The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-01-12
Maxine TIE Hats

ina Is another brown hat made from a
fern Of the same name.
The makaloa hat is manufactured from
a fine rush about an eighth of an inch in
width. It grows in swampy places and
the hat has coarse finish. It Is, how
ever, one of the most durable, and was
made mostly for school-children's use in
former years. 1t is not used to great
extent nowadays. It sold for so cents.
The rush is dried and fattened and then
woven about a block.
A REAL KoNA HAT
The loulu, or fan palm, hat is made at
Kona, Island Of Hawaii, from the young
leaf of the palm. 1t is cut from the tree
and dried in the sun for about a week.
1t Is then placed in salt water and again
dried. This operation Is repeated four or
five times It must be dried in very hot
weather, for the hotter the suns rays the
whittier the palms will bleach. Great care
Is exercised by the natives not to allow
them to become wet by rain or dew.
for mildew comes quickly. The palms
are torn into fine strips with needle
and the strands are then woven over a
block beginning at the crown and shap-
ing 1t as the weaving progresses. The
hat is sold for from $3.50 to IS and is su-
perior to the lau haia hat. 1t is similar
to the Panama, except that it is of a
creamy color.
I he ha ko, or cane leaf, hat Is made
from the center or blade of the sugar
cane leaf and is of creamy, satiny fin
isil. The leaf is torn away from the
blade and the soft fiber scraped away
from the vein with knife. leaving only
the glossy side. This is dried and then
split into strands fine enough for braid
ing. The hat is very pretty.
PUA Ko OR SUGAR CANE HAT.
The cane blossom stalks are split in
half and the fiber scraped away with a
knife. The stalks are then tied up in
large bundles and coiIed from one end
into a roll 1t is again tied and thrown
into hot water and left to boil until the
stalks look yellow. They are taken out
and united and placed in cold water for
half An hour. They are then dried in
the sun for many days until thoroughly
dry. BY this means the straw is
brought to a light color. The sugar cane
stalks must be cut before the blossoms
are quite open, so that the straw will be
Of light color. When the blossoms are
in full bloom the stalks are much harder
and break easily. and are very much dis
colcred. After the stalks are dried they
are again subjected to a knife scraping
to remove the remaining fiber With g
needle the stalks are then torn into very
fine, even strips. Then they are tied in
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inches through the air in preference tc
the tube. On passing street current
of 10 volts, broken by a Wehnelt In
terrupter. a thick red stripe extends
throughout the length of the tube
When-the current is reduced by suita-
BILE resistance the stripe breaks up into
glowing patches, and if the tube is hello
upright. with the anode uppermost, the
patches group themselves into a spiral
which slowly turns around on its axis
making revolution in almost Sec
onds. The wave line of rotation ap-
pears to descend. The screw is usually
about an izlch in diameter and left
handed, bur IS sometimes smaller. and
is then right-handed. the pitch varying
with current and rate of interruption
80 .ss
The murnIur of distant waterfall
the patter of raindrops on the roof and
other rhythmic vibrations produce a
soothing effect upon the nervous CEN
tiers that may deepen into actual anaes-
thesia Among striking examples re-