The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1904-09-09
.SHR|NERS
PLEASED
Potentate Reese i
Charmed With
Hawaii.
(From Wednesdays Advertiser)


DR.. p. II. Reese. Potentate OF AL
Koran Temple of Cleveland. Ohio. who
is in charge of the party OF Shriners
who are visiting the islands, says that
the visitors have had a royal time in
/ Hawaii. The party arrived on the
Ventura, August "a and after tour
ing the islands will leave on the Ala
media this morning. Dr. Reese gave
the following impressions of his visit
to an Advertiser reporter yesterday:
IL think that | can bespeak the sem
timents of the entire party when 1 say
that the visit has been perfect in every
respect and that words cannot express
the many beauties and charms of these
islands. Certainly you have everything
that could be desired to make the Para
disc of the Pacific perfect-ladies and
gentlemen and Il land of poetry and
| flowers. Our stay at the Hawaiian
Hotel has been eminently satisfactory.
we have been entertained right royalty.
Our visit to Kilauea was delightful.
THE frank open-hearted hospitality
of the people of Honolulu has made a
deep impression on the hearts of the
members of our party. We leave your
fair land with hearts full of love and
gratitude for everything Hawaiian. I
have travelled over good part of the
world but l think that this Is the most
beautiful country that / ever visited.
l had great expectations and had heard
of great things but / don't think that
the half has been told of the beauties
of these islands. One of the greatest
charms of the country is the hospital
ity of its people. / don't believe that
any of our party will feel satisfied I'M
til they make another visit to the Is
lands
Hawaii is an ideal spot for the tour
list. The pretty costumes and happy
faces of it's cosmopolitan people are
full of interest. With little work it
seems to me that a goodly number OF
excursions such as ours might be
brought this way. We would have had
IA hundred in our party IL it had not
been for the dull times in the East
The Promotion Committee did all in its
power to assist us. One thing Is sure,
every person who visits you is a living
advertisement for Hawaii
There has not been a single unpleas-
ant incident since we landed. There
seems to be no tendency on the part
of the people to rob the tourist. I con-
slider the hotel accommodations of the
island simply elegant and very reason
able. The only drawback is the high
steamer rates. You can make trip
of twice the duration to Europe for the
same money. Not only are the regular
rates high but the companies do not
make any such reductions for parties
and excursions as the railroads do. For
instance, the regular rate from Cleve-
land to San Francisco Is something like
$l22.35, but for the Templar conclave
the railroads made "A rate of 500 On
the mainland railroads give a rate of
l l-3 for the round trip for parties of
fifteen or more but the steamer COM
panids make very slight reductions If
this obstacle was removed and with
good advertising you ought to get
many of the people who now spend
their time in Florida and Southern
California. This class of people would
not stay here a few weeks merely but
would spend several months and be a
big source of revenue.
Another thing, / believe that the
United States government should turn
all the revenue received from this ter
ritory for the next five years at least
back into the islands by using It to
build docks, breakwaters and other
needed government works"
In the impression book at the
Royal Hawaiian Hotel DIR. Reese in
scribed the following tribute to Ha-
wall: "Hawaii-the one place on earth
where one could live, love and laugh
always"