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

pickle Of lime juice and water quite
strong is used, for II too weak 1t will not
soften the bamboo. II too strong It WilK
discolor 1t. The beauty Of this hat IS In
its being of a dead white color A weav-
er also has to be extremely watchfuI Of
the length Of time the bamboo is sub
jected to its lime juice bath. The outer
skin must be stripped before being split
After coming out of the pickle the bam-
boo is peeled into two or three Slices The
fiber is scraped OF until 1t is smooth and
of certain thickness. After that 1t has,
to be dried in q shady place. The fiber
is placed on a board and worked over
with a knife. The bamboo fiber Is very
sensitive and will take the color of any
paper it is wrapped in. Tahitians and
Hawaiians always use blue paper. The
hat was first made in Tahiti. Very often
tina black stalk Of the hill banana is
mixed with the white bamboo, maving
a novel black and white effect
THE LAU HALA OR PANDANA.
The young leaf of the hala is used for
this hat. 1t is boiled, then dried, and
afterwards scraped until quite smooth
They are then cooled into rolls. 1t is
woven over a block. There are two spe-
cies of the haIa-the white and the red
The red haIa makes the rich brown hat
which is generally sold for about $780,
The white hala is little cheaper. Like
the cocoanut ha it is very popular and
has become the fad. 1t was formerly
sold for s1.50, but the fad carried the
price up. The white and brown hat
made from the cocoanut and hala leaf
is favorite with the tourists and gen.
orally sells for So. 1t is usually trimmed
with a brown braid band, or pugaree, an
lima lei, or feather wreath made from
the peacock, Pheasant and other Island
birds, dyed yellow to initiate the royal
wreath.
THE COC0ANUT FIBER HAT.
This Is made in the same way as the
hala or pandana. Sometimes the leaves
are dyed by burying it in a taro patch
mud, which turns it to a dark gray
shade. Again the dry leaves are used,
which makes it q brown hat The hat
weavers are very fond of mixing the
young and old leaves to give the brown
and white effect. They also make the
hats on a block and share them from
it. all the while making fancy designs
of brown and white with their deft fin
gers. The hat usually retails at 50.
There are other hats which the Has
waiian and South Sea Islanders make,
but the above varieties are generally
those manufactured at the present day.
The industry is a thriving one and big
orders for them come from the States in
every mail during the spring months.
~ sss2essss ssssssss-
corded by DR.. B. f. Ward Is that OF a
very tired workman who, sitting down
to rest a moment on railway cross
tie, was lulled into Inconsistencies by
the vibrations of an approaching train,
and only awakened many hours after
ward, when he found that his left arm
had fallen over the rail and been crush
ed. The man had not been drinking.
1t is concluded that the vibrations
must be uniform, rhythmic and steadily
increasing in force. and that suitable
metallic operating table with vibrating
wheels should give harmless anaestne-
STA as profound as that from chloro-5
form.
.S.S.3
In the unique observation of Chaplain
]. T. Bird of the British army the zodi-
acal light and the moon were seen to-
gether. within IS hours of new. being
lighted only by earth-shine. This iidi-
Gates great transparency of the South
African atmosphere and that the zodl-
acal light is beyond the moon.