The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1907-10-31
hawaii
WON HIM
ANOTHER VISITOR ENTHUSIASTIC
IN PRAISE OF ISLANDS ATTRAC-
TIONS.
The following is Promotion Secre-
tary Woods report for this week:

The following is Promotion Secre-
tary Woods report for this week:
Honolulu, Oct. 81, 1907.
Chairman and Members Hawaii Pro-
motion COMMITTEES:
Gentlemen.--For the past week we
have had, as a visitor to our city, Mr..
Edwin w. Stephens of Columbia, Mo,
a journalist and publisher of note, who
IS about Circling the globe. Mr.. Step
hens has called at our rooms frequent
lyand at my request prepared a short
statement giving his impressions of
Hawaii, copies of which l shall take
the liberty of sending out to some one
hundred papers and magazines repre-
senting the Baptist Church in the
United Statec and Canadas. Mr.. Step
hens is well known to the members OF
this religious body being Moderator OF
the Baptist General Association and
his words of praise of Hawaii nei
which follow will be read with inter-
es by many thousands of people:
My friend, Mr.. w. J. Bryan, in his
book, descriptive of his tour around
! the world, denominates the Hawaiian
Islands "A Pacific Paradise / have
/ thought of The Ocean Oasis as a good
| name for them. A trouble, l find, since
| visiting the islands is the tending to
run into superlatives and engage in
such seemingly exaggerated forms OF
expression as to awaken incredulity
on the part of those who have never
| visited the Islands and to whom | may
relate my Impressions
Il have Travelled over practically ali
of the United States and over most of
! Europe. Nowhere have l enjoyed in
| one place, such a combination of beau
tiful scenery, delightful climate, pro-
ductiveness of soil and such possibili-
ties for the accumulation of wealth.
The isolation of the Islands is one Of
its chief attractions to one seeking
either health, enjoyment or employ
ment. 1t is a relief to escape the tor
turing hustle and friction OF the main
land and to find quiet and opportunity
communion
with ones self afforded by these ISL
ands. Nowhere in the world have !
seen such blending of coloring or sucE
variety of scenery in mountain, vaney
and ocean. Nowhere have l known
such uniformity and deightfulness OF
climate and nowhere more profusion
| OF flowers and rich tropical vegetation.
1t is Land of beauty and should give
to the world a race of artists and
poets.
zone of the features of special adj
vantage is the intermingling of so
many diverse races in such friendly
and mutually helpful relations, and
not the least important consideration
attaching to the islands is the fact that
they occupy a strategic, convergent
place in the Pacific, rendering them
key to commercial and political power.
1t was a great day for the United
States when they were acquired
"Our Government cannot over-esti-
mate the Importance of thoroughly for
tifying them. When their beauties and
advantages are understood, l can see
there will be a constant stream of Wis
itors and home-seekers to them.
Il have Travelled from Honolulu to
Haleiwa, through sugar and pineapple
plantations, without limit and have
been everywhere impressed with the
beauty of the scenery, the glories Of
the climate and the exhaustless posi-
bility of the soil.
(Signed) "E. w. STEPHENS
Respectfully submitted,
H. P. WOOD, Secretary.