The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1891-11-05
ABOUT
STORIES
HAWAII
on TELLS THE DE
/, 1''' FREE PRESS "A
''' .aARR STORY
,hont Hawaii That ma
Ibi'g' n,o.t Know.

- nThe Hawaiians,"
l'' Inoram in the September
y .. no opens thus: " A voyage
'a 5.p. from fri the Golden Gate
l ~ to Honolulu, the Hawaiian
que natber slow travelling that,
, r of steam. at is a city
'.tt1 bI inhabitants fifteen
islanders, five thousand
'l .,,., and ten thousand Chi
..,,,ws 4 glowing description
loI rorgeoHs with flowers, its
Eternal summer"
e? .h fs' nreface, the main subject
8 b l liili rs is preached in the state
i lnt'I tbe natives, who are said
Ila I.l .n race, are of a light
. hal" Elsewhere in the arti-
!. .o. Complexion is described as
III T ogain, the girls are spoken
a niirinSlv as orange-colored
y aot Of the natives is said to
& l II "cocoanuts, bread-fruit,
.,rYs fish and taro poi" Some
-.f rom the mountain wilds-
i y their fish raw. A tolerably
I. .,,elount is given of the manu-
y If pOi, and of the primitive
liam fashiOn of gathering around
J. .saIabash; the accompaniment
! /. eryed on sea shells, however,
= kamaaina as a new fad.
rouId seem to be something of
8.,,Hism, too, in the statement
the king himself never looks
,nr IS when seated on the floor
t 4: peOple, eating poi out of the
She's as there is Il ludicrously
,pJ sentimentalism in the fur
,,sqrtion that "this custom of
ancestors is held as Il sacred
/, and around it cluster so many
|Ted memories that they cling
! Harm with tenacious loyalty.n
Eature is kind to the Hawaiian.
food grows without cultivation.
gnves (8elf-planted, we must in
lnish his meals. He has naught
but to pluck and eat. In the
linz when he aWakes he reaches
nd shakes q mangoe (sic) or
-tuit limb why not a cocoanut
appIe tree?) and breakfast falls
sHap.n 'rhe cocoanut, pome-
P orange, banana, pineapple
ieadfruit trees provide for his
The "table," of course, is
niye, but imagine a kanaka
bin his rush-thatched reed but
..al block in lieu of a chair! and
sature these same cottages with
vide pOrches, embowered in
HestIing under the grateful
stthe cocoanut palms, and fol-
Imagination the uninterrupt-
eesiOn of their EIysian bowers
belts each of the enchanted
IL
"a stroll out in the forests on a
y morning and listen to the
alhOirS singing in their chapels
The roar of the surf" if you
70 have ga rare pleasure"
he combination would certain
ION the Hawaiian Islands.
interesting to learn why it is
the Hawaiian lady always
F. in white, considering white
most pleasing to the eye, and
adapted to laundry wear
Ever that may Mcmillan faded
fsOt notified colors. She rarely
gay or varied tints.r
| hawaiian girl is a famous
-1eF-that is not news to any of
1--WE learn now that she is also
navigator. The snowy sail of
'a n may be seen any day as it
Ae great breakers" of the
channels that separate the
-sA not surf bathing or sailing
-9Ge, or takingm moonlight horse
-ales in her white riding habit,
l. not practicing one of the pc
y, graceful dances of the coun-
M T. may find her sitting on he1
yOvh reading the latest "sea
=, VI posing over a religious
VI possibly the weekly news
,s.t t1r she is fond of reading.
~,uineS hOrrid foreigner mar.
Ss y iOr her money, or for a gov.
|I,5 rt position, but it is to live 6
r,ro a lie, "fOr her ways are MOI
s .o Sl and his likes, pleasures anC
lgss JrS are not hers" With this
m, -Gly picture, the writer closes
Instructive and entertaining
! scientific treatise we have .
i ,e "a that the greatest care
and '1Aeh that the facts be care
m exactly stated. One of tn,
arv eS OF the Riverside Natura
asSbs%d WORK to which only dis
aoro oa 99aturalists and specialist,
i N H:i Il to have contributed, i
9, SiSn the important subjec
q d. "ar history of man. II
aof S are OIL the editors in the Sc
Qornrn tt c;5 regarding tn,
y tnr n Tribes of the world / nat
aaTaiHiaeu to what was said abou
ID ia 1u t3. Only four pages ar,
Gsr Snese people, mostly GOSSIP
llaIa all and its inhabitants
&aoIoao,,e aFIng on anthropolog,
iQd KY, l will quote sentence
ireFe with little comment.
>@lyeSs own wi! language they cal