The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-02-05

A Kilauea party conducted by j.
turned from Hilo and the volcano yes
terday on the Kinau, and as usual,
every member of the party came back
surcharged with the wonders of the
trip. Those who made up the party
were DR.. Colburn, Miss Clapp and Miss
PEBBLES of Los Angeles, Mr.. E. l.. Web
ster of Seattle, Messrs. Grace and Pat
terson of Baker City, Oregon, Mr.. and
Wilmington, Del; Mr.. and Mrs. Chase
S. Osborn of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich;
Mr.. Wicket of Chicago; Mr.. Bent of
Ogden, Utah, and Mr.. c. L. Wight,
manager of Wilder's steamship COM
pany At the Volcano House the Wis
itors were delighted to find Mr.. E. A.
r. Ross and his charming bride, two
well known kanainas, who We're spend
ing their honeymoon close to nature,
as directed by the new simple life"
vogue.
one OF the members of the party
Mr. Chase S. Osborn e. newspaper pro-
prietor o. Michigan) referred to the
trip for the Advertiser as follows:
Il have been in every State of the
Union. every State of Mexico, every
province of Canada, every country of
Europe, including the Caucasian States,
and even the quaint little republic of
San Marine that has nestled in the
Apprentices, guarded by the three towers
of JoVe for more than seventeen CEN
turIes, many of the countries of Africa
and Asia, including the Nile trip and
the marvels of Karnak and Luxor, the
ride to Damascus and the ruins of
BaaFbec, followed the Meander from
Smyrna to the fallen temple of Diana
at EpheSus, caraVaned through the
Holy Land and Turkey, looked down
upon Mars Hill from the Acropolis,
itself a shadow of another world at
the foot of Hymettus, and 1 never took
a trip of greater interest than from Ho-
nolUlu to Kflauea. OF course the mecca
is the volcano but that isn't all. To
have the companionship of Mr. Wight,
q graduate of Annapolis, who has lived
here more than twenty years, as prac-
tical, hardheaded business man as ro-
manifest, as scntimentalist and as
student, with head and heart full of
myth and history folk lore and tradi-
ton, was a great treat in itself. Then
the Kinau was clean and gave a cour-
teous service, with everything ship
shape and Bristol fashion, such as
could only be expected from her skip
per, Captain Freeman, who is old
State Manner. The waves laughed
just little boisterously, suggesting the
smile of the animal made famous by
Mazeppa and Valkyrie, and some of US
were not always in tune with the choir,
altogether too visible. But that didn't
count. Our stop at Lahaina gave US a
chance to briefly study the ancient cap
ital, where we We're told that hun
dreds of whalers rendezvoused in the
good old days, when the Cachalot was
king. At Mahukona We fouled a moor
ing cable and got it in the Kinau's
wheel. That gave Captain Freeman
chance to exercise a latent vocabulary
and gave us a chance to go ashore and
meet the delightful Frasers, who are
ten years out from Chicago and Kan
sas City, but who are loyal to the
core to the Islands. At Laupahoehoe
we went ashore through the wildly
beating surf and saw how it has been
done ever since the days of Dana and
oceans that never can break on the
beach, but they are not in the vicinity
of Laupahoehoe. From Mahukona to
HiIo the coast line has no scenic SUI
perior in the world. 1t is a cOmmin-
Cling of the fjords of Norway, the in
dented bold coast of the Alaskan chan
neIs the headIands of the Nagasak
passage and the silvery green water
falls of the Tivoli From frowning cliffs
one is gradually translated to a panor-
anna of filth that realizes all of ones
preconceived ideas of Hawaii. Hilo is
Individual in its attractions and justi-
ffes a visit in itself. Dinner of broiled
canvas back at the Demosthenes Cafe
and other good things was presided
ever with Lucullian grace by Admiral
Beckley (Prince Mooheau). Manager
Metzger gave us a captivating rail ride
to GIenwood, twenty-five miles out, |
next HaSraing, and then we took fine |
stages and carriages provided by Man |
ager Wight for a wheel of nine miles. |
The rail and road journey is through |
riot of tropical vegetation. The |
strong ohia rears its useful head. wild |
baranas and wild papaias vie with !
tame ones. yam vines climb over the |
roadside tumuli, the staghorn fern in |
predaeeous mood assaiIs the stately |
tree fern the 1auhala or pandanus. |
from which, mats and other needful |
things are obtained, are there in num- |
bers, beautiful cane fields, ohelo ber- |
ries pretty in yellow and red, great |
berries that look like thinble berry |
or an exaggerated raspberry. and call |
ed Hitchcock berries by the locals |
after the gentleman of HiIo who in |
troduced them, line the fair basaltic |
mountain road with hedge effect. The |
combinations of flora, some indigen- |
Gus and other that has been brought in |
and to grow in greater perfection in |
the new environment, form a spectacle