
" thick with those lovely ferns, k
Iarkling with dew, and here and IL
ere wild roses blooming among n
em. The luhua trees are beautiful,
NJ The foliage is thick and glossy
ID the blossoms are large and GRIM
m. The old Hawaiians fully believe "
, a superstition that If you PLUCK vi VI
ese blossoms it will rain; IN tacI' ?.