The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-09-06
ECSTATIC TALE
OF HONOLULU

those who come out first enter their car
riages at once and are driven away. 1t
took exactly u minutes by the watch to
empty the opera house into SIS carriages
at our first performance. 1 was simply
amazed. IL strikes me that the system
should have been In vogue In our large
cities long ago.
''The island OF Hawaii is about 100 miles
square and Honolulu is a place OF 5000
people. or this number 1900 are white.
The natives. however. are a splendid peO-
pie. In this country we have but little
knowledge Of the oriental races. For in
stance, ! found that / didn't know what
n native Of Japan was like until / saw the
people In their own homes. The Japs in
this country are almost another race Of
people. The audiences that greeted our
productions In Honolulu were composed
OF the best dressed people / have ever
seen assembled anywhere. Silks. dia-
monds and all the evidences Of wealth
were there. The natives, of course. could
understand but little OF the dialogue. but
their appreciation Of the music was proof
that they are discriminating in their ap-
plause of what they saw and heard. The
white population Is made up from nearly
every nationality. President Dole is an
American and Alexander Young. minis
ter OF the interior. II OF Scotch descent.
Samuel Damon Is minister of finance and
ENAAUlUtN 1tHtIdl 1ObPtT CODpitItS lnt
list OF cabinet officerA The schools of
the island are excellent. We gave a matt
nee to the children while there and 300
ufChins turned out to the performance.
They made II a sort of a feast day. The
wealthy peoples children brought pres
ents to their poorer playmates and show
ed In thousands ways the culture and
hospitality for which the people are noted.
MOSQUITOES AND NIALIHINIs.
\ They have four excellent daily paper.
In Honolulu and the press Is very ably
conducted there. Character is the stand
ard of greatness among the people and
there Is very careful observance OF
Sunday and the usual regulations of So
ciety. The people have very poetic ways
Of speaking. Rain. for instance, Is called
liquid sunchine. This IS because the sur
shines there during heaviest downpour
AZ night when the rain Is coming dowr
In torrents the stars glitter through IL all
Hawaii Il a land without cloud. The
mosquitoes there are very troublesome e
newcomers but after a residence Of
few weeks they let you alone. a stranger
Is easily known by the mosquitoes tha
keep him company.
There is q flower on the island calleC
the Rose Of Sharon. In the morning tn
tree on which II grows Is snow white will
blossoms. At noon the color has change,
20 pink and toward evening the flower
turn n vivid crimson and die to be re
placed again the next morning with new
blooms. There are only twelve letters q
the alphabet Of the natives and thei
speech Is made up Of beautiful figure
and metaphors. Their language. like thei
voices, Is very musical and the night
are melodious with music and songs. Il
the way. found that ! never knew wha
moonlight was until ] sat outdoors a
. night In Honolulu. Print can easily b
? read by the light OF the moon ami ther
are no dark nights
SOLDIERS BROUGHT LOCKS.
The hospitality OF the native peopl