The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-11-11
How HONOLULU'S CHARM
GREW ON VISITING EDITOR

The following are selections from the
letters Of Editor Matthews, of the
Covina Argus. one of Honolulu's Cali
fornia excursionists:
Those who have been fortunate
enough to live in these beautiful ISL
ands, even though it may have been
but a short time, know that they have
come under a charm and must ever
after chant their praises. The writer's
first glimpse of Honolulu can never be
forgotten. 1t was a bright and glo-
rious morning, not a cloud in the sky,
and yet occasionally there would pass
over US a shower of liquid sunshine"
and we would reach out our hands to
grasp the gorgeous rainbow which APP
peared almost to touch the side of the
steamship Alameda, on which we stood
AS the good ship, with Captain Dow
dell on the bridge, passed the bold pro-
montory of Diamond Head, we caught
| the graceful outline of the cocoanut
palm groves on the beach. and the soft
land breezes brought US the odors of
the flowers and fragrant vines. For
background to the fertile plain on
which lies the town of Honolulu rose
the rugged form of old Punchbowl the
long-silent crater, and an irregular out
line of green peaks died away in the
distance.
LIFE IN THE OPEN AIR.
Familiar as Honolulu became TO me,
that first impression never wore off.
There was something delightfully."- free
III a life where so much of the time
could be spent in the open air. in the
the necessaries and Injuries of modern
life were close at hand.
Honolulu has good schools. colleges,
churches, library, street cars of the
most approved type, municipal cleo
trio lighting system. well managed
telephone system. good markets. fine
stores substantial banking, institu-
tons, daily papers equal in every re-
spect and in some features surprising
those published in similar sized towns
on the mainland, modern and beauti-
full hotels, equal in service to the
Alexandria of Los Angeles and the
Raymond of Pasadena, sea bathing
which excels all other places, and
healthful climate, as well as it's refined
and agreea BILE society
NEW STEAMBOAT LINE
With all these charms, which are
yearly becoming more generally known
to the travelling public of the States
it is not unreasonable to predict that
the day is not far distant when Hawaii
will enjoy and reap a rich harvest from
the tourist travel, for truly the trip.
with the floating palaces which now
ply between San Francisco. Honolulu,
New Zealand and Australia and with
the establishment of the new line of
steamboats, which is contemplated be
tween San Pedro and Honolulu, will be
one that is full of attractions. Los
Angeles has become the winter home
of tens of thousands of the wealthy
Americans who flee from the great ex-
tremeS of heat and cold of the East !
These same people have thought little
of taking a run across the Atlantic !
from their old homes, and here with
the new line in operation they will
find cheaper and pleasanter sea voy- /
age offered them, with a new and ex-
ceedingly attractive experience at the !
end of it. There is but one Pacific /
ocean, but one Hawaiian group--to
sail for a week over the clear and calm
waters of the one and to luxuriate in
the tropical beauty of the other, are
pleasures not to be duplicated the world
over