The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1894-04-28
HONOLULU CITY.
Some Of It's Oddities Described By
an Observer.

street car line where tobacco smok-
ing IS tolerated on al parts Of the
car. It is the only horse car line
where the track is not wide enough
for both horses-one or the other
must run on the iron. Although
the track IS well laid, if economy
should demand a change TO electric
power, It would involve throwing
away the entire road bed aud rails,
leaving the company nothing bat
the naked franchise. The dummy
conductor, that is, the box where
the fare is deposited, works well
here. The native seems to take
pride Ia being trusted, and walks
Up and deposits his fare man
fully.
The apparent free and easy car
riage of the Chinese on the Homo
lulu street car attracts the attten-
ton of the Californian. In that
state the Chinaman has a hunted
expression, and when he rides on
B car fears that be wlll meet with
mishap at the hands OF some hood
lum before the journey ends. Here
he swings GA and rolls and lights
his cigarette as sone to the manor
born.
The stranger notices the great
variety OF the genus home IN Homo
lulu. From the butterfly dressed
Chinese baby to the barefooted
white man, the refuse Of eiylhza-
ton ;" from the long haired Cey-
lonese TO the sandpapered headed
American school BOY all classes
are to be found.
Chinatown Of Honolulu is not as
we'll defined as We. usually observe
It Ia California cities. The Chinese
are steadily enereaehing On the
domain Of the white man. Fort
street itself is getting bespriakled
with Chinese S1ops. It - said
that they do the majority OF the
retail trade Of the Islands. whereas
IN California their mercantile
business Is mainly to cater TO the
wants of their eoantrymen. The
Chinese on the Islands seem Supe-
rior TO the Chinaman as met with
IN California. Here there Is no
trade or profession they do not
invade even 20 manufacturing
poi, the staff OF life OF the
aborigfne. Notwithstanding the
miserable manner In whieh many
of them live, |. e. IN great numbers /
n Il-snlelIIng apartments those Of /
them VINO are wealthy Ike To aavs-
6ne. homes and spacious grounds.
Il Is said the Japanese arr SUI
peFior to the Chinese IN industry,
economy and frugaI1sy. This seems
Incredible. That they are prefeF;z-
bic for domestic servants seems 70 /
be the decision of the Anglo-SSaxou 7
housewife. The industrious Portu-
guese IS not much behind the Chi (
aaman or Japanese IN the sterling /
qualities which enable men To 1--we I
N over~popuIated countries, and yet T
he IS no match fer the Monaghan. I
He has q love of home and an an +
bItian TO be 81 householder, whereas
It seems ImmateriaI 60 the other
two nationaIities where or how they
i've. To the stranger the food 4
stuffs Of the inhabitants Of Hawaii 4
uei present fields Of research when
viii repay the investigator The
fish market. with It's store OF Won +
drous deuizens Of the deep, for it
appears from what IS offered for
sale that rstre kinds of fish and sea-
weed ara eaten. offers q study The +
manner m which the meats are Of
fered, aud the useful ii leaves, n
which buyers carry home their
purchases, elieI6 remarks from
strangers. The poi factories, with
the resounding pestle and gush Of
respirated wind from the lungs Of
The tar0-5ruiser, the washhouses
Of the Chinese (who By law DO al
their washing at the Governments
building on. the N1uanu stream f
where only the ironing Is done, the
crowded harber with busy masses
loading and unloading vessels, the /
monotonouslY green background to
the city, the easy falling rain and
quickly drying streets, the beauti-
ful suburban drives, TO say moth
ing Of the attractions on the other
islands, END a charm 70 Honolulu I
appreciated by The tired, world
travelled tourist, who viii go home /
70 send more armies Of gIobe-tros-
ters to see what pen cannot des-
cribe + W. GTRvTN. +
PsnbzTc Concern.
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