The Hawaiian gazette., 1907-08-30
HONOLULU NEAR
HEAVENLY CLINE

city and published by the Republican
OF Fresno. California. gives . glimpse
Of Honolulu ss seen by tourist The
expression At the end OF the letter that
the islands are as near heaven as
one may expect to reach this side Of
Eternity" should bring many Cali
fornians here:
Editor Republican:-Lfe on the Is
lands Is 50 placid one does not realize
that days are lengthening 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.
charm about this place no one can
deny after spending any time here.
Mark Twain said: NO other alien
land in all this world has any deep
strong charm for me but that one No
other land could so beseechingly and
longingly haunt me sleeping and walk
ing through half a lifetime as that
one has done. Other things change.
but il remains the same. Other things
leave me, but IL remains. In my nos
trils still lives the breath OF flowers
that perished twenty years ago" I
think it would be better not to come
as fancy would dictate AS for myself,
I shall not return. but shall spend
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 sheer drop to the sea 14oo feet
below. No winds reach that locality,
and the winter season there is the dry
season of the year.
Hawaii is $50 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
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
fornia coast-it is an ice bath on a
frosty morning when compared to surf
bathing on the Waikiki beach in Homo
lulu, the most beautiful bathing
beach in the world. The gorgeously
colored tropical water, luxurious palms
and plants along the shore and the
water at the temperature of 20 de-
grees, are beyond description. I hired
surf board and went out. Your
mothers ironing board, with foot of
the narrow end sawed on, and wrap
pings of, is 1T" After watching
some natives awhile 1 climbed up on
my board, stretched out at full length
face down and went out over the in
coming breakers like a cork I turned
the board around and let the breakers
carry me to shore. This performance
was repeated all the forenoon. l lay
calmly on top the ocean and watched
the people on the beach, a schooner
and a transport sail away for the
mainland and above all l watched the
tropical rain storm come upon US,
making the ocean look as if it had
smallpox. The sun came out and the
water flashed again in all its tropical
IN
boards were there too. No amusement
can compare with surf riding. Try it.
FRESNO PEOPLE.
1 went to the Eva plantation where
Miss Lila Craig has taught the school
for five years. Miss Craig's home Is
one of the prettiest there. 1 had lunch
with her. The pretty japanese maid
whom Miss Craig has trained to
state of perfection, waited upon US
and told me goodby in excellent Eng
lish, which is also due TO this Won
derful woman's training. The Eva
plantation is second largest in the is
lands-there being 1000 acres Of the
cane, coo cars of cane daily feed the
monster mill. 1 saw the cane go in,
I'D the lTedQ
the complicated stages of its trans
formation until it appeared as clear,
hot brown sugar. japanese laborers
with a single garment were in the part
of the mill which was 100 degrees and
reminded me strangely 90 Of Fresno.
Mr.. and Mrs. McKeever, cousins OF
Rev. A. c. McKeever, also live at
Eva and have a pretty home sur
rounded with wonderful flowers and
trees. There were many questions
asked me concerning their Fresno rel
atives. who, by the way, arrive mere
in a few days on the Manchuria.
While Miss Craig was receiving let
ters in the postoffice, a Korean woman
was on the opposite side OF the room
Her features were decidedly Chinese.
She wore sandals but no stockings.
over her Turkish trousers Of coarse
white cloth, bound tightly about her
ankles, she wore a full gathered skirt
of the same material, the upper part
finished with belt about two inches
wide. The only other garment was
like an Eton jacket, minus the fasten-
ings in front, and as any woman
knows, there is a broad strip Of space
beween the jacket and belt. Well, her
bare brown body was certainly very
visible. 1t was a picture no artist
would want to paint. OF course she