The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-03-13
HAD GOOD Time
IN HONOLULU
VISITOR FROM VANCOUVER GIVES
GLOWING ACCOUNT OF HIS EX-
PERIENCES HERE.

Mr.. J. T. Wilkinson, one of the most
Travelled men of Vancouver, returned
yesterday from two months trip to
the Hawaiian Islands, rejuvenated by
the pleasure, and enthusiastic regard
ing the charms of this paradise of the
Pacific. He left on the Aorangi on jan
uary 9Th, and returned via San Fran
cisco.
1T is a paradise" wings" remarked
to a News Advertiser" reported last
evening, and all the time you are
there you dream and do not realize
the awakening until you are covered
with flowers at your departure. 1t is a
delightful custom, for all your friends
to come to the steamer to see you off,
and you are decorated with leis (pro-
nounced lays) of flowers, formed in
wreaths, etc. AS the boat departs,
these are thrown towards the friends
to whom farewell is being said. The
Hawaiian Islands are just one mass of
flowers, brilliant in hue as all tropical
blossoms are, ana redolent with fra
GRANGE.
At this time of the year, the weather
is perfect, and a fellow cannot help but
enjoy life to the full. 1t is another
world, where everything is new and
lovely, and a trip there is the greatest
change you can have. You know Mark
Twain's comment on Hawaii, that no
place in all the world has such a deep
strong charm as this And even that
is none too full an expression.
was around among the Islands while
there and saw the sights. On the ISL
and of Hawaii, the largest of the group,
1 saw the large volcano, and went into
the interior, where there are extensive
cattle and sheep ranges. Sugar plan
tations stretch for hundreds of miles,
and when l arrived at Honolulu there
was considerable excitement over the
rise in the price of the commodity. 1t
will mean a great deal to the growers
there, for sugar raising is a very large
| industry. l had the pleasure of watch
ing the operations of cutting, milling,
and manufacturing of sugar, eating
some of the products of the cane which
1 had seen in the field.
Then there was the surf riding.
That's where some of the fine swim
mers in Vancouver would be able to
enjoy themselves. Every day crowds
are in, and with the water at a delight
full temperature, it Is very fine. A ride
in for half a mile or so on the crest of
a comber is even better than behind a
spanking team, and you know how
much I enjoy that.
! Honolulu was far from lonesome for
met there number of people 1 knew,
among them Mr.. A. M. Burns, former
ly a newspaper man in this city. He
is now on the staff of the Hawaiian
Star" and is steadily gaining in
weight. He has an old longing fol
Vancouver and contemplates a trip over
this way. AS you know, Mr.. F.. A.
Wicket, formerly cashier of the New
York Life in this city, was transferred
to Honolulu, and as 1 represent the
same company, 1 saw much of him.
The city of Honolulu is increasing in
size and importance. The dreamy all
of the past is being supplanted by the
American rush, and soon it will be as
busy as some of the large cities in the
States. American energy is a close fol
lower of the flag, and the exemplihca'
ton of this is seen in the most recent
acquisitions of the Monroe Doctrine
country"
During the trip over, Mr.. Wilkinson
stated, the new hgure-head of thu
Aorang which was put on at Vancou
yer the day before she sailed, received
a good christening. The first part o.
the trip was fine, but approaching Ho
nolulu, the sea was rough.-Vancouvel
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