The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-04-01

friends for Honolulu, 1 want to saw that
am greatly impressed with the refine
1 ment and courtesy of the people both
native and white. I had expected to find
very different class"-H. Ashley. Nor
| wood, N. Y
My impression of Honolulu has beeu
surprise to me. You are I'm 70 data
with any city of the United States with
regard TO progress. Your business men
are bright, sharp and quick; they put
you In mind of New Workers Citizens
are courteous and kind They will 90
out OF their way for blocks to show
| stranger what he is looking for. The
scenery can't be surpassed in any country
l nave ever visited If live I am 90
ing to bring Mrs. Stafford here"-Ricb-
ard ii. Stafford, Buffalo, N. Y.
We have journeyed across CONT
nent and an ocean to find your pretty
| isles, but they are well worth travelling
twice as lar to see. I am charmed be-
yond measure with your CITY and tba
beautiful surroundings. Your NOMINATING
IN tneir rugged pictrresdueress, have
surprised me most They are indeed
oeauuful, and most unusual FOR mid
/ ocean mountains. I am particularly de-
lighted with the sea hath,-o ks to IN.
commercial side of your City, one can
not judge from casual observation such
as we are able to make, but the appear
anee of everything indicates great and
steady future" S. Felt, Watertown
N Y
Il came from New jersey and sun
pose the public will want to know about
the mosquito question. You certainly
nave Industrious insects here Our New
Jersey mosquitoes have gained world
VIDE reputation for size, but they are
not In 1t with your Hawaiian MOSQUITO
for perseverance Compared to our spe-
cles they are smaller, but livelier-infi-
nitely lfvelier."-T. J. Winckler. Asbury
Park, N. J.
Except for the mosquitoes. am de-
lighted with everything: but the hospi-
tality of these insects Is altogether too
pronounced. Why don't you import frogs
to eat them? I am pleased with the
little Hawaiian children: they are Just
the cutest things I have ever SEEM
Mrs, Chas. Chapman, Philadelphia, Pa
Il am revealing in the beauties of your
Islands. What beautiful sunsets. what
magnificent mountains what pretty cloud
effects, and what an entirety of natures
favors have been showered upon your
little GROUP The mosquitoes do not mo-
lest me and I can enjoy the roses with
out the thorn.'-Mrs. P Kettenrfne De-
fance, Ohio.
What do think of Hawaii? why. 1t
is charming. lovely. beautiful entranc-
ing-what else could I say? One might
scribe your Islands"-Mrs Hungerfori
WATERFOWL N Y
TITS very nice indeed-all but the mos
quitoes. Mrs s. r. Phelps Norwood
N Y
Noble Wolcott believes that Hawaii and
especially Honolulu has a great future
before 1t, and expects to hear Of Il with
in few wears as one OF the great sea
rc1ts of the world when the Nicaragua
canal is opened. He intends on his re-
turn TO begin movement which will
culminate In a general migra ton of Elks
from the United States
Honolulu Is all right said one "The
trip has been worth all the morey Tvs
spent. and more. too: and I'll settle down
10 business when I get home in n happy
frame OF mind, but Tn miss the summer
Weather you're having down herr
though. / live in Michigan. you know
Another Michigander. who halls from
Dowagiac, was OF the opinion that those
Shriners who failed to come along with
the crowd" had missed good thing.
wait till I get home. AMI won't lay
if all over those fellows though? Why,
we've had about the joiI.est Old tirne
that could have been dreamed of Think
of leaving two feet of snow and being
transported to a place where e is al
sunshine and fine weather. ana all that
sort of thing. 1t pays to get out of your
own section of the country onca In
while ard come out here and let the Pa
ciffc breezes blow over you. Yes. sir, It
pays in n whole lot of ways. My health
has been better on this trip than
thought it would be. I've gained flesh
Oh yes We've all done good deal ot
about. but I've been on the gain
Just the same. I'm going back home and
talk Hawaii until the boys back there
will simply have to pack up their grips
and come over here to see the rest of the
Shriners"
''The pilgrimage of the Shriners to TIo-
nolulu will materially help to bring the
Hawaiian Islands and the rest of the
United States and Territories closer to-
said w A. Whitman. Mystic
from South Arm, Michigan. People who
have never been to these Islands cannot
realize their Importance, their beauty
and attractiyeness, their condition or
their possibilities. T. for one. am willing
TO confess that T was surprised beyond
expression upon my arrival here to find
so large and busy a City, such an intelll-
gent and refined native population, so
many modern improvements q am not
to your mule carsl and such
magnificent natural. advantages.
"One of the things which have struck
ne most forciby here Is the fact that
whether you drop In at the mansions OF
The rich or the homes Of the poor, sli
he people you meet are ladies and gen
1emen You do not seem to be possess
I'd, to any appreciable extent, with what
we comprehensively term the lower
classes in cities on the Mainland. I con-
slider the natives splendid race Of peo-
pie, and 7 have had occasion to meet
many noble examples of the fact during
my stay in Honolulu
1--WE Shriners are from all over the
United States When go to our
homes and tell our friends of the de-
lights and advantages of Hawaii, and
they, in turn. tell all their friends, and
so on, and so on. Hawaii will have un-
received a benefit. There q
no better way in which the Islands could
have become known TO the people on thu
The more known of the ISL
ands on the Mainland. the nearer the
Islands and the rest of the United States
and Territories will be brought 20 each
other.
'I know of no more delightful place in
the world than Honolulu in which to
make ones home. Thousands of people
will flock here within the next few years
tho rac,11t ~ rba thew will hear of