Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-11-20
WORD PICTURE OF HAWAII
Impressions of Honolulu and the Hawaiian
Islands as Conceived by Miss TiIIotson
on a Recent Trip.

Hawaiians with their long flowing
''holoken' (Mother Hubbard gowns)
blue black hair and beautiful flower
''leis" (wreaths of freshly cut flow
ers).
When | stepped once more on old
terra firma, the first thought was
boarding house and had to pass
through chinatown to find it, so
saw Honolulus back yard first, but
when | at last turned onto Vine
street it seemed as if | had spread my
wings and had taken fight into Para
disc.
The first adventure or stroll was on
that same afternoon to the Queens
Hospital. The founding of this hos
pital for native Hawaiians was the
crowning work of Queen Emma's
regn-one of Hawaii's nobest queens.
Throughout the grounds are growing
every variety of Hawaiian forestry,
shrubs and flowers. The grand drive
way through the noble royal palm
trees, bows one to alteration, and how
like place OF enchantment it seem
ed when the paintive strains of
natives voice accompanied by a gui-
tar seemed to penetrate all space and
hang quivering upon each leaf Their
sweet voices seem particularly adapt
ed to stringed Instruments wandered
away again and again it brought me
back and when the singer discovered
that he was being overheard sank
back behind a screen of green to
hide his shame. In the evening a
party of us went to the Hawaiian hotel
where concerts are given by the gov
+ ernment band, which is composed
, mostly of natives and ranks with the
best The character of their music
q is particularly plaintive low, sweet
, anu lulling and what delightful sur
prise when now and then voices min
9 gled with the band, taking up parts
O here and there and singing them to-
+ gether. At these concerts there are
/, always four vocal numbers given by
h two native women-a wonder in
sweetness of tone floating out on the
q soft dreamy atmosphere. 1t is the vo-
II cal numbers that take possession of
q you and make you abandon all to the
n present hour. Life in the tropics has
! charm of its own where time itself
r seems to pause and swing itself to
m sleep. Hawaii Ponei' is the national
:. hymn. 1t is pretty and rather stately.
20 ed palace outlined by the COLDER glow
,d of the electric lights, sheltere in vine
III and flower and over arching trees
nt Honolulu by moonlight is a poeticaI
es dream of beauty. The mountains rise
IN almost Immediately behind the town
" casting ever changing shadows. The
r. palms, ferns, Towering shrubs and tall
feathery trees all sivered over. Thus
n ends my first day in Hawaii. no toss
IN ing and heaving and rolling and pitch
lv ing tonight.
ID AS lay in bed the first thing which
greets my eye upon waking in the
, morning was bower Of large harans.
in trees with luscious clusters of fruit
ID hanging ripe and green.
t. The scene has changed with the ad-
is vancing sun growing brighter with
IN lengthenng day. The fleecy clouds
a1 vi1 tho h1un of har
D. penciling their outlines upon the land
III scape below until sunset glows the
ne peaks and ocean with roseate hues.
ay then rapidly descending tropical twi-
ul light and again bursts out with new
u soft beauty in the brilliant moonlight.
re The town has every appearance OF
al elegant comfort The people the most
US generous and hospitable that it has
ever been my good fortune to be
de amongst 1t has a population OF a'out
or $4,000, is very American and so fa'
us as manners, customs and English Ian
is guage is concerned. one can scarcely
TX realize that one is out of the United
n States. 1t is the only place in the
nd entire group of islands where there
g- are street cars, the population not jus
lp- tifying it on the other islands The
de primitive service of "Hoss Cars" in
ng trodced by the bloody" blunderini
ng Englishman is the poorest and mos
m. incomplete thing in the city. There il
ng ono electric line and Just two week
ry. before | left the automobile was in
ow troduced very successfully as pub
IN. lie conveyance, out ruling the English
ash mans "Hoss car" and strange to sa