The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1906-02-12
NEWCOMB'S DISPLAY
OF SKETCHES OF HAWAII
MANCHESTER,
SHIRE DEvOTEs CONSIDERABLE SPACE TO A DISPLAY A
p NEWCOMERS COLLECTION ORIGINAL SKETCHES
PHOTOGRAPHS OF HAWAII HAWAIIAN SCENES.

erected for the protection of tourists
who wish to remain over night to see
the sun rise. SO great is the fury of
the wind, says Mr. Newcomb, that
considerable trouble is being expert
enced in keeping the roof of the shell
ter in position. Every method which
has been tried at different times but
as yet nothing has been hit upon which
has been strong enough to defy the
winds for any length of time. Hitching
the horses on the protected side of the
shelter, the visitors to the summit pro-
coed on foot about 300 feet to a place
where there is a break in the lava
walls and there they get view into
the crater, which without exception is
the biggest hole in the world.
AS they look into its vast depths at
tention is attracted to the cinder cones
which rise from the bottom to a height
of several hundred feet and are of a
peculiar reddish brown color Their
formation can be likened, although on
a gigantic scale, to the bubbles which
rise and burst as an outlet to heat on
a kettle of boiling molasses candy. The
summit of Mt. Haleakala is crowned
with sands and lava walls rising jag
ged and gaunt against the skies.
A FINE GOVERNMENT ROAD.
Beautiful sketches are shown of the
West Maui mountains bathed in liquid
sunshine and skirted by cane fields, as
seen at a distance of twenty miles, and
still another depicting the grandeur of
approaching evening as the sun sinks
behind the mountains, leaving he
heavens clothed in color which rivals
the tintings of the rainbow. Mr. New
comb calls attention to the fact that
around the base of these mountains a
fine government road has been built,
which for tropical scenery and ocean
view effects makes it, in comparison,
one of the finest, most interesting and
picturesque.
The entrance to the sleepy old town
of Lahaina, the ancient capital of the
islands, is marked by the thickest of
tropical trees, which are faithfully de-
picted by the artist.
Of special interest in the remaining
group is the sketch of the leper settle
ment, which nestles under the frown-
ing cliffs on a point of land jutting out
into the water on the island of Molo-
kai. The site was selected, it is said
by reason of it's inaccessibility except
by water, thus making escape impos-
sible for any confined there.
RESEMBLES A FISHING VILLAGE.
The settlement, says Mr.. Newcomb,
is not the dreary and cheerless place
one might imagine, for although con-
fined there for the remainder of their
days, the victims of the dread disease
are provided with every comfort and
amusement which they could desire.
They work or not, as they feel dispos-
ed, and those who desire them are pro-
vided with snug little homes of their
own which are erected for them by the
government They have their own
bands, library, hospitals, churches and
places of amusement, and are, so far
as possible, quite content and happy.
Looking at the settlement from the
water one not informed would never
guess it's nature, as it bears a striking
resemblance to snug little fishing
village.
A landing at Kaanapali on Maui is
shown, and in still another sketch of
the group one gets an idea of the great
beauty of the oleander trees in the tro-
pics, those shown being in front of an
old hotel at Wailuku
An interesting sketch is shown of the
abandoned settlement of grass houses
near Lahaina which were once occu-
pied by the Gilbert Islanders, nearly
all of whom have been returned by the
government at their request.
1t is peculiar to the islands that the
vines bloom in winter and to give an
doned garden one has been sketched
which was overgrown by the bougain-
vile vine one of the most gorgeous to
be seen in the tropics.
one of the sketches not included in
the grouping has for its theme five of
the giant cocoa palms which are near
Lahaina. They are the oldest in the
islands, it is believed, two in fact be-
ing so aged that they have lost their
venerable heads. While their age can
not be determined, it is probably that
they have been mute sentinels watch
ing over the islands for a great num-
Der of years. Still another of the sin
gle sketches depicts the beautiful
blending of color as seen in the cliffs
on the windward coast of the island of
Molokai.
FINE HOTELS AND CHURCHES.
Among the Photographic views the
observer should dwell a moment to in
spect those shown of the magnificent
hotels, among them the Royal Hawaii
an, the Oldest in Honolulu; the Alexan-
der Young, situated in the center of
the city, which boasts one of the finest
roof gardens which could be imagined
and from which is to be had com
manding views.
The Moana is at Waikiki beach,
where the visitor may enjoy a dip in
the oceon every day the year round.
The Haleiwa Hotel is at a point about
fifty miles from Honolulu, to which
runs the only steam railroad in the ISL
and. The hotel, with it's Japanese gar