The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-08-02

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life. All the better part of Americana
zation seems to be here, and yet the
charms of the foreign are still retained.
There must be good and faithful work
ers for Christ in your beautiful city
Miss Bertha Lincoln, Minneapolis.
Really, I should like to steal away
from the Thomas and hide until She
sails, so charmed am with this lovely
garden spot. L. Hayford Boston.
I have had a delightful day at Wal
kil1i, and have enjoyed the rare good
fortune of drive to the Pail, which is
magnificent phenomenon of nature.
How the wind did blow! 1t was grand"
Miss Maud NJ Martin, San Jose.
Il am infatuated with the place How
/ wish it We're here that Uncle Sam
wants u.s. Everything is delightful but
the shopping is dreadfully expensive"
Miss Edith McMullen, Bonanza, Colo.
II am glad 1 did not hear much about
Honolulu before 1 came here; it would
have spoiled the delight of my sur
prise. 1t is wonderfully beautiful here,
and the balmy climate seems to make.
lit unreal / came from Michigan, and
the contrast perhaps has enraptured
me the more over this marvellous
Michigan.
THE first thing 1 did was to take a
trip to Pacific Heights, which is a very
beautiful place indeed, but the wonder
is why that electric system is not ex-
tended all over the town. understand
you have an electric system now in
process OF building. The place is SO
modernized and SO lively commercially
that it seems to me there would have
been electric cars long before this.
c.. Longest, Pontotoc. Miss.
1.-The thing that appeals to me most
lis the marvel of vegetation and foliage.
1t seems SO strange to see the many
Towering trees. If the Philippines are
anything like this l shall be delighted
The climate here is so lovely and every
thing so beautiful that it seems indeed
as near to an earthly paradise as one
could imagine. Miss Johnson, Boston.
ut seems odd to see the informing
ling of. the races here, the Americans,
Portuguese, Japanese, Chinese and ma
tiyes, all going about in perfect har-
mony, and every race seeming to con-
slider itself on an equal basis with the
Others. Those funny mother hubbards
that the women wear-they must be
delightfully."- comfortable in this climate,
and the costumes of the Japanese add
so much picturesqueness and such
foreign air to the scene. l think the
people are very INTERESTINGLY
Parker, Elgin, Ill.
I'VE have been very courteously
treated by everyone here, and have en-
joyed our visit to this beautiful place
very much We have both exhausted
our superlatives in description Don't
ask us to get started on the subject
again. Commercially. the place is as
founding. Mr.. Parker, Elgin, III.
Il am going out with my son, who
is a teacher. ] do so hope the Philip
pines will be like this We are delight
ed with Honolulu and wish that we
might both stay here. 1 am very much
interested in charitable work and
shall expect to carry on some work in
the Islands. They tell me that the
missionaries have transformed this
place and that it is for the most part
Christian. / hope this is true, for it
seems as if God had planned it for a
perfect place."-Mrs S. C. Simpson,
Lawrence, Kan.
.sOh what delightful time / had in
the surf yesterday! Surely there is no
all in raptures over the lovely drives
and everything else. Miss L. A Glen
DENIM, Urbana, Ill.
Everything is so absolutely unreal
and so far from the Mainland that it
gives the place the atmosphere of
dreamland. l suppose things become
practical enough after living here
awhile, but for the casual visitor it is
or nd nj tn ho
|upon"-J. C. Knudson, New York
Il have always had my ideals of
Paradise, and Honolulu comes nearly
to the fulfllment. The grandest beau
ties are those of the hand sof the Crea-
tor and the liberality of these here is
wonderful. God surely intended these
Islands as a garden spot for his peo
pie. We have all been received with
beautiful courtesy. and especially cour
teous have the girls at the counters
been to us while shopping. We shall
all, / am sure, retain beautiful memo
ries of the lovely Islands we have Wis
tied these fewadays. to the end of life
Miss Lillian White. Preston. n. Y.
This place is all right, except the
prices of liquid refreshments, which are
indeed astounding and calculated to
that is fond of. the goods in question:
ID. d. Spear Portland. Me.
THAT is just what / say. Honolulu
is certainly a dream otherwise, but the
bartenders can't mix drinks, and the
price of a cocktail is "a hummer. l have
figured the thing out statistica1ly and
give this opinion from a statistical
as l am not a drinking man
myself. John Arthur Corliss, Port |
land. Me.
THE price of fruit is what surprised !
me- 1t seems to be the common i'm |
preston abroad that fruit costs next to |
nothing in this country whereas it |
would break one up in business to go |
in heavy on the fruit. Beer seems to |
be sold on the same plan. My friend. |
who is an occasional drinker, told me |
this l don't know personally j |
Gould Little, North Cheming, n. Y.
Mrs. Guernsey and myself have |
Travelled all over Europe and. through |
the West Indies, and we are both of |
the opinion that the beauties of Homo |
lulu surpass anything we have yet seen
We are both delighted with our visit |