Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-11-03
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Vyt ,Nr-,y,s irt.S.,s~-.e
F91e sandwich Fs4Ai.,fs aase eeea called "Para-
disc lssssiss+a a.,s g. saa rev paradise that
Ne ali h,,,s " eq,s. :. ~, Raasps ideal than
;ise~e Islands s,Ae4.~e e>v'sea the Aagio-Saxon
rssv f,>s sRo is,ssseFsIaeAae III knowing FOR new
srfsi' apd rat,,,,Ies ,SsassrV atisa, Most things
ia this lie as~ nj relative value. From this
Ssspdt~ssh; tFrele admit that this Is para
dive ies cinnamon, mosquitoes. lava, lust and
leprts<,, The truth IA II rains about one-third
the tsi,ie ans ,.c rvs, Is about equally divided
eegwvea a hot. clustering sun. u fierce kona or
$s,,th wIud, ar q rampant trade wind. Still,
ps-ap,e her, beast that this Is u finer climate
than that vt Italy. Well, heaven help Italy
tlicn, NSeaSiunatiy "A week Of fine weather
cheetS uS ur, but Ia endure the rain, mud
aui the blues 81 long for snort period OF
sunshine il OVERRIDING the matter of patience.
Nou eau neither pack away nor hang up your
clothing without having IL covered with II blue
mold. and FOR this same reason there is not II
respectable cellar IN the kingdom. The only
way food can be kept Is To make u Wire cage
and suspend u by u rope from u crane or tree
III the open air: then a few inches from the
point OF contact the rope must be wound around
with poison To keep the ants from making a
suspension bridge OF it for u foraging eXpedi-
ton. Lay any piece of food down nve minutes
ana an army corps of these fellows will devour
Ii. tOckroaches destroy your library. Cent?
pedes. scorpions, and spiders as large as the in
deX finger and other such delightful creatures
infest your parlor, dining,room. and sleep in
your wardrobe ut night. No one can sleep for
an hour unless under "a canopy, for the friendly
musquitO is ever at work. Flies are not very
numerous, but they are exceedingly agile.
With all the precept and example of good
men the morals OF the islands not IDEAL
The Anglo-Saxon blood has done some mighty
things for the world, and its corruptions pale
all other nations The natives not actually I'M
der the iron hand OF the missionaries are
actually slaves OF lust. 1t is simply appalling
to see the moral degradation. among a certain
class; women being the leaders. The vile white
man has not been slow to make q beast OF him.
self. There is the greatest cOnglOmeration of
purity and vice, lust and virtue, hOnorableness
and deyiltry, heaven and hell, upon this queen
OF the sea than on any one spot upon the globe.
The ItU Mail Gazette revelations only squint
at some of the dark things of the Hawaiian
Kingdom. 1t is open and debasing. No mis-
tress trains them; they grow into it naturally
by their own weakness and bad white men s
yll!ainy. But the bad does not reign supreme.
Noble white men, pure angelic womanhOOd still
strive TO teach the Hawaiian better, and by Il
sweet and holy example Of purity teach them
that the whites are not ali vile nor adventures.
The result of vice upon the Hawaiian race is
obvious. They are iast dying out. Fifty years
from now they will exist only i'll history. From
great people they have dwindled down to an
insignificant number, and the rest seem bound
TO destroy themselves.