The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-02-07

their gentle upheaval, melting into
lesser hills of infinite variety Of color,
bearing countless imprints of Natures
moulding hand in her dimpling and
curving processes, are first to capture
the eye of the voyager as he sails into
the beautiful bay of Honolulu. Seas
of beryl. and amber, and emerald, and
turquoise breaking gently in white
foam upon a shore where cocoa palms
lift aloft their fronded heights, and
great monkey pod trees fill the air with
mink bloom Lagoons covered with
water lilies-great crimson and lilac
discs of perfume Flowers and SHRUBS
s,f every conceivable tint and odor, and
over all the great royal poincianas COW
cred with scarlet flowers, with WHITE
blossoms nesting in their hearts, ana
as the dusk steals on, the archlng
heavens are lit with burning sunsets
~ajnbov-tinted,-a glowing in gor-
geous fret-work embers of glory. 1T
ss Monte Carlo without the click of
fine roulette ball. 1t is Long Branch
WITHOUT the hectic of Wall street cling
fne 10 its garments. 1t is Old Orcn-
ara or Mount Desert without their
chilly nights. 1t is Coronado or Mon
ferey without their boisterous breezes.
TT is rot the tropics, because the Their
x.,o4nftar in seventeen years has never
registered as high as 80 degrees, ana
VET If is the tropics because IN the
same time the mercury has never drop
ned below Sc degrees A straw nat VI
FeIt hat a linen or a wooden garment
are equally in order. There are no
snakes or reptiles or poisonous lnsectS'
IT is the perfection of physical NE.
Fitting environments these Tor the
free-linaled. soft-eyed, Hberty-loVlns
natives inhabiting these lovely 1siahos
IF the sea. Fresh from the crucibie OF
Nature they come, untrammeleo ny
4he arts of civilized life. Their chlid-
ren are begotten and born and die as
members of one loving family. They
share their little ones as they do their
Hraad and the change to Christianity
s~gro1y, idol worship has made but little
difference with them. In despite Oh
missionaries and iconoclasts the ka-
1akas retain many of their pristine
Qualities They are not loyal in our
sense of the word. They pay lttle
attention to a promise. They VIII sen
their votes eagerly. and cheerfully Tan
10 deliver the goods. Virtue IS oIteh
merely a name: but the lack or II Is
no Far sinister to good deeds and nu-
rnane actions. They are gentie anu
forgiyine and generous but they are
ungratefu1 to degree almost human
4 A
THE Hawaiian moon pours its ra-
dance upon broad hotel lanais crowded
with tourists and residents in evening
drass listening to the sweet harmonies
of Hawaiian singers.
Music to the Hawaiian is the Open
Sesame To his sensibilities. If he suf-
fers he means in musical measures.
IF ne is sad he signs in some minor
cadence Even his anger leaps to
sanut of varied utterances like the
snerenptorv staccato of beaten
ssnkuIele'' and his expressions Of love
or hate of hope or despair, are best
interpreted through his natural me-
S5iun OF rhythmical sounds. The orig
fnal music of the native is largely ira
f1it5onaI 1t is not science, 1t Is d
melody flowing from the soul hnklns
itself with kindred expressions OF Aeel-
s,r. nv ia ssio1 into chords or harmon1es
&C cornnIete as even fell from the pen
of Bach or Beethoven, While uhcoA-
scious of numbers or CALCULATION IN
their curriculum discord is lmposslpie-
Theirs il vertically the music OF Ma
Sire as the aggregation of bard sons
ur~the unspoken throb OF deep Nisn'
or the distant hum of city ne Is INC
Eev note to the Universe of sound. is
there anything more pltiaple imam INC
"AIoha' of poor Liliuokalani, eompos-
e. ~ ,o+e-r,oorten of her dead realm,
sincfng her heart-breaking sobs Tor d
lost
forever
happened to be present at the lu-
neral OF the last of the Kamehamehas'
Arnong the gorgeous trappings OF woe
were TO be seen signs and sympols oL
rsnyaI heritage blazoned with go!ueh
embroidery; but of hngIy possesslo
there were none, and SOMEBODY WINS
pered. HE had them all destroyeo 'l,e
rfs,5,+ before he died" "Alien touch
- f7neer NV crown, nor traitor
s~aot, stir the feathers upon my ra4-
ment," said he. ,,,,o
-rba feather sceptres nodded their
besutjful plumes to the plaintlve chahl
Of stored music, and the ola haliNe
ynonoloe11ist babbled of farther Isles
and wars hut over all the raven Oh
Destiny croaked "Nevermore-
AAA
"eThe King is dead-long I'VE the
King, What of the problem OF gov
ernr7e,t presented by these Islands to
fb. American nation? Seventy mil
-.ssons of people living on the mainland
think little and care little for the fate
or the future of one hundred and hIty
thousand dweIlers in Hawaii. yet the
<uation has a duty to perform toWaIo
them as trustee and guardian, GUY
which it may not neglect or snlrA
without reproach.