The Hawaiian gazette., 1901-10-11
BRACING CLIMATES AT HOME.

1t is a pity that the people of Hawaii
have not yet utilized in more than
scant and casual way the advantages
which their own group of Islands gives
to those who periodically need change
of climate. 1t is the testimony of the
doctors that white people, born ana
brought up in northern latitudes. cam
not live in the tropics for many years
at a stretch without coming to require
climatic antidote for the encrvation
which life in an endless summer be
slows So well is theory borne out by
experience that those who have the
means and leisure make frequent trips
to the mainland. Unfortunately means
and leisure are for the few, yet the
many are quite as susceptible as their
more fortunate brethren to the weak
ening effects of Interchangeable SOAR
heat. To the two questions: what
shall the stay-at-home class do? ana
Is IL necessary for the rich to go away
from Hawaii for different air? the
varied climates of this group give an
easy and conclusive answer.
of the islands as can be found any
where on the Pacific coast Altitude
takes the place of latitude and brings
down the scale of travel distances
Given good roads and convenient inn,
and the sun tired dweller in lowland
Hawaii might take his Thanksgiving
dinner among the frosts and his Christ
mas banquet among the SHOWS. There
Is n climate on the kona coast OF ha-
wall as bracing and as fun OF life as
any in the world. On the upper reaches
of the highest mountains one may, In
the mldwinter months, feel the JOY OF
the blizzard and the need of furs and
a rousing fire. At Olinda and other
places on the rolling uplands of Maui
one finds clear, sharp autumnal weather
in August--weather that reviVes the
nerves, brishtens the eye, reddcns the
cheeks and clears the brain. The Tor
ests with their rare Inducements are
ours to enjoy as well as the sea with
its SAVIOR of health and strength. But
forests and attitudes are kept from the
use of the many by the trouble in get
ting to them and in finding accommo-
dations when they are reached.
The people of Hawaii could not spend
money in "A better way than by making
their natural sanitariums accessible
What is needed Is to open the road to
places at an elevation of 5000 feet and
upwards, provide reasonable aCcommo-
datlons there and induce transporta-
ton agencies to make cheap excursion
rates to reach them. Maui is near
enough to oahu to get the large vista
ton from this city and island when
1t assuredly deserves. Upon the sides
of majestic Haleakala, any climate one
wants, except the tropical, may ne
found. The climates range between the
GOODNESS of the northern spring TO the
boreal stress of the northern winter;
they offer the attractions Of the tenn
| perature of the California foothills
mountain valleys and Sierran cliffs In
turn And yet how little we appreciate
them. Those who can afford the trii
go to San Francisco or Lake Taho,
or Banff: those who cannot go so fan
afield have to turn their backs on III,
inviting attitudes of Hawaii and sta.
at home in the mosquito belt, payini
doctors bills and longing for bette
things 1t Is a pretty unreasonable wa,
to live but the people of lowland Ha
wall have been doing II for lonI
time