The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-11
They ARE
CHARMED
Visiting Teachers
Like This
City.
|RAPTURES OVER
THE SCENERY
Interviews With a Number Of the
Transient Guests Among the
Sheridan's Passengers.

| A number of school teachers on
| board the Sheridan, en- route for Ma
Mia, were interviewed last evening as
to their Impressions of the Islands.
and their words Of admiration echo the
! raptures OF all who visit Honolulu.
Below are given some OF the comments
Of those whose three days so1ourn
here ends this morning with the sail
ing of the big transport.
| when i climbed to the top of Punch
bowl this morning and looked upon the
marvellous country about me, I wished
that it were not necessary to go any
further. 1t seems too beautiful to be
| true What strange impression the
extinct old volcanoes give one! had not
| thought to find Hawaii at all like this.
though I had heard much of its beau
ties. 1t is wonderful beyond descrfp-
ton. Miss J. J. Durham, San Francis
co.
| 81 am simply charmed with your city.
things People go barefoot and ladies
wear Mother Hubbards, yet you can see
automobiles flying about as If 1t were
the most modern city in the@worid. The
/ scenery is grand. / wouldn't have miss
ed fhis three days for the world and
| only regret that cannot stay longer. I
/ am sure there must be wonderful things
! to see over beyond those purple noun
i tains." = Miss Rebecca Berry, Sweet
4 Springs. Mo.
i What a marvellous growth of trees
and verdure you have what balmy air.
what delicious fruits, what beautiful
| flowers, what strange. mixed people:
i what grand mountains, what a wealth of
j coloring land and sea, and oh. what
mosquitoesr-Miss Lizetta Seidensdick-
er, Chicago.
II have not yet ceased to wonder and
exclaim at the magnificent vegetable
growth. What splendid trees there are
here 1 have been only a little way up
into the mountains, but think them the
most beautiful of any I have ever been
! in. 1 am delighted with Honolulu as an
entirety. I suppose it must have it's dis
!. advantages, but to US who sojourn only
for day, only it's wonderful beauties
are apparent Frank White. Chicago
They told me Hawaii was like South
/ ern California, but it isn't, bit. South
ern California IS beautiful Ia its way
but it is not in the marvellous way OF
Honolulu. i feel like I have been look
ing in pieture-books for the past three
days. / can't realize that 1t Is all real.
Il Your mountains UP yonder look like
some magnificent stage setting, drawn
from the mind of some imaginative ar
tist"-Miss Marguerite Thomas, Los An
geles.
How do people get about here2 Those
funny cars don't seem to be of much
use, as they don't appear to go anywhere
and they are piled full of dirty-looking
people. That's the only thing I see
wrong with the place; otherwise it's a
perfect paradise suppose You are all
real sporty and ride In automobilesr'-
Miss Caroline Hayes. San Diego.
/ Honolulu seems to be about as near
the ideal. at first impression, as one
could imagine. There is kind Of charm
about 1t that seems to have affected us
ALL People go about so contented-Iook-
ing that 1t seems as IL they must have
few troubles here, and are not bothering
about what they have got The natives
are a much better-appearing people than
/ had expected. They have intelligent
faces, and they appear to be right up to
date. think one might find lot OF
interesting things to think about In this
lcountry.'-B. F. Wright. Los Angeles
What a lot OF white people there are
here. 1 supposed there were only a
handful. I am, like all the rest, charm
ed with the place, and would just like
to get on and stop awhile. It il warm
but the air is SO bslmy that one doesn't
mind, and you have such fine boating
here. I went rowing In the harbor. and
4 never have seen such water, 30 clear
and transparent all the queer craft
afioat hereabouts is an interesting study,
as. indeed, is everything IN view. That
is beautiful drive out to Waikiki, and
the surf-why, 1t must be without equal
In all the world Miss Charlotte Eeale.
lSan Diego.
1T Is the first time / was ever In a
tropical country, and 1t all seems like
dream. What wonderful possession
this is for the United States. They tel
me you have great sugar farms stretch