The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-07-18
nAwAIrs HEALTHFULNESs.

On. of the questions always asked oy
.,.. man or woman who thinks OF COM
ing to Hawaii for pleasure resioehoe
or physical gain. il whether the ciiiia'e
IS healthfuI? Is 1t not too not! ~
not white people find 1t enerVatihe
what of tropical diseases and epioeii-
ics, 1t Is not always easy TO maze
sufficiently impressive answer ior ste"
,;st,cs Of health resorts are more OF
loss in disrepute and figures OF the
thermometer, if not taken into account
witt, the degrees Of humidity' 90 ho'
always convey q just impression
There was once California ~"
,.,h;c,, hooned itself ana may be BOOM
ing itself yet on, the equapiiity Oh i's
,,;r,ate. 1t published tables OF com
rara,ive temperature until one could
not Gee its name. without looking LOT
a.. fieures annexed 1t thrust weather
oar+ifcates into the hands of every IN
canning tourist. But the document II
,,sed to most advantage. and which
most impressed the health-seekers' was
something which was not Originally in-
tended for an advertisement at an =
,.s.,s = curt letter from the General
Manager Of the Associated Press az
chicago. refusing a request or the local
,c,b.nber of Commerce that he pupiisn'
With the daily temperature returns
from widely separated points in the
United States. the figures from the al
;fornia town. The General Manager re-
fused on the ground that there was i'o
news In the weather reports from tia'
noiut. Find out its temperature re-
nort for the year One" he SAID ana
,,o,, have it for the current year.
when the stranger read that he was
convinced. There's no boom nonsense
a1,o,t this" he said, and it proves the
even climate of the place better tnan
anything else can npF 81
,rbe hest advertisement We have seen
of the healthfulness of the Honolulu
climate is in an equally informal eA-
cerpt from the Missionary Herald
commenting on report in the Adyer-
tisari the meeting of the Cousins So
ciety. Here it is. the capitalization OF
phrases being our own:
The Commercial Advertiser, OF homo
/. lulu contains a report or the JupiiSe
meeting of the Hawaiian MISSION Iii
dretl's Society, popularity called Ihe
Cousins" 1t was held on May ~ the
fiftieth anniversary of its organization.
This society was organized Tor the
purpose of cultivating the sociai anu
missionary spirit among the children
of missionaries. 1t has had reInar X
able history during the fifty years ol
its existence Rev. Orramel H. Gullck
wa, its first secretary, and afterwards
its president, serving later on as an
officer of the Morning Star, then as
missionary in Japan, and now as mis-
sionary to the Japanese on HaWah- L ne
society has enrolled some names OF re-
nown. such as; General Armstrong, OF
HamDton: DR.. Hiram Bingham, the
GuIicks O.uther HalSey. Orramei n.
William H, John To, and many others
The society had much to do with the
opening of the Micronesian Misslon
and several of its members nave rem
dered personal service in that mission
field. 1t is stated that the members OF
the society in 1853 numbered 1913, OF
whom ONLY FTFVTY-FIVE HAF Z
DIED. leaving ninety eight, or nearly
two-tfirds OF the number, stlIl nVln4
at the close of fifty years. THIS FACl
MAY WELL BE NOTED AS Ind
eating THE HEALTHFULNESS or
THE CLIMATE, as well as the gooc
habits of these missionary children
such as are calculated to prolong lte
We doubt. in these days, if there car
be found anywhere a society formeo
fifty years ago HAVING sixty
FOUR PER CENT OF IT'S MEMBER
SHIP STILL LIVING. The addresses
of Mr.. Gulick and others, at this jubl-
lee meeting, were most interesting ano
instructive 1t appears that the "Cous
ms" Society has contributed for mission
work during the fifty years of its ex
istence no less than $4,000 an average
of $500 a year. We send to this Vlsor'
Gus and helpful organization our hearty
Aloha.
If any one doubts that white people
can stand the climate of Hawaii anC
thrive in 1t. never mind about statistic
but send him the Herald clipping.
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