Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1896-02-26
HAWAII, THE "PEARL OF THE
PACIFIC"

| Special COrTeSpOuQeuCet W tut w icptd iscouO
The most celebrated hotel and bath
ing place in the islands is Suns Souci
which is near the famous Diamond
Head. Sans Souci has had for it's guest
some of the most famous literary mel
of the age. Mark Twain spent goot
deal of his time while on the islands a
this place. Jules Verne ard Rober
Louis Stevenson made it their. home
The latter, in writing of this cool re
treat, said:
sss.If any one desires such old-fashion
ed things as lovely scenery, quiet, par'
lair, clear sea water, good food, ilant
heavenly sunsets hung out before hi
eyes every evening over the Pacific ant
the distant hills of Waianae, recon
mend him cordially to the Sans Souci.
1 found several gentlemen at San.
Souci who had very vivid recollection'
of Stevenson. He is described by al
as small man weighing, perhaps, les.
than one hundred pounds, and an in
veterate cigarette smoker 1t is barely
possible that nicotine poison hastenet
the end of this strange, mysterious
gifted man.
"He smoked from morning until
night" said the manager of the hotel
~ am certain he would consume sixty
cigarettes day. He was very pleasant
unless irritated, and then he was like q
madman. Those who disturbed him
while writing or meditating were sure
to hear from him."
Mr., Timmons, city editor of The Ha'
waiian Star, said:
81 met Mr.. Stevenson while he was
here, and was very strangely impressed
by him from the first. learned that
he was at Sans Souci, and went to call
upon him. Reaching the quiet place, l
crossed the lama and entered the house
proper. No one was in sight but a
small, ordinary-looking man, who sat
at a table writing
Where is the landlord?' ! asked.
He is out answered the small
man, and he went on with his writing.
Well, perhaps you can answer my
question; came to see Mr.. Stevenson.
"The small man dropped his pen,
arose, and extending his hand, said:
"I am Mr.. Stevenson
"This was my introduction to this re-
markabl man"
Then Mr.. Timmons told me how Mr.
Stevenson came to write his famous
novel, "Dr. Jekyll and Mr.. HYDE
THE novel was written on this island
and in this town. The DR.. Jekyll and
Mr.. Hyde live in Honolulu, and you
will perhaps meet him before you CO.
That novel was the offspring of bit
ter religious war between Reverend
Father Dannion and Rev. DIR. Hyde,
DID,, who has charge of the mission
school in this city for the training Of
preachers. The controversy between
the priest and DR.. Hyde waxed warm,
and Mr. Stevenson espoused the cause
of the Catholic priest. He threw his
whole soul into the conflict, and for a
while it seemed as if we were likely to
have a religious war. DR.. Hyde, able,
sharp and cutting, answered him from
the pulpit and through the press until
the contest became personally better.
"Mr. Stevenson had up to the time of
this controversy, it seems, entertained
a high regard for DR.. Hyde, but as the
wordy war grew bitter, he fancied he
discovered in him dual nature. At
times he thought the doctor the very
perfection of a gentleman, a scholar,
and Christian; at others he seemed
very demon. This idea seemed to grow
with his morbid fancy, and he con-
ceived from it his wonderful novel"
was anxious to meet DR.. Hyde, the
nan who so strangely inspired the
wonderful novel, and when did meet
him was impressed that he was more
Jekyll than Hyde. He is tall, finely
formed, highly cultured gentleman,
with fine scholarly appearance. He
is secretary of the Social Science Club,
a meeting of which / had the pleasure
Of attending, and at which place met
him.
The meeting was at the residence of
DR.. Hyde, and, although studied him
closely all evening, discovered none
of the "incarnate fend," which Steven
son represents Mr.. Hyde to be in his
novel.
1t was while at Sans Souci that
the manager of the famous resort
showed me the room which had been
occupied by Jules Verne and Robert
Louis Stevenson, also the tables at
which they wrote, and narrated some
anecdotes about them. Their rooms
fronted on the beach. After sea bath,
/ returned to the cool lama, and was
joined by Mr.. Thomas E. Evans, a gem
tleman- who is stopping at Sans Souci.
Mr.. Evans, who is a Royalist of the
most pronounced type, is Canadian by
birth. He was prominent in pushing
the lottery scheme to which the mis-
sionaries objected so strongly. Mr..
Evans claims that it was no worse 10
have lottery on the Islands than for
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