Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-02-15

81 have just returned from Honolulu and
the Hawaiian Islands. 1 went there on ac-
count of my health early in the summer.
I found the climate of those far away pos
sessions of Uncle Sam the most delightful
l have ever seen. Nature has been most
lavish with her charms on these children
of the Pacific. and Honolulu is one of the
most charming spots / ever visited. What
with its palm groves and avenues. gardens,
long stretches of dazzling white beach and
volcanoes, one never tires of it's beauties.
Fashionable clubs there are in Honolulu
where go and meet the most
charming people. The population of the
Hawaiian group has of late years been
greatly increased by the advent of Ameri-
can health and pleasure seekers. There is
u hearty. hospitable way about the natives
even that makes one feel as II they had
| lived there for years. The atmosphere it
self contains indescribable something
which. while it gives one that dreamy,
drowsy feeling. seems to brighten every
sense to the fullest enjoyment of life. There
Is certain awe-inspiring influence in look
ing over the rim of the volcanic craters.
and one finds themselves wondering wheth-
er some day the ocean will not mystic
riously and suddenly swallow up the entire
group 1t yielded them.
MY health was so greatly benefited and
| found my stay of six months there 50
very pleasant that / shall make the voy
age every summer hereafter
Mr.. b. l.. Watts OF Mexico City said at
the Metropolitan the other night:
II have spent many years in Old Mexico
! in the mining business. Among the prod
ucts of the Ieines in that country are some
of the most beautiful oDals. l have no.
ticed in the show windows OF the jewelers.
| here displays of these gems. some of them
Hungarian, but the greatest number Mexi-
can. Generally speaking the Hunga rian
opal is the more brilliant of the two, but
| have a collection Of the stones at home
all from the Mexican mines and I don't
think the best of them are less brilliant
than the Hungarian gems. In the district
of Guerritero opals are sold by the ma
| tives to travellers. They come alongside
| the train and display their gems in black
paper wrappers. This paper gives he stones
1 additional luster. These Jewels are mined
ground and polished by the natives them
selves with the crudest machinery, but
| they succeed in turning out some beautiful
| work. An opal in its Natural state looks
! a good deal like a piece of coarse green
| glass imbedded In hard stone. 1t takes
| the polish to give the luster.
1.-The superstition about wearing these
| stones. unless they are the birthstones of
! the wearer, has always seemed to me ex-
| tremely foolish i have many Of them
| mounted in different ways and have never
\ Deen aDie 10 justly attribute any OF my own
| ill-fortune to them, though | first saw the
! light of day in August
| Mr.. Charles d. Olds OF St Louis was at
| the National and said:
| Naturally. I think the exposition to be
| held in St Louis In 1908 will be the greatest
| of all the worlds fairs. Generally speak
| ing. st. Louis Is staid solid business city
not easily excited by booms and all that
But the people there have taken hold of
I thusasm. and every one is talking and
| working in its favor We have se-eral
| splendid sites I'm and about the city, par
| ticularly in the western section. and the
| topography is such that little grading will
| have to be done on the grounds wherever
| they may be located No city in the United
| States has better trunk and terminal rail-
road facilities, and none better accommo-
| dations for the visiting public There Is
not the slightest doubt that the people will
| raise the amount Of the subscription re-
| CURED as a guarantee by Congress, and 1t
| is earnestly hoped that the national legis-
| lature Will see MT to make the appropria-
| ton of fve millions of dollars at this ses-
| sion. ST. Lousans intend making the ex-
position eclipse all enterprises of the kind
| in the past, and establishing a standard
| that will be hard to live up to In the fu-
1 ture. 1t Is believed the attendance will
| fully equal that of the worlds fair at Chi
/ cago in 1898.
| What st. Louis can do in a small way
has been demonstrated year after year by
| the annual exposition which is held every
fall. The Yelled Prophets would, of
course, make their annual visitation and
more magnificent than the Mardi Gras at
New OrlesnO."