The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-12-05
NEEDS OF A
RURAL CLUB
Honolulu Should Have
One at Once.
CORRESPONDENTS IDEAS
What Such an Institution Offers 10
the People Who Live in
the City.
EDIToR ADVERTISER. The tour.
IL tst u abroad In the land "Wher..

f''"'S OF interest outside OF thu city7
The Pail IL all that Il SHOULD be:
Waikiki Is So so; the drive To Pearl
city N enchanting. but thes. do not
make up In quality for what they lack
In quantity and variety. Give us n
boulevard across the Island. Where arr.
your country homes? Where are your
country clubs?"
The remark so often heard on the
Mainland that Honolulu IL not of srtu.
cieut interest. that there is so little 20
see. 50 little 90 do. seems To be after all
justitiable. a city which poses as (, re-
sort must be equipped Co entertain ana
charm persons familiar with the de-
lights % Paris. Nice. Italy. the river
1t. Lawrence and California Honolu-
la Is more and more to be subjected to
the scrutiny % people who know. aud
her civilization and city will be Judged
by their Institutions.
substantial attraction IL must offer
" " perhaps true that Honolulu offers
too little variety OF scene. climate and
amusement 20 either the resident OF
the tourist. Anything In the way OF
promoting club life IL step i'm the
right direction.
I II Is the proud boast Of those who
feel themselves To be scientifically cor
rect That the Anglo-SaNon race pre-
walls overawide range OF latitude from
the north temperate extremes I'm can
ada Co India. than any other race The
I NuglO-SuNOn IA "A healthy animal whose
/ abundant Vigor is based upon liberal
diet and habitual cut OF door sports.
\ The greatest known tonics. surprising
\ all 20 the drugs OF the physician. are
I utfra cold winter and HIrp gaIH mir II
F.. is not alone because the country club
|awakens an intimate personal impulse
To- the development ~ country life and
the attractions Of the town itself but
because iu the last analysis the bull
warks % the virility 81 the race are
I iHld I'M this same periodical return Tn
the refreshing. restful. restoring bene-
az ~ the country life. that We find no
good sized town throughout America
without az "a matter Of course It's coun-
try club. There Is needed here today
as there was I'm America twenty years
ago, To- hit upon some means OF pro-
noting and developing country life.
The country llfe with It's modern feat
|ures 90 games. its social features made
possible by cooperation In the coun-
TRY club offers many u not most OF the
Iattractions of the great new country
houses which have been built by the
rich throughout the country In Amer
tea. The plantation life In these ISL
Iands. unlike the plantation life In Ken
lucky and Virginia. offers no kind OF a
substitute. The end OF the plantation
iife here II business pure and simple
and the end Of the country club Is rec
reatiou. rest. charm. The country club
situated IN the cool elevated regions
offers TO the resident Of the low-lying
coast sections relief from the UNMARRIED
heat % summer. n glimpse OF another
kind 81 life than he lives In the city
shooting. Coffin word. change
which comes with such salutary hygi'
enic blessing Co all
What IN the country club? Country
Iclubs," says one. are the result OF the
Capitalization of population, the IN
crease % wealth and the discovery ol
America by the game OF golf.
However. the country club antedate'
golf The oldest country club In Amer
lea IL more than fifteen years old. Ons
81 the first. perhaps the earliest OF all
was the winchester club. near New
York. although the Brookline Club
near Boston. must be nearly as old.
~ H. cooperate movement for en-
joying certain benefits unootainaoI
lotherwise such II the popularity o
this feature 81 modern life In America
that the wonder II not that the las
decade has filled the land with countr!
clubs. but rather that they we're so lonl
IN coming.
I Every Hnnd-HiHtu Town III AHa'i ',
supports It's country club. while tn
larger towns have often half dozen
No one who has enjoyed n brief sojourl
I'm the charming city OF Buffalo ma
failed To bring away long-remembere
Ipictures Of the beautiful Niagara rive
II lined with It's picturesque club house
and gay with their life. The countr
club idea was the outgrowth OF tn
sentiment of the jewellers In cities tina
) for them the blue sky and fresh gree
. fields were good. That for them TN
. country air. pure, bractng, fresh, wa
I better than Doctors bills. That "a
work and no play makes Jack indee
"A duli boy" That for them. too. wa
: good the occasional high seat In IN
. gay taily-ho with four or six cage
}. horses Champing on the bit.
land we 40. go. go. away from mere
Al the County club we now are overdu
!, send the road IL clear before you
when the old spring fret comes Ger 20
= And the Red Gods call for you"
And the man who could command IN
- LUXURY 81 "A little leisure, n pair OF 60
clubs. yellow shoes or even a bicyc
ioined n country club and lived happ
, ever after There are days In "
sprinR and summer and again In "a
fall and winter when every rightly COZ
stituted person feels that he must 8,
into the country. The earlier clui
|. ntntatered TO this longing. They pr
\ vided food drink and shelter and q
y sight 81 nature. They made the mo
~ tennis and other games. but tins
would never have sprung up ever!
where establishing themselves as soci
features without the aid OF golf. &C
IL something that most men can q
and that all men want To do. 10 IL
sport for all ages Of men and some AZ
~ women. Golf insures the presen
- ~ M number Of men nj every "
country club on January afternoon
- and other NJ times. And once you ha
- made sure that a group OF NJ perso
vwiu gather NJ n pleasant place NJ SUI
" able times N IL foregone conclusi
that these will attract others. who w
come 20 look on or for purely soci
reasons.
IN America during the last deca
o the rich people have spread out In
tho country more or less.
Many notable and some magnihce
houses have been built on great ?
tntes. where hospitality " cultvat
ON n correspondirg scale. II u ~ %
hosnttaittv that Matthew Arnold writ,
VT ~ have seen nothing 90 compare wi
n a a..