The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-01-02

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son are rally IN tie =--1LeI t~aruihel Islands
ar- what q queer e they ares Elu wonder
u.r t-ey are n 4IlEe. c1ulv1rl--- -l4cllr-l-c
.ie climate j. ~ MueI warner than formerly,
a.r an Haa...a "". ..m--aar .Ha 49,
This want of activity vJ1 Ul-ice ~ eFcryrli-g-
II j. n1t confined q TIC people alone TIE ycr-
animals are cue-ylte1. Inc Gt- LeTcr r-rh lt-
% mice. On tie cJntr-y. they i've together
.eg a- lay, GlI crow nj night. Hens ollE ly
under protect and a- aw c--- a= T1---5.e. Il J.
o clll9u- country IN every way. They have cats
without tlll-- tor tley WOll be useless GTTel-
a-se-, n kitten would have energy enough =
Elu after Ter tail i =he had one, and - child
am" = Il. 1900
>..-e ~ TIE ve-y tI-17 ol Hawaii have 10 wing.
a. though Nature Lcl-e.f recognized tie lc. that
they would never De used II given. You find
gee uVJn the highest myuu-ain-, miles away
from water, while tic h0r-c- are aMlLibIyCs, and
feed under water IN the marsics and ponds. with
only tie tips Oi their cars visible, through which,
You are told, they breathe, and yDu Do not fJr an
instant doubt il: for in q country where the IA
tive mount them from the wrong side; where in
cuchre tie ten takes tic ace; where John Bull
s,metime- becomes civil because il j. tJ1 warm u
bll-ter; and where Jonathan, with al lis love
and pride u HE country, consents u exTaCriate
himself and children. anything i Fos=ible.
Society in this peculiar place Is made up Of 90
many cJuirldictoTy elements that il can scarcely
be described. Most Cf the people are evidently
occupying social positions for above those which
thcy would FL gt home. and from close Obscrya-
ton have moulded their manners after those Of
IersJns OF good family, education and refinement,
who have driited hitler, On flying visits, in search
u novelty OF Of health. There are a few resi-
dent families who IOsess education, and have
introduced into society whatever Of outward re-
fnement IL has. IL l. peculiarly q T~arty-gying
and Iartv-gJing place. Dancing parties. dinner
parties, lunch parties, card parties-all kinds Of
parties-are Of daily occurrence At the fret
named yJu can dance all the dances familiar %
the days Of your grandmother. surrounded By Co
temporary costumes. At the next You can cat
the di=he- characteristic Of every age and CLINE.
Il l. sod rrar the crrrEer- Of = rur-rr- = an C-v-
dencc Of tie progress Of It's Civilization, and the
cookery Or the islands, like their society, i
slightly mixed. You can astonish your stomach
with Chinese, French and native viands, served
Up IN a style which u certainly unique, but all
tainted with those foreign and unfamiliar tiayOrs
which leave one in q state Of continual and disa-
grecabls suspicion Or - whether dog, cat, or
come other domestic friend NAV not DC concealed
under the guisc Of q TggOia, or JdiG. None Of
the cooks in the aTchilelago, ] think, rise = the
dignity Of artists. OVium-cating Chinese,
taught in a chop house or by some thrifty house
keeper; or. at best, some American citizen Of
African Cc-9ent, who has had q thres-years' ezpe-
Tiouec in the galley or q whaleship, constitute
the staple Of island cooks. The Spanish prJyerb,
that h. GDd sends meat. but the devil .cnds cooks;
could apply to no place better than therct TAX
iug into consideration tie many drawbackSisiand
LDU7ekeeIcrs must suffer, dinner Parties may be
said o. he the great success, - are lunch parties
tie great failure. That m~ingling Of the male
sAla4 -tiAGAE N.HA4el4L aL II 4-Ae.4- WHICH W. go at
home, j. unknown there. The dance before lunch
In the ialEshadel iarior Of our country houses.
and tic walk and quiet AirtatiOns Oh the ycran-
dab. OF under the trees, which "a summons u the
table breaks TGdcly upon; then, tie laughter and
je-ts. Frightening tic lnOnOtony Of eating, and
the eft words and lyokE which idealizc the mos;
r~-oslic nece--ity; and aitcrward, while tie mas
clliGe portion 81 the guests are enjoying the cher
i-hci cigar and gla-- Of wine GA the porchcs. to
tie s)und d swcctc-t mu-ic from piano OF harp
comes floating through the oIen wiudgws,
until all the . IcycIics Of . bachelor are fully
How well wc love, too, the game Of
on the smooth grassy lawn, wiich-makcs
au ending o. this most charming Of ali entertain
iIcnt-. Honolulu lunch PARTIES arc very different
nfair-. Precisely IN the hnt Of the dav. old
latie, starcici ]sIiu--crs and a slight spriukiing
% Young girls arrive. each with some work. NJ
gentlemen ARE invited, and none expected. Amid
CHATTER 81 feminine tongue, tEc knitting,
eryciet!Hg, and ewing goes busIly on The OBJ
seems d hc, o. y~eutilatc and demoiIsh tic
character Of every one H1t Fortunate. enough 70
Dc rIo-eut; and when that Las been successfully
accomplished, AL file =Olennly in % tine tables,
where nothing j. heard iu intervals between the
sound Of knives and forks except p1nderoUs CON-
Ulimcnt- from ancient ladies u the hostess upon
the excellence Of her j%e!lies, pickles, etc, and tie
CYCLES Of tic younger ones. while
c~1uyasing il under tones upon that forbidden
subicct-man; for into this Charmed circle no
Of our unfortunate sex, | am told, has
ever been allowed % enter. When the great
ends Of the day have been Misunderstanding and
gossip-the party adjourn 10 the drawing room
Jnce more, where the young girls look YEARLY
over albums and music, while the old ones discuss
babies, physic. and diseases, until the fixed hour
for breaking W arrives.
The most pleasant Of all amuscments in Homo
are the moonlight riding parties. The moon
Gems fuller and brighter there than in any other
place and one sees very few Irettier sights than
twenty or thirty young people riding at full speed,
with song and laugh, along one Of those white,
macadamized roads, made white by being covered
with coral dust, looking in the subducd light
like a river Of silver stretching away in the indis-
rinct distance, and bOrdcIed with all that i lovely
Of yerdure and luxuriant Of foliage. The rides
Of town are pleasant. and the views perfect.
The eve fairly revcls in beauty and if you wish
10 enjoy it in it. fullest sense, you should ride
down to the beach towards evening. To your
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