The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-10-06

citation breaking the mass Of the houses
and forming the rich transition between
the town Itself and the bare mountain
tops behind. The shipping in the fore
ground adds to the picturesoueness a.
well as to the interest, even If the arts
would not find much to admire in tn,
japanese man-of-war Nanivwa and tn,
American Philadelphia and Marion rest
ing grimly near each other Although
the port Is safe from trade winds bu
for the reef 1t would not be well shelter
ed, In marked contrast to almost land.
locked pearl harDor, few mile away.
Honolulu, we can see at a glance, is 3
Well-kept and thriving place. The road:
and sidewalks are in good order. the
crowds are busy, and several building:
are new and substantial. A little FIR.
Their inspection shows us that there Il
large number Of dwelling houses whose
owners must be well-to-do; in fact. peo-
pie are making money here, and there
! are many who would have little TO com.
| plain Of with existence were II not for
the worries of politics. In the streets
we see plenty Of variety among the pas
sers-by The Europeans and Americ-
cans, whose white clothes remind us that
we are in the tropics, though the alb
sence Of the sun-helmet proves that the
heat cannot be intense, are the upper
class, the business and professional men.
the owners Of the large stores and en-
plcyers Of labor. 1t is true that the Por-
tuguese, by far the most numerous peo-
pie OF European blood, still, for the most
part, have modest occupations, such as
market gardening, but they are to be
found in the suburbs Of the city. and
they are not always easy to distinguish
at first sight from the half-breed Ha-
wsiians
The stranger looks with especial in
terest at the natives, the former masters
and owners Of these islands, now dwin-
ding as rapidly In numbers as in i'm
portance. They are not an Unlocking
race-in fact, we see some really hand
some forms and faces, chiefly among
the men, though the girls of mixed blood
seem to have some of the beauty that
can be found among our mulatoes. The
Kanaka has a bright brown complexion
his heavy, round features suggesting
easy good nature rather than the quail
tiles that help in the struggle for lite.
The civilized gard in which he is arrayed
does not sit strangely on him; he even
looks perfectly at home In the uniform OF
the conductor or policeman. His wo-
mankind usually wear Mother Hub
bard dress, called a "holoku."
John Chinaman is everywhere. He
was imported TO work in the fields, as he
still does to a certain extent, especially
in the rice fields, where he Is hard to re-
place; but he has poured into the town,
where, besides making one Of the best
household servants in the world, he has
found scope for his talent for retail trade.
Many of the smaller shops are In his
hands, and in a few cases he is already
rich He has his son educated, and a
short while ago, at the chief school here,
the prize essay on an American patriotic
subject was won by a young Chinaman
However, the small boys we see with
pigtaiis are often the children of native |
for here, as elsewhere, John fire.
quently finds it easier to get a wife of
another color than to import compa-
triot
The japanese, few Of whom are in
their native costume, meet the eye less.
They are Of more recent importation |
than the Chinese and have come into the
city less, though their women are In
demand as nurses. Still, besides occa-
sional shops scattered among the Chin
ese, they have small quarter Of their
own, patronized at the present time by
The sailors Of the Naniwa.
The architecture of Honolulu Is not IN
slightly, at least judged by the modest
standard of an American town. The
Yankee in the tropics has adapted him.
self, learning from his English brother
md from nature; the business buildings
ire low, and projecting piazza roofs, ev-
N If they fbe Of corrugated iron, make
/ grateful shade. We notice some new
lew city blocks in dark looking gray
tone. Standing in the middle of beau
iful garden is the royal palace (now the
eat of government, which, If it were
hat or a minor German Prince, would
,e a credible specimen. But the thing
hat glorifies the residences here il the
plen6id tropical vegetation, the cocoa
tut, the date, the royal and othtr palms,
ne poncianas, the banyans, the algaro-
,as, the bananas, the countless kinds Of
Their trees that hove been introduced
nd have fourished Every house with
pretense Of garden finds it difficult
o be ugly. The horrors OF American
architecture are softened.
queen Anne, half covered by tropical
ines, falls in with the landscape. What
eally harmonizss with the surroundings
J the low bungalow construction with
he deep veranda from which, famed by
he breeze, we gaze on the intense blue
{ the sea or green of the land.
There are various excursions we can
lake from Honolulu. either in the gen
e horse car, not yet replaced by the troll
Z, to the charming suburb Of Waikiki,
u sea bathing, or rides into the hills, I
r in the train for thirty miles between /
fountain and ocean, amid rice and su-
ar cane. The most famous drive is to
le PAIL" six miles away from here, /
lie top of a pass. from which there is a q
rand view Of the sea on the other side I
cross the plain lying sheer below.
As for the celebrated climate Of the [
hawaiian Islands, on the whole. I be- i
eve the praise showered upon 1t is well S
eseTved and that such phrases as ''per- 0
atual summer and never too hot and
ever too cold" are truer than usual
mpered, to be sure. by the mosquitoes
a plague introduced from South Amer :
i about 1896 1t is not merely that the
inter differs from the summer in the Z
mount Of rain-something Of the same
uld be said Of Singapore, which is
ore trying than India. What makes 4
e days here 50 delightful is the con- .
lual presence OF the cool breezes. the
ade winds that blow almost all the :
ar round. The nights appear to be a n
tie more oppressive. but perhaps no .