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injured but motors behaved well -- This is the bad weather North which produced those disagreeable [[strikethrough]] swel [[/strikethrough]] ground swells which kept us rolling so much - This [[underline]] motor ship is the forerunner of many of the kind for long distance passenger service [[/underline]] She makes 18 knots.
SS."President Taft" can make 20 and even 21 knots. Has [[underline]] Turbines [[/underline]]
On Waikiki beach I entered in conversation with a man who was connected with the Inter-Island steamer service. and who was a Hollander who used to be on a freighter between [[underline]] Java and Ghent [[/underline]] I am transferred to a better room. Cabin No. 112
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which I hired all to myself. Excellent accomodation. after one of the little beds is folded up. Special wash and toilet room annexed with excellent [[underline]] fresh water [[/underline]] shower bath. This is real luxury. The best cabin I ever had on any ship. I paid [[underline]] $610 [[/underline]] from San Francisco to Sanghai. Every room is taken.
Ther are an enormous amount of motor cars in Honolulu all driven by [[underline]] Japs or Chinese or Tanakas [[/underline]] if not by white or mixed breeds.
Stores are exceptionally well provisioned and I have no doubt that the per capita buying power of Honolulu is decidedly greater than most communities in the U.S.