The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-01-11

the beautiful quiet Pacific Ocean. After
having such a sorry time of it in san
: Francisco. my husband having had no
work for all the time we were there.
/ going on nine months, having gone
there from the far East, and having
heard that San Francisco was such q
delightful climate, and my husband :
health having failed, not having found
! work OF any kind. We were glad be
fore our last two hundred were gone
where we could make living and so
decided on Honolulu. AS we had al
ways been very well to do, of course
We had plenty of good clothing, both
summer and winter, and our appear
ance helped US greatly III landing. OF
course they thought We had the re
quired sum, or at least would not be-
come county charges. We went att
oil &c and secured a very comfortable
room on the slopes of PunchboWI for
SO a month. 1 had a small OIL stove
OICuSAl Will IllG, anu OOuSl4l ScAi4C
cheap dishes. I cooked our meals OIL
this oil stove, cooked every thing, and
would cover them good with newspaper
over the clean table to keep warm, ana
when the tea or coffee We're made, with
the fruit, vegetables, etc, we had a
very coy, comfortable little meal, and
sometimes If cost ne aver, bera thirty |
five cents. I mean, after I had laid |
in my supply of butter, coffee, tea, |
sugar and many other things. After L |
had bought about So worth of stuff, |
then the immediate sum total laid out
would be thirty-five cents per meal. In |
about two weeks my husband secured |
work as clerk, and from that day he
has not been idle. 1 have done my
share of saving and planning. OF
course my husband would not let me
earn money; that is, to work, other
than in our home. We then rented a
small house and shortly after We had
a little home built in a lot of 100x15O,
in a very respectable part of the city;
suburb, of course The whole cost
$500 on the installment plan. 1t is
now going on six years since we moved
into our dear little home. We have
planted plenty of all kinds of native
fruits bananas, etc. L have a small
garden in onefSorner, where 1 raise all
our vegetables. 1 have also eighty
chickens, and from the produce of ali
earn a neat little sum, which I have ,
placed in bank and which 1 never
touch, putting at interest ready in case
# emergency of any kind. About our
home, we never pay less than $35 a
I keep one Japanese man, who helps
ne with the heavy work. In the mean :
line 7 have plenty of time and enjoy I
nent, as we are both still young
enough to enjoy everything; you can
we'll understand we are happy in our
and it was not hard one {
.ither. It was simply to start right 7
md pull together. Indeed, [ don't see {
low airy one can starve here where
he climate is never cold, where there d.
IS work for every one and where there
s no such thing as a poorhouse or /
.lmshouse, nor is there need for one.
These poor mongyels of Porto Ricans
ire too lazy to even keep themselves I
lean. on the plantations, where they
AVE nice little homes provided for
hem they don't even attempt to do +
Why, have often thought t
low nice and comfortable they could
make themselves if they would but
1st work little; but no, they would l
ather go and pour out their miserable T
IT OF lies, steal and drink. I have ]
OF written this article to defend any
ne in particular; it is the truth of
rhat can be done here in these beauti- (
Il islands by any who want to live
nd work for a comfortable living. n
hey are what you can see any day,
here the foreign steamers land or %
ump the refuse of the miserable out D
asts of humanity, and no doubt blame
eautiful Hawaii for the lies from this L
erd of cattle, not fit to be classed as
imam beings. A WOMAN.
COLDS.-In all countries and 's