The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-12
SUNDAY At
THE BEACH
A Perfect Day Brings
Out Pleasure
Seekers.

The glorious weather yesterday drew
an unusually large crowd to the beach
and one of the pIeasantest Sunday aft
ernoOns of the year was enjoyed by the
patrons of the Waikiki resorts.
High tide came at just the right time
to catch the crowd and the surf was
Just right for surfing.
Although the sun shone brightly all
day, the strong trade wind brought with
it an agreeable GOODNESS in which a
tang of autumn could he detected.
r The beach was well populated until
the sun had sunk far below the horizon
and the golden aftermath of his SPLEEN
dor had faded from the western sky.
The Aquarium entertained a large
number of visitors who found amending
gyrations of the tinny occupants of the
various tanks.
The big squid did a star stunt yes
terday. Emerging from his retirement
beneath an overhanging ledge of coral,
the slippery fellow perched on a ledge
of rock and surveyed his surroundings.
fore his hungry gaze but he suffered
the tiny crustaceans to remain I'M
molested. He was after bigger game.
Presently a fat black crab scuttIed
along a side of the tank. Quick as Il
flash his squidship got a move on and
with his tentacles trailing behind him
precipitated himself at the unfortunate
shell-tish.
Just before reaching the crab the
squid checked himself and. spreading
out his feeIers like the opening of an
umbrella, soon had the crab in his
mouth, the parrot-like mandibles of
which quickly crushed it into digestible
form. 1t took the squid half an hour
to complete his meal after which he
retired to his retreat and went to sleep.
Perhaps the most attractive tank in
the Aquarium just now is that which
constitutes the home Of the colony Of
fantailed goldfish
These curious little fish present a
splendid appearance as the suns rays
strike down through the clear water
onto their red-gold bodies, delicately
relieved with pure white.
There has been placed in one of the
tanks of late a .ielly-fsh This is no
ordinary jelly-fsh, though as shapeIess
! as the rest Of his race. 1t is his color
that attracts and distinguishes Imag-
inc the warmest rose-red Won can and
You viii fall short of the mark. It Is
living color that attracts and fascinates
1t is color that painter 5 palette never
bore. 1t is color that transforms the
hideous shapeless form of the iellv-tish
into thing Of wondrous beauty which
you return to gaze at again and again.
Varied and remarkable are the com
memts made by visitors to the Aqua
rum on its varied denizens.
/ Two ladies were regarding the
! oopuhue or parrot-fsh yesterday Now
/ this fish is the LATEST thing Imaginable
barring of course It's neighbors. the
/ perching fish. The oopuhue can succeed
! in looking more bored than any in
! habitant OF the heaven above, the earth
/ beneath OF the waters under the earth.
! One lady remarked that this kind
! lived for ever.
/ Her friend exclaimed that she had
! always wanted to see a turtle as she
| had heard that they were wonderfully
| lOng-lived.
! Those animated little transparencies
the shrimps, attracted the attention of
a couple of Britishers from "a tramp
! ST. in