ON THE MALOLO.

Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 283, 30 November 1931, Page 16

ON THE MALOLO.

NOTABLE PASSENGERS.

PROFESSIONAL MEN AND WOMEN.

NOT MAXY GLOBE-TROTTERS,

Amongst the tourists on the Matson liner Malolo, which arrived at Auckland on her third cruise of the Pacific early yesterday morning, are a number of professional men and women. In comparison with the two previous tours there are not many "globe-trotters," and most of the passengers are either on a healthrecruiting tour or are having a rest from their business and professional worries.

Bringing a new standard of speed, luxury and safety to the Pacific, the flagship of the Matson Line is primarily a ship for travellers who want the best. She has more rooms with private baths than any other ship on the Pacific. Every stateroom has hot and cold water, twinbeds and automatic ventilation, changing the air in all rooms and public spaces every three minutes. All food is cooked by electricity, and electric power polishes the 6ilverware, roasts meats, boils eggs, runs the movie projectors, hoists the elevators and turns the ice cream freezers. She has seven decks, including three promenade, decks and a sun deck. There are so many "public rooms" that a tourist, not wanting to be all the time with other passengers may easily be lost for a-few hours. Six times round one of the promenade decks' and the passenger has walked a mile. And as there are only 134 tourists on board there is plenty of room. ' ~..."■•

In Many Strange Places. Ami old and experienced traveller is Mr. Deane H. Diekason. He has been round the world 11 times in 11 years and has been, lecturing and taking moving pictures during his tours. When he was 23 years of age Mr. Dickason resigned the editorship of a paper in Denver and set out for remote parts. His first travel experience was a trip round, the world as the writer of a series- of newspaper articles and among them ' he had . interviews with such notable figures as Dr.. Sun Yat-sen, Rabitodranattt Tagore; Mahatma Gandhi and ienito Muesolirii. On hie return his writings and public addresses attracted attention and he was invited by the Canadian Pacific Line—at that time just entering the . cruising field—to become lecturer and publicity agent of its annual world,: cruises. For five years he circled the globe on various "Empress" ships, and between ■ cruises he lectured on travel; in the larger cities of North America; As. radio was developing he became one of the; earliest speakers on travel over .the air. •/,...,,•„., While cruising Mr.'. Dickaeon had manyithrilling adventures.: He.stood on the brink of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii in iljiy, 1924, and sew it erupt for the first in 134 years., Ten minutes priori: to the ' explosion; Ms ' cameraman had photographed him at the rim.of Halemaumau ("House ■of ■ Everlasting .Fire"), where, had he arrived a few minutes later, or remained a few minutes longer," he would have been either blown to atoms or hurled into the steaming fire-pit' 1000 ft below. In procuring pictures for hie present "port o' call" series, Mr. Dickaison and his cameraman have seen ithe interior of the test and some of the worst "bastilles" in the world. "A few , *we even preferred to the local hotels/' he said, "though often it was much, harder to get into gaols than it was"! the hotels. And, incidentally, equally ee hard to get out." Most'of his difficulties have been due to tHe; inherent antipathy of the Oriental for the "evil-eye" of the camera. Many resent being photographed and. at times will resort to desperate; means to prevent : it. Once Mr. Dickason and his cameraman were attacked by Bedouin camel' drivers for attempting to photograph: their caravan. . Once they .were locked in the Temple of the 500 Genii in Canton, China, and their lives menaced by three Chinese ruffians, because they had /dared to photograph the sacred Buddha of Fecundity. Only an uplifted tripod and the payment of a dollar ransom obtained their release without harm;' .

