Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-05-14
HAWAII Is ATTRACTIVE
THE LANDSCAPE A THING OF
BEAUTY.

whenever your own country is at Its
worst. when you feel the stress OF climate.
come to Hawaii. and you will find the mid
Pacific islands at their best In other
words Hawaii has distinct charm for
every day OF the year, and It is hard for
any OF US to settle upon one season which
| Is more attractive than another"
This Is the answer given yesterday by Mr..
| Edward NJ. Boyd. secretary of the Hawaii
promotion committee OF Honolulu, to the
question as to the best time TO visit the par
adise Of the Pacific. Continuing he said:
Given climate where during the year the
| range OF temperature is from 55' TO So, and
where the daily range is To-. you will un-
derstand how the climate charms the Wis
ttor and contents the resident. The aver
age temperature for the year is about "a.
and consequently you Will that IL IS
never too warm for perfect comfort and
entire enjoyment.
Lying inside the tropics. as do cur
Islands. life in them would be scarcely
| bearable were 1t not that they are famed
constantly by trade winds from the north
east These are regular sea breeZeS. inter
rupted only at long intervals. and usually
during what is your winter, when the wind
swings around TO the south for a day or so.
the result being slightly higher temperature
and sometimes rain. The trades are not
high in speed. but furnish simply the con-
slant agitation of the atmosphere which
| carries out 10 sea the heat from the land
and constantly supplies fresh ozone.
A Thing of Beauty.
THE Hawaiian landscape is a thing OF
beauty. whether II consists of a stretch OF
| high mountains, long unbroken plains or
| deep valleys. The vegetation is profuse
and highly colored to the last degree. Even
the greens offer many distinct and strik-
| Ing shades that one never wearies of a
view which involves only stretch of
forest. To add. however. to the wonder
| full colorings of trees are the vines, which
cover many of the tallest ornamental and
| forest trees. and when In bloom. which is
almost constantly, turn them into blazing
masses of color.
"Everywhere the ponciana regfa, which
in Hawaii grows into a large tree. makes
itself feature of the landscape with its
crest Of scarlet or salmon shades and the
bougainvillea vine twines itself through
and over the tailest trees and absolutely
glorifies them with its masses of purple.
The golden shower and lower down the
brilliant multi-colored croton add shades
| to the foliage which makes of every vista
an enchanting picture. AS IL these were
not enough the flowers common In the
| north temperate zone. with the addition OF
many orchids and poisoning shrubs, Hour
ish luxuiantly until one Is In a constant
state of delight over the varied shadings
to be seen every side.
Hawaii abounds in natural wonders as
well points of interest from an Indus
trial or entertainment standpoint The
great natural wonder in our country Is. or
course. the living crater. Kilauea. which Is
the largest in the world. kilauea Is re-
garded as the greatest possible insurance
of our absolute safety from any Volcano
outbreak which may endanger life or prop
erty. Geologicaly. Hawaii is the youngest
country in the world. its upbuilding being
still in progress. With an open, ever-actlFe
crater, where the energies OF the interior
of the earth may be expended, there Is alb
solutely no danger OF outbreaw such
l,or N
noes have become dead, with no open vent
or safety valve near at hand kilauea Is
a strictly tame volcano. in whose history,
which can be traced for hundreds or years.
there is not a record of single loss OF
life or serious damage to property. On
the brink of the deserts, three and hair
miles across is an excellent hotel, and VS.
itors by a short ride from 1t may come 10
the very brink of the eternal fires ana
watch the play of the fire fountains and
the formation of lakes and cones with ao-
solute safety.
The Highest Mountains.
IAN Interesting phase of the natural
scenery of Hawaii is the presence on the
large island from which the group takes
its name OF the highest mountains In the
Pacific ocean. Both Maunaket and Mauna-
loa are close to 1900 feet high, ana thelr
great bulks, seen from the deck OF
steamer, rise to impressive heights de-
spite the fact tnat 50 BTduudi - ''iS S'OhO
of the cones that the lines are not broken
I'D to the handicapped submits Along
the northern base of these mountains the
land meets the sea In a line of high cliffs.
black and forbidding, a line OF white surf
breaking at their feet, while stretching
AWAY from their SUBMITS are fields OF
bright green sugar cane extending up 10
the darker line of forests or tree leiiis'
and tropical hard woods. -,
at Is almost an anomaly to consider the
tropical growth being of the same ram
iy as some of the plants round mere.
II is almost impossible to believe thal
ferns grow into trees forty-nve leet hisii,
with trunks feet In diameter. yet an
along the foot hills and throughout the
timber belt on all Of the Islands may DE
found monstroHs tree ferns. The prlnclpa!
driveways on the various ISLANDS are Nheu
with such tropical growth, While mere anu
there monstrouS clumps of bamboo make
a break in the symmetry Of the forest IL
Is impossible to describe the peautleS VI
such landscape, for the reason that there
is hardly a parallel anywhere else IN lhe
world. -,. T.,
1.-The accommodations for travellers IN
Hawaii are of the very highest type IN
Honolulu are hotels which compare iaVor-
ably with the very best 10 De fouhd III any
CITY or resort of this country. Honolulu Is
a strictly modern American city, with great
stone buildings intermingled with other
structures dating back TO me tline WIZ sLs,
building material was brought around from
the east by ship, and yet so close 10 IL, i.
fact. in its very suburbs are the traces or
the old-ttme life which prove of such great
interest to the visitor. Not only is this the
case in Honolulu, but close TO II, at
Haleiwa, on the line of the Oahu railway
north of Honolulu, is a strictly up-to-date
resort while on every island are COM
Portable hotels. The roads everywhere are
excellent and sightseeing is a pleasure I'M
der such circumstances.
Honolulu is known the world over for
the superb bathing beach at Waikiki three
p,ilaS from ITS Bathing is the prop
er thing every day in the year, for the tenn
perature of the water is ordinarily around
IS degrees. BY the way. there is found at
that place one of the most unique water
snorts in the world. This is surf canoeing.
where the native outrigger canoe is taken
out to the line of breaking surf at the reef
and the impetus of the oncoming roller car
ries the canoe rushing toward the shore.
This is absolutely unique to Hawaii and Is
one of the features of winter bathing"