The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-08-06

- wsiizn Islands makes almost as
N bad breaks il matters pertain
ing to The Paradise q ske Pnei-
ac ~ 4 Hawaiian would Be guilty OF
shoald be take himself to tAe gay
ratio q New York. fresh from the
taro patches Of his rztive land
A young school tsache- g0f
glimpse a Hcnolalu on his way to
the Philippines He vas ore % those
selected to 90 70 Uncle Sans raw
possessions to incaIcate into the minds
OF little Filipinos the rndImen,s OF
twentieth century education This
young nan was born. bred. christsn-
ed. saved from sin educated and po-
lished not far from the town Of Bos-
ton. He had several times noticed
a spot marked Honolulu on the msp
OF the Pacific Ocean. He was not
sure whether Honolulu was an ISL
and. the capital Of an island. coal
station OF the name Of volcano
peak sticking up above the blue wa
ters Of the ocean. In moments OF
weakness be had read stories OF ad-
venture in which were described the
enhancing alIurements of the Sand
wich Islands. He believed that the
Sandwich Islands were part OF Ho-
nolnlu When he was selected as one
of the hundreds of teachers 10 go TO
the Philippines, therefore. he was glad
within his heart. for he said 10 him
self that he would now be able to take
look at the Sandwich Islands on his
way to the Philippines.
He landed here as green as the most
lobsterious lobster and Immediately
proceeded up town.
He was stricken dumb with amaze
ment What he saw on every hand
was so entirely different from any
thing which he had anticipated that
ne could scarcely realize where he
was. For one whole. marvellous. ex-
citing day he roamed the town over
and explored the outlying districts.
Late in the evening. overcome by all
that he had seen. he went to the Ha-
waiian Hotel and. Selling pen and
paper. dashed of the following glowing
epis;le to his good folks far away in
Boston:
Here am at last in what is most
justly termed the Paradise Of the
Pacific Surely God has showered all
his most precious gifts upon these de-
lightful isles of the ocean Already
feel that I could remain here for the
remainder of my life
q have only spent a day here. but
in that short time | think | have gath
cred enough information to I'LL book.
have not been able to see the Gov
ernor OF our new Territory. He is
travelling for his health on the Island
OF Hilo. have seen his portrait.
however He is fine looking man.
reminds me very much of the pictures
of Alexander Graham Bell. the in
ventor of the telephone The Ha-
waiians alomst worship him They
say he is kahuna man who has the
power of praying people to death. I
don't believe it. though.
q have tasted poy q don't know
whether have spelt it right and like
it pretty we'll 1t grows in a marshy
ground and comes in different colors.
Red poy is eaten by the swell peo-
Pile The blue poy is the common
kind.
Honolulu is smart city and very
progressive. The population consists
chiefly of Chinese, Japanese. Portu-
guese and foreigners. There are
great many Americans here. however.
and I saw numbers of Hawaiians.
The latter are an interesting race of
people. They wear flowers en- their
hats and around their necks. talk in
language that is all vowels and dress
Just like other people. This. as you
may readily imagine, very much sur
prised me Some of the officers on the
transport told me that the natives
wore very little clothing and spent
most of the time swimming out TO in
coming vessels and weaving garlands
of flowers for visitors.
Il think Honolulu is the most cos
mopolitan place in the world I was
driven to the hotel from the ship BIZ
Chinese. was shaved By Japanese.
had my shoes shined BY a kinky haired
little negro, was waited on IN 3 res
taurant by a Greek. rode in a street
car driver by Portuguese. went out OF
town and lunched at place kept
by a German. bought some flowers
from a Hawaiian. purchased some
novels at store run by an English
man. met and got into conversation
with party Of Australians who had
arrived in the steamship Moana. pur-
chased : photograph OF the South
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