The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1905-09-30

devoaed to that pursuit; or in the su-
gar mills, which are the largest Of any
i'm the world"
ALWAYS TRUST A CHINAMAN.
Mr.. Newcomb deplores the fact that
the country is denied Chinese labor.
and says that if they could only have
it as before annexation it would be a
great boon to them. IF there could be
some law passed whereby we could
have contract labor, say for term of
three years, and at the expiration OF
the time, unless the contract was re-
newed. the Chinese could be sent back,
it would be a great thing for the plant
ers."
Mr.. NewComb's sidelights upon the
characteristics of the Chinese are in
teresting, his ideas being somewhat i'm
variance to those quite generally en-
entertained.
we have 10000 Chinese in the ISL
ands and they are faithful, law-abid-
ing, conscientious people. You can
always trust a Chinaman.
The workingman is well paid there
in many instances better than i'm the
states.
THE tourist coming to Honolulu finds
hotel accommodations which are I'M
surpassed our largest hotel being one
of the finest to be found anywhere.
Electricity is used entirely for light
ing purposes, although at the present
time the city is being piped for gas,
which will be used for fuel Nearly
every house in Honolulu is connected
by telephone.
we have a fine trolley system, and
on the island of Oahu, upon which HO-
nOlulu is situated We have seventy
five miles of steam railroad.
The conditions of sanitation in Ho-
nolulu are all that could be desired, the
finest in the world. At the present
time Honolulu is the only place in the
islands that enjoys the advantages of
good shipping port, the government,
it will be recalled, having made an APP
preparation for the deepening of the
harbor there so that the large vessels
can dock. Passengers to many places
are obliged to make novel landings, the
small boats going in as near to the
cliffs as possible, to the top of which
ascent is made in cages let down by
pulleys, for their accommodation"
Asked regarding the educational con.
ditiOns, Mr.. Newcomb stated that the
schools there are as good as any to be
found in the United States. and it is
compulsory that every child be sent to
school.
The teachers, however are confront
ed by problem in their work not found
to any extent in the states, for i'm the
primary schools they have the children
from all nationalities, all of course
speaking a different language, who
must first be taught a common tongue"
Again referring to the climatic condi-
tons Mr.. Newcomb said: I'VE have an
occasional shower which seems to drop
from "A clear sky, the heavens bathed in
liquid sunshine, with rainbows all over
the mountains. A queer thing about
them is that the rain, which is more
like a heavy mist, will ofttime be fall
ing on one side of the street while not
even suspicion of it is to be seen on
the opposite side"
Mr.. Newcomb has the most interest
ing fish stories to tell but state that
they are backed up by the sights to be
seen in the aquarium at Honolulu, in
which are sights of the strangest and
most beautiful fish known. ''Some of
them have coloring more beautiful than
the most gorgeous butterfly that you
have ever seen, and again there are
those showing all the iridescent tint
ings of the peacocks neck. There is
st1g ,,IF q q
with a feather which protrudes some
inches from the snout and there are
those as blue as the heavens. together
with many quite as wonderful, all of
which are to be seen in our aquarium.
The Island of Molokai is set aside
for the lepers. and there on peninsula
is situated "A town which, including the
lepers. attendants, etc, numbers about
1900 people,
People are employed IN the islands
TO watch out for epers and as soon as
a person is suspected of having the dis
ease he is arrested and sent to the sta
ton, where he is supported in comfort
for the rest of his life unless he prefers
to work. They have comfortable hous-
es, good schools, churches and places
of amusement and everything possible
is done to make them comfortable and
happy.
Throughout the islands the aged
the infrm, the orphans and the unfor-
tunate are finely cared for, and if you
want to ind a place more up to date
i'm that respect you have got to get up
early in the morning.
While there is a great deal Of So
ciety in Honolulu, the people are in
clined to be domestic in their tastes.
The women enter little into club life,
although the w. c. r. U. is strong
there, and they are much interested in
church work. The men, too, enjoy more
home life than here, although in Homo
lulu we have the Pacific, an old English
club, to which the leading men belong.
Then we have the order Of ElSs, and
the usual secret societies. In society
you mingle with cultured representa-
tives of every country and meet more
people of distinction than you would in
Boston or New York"