The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-07-20
DELIGHTS OF
HONOLULU

A number of passengers on board the
transport Buford were interviewed by a
representative of the Advertiser last night
and gave their impression of the beauties
of Honolulu and it's environments. All
We're enthusiastic in their tributes to the
charms. of Hawaii nei4 as Waved from
the standpoint of a days residence after
a voyage across the deep.
The Buford carries a number of school
teachers to the Philippines, and a party
of these future instructors of the new
species of young America, visited the
Bishop museum yesterday. being greatly
surprised to find so magnificent mu-
scum in the middle of the Pacific.
Mrs. A j. Wholly, of Portland, who
is not teacher, but accompanied the
party spoke particularly of the Bishop
collection.
Il am an inveterate frequenter of mu-
seums,' said she, land 1 think the
museum here is as fine as one would find
anywhere outside large cities. 1 SHOULD
juuge it to be far ahead of the museums
of cities of the same population on the
mainland. AS to Honolulu Itself, 1 am
charmed with its beauties and can not
speak too warmly my admiration"
Miss Whelley, who goes with her mother
on a trip to Japan, also expressed de-
light with her day in Honolulu. II feel
that it was fortunate circumstance for
u.s. said she, that the Buford's machin-
cry went wrong; otherwise we should
have missed seeing this interesting and
beautiful place. I want to come back
here and see the islands thoroughly on
our return
Captain Kreager, who has passed
through Honolulu with the Buford on her
two recent trips expressed himself as de-
lighted to again visit the Paradise of
the Pacific. He goes to the Philippines
to do military duty and is accompanied
by his son who has recently been ap-
pointed a surveyor for the Philippine SER
vice. Captain Kreager says the Buford's
officers have a fondness for Honolulu
and that the big transport herself seems
to be determined on not passing the
oasis of the ocean by, having voiced her
objection with broken machinery on this
at this port.
Some of the opinions of the passengers
are given below:
Il have had the most interesting day
have experienced for many years. The
strange, cosmopolitan mixture of races
and the beautiful setting that nature has
made for your city, have kept me mar
yelling ever since my arrival. I have ex-
hausted my adjectives and cannot ex-
press myself on the beauties of this
charming port."-Miss A. l.. CrocAer.
Concord, N. H.
Il have travelled extensively but have
never before visited Honolulu, and I
must say that I am fascinated with the
peace of the atmosphere, the grandeur
of your mountains and the loneliness Of
their coloring and the cloud Effects
Mrs. Major Allison, en- route to Japan.
Il can only echo the plaudits of the
rest. l am something of an artist and
have been revealing in the wealth and
variety of color. 1t must indeed be a
delightful place to live in."-Miss Rand.
Cambridge, Mass.
Il have had dip in your surf, and
l must pay a cordial tribute to the
charms of old ocean on the Hawaiian
shore. Your beach at Waikiki Is fas-
cinating and the driveways are lovely
beyond description. AS to your street
cars, L think they are very amusing.
Perhaps 1t is provoking to residents when
they have some hasty shopping to do,
put it's a novelty very delightful to
visitors. I have marvelled at the speed
Oh those little round backed mules. They
hurry SO desperately, hurry to get to
the side track and then wait such an
lhterminable time at the switch for the
=. car from the other direction. What is
lhe IDEA of that?"-Miss Purcell, Sum-
merville. Mass.
twenty years ago they had just such