The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-03-29
Actress Enthusiastic Over Life in
Hawaii Mel.
SHE LOVED THE MUSIC
Existence a Round of Pleasure
The Feasts and Dancing
Pleasant Departure.

The following is taken from a re-
Gently published article by Nanceo'Neil
giving some OF her impressions OF Ha-
wall:
''Shoreward way, beyond the ginning
white sands of the beach. everywhere
rich lustrous emerald green meets the
are a quivering. shimnering mass OF
il. Is there TO be found another such
setting for a town as this?
The harbor begins TO wake up. the
movement and stir attending an in
coming steamer lis on"
Fellow voyageurs are now on deck.
and those conversant with customs
there, begin TO throw small coins into
the water for the divers, who are thick
around the vessel. They dart down
into the sea with as much ease and
skill as it We're their natural habitat
They are in perfect rapport with their
environment. Fishing smacks and va
rious small craft are racing through
the waters with the same adroitness
that characterizes all the movements
OF the Hawaiians relative to the sea.
All the men who beiong to- this class.
one imagines as having formerly been
bronze statues, who felt the culver OF
life in their nostrils and so have learn
ed to move, act and be as men. Their
bodies are the perfection OF modelling.
and their only covering n white cloth
wound and twisted about the loins.
The decks of our warships. silently
but surely standing guard, are alive
and gay with our white jacketed boys.
who with music and cheer stretch out
the glad hand" to welcome all to
the new United States.
Carriages as well as greetings await.
and as We are whisked through the
narrow little streets to the Hawaiian
Hotel, so like a lovely country seat in
FAR away Dixie Land. you begin to feel
the charm of il all getting in the blood
and brain.
Down there We only played three
nights in the week and one matinee.
so there was time for social pleasures.
There, the same people attend every
performance. An actor or actress
learns to know them and 1t feels rs
if we are all kin.
We found so much to enjoy. in-
struct, and ponder over. For instance
in all Honolulu there is not n beggar
7 CHANGED to hear one lady say to
another that she was going ont to the
new poor-houSe to attend some matter
of furnishing. The other lady replied.
I'VE have no such place in Hawaii:
it is a home for aged natives and not
a poor-house,"
The Hawaiian alphabet consists only
of twelve letters (none are ever ST.
lent) but even with this meager num-
Der they have learned to do some
things better than we Anglo-Saxons.
who can boast of twenty-six. And yet
our missionaries went down there to
teach in His name-loving kindness.
1t would be an awful thing If our
great, strong nation should forget that
tender mercy is one OF the nobleSt and
greatest attributes OF strength. Some
more powerful race had to absorb this
weaker one. Let's trust our Govern
ment will ever bear in mind Kipling's
prayer
Lord God OF Hosts. he with Us vet.
Lest we forget, lest We forget
Women. with the Hawaiian songs
ever on their lips, sit all day in the
market places and weave flowers into
garlands called leis. Was there ever
such poetic occupation for hands that
rock the cradles? Methinks not. and
one yearns to sit among them and
learn the gentle ant OF fashioning vio-
! lets. carnations and the royal ilima
into the national decoration. Fresh leis
must be woven every morning. for the
royal yellow flowers hang Their pretty
heads and so to sleep ut O'Clock In
the afternoon.
The first Wednesday after our ar.
rival was the anniversary OF the birth
of the late King Kalakaua. In com
memoraticn OF this event the native
feast--a luau-was given and 4 was
one of the guests.
In the early morning. while the dew
was yet on, we took the train for Wal
pio on the Oahu railway. We rushed
through plantations Of banana and CO.
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| found situated in grove OF royal
palms; it was covered with vines and
tropical climbing things. The luau was
held out OF doors among the trees and
flowers. An awning. made by the ma
tives Of banana leaves. sheltered us