The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-03-23
OMAHA VIEW
Of HONOLULU
Uncle David Anderson on What
He Saw and Did
Here.


states over, and many Latin countries,
yet never saw so beautiful a city In
its natural grandeur as Honolulu. I
am now sitting on the high veranda
of the Queen City Hotel, within arm :
length Of the broad, green-leaf banana
tree, ladened with heavy clusters Of
fruit, while the tall cocoanut tree, with
its nearest branches forty feet high.
presents a cordial invitation TO pluck
its product, but we must patiently
await the arrival Of an athletic monkey
to perform the feat of climbing the
tree; while the yard and lawn is dee
GRATED all over with palm, pepper. eu-
ealyptus and other tropical shade trees.
Only seventy-fve feet away flows the
gently ripping Nuuanu river, and. to
cap this delightful situation, we are
in full view of the lofty mountains
near by and the placid Pacific ocean.
Nature s bounty has supplied here
climate near perfection for the people,
as well as pleasure ground, for there
are mountains and valleys. cliffs and
bays, plains and beaches, in many forms
and variety, and all without a poison
Gus vine or herb or dangerous reptile
No snakes of any kind exist here; the
people are stalwart in size, hospitable,
merry and music-loving. The door of
the kanaka is always open and over it
IS inscribed "Aloha,'' which means
" Welcome. These islands are wind
swept the year round. There is no
snow, frost or sunstrokes, which makes
1t a paradise for all seekers for health
and lovers Of pleasure. Rainbows are
frequent; they sometimes illuminate
with their magnificent combination of
radiant colors, ofttimes in the night.
the horizon for hours. Many times /
have pleasingly watched the rays of
the midday sun shining brightly, with
no clouds in sight, while copious rain
fall invigorated and refreshed the in
terested observer.
The Territory Of Hawaii is grouped
into eight islands, with four organized
counties as a government for the
whole. This group contains about
10000 inhabitants. divided into vari-
Gus nationalities as follows: Sixty per
cent. are japanese. 80 per cent. Chi
nese, 10 per cent. native, per cent.
Portuguese, Australian, etc, while 5
ulation. yet the Yankee dominates and
controls the other 50 per cent. The
japanese, constituting the largest
number, form an important portion Of
the community. These people are apt
and bright. always anxious to learn
and ape American ways and customs
They control the retail trade Of the is
lands Many have acquired large
property interests and are heavy tax
payers They publish their own news
papers and have their churches and
schools. The sugar industry here
could not be operated without Jap Ia
Dor. The women are said TO be ex-
ceptionaIly healthy and strong, even
stronger than their menkind. one rea-
son why the japanese woman is SO
healthy is because her nervous system
has never been racked to pieces as a
child. That health is largely depend
ent on peace of mind no one doubts
nowadays, and the japanese baby is
brought up in an atmosphere of quiet
simplicity and leisure. She is never
roughly pulled around or hustled, no
one screams at her or makes swift
movements in her direction. She f.
dressed loosely and comfortably She
lives largely in the open air, for even
in the house the windows are always
wide open. Nothing conduces more to
and irritability than the
lack Of plenty Of fresh air, although
few people seem 10 realize it. Her
food. too. is simple and light, so that
i IS easily digested.
She does not fret and cry because
of the misery her poor little stomach
is in. American mothers might easily
take lessons from the japanese
The native Hawaiian is kind and
polite, the younger ones are extremely
polite, bowling and tipping their hats
10 every aged person they meet. The
boys and girls here mostly go bare
footed the year round. This forcibly
reminds me Of my boyhood days back
in the old keystone state over sixty
years ago. when the youngsters dur
ing the long winter months were pa
tiently waiting for the approach OF
spring that they might discard the use
% shoes and stockings 70 go barefoot
Il until cold weather again. The ka-
nakas perform largely the work or ex-
press and truck wagons, conveying
and pe5dIing vegetables, fruit, etc,
over the city with bamboo poles about
ten feet long swung across their
shoulders. Attached TO each end Is
large basket or pail, swinging almost
10 the ground. filed with their wares.
They pIOd along in 2 happy mood az
q dogs pace all day ba-efooted-
Three daily newspapers are publish
- here, but they contain but little
press news and doi1gs in the states
and outside world, cable charges be
Ing SO high they are almost p-o1ioi-
tive The rates Of living a. the hotels
are 8 n s. per day (European)' al
though good accowIo da-L0ls can %
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