Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1903-09-16
To the Editor o, The American;

Aug. 10. 1908.
| To the Editor Of The American;
| In order 10 see and learn what ! can OF
our new possessions here In my limited
time, have Bept on the go, and SO, on
tbis 21st day OF April, 1908, / am resting
1t "Haaieiea Lawn.
This is my boarding place, snd in one
Of my former letters OF this series said
would have something more to say in an
at her letter 10 regard to this historic es.
tate. This is that letter. Now listen.
| Ksmehameba |, whose statue stands In
the gtounds OF "AliiolaDi Hale", one OF
he government buildings, and is com
memorative OF tie cobquests OF all these
| islands by this ruler, built Hsaielea--this
house in which am now boarding-for a
granddaughter who married one Luke
Haaleles; hence the name.
This then was a royal habitaiion. 1t is
a two-story isvs-rock structure q think
am not mistaken in the material, but as
it is plssttr,d over, it is hard to tell,
erected on rectsngle floor plan about
2Sx50 feet, / should judge, and very plain
| in all it's finish. both exterior and iptesior.
| Tue second floor was, originally, one room
with windows IN one end only; but now
| tnis fl or has three rooms, ana b, cause
there are no siue windows, the ,eatre
room
Tnere are two doors. one on each sioe
thai are always open, dsy or nigut, sun
shine or storm; ana They have screens to
keep cut mosquitoes. l bave fifteen
pieces OF furniture IN This room, anu
when | wish to walk about the room for
exercises, or 10 find my coat, nat, vaiise or
umbrella, light tie lamp nearer at hsuo
(there tire two, one in each OF two cor.
| neral; can tben see nay way TO the other,
and when that is lighted, | eau use the
looking glass and see nov to part my hair
at any time of day.
There Is no way OF heating my room,
aud 1 haven't experienced any need Of
nre. Ii may blow gale, ana there be
loud coughing among the tamarind,
bread fruit and mango trees, and WIND
sweeping through my room, yet | can
sweetIy sleep upon my comfor bic bed.
under single covering, q thin sheet at
that, and don't need even that. This Is
April weather. This is a fine climate;
but find 1t 10 be rather enervating 20 my
mortal frame, and when 1t Is weakened
my spirits droop.
Judging from the walled enclosure,
l. his, as land out at fret, was a large ALI
estate belonging to one of the nobility
TO be SO centrally located. 1t lies In
between King and Beretania streets
Across the former is the executive build,
ing once the palace of the queen, across
the latter is ex-Qaeen Liiiuokalani,s
residence.
This estate is now divided and oceu-
pied by several families; trail fences run
ming across the property between neigh
bors. This "Hasleles" has, In connection
with the old historic house, several small
er houses or villas which are now used as
bedrooms.
Besides many varieties OF low growing
shrubs, large trees, such as the tsmarind,
bread fruit and mango grow upon ana
beautify the estate, furnishing fruits and
refreshing shade, while soft breezes are
sifted through the trees and fan you as
you sleep In your hammock or sit upon
he soft turf absorbed Ia the latest novel
1t Is delightful resting place, where you
can feel that you "don't care how the
wide world wags", for you are most com.
Portable.
April ~. hire team and we drive to
The Pail" (Pah, lee) which is about six
miles from this city at the head of what
is known as "Nuuanu Valley, over a
good macadRmized road part of the dis
lance, and fnely graded turnpike the
rest of its serpentine way. We pass
through "old Chinatown, then ''throug h
a wealth OF tropical foliage In the teauti.
fnl old residence section of the cityp
We climb grade to Nuuanu cemetery, the
royal mausoleum and tomb OF Kane
hamehs kings. The scenery grows grander
and more varied as we rise on the grade.
We finally reach Pail. This Is a cut, q
gateway In the mountain, and when we
reach 1t We come to a perpendicular fall
OF several hundred feet. A hundred years
ago kamehamehs drove his enemies into
this funnel, so shaped by mountains, aud
over the awful precipice. lam told that
not one Of all the host escaped death.
When there is wind it sweeps through
this cut with great fury, so one must be
careful al d select calm time for coming
up here, else he will lose his hat, UNI
oreiia, and, perhaps, horse and buggy.
But once here under favorabl conditions.
you get wonderful views of tue gIande.t
scenery. No one going to Honolulu
should miss seeing P4ii.
April 20 We take ride about the city
with friends, visit the "Queeh's hospital"
founded by Kamebameba " ana Q 4evn
Emma, bis consort, in 1860.
April "a. We visit the Bishop museum.