The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-06-14
ISLES OF
THE BLEST
fortunate Climate of
Hawaii Mel.
NO FROST NO SUNSTROKE
4 Land Where Heavenly Days Melt
Into Blissful Nights and
All Is Peace.

'he Soid northern regions above
Japan across the wide Pacific OCEAN
10 the northwestern coast of America
20 De detected to the west. sweeps the
Nuroshina, vast stream of cool water
'hat as IL flows southwark modifies the
climate of everything in it's path. To
'ris influence the Hawaiian Islands
largely owe their delightful climate
batned on all sides by this cold current
Intense heat Is unknown, while the lat
itude, Just within the tropics. precludes
a frosty temperature.
The extreme range of the thermome-
ter at Honolulu Is from so to IS agrees
Fahrenheit. and very rarely is the
higher maximum or minimum register
ed. The mountainous character of the
Islands gives great variation in tenn
perature, according to the altitude from
great heat at sea level under the lea
Ot the mountains, to almost perpetual
frost at their SUBMITS. while along
their sides any climate may be found
The air IL OF necessity pure from the
constant winds; coming from whatever
direction, they pass over thousands of
miles OF ocean. For nine months in the
year strong trade winds blow from the
northeast. and during the remaining
months the winds are exceedingly va
rlaDle. calm, sultry days are rare, even
with southerly weather, which is the
least agreeable that We have.
The purity of the atmosphere is a
most important element in the health
tulness OF u country. Here IL Is shown
Dy the infrequency of contagious dis
eases and the readiness with which
wounds heal. and the success of sur
gical operations, even when not asep-
crssar
pcared only a few times and then has
not been of severe type. Diphtheria
~ hardly TO be considered as a danger
Epidemics are quickly controlled and
the Health Department has been able to
promptly stamp out every one that has
occurred.
Honolulu. which is less favorably sit
uated than many other places. being
on the leeward side OF the Island and
somewhat overshadowed by mountains.
has an annual average temperature of
~ or ~ degrees F., with maximum of "a
degrees and a maximum of IS degrees
sunshine IL the rule. there being not
more than one or two days in the year
when blue sky cannot be seen. Clouds
are light and fleecy and are a very con-
slant and strikingly beautiful feature
In the scenery. Almost every hour in
the day has its cloudscape, and the
morning and evening displays of color
are magnificent beyond description.
Noah would have delighted in Hawaii
after the flood. for IL is the home of the
rainbow. and they are of dazzling bril-
liancy. one OF the most exquisite sights
have ever seen was out in Honolulu
bay about 2 o'clock one morning. The
moon was two or three hours high in
the east. and i'm the west was a dark
storm cloud. with misty rain; high
arched and clean upon the blackness
was a bow OF fairy-like delicacy, glow
Ing with an opaline radiance. Ii SEEM
ed like the spirit of sun bow.
The rainfall for the group Is about
nifty inches annually. Places can be
found on the teeward side of the Islands
which are arid and almost rainless at
the sea level. while at Hilo Ii is $50
inches and 200 at the volcano. In most
places mile or two up the mountain
side there Is abundant moisture for all
agricultural purposes. In Honolulu pro-
longed transforms are very rare, while
showers OF from one-eighth to one-half
an inch are frequent. Once or twice a
year downpours occur when four or five
inches may fall in as many hours. Fogs
are rarely seen, and even In rainy
weather the air Is not usually sultry
or oppressive. The soil is generally
porous and water soon dries off or runs
away. IL may rain hard In the morning
and dust will fly I'm the afternoon.
The Hawaiian climate is eminently a
healthy one. The purity OF the atmos-
phere and the equable temperature IA
vor an outdoor life and an abundance
OF ventilation In the houses. The brac-
Ing effects of great variations I'm tenn
perature are lacking. but the difference
OF twenty degrees between summer and
winter calls for decided changes in the
thickness OF clothing Malaria exists i'm
mild form. and Is generally due to irri-
CATION and artificial marshes, where
rice and taro are cultivated. Most acute
diseases are less violent than I'm Amer
lea. Consumption Is rare among Eu-
rOpeans. bronchial affections and nasal
Catarrh are less severe, and digestive
and bowel troubles are not serious. The
infantile death rate Is small: indeed.
this Is a veritable paradise for little
children and also for the large class of
invalids and delicate people to whom
the cold and raw months Of autumn,
winter and spring are a terror and dan
ger. Especially Is 10 favorable to those
who are predisposed to lung troubles.
and even I'm the early stages of tubercu-