The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-04-20
CORONA AND COROEET "

What a pleasant institution the
bread-and- butter-letter" is. Or call i
with me, if you like, grace after meals
or the forget-me-not OF courtesies re
caived. Whatever its name, it is tn,
written echo of the guests Spoken
goodbye. II comes as speedily as pos
sible after his departure The grace
full, appreciative note reminds III,
hostess of her recent visitor, and as
sures her of his arrival at his journey:
end. II renews. if ever SO briefly, the
pleasant hours OF the visit.
/ | prophesy that while many othe,
exactions of social etiquette may fail
into oblivion, this flower of remember
ed hospitality will be IAN everlasting
1t is a plant capable of high cultiva-
ton, but even with ordinary care in a
soil of prompt gratitude it will burst
into fragrant bloom.
O O o
We of Hawaii know it as cine Of our
privileges. We hear from those of our
own blood who have journeyed hither
and gone away again, from a travelling
companion who has gone ON to other
lands. We have reminders of those
surnamed Legion received into our
midst 'by letter." and of the soldiers
who have come within our gates. The
post are Calcutta, Manila and
London, as we'll as New York and San
Francisco
Oftentimes, indeed, the appreciation
OF our sometime guests creeps into the
newspapers over there, before we scent
it in our trade winds. Not infrequent-
~ does it come back to US, pressed
between the covers of book
O o o
Such a pressed nosegay of forget-me-
and Coronet, an open letter. Not mere
ly a sum total Of thank-yous, although
for us who met the Coronet party in
1896, the book does have personal in
,erest. The cruise of the Coronet, you
was the chase of the eclipse
If August, 1896 The little yacht car
led a scientific contingent to Japan so
he astronomer could put questions to
he shortlived Corona. Precarious
Corona! 1t died at the age of two
md a half minutes! How few ques-
ions could it answer, even when hard
pressed by the most modern astrono-
nical instruments.
Doesn't it take your breath away to
hink of it? This little yachts selling
ortyfive thousand miles just that Pro-
minutes and a half of the suns OBJ
Tantalizing minutes, but
most graphically set forth by the faclle
oen of the astronomers wife. Read
hat climax without quickened pulses,
rou must be, alas! a poor unimagina-
i've sort of a creature
O q o
We scan critically the eight chapters
m matters Hawaiian, for we own to
N interest in each new reflection of |
'ur community. We are pleased to |
ind that this picture, sketched in pass |
ng by an enthusiastic Visitor, is gra-
fous and characteristic. Some of it |
GEMS like touched-up bits from our
wn diaries. In mourning the tragic |
nd of the brilliant Kate Field, in de-
icating Pauahi hall, in volcano jaunt,
n talks and teas and picnics, many |
one can say with Mrs. Todd, inagua
ara fui
She mods approval of our school |
praises our customs and |
islikes poi She points to the line of
IlustriOus women in Hawaiian his
DRY, and incites every native girl of
oday to live up to inherited traditions
nd carry on a worthy island story.
She is particularly fascinating in her
descriptions of artistic Japan, and to
hem may be traced later germs of
the Japan fever" now raging here.
am old that her book has sent more
han one victim to wear out the disease
n the lovely land of Nippon.
o o o
Her pictures of queer Ainu land are
nique, and form a quaint collection.
AS to the scientific features of the
ook they are not too technical for
opular digestion.
O o o
Mr.. Arthur G.. James, the Coronet's
wner. contributes a valuable chapter
n deep-sea yachting. He urges
-achtsmen everywhere to remember