The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-12-31
ON THE BEACH AT WAIKIKI.
WHERE THE TURMOIL OF BIFE r.
LUJLED AND J<sINEss rs Az Arr


EULLED AND J<sIEEss rs an Arr
a Ho-ss Fs-ty D. = Fs-o-s susurs /,
HsueiuIu-sous OF the sooisi Dtverrtou
90 the HEosern Hsvvsiiss Aristoeraey-
Pe,. we-s-. sss so.s. s.a dips Tate en-
wars waters sC the sopth sss.
Once man who had been twice around tins
world and is now slowly drifting around on nj.
third tour said to me that he thought life a.
forded more pleasure In the Sandwich Islands
than anywhere else on the elobe. OF course
that sort OF opinion IL valueless unless you
know all about the mental and physical make
up OF the man who expresses IT, so that you
may correctly determine the view point. Well,
the man cares quite bit about painting and
music. nothing about books or literature, IL q
fairly Intelligent diner. has substituted whis-
key and water for champagne rs beverage,
IL q connoisseur In female beauty. and " ould
rather battle In the ocean than say his prayers.
AZ one must forego on the Islands such de-
lights as are afforded by picture galleries
statuary. music, except the most elemental,
ss literature holds no place in the esteem OF
society. as the culinary art is only rarely
raised above the talent required to make pal
stable poi. and, as theatrical entertainments
are limited to the occasional appearance OF
troupe en- route between San Francisco and
Australia. IL will be seen that . great many
eomDensations must be offered to protect
from boredom any one accustomed to depend
upon any or all OF these pleasures for soclal
recrsations.
Yet no one IL ever bored on the islands The
natives have no word to express that mental
condition and the visitor forgets what It is
like. To be sure. the natives will som etimes
confess TO being in . piiked. which may be
translated "trouble;" but that usually results
from some such difficulty as not being able to
obtain at the moment enough flowers to make
sufficiently handsome lei to present you as
an aggression OF their Joy that you have ar
rived. their regret that you are going. their
contentment that you are to remain. or their
hope that you will return soon.
few miles from the town OF Honolulu,
reached By drive bordered with parks and
gardens Of luxuriant tr Optical plants and trees,
with now and then cocoanut grove or an
open space through which. on one side the
smiling South Sea reached away forever. or, on
the other. the dark green mountains rested the
eyes and cooled the air. In q suburb called
Waikiki. You call that y-kee-kee. and It
means laughing water or smiling water or
tumbled water. The Wal" 10 water. and
every bit OF water on or about the islands |
gives a prettily characterized name to
the locality. Well. at Waikiki many wealthy |
peopo hNo houeb' some on the very |
edge, Of the water. which are neither sum-
and deserted half the Year Their owners have have
open always to be occupied by any MON bers
OF tho family or all the family. as the fancy
month. or continuoasly Il must have been been at
MsisiR th Ut t iag globe trotter referred to lived
a. One Of the most charming places on the
a beach at Waikiki T. owned BY a Honolulu mer-
n N ntFv aud . 30 |
to Honolulu. In that way became his guest
beach; But. and this is a peculiSrity Of
whether he was going to the bs s or rn not
until he got into his buggy to do 50. want
h sSo s asa for
peramrnts OF the Hawaians. This merchant
born on the sap n b q EnEs
ibsration. but speaking with amazing .voiI-
merchant's. mother wants to Know at once on; -" Il
he 70 going down to the beach that afternoon.
70 The servsp I and t SSeR tells %' him
p wait for minute The servant goes out on
an srS. sf ss Deliver
ne same message and to recover the first
ind Joins his comrads In sium6er: '''
:, In another hour the merchants mother ar
ss shs sSg cart and sends her driver
wo servants on the sidewalk wake up and be.
Mamma begins: Now. George, will YOU QUE ever
The or ses Gn SSnF
'ou are must send down some pol lshe per- :
srtain old servant. and some extra Ice. and
ONE fruit and some"
NpG tSs son my ssar ssnt
. this afternoon. and-well. why don't you !
ena che things down any way -
And let those lazy servants down there eat
verythinG send DOWN. I
All trace OF excitement has now disappeared.
mother and son are speaking In drawing. low
ones. another village cart stops, there is an O
her cart With her freSds' the 'i merchant a
s - Ia the TWO Remaining servants what they
That same scene occurred nearly every day. 2
nd no one concerned seemed TO think there Q
Il Il WAS a iittIe s s eSsSt a. lt,Is ..cuss for 8
nough for the scene. Life e very simple, very
. q little excitement causes them to make an q
settlement, work Il M, out Of nothing. v
bis Waikiki place with party which In: =
udsd my merchant friend. an ex-Governor OF i
After sTssifAse we vent snS out ia nto
,s =, hings beautiful e9coanut grove, where q
z 60 90 up tree and send down some nuts 4
There were dozens of native retainers u
unsinK about In the grove who saw nothing -
ItraordiDafy In the WORK OF the climber which n
nazed Ne all. The young kanaka who made | n
p ascent touched no part OF his body but the y
aims Of his hands and the soles OF his feet in b
hing So, Yet ho ran up the tall tree az rapidly u
ID easily as a. sailor climbs the ratlInes. Y
hen he reached ths bunch OF nuts he wound ic
ie leg about he sleuder trunk and with one | !e
OF hogan kicking OF the nuts. catching the &c
ems between the big and the next y
.. AS the nuts came bounding down h
The greensward one 81 them fell =,
close 10 tho Ex-Governor that that ~
gnthed person hoped about In a lively lt
amer to Keep from being hit. Instantly. on 81
serving this. every kanAkA in the grove be- III
me Wildly excited. They Jumped about, 70
need. laughed. sang, and had q deuce Of a nl
ne generally BY the time the climber had 70
seended. and the King had given an order l,
some surf riders TO take their surf boards al
the beach and give exhibition of surf W
lng, all the kanakas were In delirium OF ~
cltement, their own expressions of this ~
lotion constantly adding to it, "
,ut the beach at Waikiki My hosts place IN
assisted Of one central roomy cottage. ad- =.
ulng which. and between II and the ocean, on
. the big lanai In the centre Of that there ia
: q billiard table In every corner hAmmOcks, on
scattered about were light easy chairs. ma
en- there were other detached cottages M
aehed kitchen. and. step from the beach ab
lssing rooms for bAthers. The lanai was [ vi
hfnE h.s..A -. -. III