The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-07-28
Paradise Paragraphs.

| 1 OF handling all the ness All TIE
time. and announce the alleged
fact in Earring type across the top os
the Sheet others make = specially
OF -aII the news that's 1t 10 print
and get <eospeSi- on many 3 good
story. or bad story. as the case may
be-
There is news that pertains TO things
accomplished and past: that which
deals with things transpiring and that
which is about 70 transpire
News is supposed 20 be something
that Is true Can il not Slso be that
which may possibly take place. or
that which. for all We may know TO the
contrary. may be taking place at the
present time under our very noses2
When anyone of any Importance Wis
its these beautiful Islands-one must
never refer TO these Islands with
out prefxing a beautiful or glori-
Gus or something OF the kind-he is
| Immediately interviewed concerning
the history OF his past life and his
| opinion in regard to the above men,
toned beautiful islands Il matters
not whether he has just come from
the steamship, he must be made TO say
what he thinks Of the Paradise of the
Pacific Ii is needless to remind the
reader. who. no doubt, peruses the
columns of the numerous daily papers
for which Hawaii is responsible. that
the visitor invariably declares that
this country is the most lovely upon
which he has ever set eyes. He
wants to go right back East. OF wher-
ever he came from, and get his extra
clothes and relatives and settle right
down here beneath the palm trees and
spend the rest of his days But he
doesn't; and that's where he's foolish,
for everything which the stranger says
about this land which he has never
seen before is gospel truth But that's
another matter
Now, has il not often struck many
of the peo2e here that there are
great many important folks in this
country. in Honolulu. whose presence
may mean great deal to the Terri
tory in one way or another, who have
never been interviewed and who have
taken particular pains not to give au-
dience to a reporter? Is it not great
deal more than possible that there are
persons at work in this strategically
located corner of the earth on mis-
sions the import of which is not real
lied by the hundreds OF cosmopolites
against whom they are rubbing in
their daily movements 1t is indeed
more than possible: it is highly prob
able
There is no better place in Homo
lulu to pick up stray hints concerning
individuals of this class than on the
waterfront. Go you to the waterfront
of this city and watch day after day
the cunIiug and going of steamship.
and sailing vessels. Watch closely the
people who arrive and depart How
many of them are interviewed? How
many of the vast number of corners
and goers are challenged by an in
quiring mind? What proportion of the
immigrants are known even in the
most casual way?
Some of those who enter at our
gates without knocking in the col
umns of the daily press may some day
monopolize whole pages with the ac-
count of doings for which they will
not be given the least credit
A few weeks ago there arrived from
the Orient in the steerage of one of
the great steamships, Russian He
was met by reporter who wanted to
know what he thought of Honolulu.
and, incidentally. what his mission
was. The Russian made signs to the |
effect that he did not understand one
word of English. Someone on the yes |
sci said that he was a through passen- |
ger for San Francisco. That person
was mistaken
The next day the Russian was seen
in front of store on Queen street |
conversing with another Russian who |
had only been here a few DAYS. hav- |
ing arrived from Vancouver. There /
was third man engaged in the con- /
versation. He was an American and /
was talking in English. The Others
understood him and were answering in |
the same language. They retired later |
10 sailors resort, where they brought |
out maps and books and proceeded to /
talk OF channels" "soundingss Ellis
tances. tides" currents" reefs |
and the Lookout at Diamond Head -
A little while afterward the American |
iert them and then the conversation /
was carried on in what was evidently /
Russian
few days later the Russian who
mad come from the Orient was asking
a waterfronter why it was that the |
United States battleship Oregon dld /
not come into the harbor. Later. when /
the cruiser Philadelphia was in port. /
on her way to Pago Page. the same I
man was particularly anxious 10 learn
all that he could in regard to the man
of-war; things that he could not very
we'll get from books.
Natural curiosity, you say: no. no.
the Russian was here for the purpose
OF famiiiarizing himself with the
coast lines of these Islands. their har-
oors and defences-if any. The tic
ket agent at the railway depot would