The San Francisco call., 1904-03-06

lied in the Jardin Mabille or the Clos
erie de Lilas in Paris. Imagine dozen
London concert hall singers acting as
the choir and singing Johnny Comes
Marching Home" in an Episcopal ca
thedraL Ina gine a Salvation Army
captain with rooster under his arm
and Alkali Jake with a Bible fastened
to his cartridge belt going arm in arm
to a combination cockhght and prayer
meeting, and you may have some idea
of one phase of conditions in Homo
lulu The old missionary spirit-strong,
unyielding. fo-d Of power and uneOm-
promising-still rules In the public az
fairs. in business and in social life. The
adventurous Californian who came
here after annexation frets at mission
ary restraints and ways. and. finding
opposition ard defiance a weary and
proftless pursuit. sells out his bust
ness to the old-timers and returns to
San Francisco.
The Portuguese. thrifty. industrious.
living unto themselves and indifferent
TO American citizenship. which they
will scarcely take the trouble 10 ac
quire; the Chinese patient and very
quiet and gradually returning TO China;
the Japanese. proud, aggressive, quar-
relsome. self-seeking. ambitious and IN
reliable-these make UP the cosmopol-
itan life Of the Paradise Of the Pacific.
The social life outside Of the regular
American society is a queer medley.
There was, before it was broken up by
private effort. a great bagnio. which
was practically licensed and under open
police protection. Among its six hun
led inmates there we're Japanese. Chi
nese, Portuguese and French women.
but not a single Hawaiian And yet
the Hawaiian women do not pretend 10
be strict observers of the moral law.
There are hundreds OF households In
which the birth Of the elder children
were entered upon the family record
before the marriage ceremony was per-
formed. But neither their own visiting
list nor that Of their parents was there
by restricted, and in the olden days it
was considered by a husband a dis
tinguished honor to have a chief for
the father Of one Of his wife's children.
The Hawaiian idea Of civic duty was
expressed by an indignant native when
the superintendent of public works
was removed from Office by the Cover
nor for having "swiped' public funds
under his control. The defaulter, after
being discovered. replaced the stolen
money. but his inexorable excsllency
removed him nevertheless. Thereupon
the native demonstrated against ex-
ecutive tyrants and voiced Kaaaka
public sentiment when he exclaimed:
What a shame it was to turn Johnny
out Of his Office. Didn't he put back
the money!"
This beautiful dress is for Mrs.
Brown. is 1t ?" said the native wife Of a
struggling lawyer in Honolulu 10 her
dressmaker well, there IS nothing
like the luck of some people Ny hus-
band is just as good a lawyer as
Colonel Brown, but he cannot afford TO
buy such dresses for me. He has been
here for years and only makes a living.
while Colonel Brown. who has been
here but few months. jumped into
big practice at once. You say that he
always wins his cases. Well, Of course
he wins his cases, but that Is easily ac-
counted for. He came down here from
the mainland with a lot Of new law
that none of the other lawyers knew
anything about and Of course he wins
his cases with it.
While there is no distinction on ac-
count OF race. color, creed or condition
in Hawaii. there is a bar of caste, and
It is a bar that seems to be impossible.
All those who lived in these islands be-
fore the overthrow of the monarchy
are "Kamainas" and all who have
come since are ''Malahinas." The new
conner who is here as a visitor and
tourist is received With effusive hospi-
tality. For him there is poi and pig,
luau and hula hula. But If his visit
becomes a sOjourn. il tempted by cli-
mate and kindness he en1b -rks in COM
merce, or manufactures or agriculture,
or seeks to practice law, medicine or
dentistry, then the glad hand is at once