The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1899-04-21
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.IbIn after hs departure The grace.
ml. auprrr1'yn no" reminds the
hpaess ~ hrr recent visitor. and a.
urcs Der Of bis arrival At his Journeys
end !. rouevs. 20 ever ~ briefly, th"
plD.au, hours 81 the visit
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| prophecy thar VIII" many other
oSactiyns Of social etiquette may fall
into oblivion. this flower % remember
Cd hospitality will be an everlasting. "
.Ir 8. plant capable Of high cuItya-
. ton. but even with ordinary care 10 %
s1H OF promp, gratitude i' will nmH
into fragrant bloom.
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privileges. We hear from those Of our
own blood who have jDurneyed hither
and gone away again, from a travelling
companion who has gone on % o. her
lands We have reminders OF those
surnamcd Legion received into our
midst by letter" and Of the sold ers
WHO have come within our gates. The
|pos,-mlrk- are Calcutta. Manila and
'Londca. as wei az NV York and San
francisco.
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Oft,nImcs, indeed, The appreciation
OF our sometime guests creeps into the
newspapers over there, before We scent
iit in our trade winds. Not infrequont-
~ does It come bach to US. pressed
clrcfully between the covers Of a book.
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Such a ples-ed nOsegiy Of fOrgct-me-
nOts IS Mabel LOOmis Todd's Corona
land CDIonct, an open letter. Not mere
Ily sum total Of thank-yous, although
for us who met the COrunet party in
1886, the book does have personal in
lterest. The cruise of the COronet, you
rene mbcr, was the chase of the eclipse
'Of August, 1896. The little yacht car
the astronomer could put questions to
the short lived Corona P.ecarious
corona. It. died at the age of two
land q half minutes, How few ques-
tons could it answer, even when hard
pressed by the most modern astrono-
mical instruments.
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Doesn't It take your breath away to
think Of it? This little yachts selling
forty-fvc thousand miles just that Pro-
fess0r Todd might be in at the two
minutes and half of the suns OBJ
scuratiOn, TamalZing minutes, but
. most graphically set forth by the facllc
" pen Of the astronomers wife. Read
: for yourself, and II you can review
, that climax without qulCkencd pulses
% you must be, alas a poor unimagina-
{ tive sort Of creature.
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We sem critically the eight chapters
on matters Hawaiian, for we own to
an interest in each new reflection OF
o our community We are pleased to
find tina: this picture, sketched in pass
, ne by an enthusiastic visitor, IS gra-
cious and characteristic. Some of It
J seems like touchcd-up bits from our
own diaries. In mourning the tragi"
, end Of the brilliant Kate Field, in de-
dicatinC Pauahi hall, in volcano jaunt,
% in talks and teas and picnics, many
> a one can say with Mrs. Todd, lnagua
para fui.
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She mods approval of our school
equipments, praises our customs and
.dislikes poi She points to the line Of
,illustrious women in Hawaiian his
tory, and incitos every native girl Of
today to live up to inherited traditions
and carry on a worthy island story.
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She Is particularly fascinating in her
descriptions of artistic Japan, and to
them may be traced later germs Of
the Japan fever" now raging here
| am old that her book has sent more
than one victim to wear out the disease
in the lovely land of Nippon.
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Her pictures OF queer Ainu land are
unique, and form quaint collection.
As to the scientific features of the
book, they are not too technical for
popular digestion.
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Mr. Arthur c. James, the COronets
owner, contributes valuable chapter
: on dPep-sea yachting. He urges
yachtsmen everywhere to remember
their indebtedness to the photographic
Office and to repay It in kind. Their"
Is still much valuable knowledge to
he banned OF ocean currents and winds.
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