Painted the King of Siam. I A noted American artist, Miss; Lillian 1 Genth,,is making the cruise.. She has visited Siam, where she executed a commission to paint a portrait of King Praja Dhrpok. Mies Genth has also painted portraits of some of:the out-, standing Japanese wrestling champions. In other Eastern countries she has painted dancers and religious ceremonies. Three years ago she created a sensation in art circles in America by. announcing that she had forever discontinued" painting nudes, "a ;formof artistic expression through which, she had acquired international fame and great wealth] and flatly refusing-to s.ay .why. • Since ..that .time she has painted nothing but Spanish and African subjects, none. of them nude. For many seasons she has spent the greater part, of her time in. a' large studio has in Spain.. Miss Genth, who is described as Whistler's favourite pupil, had the distinction pi being the only American artist officially invited to attend the Barcelona and Seavill Expositions. ' ■ .-:• Looking For Baths: ; Miss Elinor Eckart, of San ■ Francisco, is the daughter of Mr. Nelson A. Eckart, general manager of the. San Francisco, waterworks department. She promised her father that she: would bath in and report on the Wdter' supply of' every place visited by the Malolo. In addition to warm baths in the ship's ports of . call Miss Eckart- was. v looking. forward to bath-sampling at Kotorua, especially the mud baths she had-heard so much about. •■'.-'■■■'■ .-•.;■*• . Miss Eckart is accompanied by her uncle and aunt,. Mr. and Mrs. Charles F: Eckart. Mr. Eckart is a retired' sugar plantation manager, having been head, of the Olso Plantation, near Hilo, for many years.. Miss Eckart from the University of California- last June. • • . ■ •'- An Eye For Beaches. Mrs. A. M; Schmidt told e pressman she was 72 and had enjoyed every minute of the cruise. She was one of the lirst to leave the ship yesterday morning en route for Rotorua. Described as a pioneer Alameda business woman and proprietress of the Cottage Baths Beach liesort, Mrs. Schmidt is accompanied by her daughter, Mrs. Anna C. Westall. Mrs. Schmidt remarked upon Auckland's pretty beaches, and ventured the opinion that they were apparently not being made enough of. "Are they as popular as they might be?" she' inquired; "Hus anything been done to . continually attract people .-to them ? My word, if-we Jiad -eonie of,'those beaches'we saw eajly this mont'mg we something with them/' Mis. Schmidt was also ij.'Uyested to know if there were hot mineral water pools on any of the New :'cujaVid beaches that could be developed ■•"■oJjcuUli resorts for attracting ovj'r-

Otter Personalities. Mr. Arthur L. Black . was formerly vice-president of the Bank of California National Association. Mrs. Olive M. Childers comes from Amarillo, Texas, where she is described as a prominent oil operator. Mr. Archibald R. Dennis, of San Francisco, is vice-presidenfc and general manager of Chester N. Weaver and Co., Pacific Coast distributors for Studebaker motors. Dr. A. B. Eckerdt comes from Kaneohe, near Honolulu, where he is medical director of the Territorial Hospital. He told a "Star" representative that he had always wanted to see New Zealand, having met numbers'of people from the Dominion, including Dr. Peter Buck, with whom he is very friendly. Dr. Howard Fleming is a brain specialist in San Francisco. He is accompanied by Mrs. Fleming. Mrs. E. S. Hobson, of Ventura, Cali- j fornia, is a breeder of many winning horses for polo, racing, and high jumping. Mr. Chas. P. Hanley, of San Francisco, is a retired broker. Mrs. Gertrude E. Leeming is a writer from New York. Mr. Herbert W. Low, of Oakland, California, who is president of the Dairymaid Creameries, Ltd., is on a business trip this cruise. Mrs. Frances McAllister, of San Francisco, is a retired school teacher. She is president of the Allied Arts Club, a member ■of the Teachers' Mutual Aid Club, and the Novo Club, all of San Francisco. Mr. L. G. Parker, of Cleveland, is a manufacturer of railway track specialities j Dr. William H. Phillips, of Shaker Huts, is an eye and ear surgeon, and Mr. W. B. Shuler, of Hamilton,' Ohio, is president of Shuler Bennitgton and the Miami Woollen Mills.

Passengers for Auckland from Sydney were: Miss L. Monteith, Miss N. Nahr, Mrs. M. Nalir, Mrs. Annie Stokes, Mr. H. L. Spry and Mr. E. W. Marshall, of the New Zealand Tourist Department.