The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1901-08-01

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Green fields of sugar cane and
swamp-like fields of rice dot the
landscape here and there near the
seashore, and where the earth was
bare it produced rich reddish and
brownish color effects to which we
are not accustomed in the States.
Much of the effectiveness of these
earthly colors was due to contrast
with the varied greens of the fol-
iage. The most vivid and the
richest coloring, however, was in
the sea and ocean. All of the COL
ors of the emerald, the turquoise
and the amythest were there. The
peacock and indigo bird have no
hues which were not visible in the
ocean, and I never dreamed that it
could reveal such colors to the eye.
I have seen the Atlantic ocean in
its varied moods, and also Long
Island sound, Massachusetts bay,
Chesapeake bay and many of our
most beautiful inland seas and
lakes, but nothing that have seen
on tie water can approach the
wonderful coloring of the ocean
seen from the Pail.
The most picturesque Of all
things in Honolulu or the country
surrounding it are, however, the
Chinese babies and children. The
Chinese children seen in China
town." San Francisco, and other
places are not to be compared to
them. Even the photographs of
the real thing taken in China it.
self entirely fail to do the genuine
Chinese kid justice. He must be
seen in Honolulu, where he seems
to have acquired a humorous pic
turesqueness all his own or pecu-
liar to Honolulu. When he is
rugged out in his good clothes he
is interesting, but let him be more
or less ragged and especially if he
has on what are to all appearances
parts of different costumes one feels
as if he could watch the youngster
by the hour, or even all day and
never tire.
The Chinese mothers all carry
their babies in little pouch in the
back of their dress and even the
little girls years old or older
carry their little baby brothers and
sisters in the same way. But not
withstanding their queer appear
ance a little observation will easily
show that the real Chinese kid is
as intensely human as the Ameri-
can animal of the same species.
They exhibit the same natural
perversities and childish ways.
They pout and sulk in the same
way and raise the same sort of fuss
when their little companions take
too larger bite like a banana. l
witnessed several instances show
ing how very much like American
children the very small Chinese
youngsters are in many ways. They
soon lose their natural child-1ike
ways, however, and develop the
stolid manner of the adult China
man.
The population of Honolulu is a
heterogeneous mixture of Ameri-
cans, Kanakas, Chinese, Japanese
and Portuguese. Besides this there
are some other nationalities repre-
scented and all sorts of half-breeds.
The native population reminds
me very much of the Indians and
Mexicans of Western Texas. They
average little darker, perhaps,
but have the same coppery or
orange tinge to their compilations.
They are usually extremely indo-
lent, but very good natured and
are said to be very affectionate in
their family relations and among
themselves. Although usually in
dolent, some of them are of large
frame and athletic build and will
work hard for a time. If the
Kanaka has any one feature that
is particularly attractive it is his
eyes, which are sometimes remark
ably fine. Unprejudiced persons
who are we'll acquainted with them