The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1906-10-25


liable woods and it's rice and banana
fields. The whole Hawaiian group
could be put in California eight times
The surface of the three larger islands
their valleys, formed by the decompo-
sition of the lava, and partly, perhaps,
by upheavals, too Thus by the ele-
ments and cycles of time have been
formed the many beautiful valleys
the Manoa, back Of Honolulu, with it's
fine waterfall and natural bath; Pa
lolo, next beyond-the botanist's para
elsewhere, in a circle of one hundred
feet, twenty-five different varieties of
ferns are found; Kalihi-the wild and
picturesque, and the historic Nuuanu
valley.
There is also the famous Tao valley
on Maui-called the Yosemite of the
islands; the Waipio and Waimanu val
leys of Hawaii are wildly beautiful
but seldom visited on account of the
difficulty of reaching them. On the
WindWard side of the islands the coasts
are abrupt and steep with deep raw
ines, While the leeward sides are
fringed with a more or less level belt
along the seashore. which is protect
in some places by coral reefs. What
sight to remember! The spray
breaking on the barrier reefs that span
the bay, then trailing into the coral
surf as long. white veflst
One can find almost any kind of
climate here. There is the soft balmy
air of the seas and valleys. 1t is said
the waters here are ten degrees colder
than in any other place in the same
latitude. Then there is the fresh, in
vigorating atmosphere of four thou
sand feet, and finally the frost and
snow limit of $4,000 feet The lowest
years is 81 degrees and the highest 80
degrees. This otherwise hot house
climate is tempered by the trade winds
for three-fourths of the year. AL
though one needs slight covering at
night, there are no fire places in Ho-
nolulu, unless a few for ornament
A delicious languor pervades the
whole region, people and plants alike.
AT any moment the sky may become
overcast and an unexpected shower
come down. Then, as quickly it passes
away and your clothes are left steam
ing in the sun. Oftentimes the show
ers beat in on one side of ones ear
r1age and the sun shines on the other.
With the greatest varieties of elevation
and temperature is a like variety of
vegetation. There are said to be about
one Thousand different kinds of flow
ering plants and 155 ferns. 1t is said
600 of all these species are found only
on the islands. However, most of all
of the fruits and vegetables are not
indigenous. The bean, palm and fern
families are the commonest varieties of
vegetation.
One looks with awe and wonder from
the emerald and sapphire waters so
clear that in some places fish may be
seen swimming to a depth of sixty fec,
to the great plantations and forests of |
tropical vegetation, with their luxuri |
Gus fruits and foliage festooned in fan |
tastlc shapes by graceful trailing vines. |
where every conceivable shade and tint |
of green, gray and brown are blended |
with the splendid cOloring of the flow |
ers, from the most delicate to the most |
gorgeous tints-from this to the rain
bowed valleys beyond, where almost |
may be seen the brilliant |
bow of promise, reaching from one pre-
c1pltous wall to the other with repeat |
I'd double reflections until they disap-
pear in the mist shrouded peaks above |
and over all this scene a canopy of |
soft opal lights.
The city of Honolulu has a popula-
ton of $4,000 and there are few more |
communities anywhere.
The native Hawaiians comprise about |
two-ffths of the population; the Amer
leans are one-fourth. The remainder
Of the population is made up of Chi |
nese, japanese. English, Portuguese and |
Germans. There are sprinklings also of |
Norwegians, Polynesians, French, ia
Vanese and Chileans. So far as modern
go, Honolulu is thorough
" up-to-date It has elaborate tele-
phone and electric lighting systems, the
best of macadamized roads, public IL
Orary of $4,000 volumes, numerous lit
lie and finely kept parks, handsome
public buildings, hospitals and school
system
One of the first things that the visi-
or IN the city notices is the large num-
Der of barefoot men and women. The
natives and Chinese go shoeless most
If the year, and the poorer white peo-
Die lapse into the same custom. When
Robert Louis Stevenson and his fam
ly were at Waikiki in the year 1888
md 1889, they went barefoot common
y about their home, and even received
,ormal callers barefooted. Then the
prevalence of cotton clothing is notice
tble. Everyone wears loose cotton gar
nents here to some extent, and the
of residents all the time |
Another fact by which Honolulu diff
,ers from all other cities is the album
lance of horses and carriages. It is
very poor family here that does not
Keep an equipage of some sort People
who would have to constantly count
heir pennies to make ends meet in
)ther countries and conditions. here
Keep a team and big, stylish carriage.
Single horsese and a low victoria styIei
If vehicle are here by the hundreds.
n. the afternoons and early evenings.
when Dame Fashion in Honolulu rides
abroad, the smooth hard roads made of
ava are crowded with equipages Of all