The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-08-28

A Tourist Writes Interesting
Letter to Newspapers
in Fresno.

| city and published by the Republican
of Fresno, California, gives glimps
| of Honolulu as seen by a tourist. Tht
expression at the end Of the letter thai
| the islands are as near heaven as
one may expect to reach this side OF
Eternity should bring many Cali
fornians here:
Editor Republican, life on the is
| lands is so placid one does not realize
| that days are frightening into weeks
and weeks into months, for the charm
and Incidence have crowded out re-
membrance Of past strenuous times
and previous ambitions. One does not
mind at all when the last dollar has
gone and almost feels like saying
Peace be to thee and thine to the
one who gets away with the last pen
ny.
That there is fascination and a
charm about this place no one can
deny after spending any time here.
Mark Twain said: mo other alien
land in all this world has any deep
strong charm for me but that one. No
other land could so beseechingly and
ing through half a lifetime as that
one has done. Other things change,
but it remains the same. Other things
leave me, but it remains. In my nos
triIs still lives the breath of flowers
that persisted twenty years ago." I
think it would be better not to come
here unless one can stay or leave, just
as fancy would dictate. AS for myself,
shall not return, but shall spend a
year on the Kona coast of Hawaii, the
largest island of the group, and the
garden spot of the Pacific.
My home will be in the mountains,
with a sheer drop to the sea 1400 feet
below. No winds reach that locality.
and the winter season there is the dry
season of the year.
Hawaii is 100 miles from the island
of Oahu, on which the city Of Homo
lulu is situated, and is reached by
boats that make regular trips between
the islands. I shall not leave Homo
lulu until September.
There seems to be some misunder-
standing as to the identity of John |
Shirley Porter in Fresno, as several |
people in town really believed my last |
letter to have been written by a. man. |
Those people would have enjoyed the |
Joke about the embrace gave the old |
gentleman on the boat, had they /
known am not a man.
SURF BATHING.
Talk of surf bathing on the Cali
'ornia coast-it is an ice bath on a
rosty morning when compared to surf
,athing on the Waikiki beach in Homo
ulu, the most beautiful bathing
,each in the world. The gorgeously
olored tropical water, luxurious palms
nd plants along the shore and the
water at the temperature Of 20 de-
,rees, are beyond description. hired |
surf board and went out. Your
aother's ironing board, with foot of
he narrow end sawed off, and wrap
ings off, is 1T" After watching
ONE natives awhile I climbed up on |
ny board, stretched out at full length |
ace down and went out over the in
oming breakers like a cork. / turned
he board around and let the breakers ;
AIRY me to shore. This performance
as repeated all the forenoon. lay :
aImly on top the ocean and watched ;
ne people on the beach, schooner :
nd transport sail away for the ;
lainland and above all watched the :
.opical rain storm come upon US, =
laking the ocean look al if it had
nallpox. The sun came out and the
alter flashed again in all its tropical /.
aauty. Natives in surf boats and on
1ards were there too. No amusement
IN compare with surf riding. Try it.
FRESNO PEOPLE. S
I went to the Eva plantation where n
ISIS Lila Craig has taught the school
r five years. Miss Craig's home is S
lie of the prettiest there. i had lunch a
it'll her. The pretty Japanese maid n
HON Miss Craig has trained to Fl
ate of perfection, waited upon US e
Id told me goodby in excellent Eng
IN, which is also due to this Won n
.rfuI woman's training. The Eva V
antation is second largest in the is T
nds-there being 1000 acres of the Q
ne, 600 cars of cane daily feed the Il
onster mill. I saw the cane go IN,
, the tread MILL and through all "
e complicated stages of its trans t
rmation until it appeared as clear, a
It brown sugar. Japanese laborers Il
it'll a single garment were in the part
the mill which was 100 degrees and
minded me strangely 20 of Fresno.
Mr.. and Mrs. McKeever, cousins of "
ev. A c. McKeever, also live at 3
wa and have a pretty home sur II
unded with wonderful flowers and 3
ees There were many questions II
ked me concerning their Fresno rel II
ives, who, by the way, arrive here ,
a few days on the Manchuria. u
While Miss Craig was receiving let
rs in the postoffice, a Korean woman
as on the opposite side of the room. II
err features were decidedly Chinese. /"
he wore sandals but no stockings. u
yer her Turkish trousers of coarse :,
nite cloth, bound tightly about her :,
lkles, she wore a full gathered skirt :.
the same material, the upper part
lished with a belt about two inches =
de- The only other garment was
re an Eton jacket, minus the fasten- =
gs in front, and as any woman -
lows, there is a broad strip of space =,
ween the jacket and belt. Well, her T.
re brown body was certainly very a,
sible. 1t was a picture no artist -
,uId want to paint. Of course she -.
IRE earrings. n,
Colonel George French, who came q
er on the Alameda June %, spent 9;
1sidarahle time visiting nlaces of -