The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-08-30

The translucent blue and purple greys Of
the distant mountains and htadlaudg had
all the elements of the mysterious that
the artists love to rave over in perfeC-
tiou. The distant mountainous headIands
reminded me of nothing quite SO much
as the play Of hght-and color in the opal
All the elements, Of which dreams are
made were there \ bold, rugged noun
tain range would appear to be bIotted out
10y change IN the lighting caused by a
different disposition Of the clouds. and
the next moment IL would rCappear with
great dlstinctuosS- The northern slopes
Of the mountains. some Of which rise to
an elevation of 5000 or 400 feet. are as
IIDCluiJ0uS as anything that could well be
imagined. From their bases toward the
sea u re is a gently rolling country, and
th,n plain TO the SeaShOrC, except where
the Gifts Of bUIU hcadlaEdS jUt out into
The ocean
Green fields Of sugar cane and swamp
IKE ut.GS OF rice dot the landscape here
ana there near the SeasboEe, and where
the earth was bare ii produced rich red
GHSh ana hroWuGih color effects Go which
We are not accustomed in the States. .
Much or the effective ness OF these earthly
c"-CTS was due TO contrast with the va
Ttd greens oi the foliage. The most vivid
and the richest ColorinE. however. was in
the sea and ocean. All of the culors of
the cmocald. tho turquoise and the anne
.hNSt were there The peacock and iuGi-
30 bird have no hucs which were not
Visible ~ the ocean have seen the At
,'hJt ocean IN its varied moods. and also
long isand Sound. Massachusetts Bay.
,AtN~tI t5tkt BAY, and many Of our most
beautiful inland seas and lakes. but moth
ihE thdl nave seen on the water can ap-
Nr"ach the wonderful CoIOrinE Of the
ocean seen from the Paii
The most picturesque of all things i'm
honolulu OF tn country surrounding il
are however, the Chinese babies and
children. The Chinese children seen in
Chinatown, San Francisco. and other
places are not To be compared to them.
Even the photographs of the real thing
taken In China itself entirely fail TO do
the genuine Chinese kid justice. He must
bt seen in Honolulu. where ne seems 20
have acquired a humorous picturesque
ness an his own or peculiar 20 Honolulu.
When he Is rugged out IN his good clothes
ne 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 yOUnEStcT by the hour OF even
all day aud never tire.
The Chinese mothers all carry their
babies in little pouch in the back Of
their dress and even the little girls six
years old or older carry their little baby
brothers and sisters in the same way But
Notwithstanding their queer appearance
a little observation Will easily show that
the real Chinese kid IS as intensely hu-
man as the Anne riCan animal Of the same
species. They exhibit the same natural
perVCrSitieS and childish ways. They
pCut and suik in the same way and raise
the same sort Of fuss when their little
companions take too large bite of a
banana ! witnessed several instances
showing how very much like American
children the very small Chinese young
sters are in many ways. They soon lose
their natural CEild-like ways, however.
and develop the stolid manner Of the
adult Chinamau-
The population of Honolulu is q hete-
roSeneous mixture Of Americans. Kama
kaS- Chinese. JaDaneee. and Portuguese
BESIDES this there are some other nation
alitles represented 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 cop
perry cor orange tinge TO their compilations
They ere usually extremely indolent. but
very g Iod natured and are said 10 be very
affect nate in their family relations and
among themselves. Although usually in
doiCrt. some Of them are of large frame
and athletic build and viii work hard for
a time If thc kanal<a has any one feat
ure that is particularly attractive IL is his
eyes, which are sometimes remarkably
hne. Unprecedented persons who are well
acquainted with them say that rs long as
they get enough poi and a few other
things to eat, without working, they are
satisfied unless they are Influenced by
cema goEues and adventures They are
as a whole not very Clearly in their hab-
its, but rather more so than many other
races
The native Hawaiian band was heard
upon various occasions and also some Of
the native singing and instrumental music
by the QUintctte Club. Some OF the Ha-
waiian music is beautiful and seems 70
breathe passion and poetry, to have a
sOul-stirring as well a a tUneful charact-
ct. l was SO charmed and surprised al the
quality Of the native music that / asked
Dr. Wall why some of the native music
was not translated and published He first
laughed, but finally answered by quoting
one Of their characteristic Hawaiian
songs. called The Maui Girl The singer
Is supposed 10 be the lover Of the girl in
question. and gives a fervfd description Of
her many charms. She had beautiful soft
eyes. into whose wonderful depths ne
fOnuiy loves to gaze she has pretty teeth.
nut brown tresses, ruby lips and checks
whose bushes bring 20 shame the bloom
Of some Of their flowers. which take the
place OF our roses. So far the Hawaiian
lover Is getting along famously, with a
fervid Imagination Ike a civilized lover
but then comes change as he sings of
her chief charm as being a maiden who
is very fat. and the reason why their
songs are not Translated become evident
The language. also. was not always ac-
cording to American ideas Of polite litera-
ture.