The daily morning journal and courier., 1901-11-02

adam or telford. In the older portloll of the town the streets are narrow ana in places crooked but in the newer sec- tions they are laid off mostly at right angles, the exception being only Tn the hilly sections.
 "Modern architecture is fast taking the place of the quaint native struc- lures, the latter still being surrounded by palms, cocoanuts, bananas and other tropical verdure. Fifteen years ago there was, with the exception or tWo or three quaint stone or brick houses or the older white residents, scarcely d dwelling not occupied by royalty Wnlch could, save in stilted newspaper olc- tion, be, called a mansion Wlthout suspicion of irony. The prevailing type of dwelling, inhabited even by the wealthy was that of the plain, down f east farmhouse of a generation pack. To-day there are whole sections pullt up where there were scrub jungle ana burnt pasture, and built up in lnllnlte variety of urban design, often ornate but seldom tawdry, and haVlns wreath of coloring instead of the old time rusty brown and tiresome white wash. Houses, both stately ana pie turesque, have in the same period Ire. uuently replaced the antiquated TOOL trees of the older residential areas
 "A noticeable impetus to improve mept in the mercantile construction was gievn in 1886, when it became nec- essary to rebuild large area that had been swept by fire. This principally lay in the part known as Chinatown, and it's borders. The business blocks are equally as substantial ana
 tmodernly built the the ones in the United States, but not to such tower I ing height Three or four storlts are the usual limit. Elevators with elect'lc power no longer astound the natlVes' and every modern convenience may De found in the city. Honolulu has an ex- ecutive building that cost $94o'ooo, ana other notable structures are the opera house oueen's hospital Masonic tenn
 ple. Y. M. c. A. building, public library,
 public market the Hawaiian and Ar lington hotels, and the Pacific club. In
 ecclesiastical architecture Honolulu has more magnificent examples. The cen
 tral Union Congregational church IS the most imposing. It is massive ana
 built of island stone. Other denomlna-
 tions have splendid places Of wor-
 ship"
 Japanese female barbers attract the attention of every visitor to Honolulu 1 There are at least half dozen shops in
 the city where women are employed.
 and I have seen strings of men lined .up on the sidewalk awaiting their turns
 to be shaved. The women attain re
 markable degree of proficiency in their
 trade There are Chinese and Japanese
 doctors without number and they have
 an expensive practice among the whltes
 as well as the natives. using the root
 and herb remedies peculiar to their own
 countries. The motives are tidy ana
 clean the women genrally dressing in
 calico of loud figures and designs, While
 the men wear American clothing. They
 run to canvas suits, white duck coats
 and white cloth shoes, The natives are
 mostly mechanics, carpenters, team
 stets and hack drivers. while the better
 class aspire to be- politicians Ameri-
 cans English ands the Germans haVt
 control of the wholesale industries oi
 the islands, and tie best skilled work
 men are furnisheds by these nations.
 ",The police department is efilcient
 conducted by natives, and in conformi- tv with recently Imported metropolitan ideas. There are patrol wagons 1T Honolulu of the same pattern that yot
 see in st Louis, but they are not Kep' 1 in such active commission. The clts
 has a good street car service Wltn 'h'
 line extending from the beach the eh,
 tire length of the corporate limits, branch line also runs to Pacihc Helghts
 the new residence district on the hiii' hack of the city, Nearly all or , secret and henevolenet societies nav lodees in Honolulu, and the Salvatloi Army sings on the streets there tn same that it does here. There are sol
 diers and sailors home, free kinder
 parten, and Children's Aid society American Relief fund, Hawaiian Relie
 society. German Benevolent soclety Portuguese Ladies' Benevolent society ' and Q full quota of churches
 "The largest industrial enterprise I /, the city is finely equipped foundrS V the Honolulu iron works, owned by joint stock corporation, It pulid = sugar making machinery, which mas . ready market over the islands, ana tn z work gives employment to several hur dred hands. Only the very best mechar : ics are engaged for this departmer U of labor and the products compare u favorably with those from any foundr 5 in the United States. There are ais II two smaller foundries, car ouildln V works. blaming mills, manufactories s rubber tires, bicycles, etc.; but Hohe e lu1u will never be manufacturing cef Il ter as neither coal nor raw material e accessible there, and the finished art II cles may be had cheaper from ot = plants.
 " "The system of schools i5 all ths <. could be desired. The largest group ~ these is the Kamehameha, which en D, braces a seminary for native kanaR 'i young ladies, the building for whle = was donated to the state and endowe |, lw Queen Emma. There is we It appointed manual training schof IL , which is probably as thorough It equipped in all of its departments ,,o Washington University, It IS attena' " by the native Kanaka boys, and U 'i building was donated and endowed le King Kamehameha VI. On it's groun 4 ,,. is situated the Bishop museum hl' ,, ,a with interesting historical and natl rn nn relics from the period of barbarlty doV " to the present time. The costumes
 the chieftains of all ages are shoV 1y,Aa Af