The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-02-04
FOLK At
BYRON HOT SPRINGS
SOME or THE PEOPLE WHO
HAVE BEEN THERE RECENTLY
HAWAIIAN MUSIC INTRODUCED.

Mrs. Charles l.. Rhodes. writing from
Byron Hot Springs California. where
she has been for some time says: we
found that other Island people have
been visitors to this delightful place.
Among those who have been here with
in the past few months are Prince and
Princess Kalaniauaole, Mr. and Mrs.
John Bowler w. II. Hnogs. W. l..
Beswick, Mr. and Mrs. T.. b. McClana-
han, II. *. Brown, r. McLaue. X. b.
Muller, j. W. Mead, Mrs +. f. Bishop.
Mrs. j. Walker and August Dreier.
Charles Belliu3 left here only few
days ago. They have introduced Ha-
Waiian music here, and almost any
evening one is liable to have am at
tack of Inconsistencies for the Islands
listening TO Aloha Oe" Like no a
Like" Toni Toni" and other Ha-
waiian songs Paul Isenberg is cree
dited with having introduced these
melodies.
"The automobile trip from Oakland
to Byron Hot Springs is simply ravish-
ing. II is about fifty miles, or a
little more. and It is one Of the most
popular automobile tours Of this re-
gion. You go through Haywards
where for miles it is truck gardens on
both sides of the road with such
luxuriance Of celery and early peas,
and Strawberries and raspberries and
cherries later i'm the season, and other
vegetables and fruits, as make you
marvel at the fertility Of the soil. Then
you begin to climb those hills that
make such a pretty background for
all those towns on the east side Of the
bay. You cross and traverse some
wonderfully pretty canyons and go
through the Livermore Valley with its
orchards and vineyards, and where
there are some Of the finest country
residences I'm California, including Mrs.
Phoebe Hearsts Then there Is the
climb up through the pass TO Altamont
and the Mountain House and the broad
| San Joaquin Valley spreads before you.
There are all kinds Of traditions
about the springs themselves, their ORR
| gin and how they were discovered. In
| the days before the "GringOs' came,
| they We're visited by the Spaniards,
and for fifty years Americans have
! been coming TO them. There are all
/ kinds Of springs, with waters of all
| degrees Of heat and all kinds Of cura-
! tive properties. It Is as wonderful
as the hot spring region Of Puma, and
| a great deal easier TO get to.
"They say the waters here are al
most identicaly like those Of Carlsbad
and to those Of us on this side of the
world they have the same advantage
over Carlsbad that they have over
! Puna-they are easier 10 get at There
are waters TO drink, and waters to
battle I'm, all declared TO have bene-
fetal qualities. and really, some Of the
cures that you hear people here telling
you about, and that you see, are won
derful.
THE Hot Springs are about three
miles from the little town Of Byron
on the Southern Pacific, and stage
runs between the Springs and the rail-
road to meet every train.
Byron Hot Springs, as the hotel is
called, Is really most interesting
place. The springs and the baths
make it a sanatarium, but half the
people who come IT seems 10 me, make
It recreation and pleasure resort
The building is a very handsome struc.
ture, set on a sloping lawn. with greer
trees about It. and plenty Of flowers
for even I'm winter II does not get colo
enough to frost the geraniums. Yet to-
: day there was snow on top Of Mt
? Diablo which you can see looming NJ
grandly, as you look from the from
, verandahs across a tropical garden
The building is I'm Mission style Of ar
chitecture, and as you drive away from
: II. IT stands out clear cut against tn
sky and seems TO harmonic so com
pletely with its surroundings. Their
are any number Of beautiful drives II
this region
"Mr H. r. Warner is the manage
Of Byron Hot Springs and he and Mrs
Warner, as well as DR.. Mead, the resi-
dent physician, have great man.
friends I'm the islands, and they ar
each determined to take trip dow
, there some of these days"