Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1899-03-10

to you. We will tell sou about surf-ridinE.
In oldcn times the natives used 10 make
canoes and surf-boards out OF trees. The
way they surf in canoes is that. from one
to ten get into canoes and having one to
steer, they 20 out into the surf and turn
around and wait. When they see a wave
that they want about ten yards behind
them. they start in to paddle. Sometimes
they miss the wave. but moss always catch
II. When they catch 1t they generally so
right in TO the shore.
l have seen some of them get swamped.
Now We will tell you how they surf on
boards. The NATIVES havs a board about
on the surf as the canoes do and come IN
the same way.
There are lots Of mon working on the
sugar plantation. Some of the men pillow
the ground with steam p.ows and when the
ground is all piowed other men plant the
seed cane. The ground must be rich or
the cane will not grow. 1t takes one year
before the canes are tit 10 he cut. When
IL is all cut the men put il on the planta-
ton ears: the small engines take it to the
mill. The men in the mill put the cane
into IA feeder which lakes il to the rollers,
SrindS the cane to juice. The Juice Is then
made into moiasses. The mo!aSses is then
the centrifugal mill. where the sugar -
whirled out of the molasses. the sugar Is
scraped onto the floor. where it is scraped
into bags. After the bags are full they
are sewed up and put onto the train and
sent to Honolulu from whence they are
sent 10 the tnlttC States.
1t would seem queer to you to zee how
the pineapples grow. After the old plant
has had its fruit taken. about one month
after. they take all the shoots off and
plant them. In a f.w months the pine
apples come up through the middle of the
plant. 1t grows larger each week. hut
very. very SLOWLY. When ii is about three
inches high it sends out little purpl" flow
ers. II takes about eighteen months he
fore the pineapple is ripe. They take all
the shoots about tire" times and plant
them and then take up the old pltnt.
there is one at the window Of our school
room. growing. 1t has a great many flow
ers now. The flowers are of a yeiiowiSh
white. Soon the petals Wi! fall off and
Il little green fruit comes Oh: when this
fruit is ripe. it il yellow and when its
green its green. 1t is good To eat when
ripe. The natives cat this fruit green.
but they Ve:y often get very sick and die
with il. This Is a mango and it, leaves.
The guava tees on Mount Tanta!us have
land shells under IT. leaves. They are
very. very pretty. Others are pure Whit.
others are white with brown strip 5 around
them. The natives wear holokus all the
time. and the PortuceS" most OF the time.
But the Chino e in oHr country. women and
girls. Veal very l2os" pants. hut most Wear
boys wear looS" pants also. bur most wear
their hair braided md wound around their
heads. Some OF them have their hair cut
off.
When the Chinese have their hair cut off
they cannot "a back To China. ON the
steamer days the Hawaiians Hook down 10
Sc. the steamers 20 out. some girls Wear
their hair parted in the middle and braided
IN two hraiiS or one braid. some War il,
parted in tn" middle and "A ribbon around
remain the pupils of the fifth and sixth
grades.