The sun., 1908-08-09

| plood tlngle ana the heart grow warm
It helps TO bring our patriotism to th'
surface. 1t makes US love our whole
navy, every of1cer and sailor. IL makes
US salute Uncle Sam very affectionately
| It makes us better Americans.
And may God bless every one who has
had even little to do with bringing about
this great pleasurel
sIn all this am speaking for the people
! Of the leper settlement. Mr.. Walamau
representing the Board OF Health in the
absence Of Mr.. Moveigh. has asked me to
extend thanks to all concerned, in the name
Of every one here. Of all in the leper asylum.
q place having In 1t some suffering, it
cannot be denied, but 1t is the home Of
sensible and oontented people. whose lot
has become. after many years OF labor and
Improvement, q condition not 80 very
difficult to bear people also becoming
better acquainted with Uncle Sam and
better satished to be Americans.
-Our abode has been called 'Molokai
the blest.' 1t has surely been 80 this day
Pathos In patriotisml 1t gives one new
kind Of thrill to realize Its depths. and to do
that you have to be here almost In touch
with those people consigned to a living
death, something like 200 OF them. The
people Of the mainland can never under
stand what the sight Of the feet meant to
those unfortunates; but there was not o
man on the feet who was not glad that the
ships had gone over there before the second
squadron, under command OF Rear Admiral
Emory, separated from the rest OF the feet
to 60 to Maui to COAL
Just abreast of the settlement the feet
was broken and Admiral Emory and his
four ships-the Louisiana, Virginia, Mis-
souri, and 0hio-turned back and went
southeast and the others went on to Homo
lulu. At first II seemed q pity that we could
not 60 straight on and be there to witness
the official welcome. but as the ships swung
round and passed by Molokai the blest,
We saw here and there beautiful waterfalls
leaping from the cloud capped mountains;
we caught sight Of numerous pretty settle
ments on the shores and at frequent inter-
walls little white ohapels along the shores,
their very presence testifying to the won.
derful influence, the ministraton OF religion,
that has made this leper island what they
call a homo Of the blest. Nature then
seemed more kindly, and-well. you were
glad that there were churches and water
falls and flowers and bright skies and fash
ing seas, and that kindly impulses have soft
ened the lot Of those to whom the sin Of the
world has been most cruel.
BEAUTY OF MAUI.
In an hour or two We approached the
island of Maui and skirted its shores for
about twenty miles. The real beauty
Of these islands began to be unfolded. There
were mighty hills, cut and slashed by the
rending power Of earthquakes as the place
was thrown up from the seas. Deep blue
shadows almost purpled their cavernous
recesses and lent soft tint to the gray
and reddish tops and greenish slashes made
by nature In her angriest mood. Then
there came into view patches Of green,
bright green, sugar cane under cultivation,
with brown stretches of the fertile land
sloping from the mountains TO the sea,
made bare for fresh planting. And along
the shores were the fringes Of palms. Here
and there crossroads threaded the hills
and occasional huts and bungalows could
be made out. Down around q point we
swung and then Lahaina came into view. 1t
Is the ancient home Of the kings Of the
islands Formerly its roadstead was
with whalers. Back on the hills
some OF the most furious native battles In
Hawaiian history have been fought. 1t is
now settlement of about 5000. two thirds
Of whom are Japanese, who work the sugar
The custom house. the court house and
the buildings OF great school far up In
the hills stood out conspicuously The
shores were lined with cheering people.
The Japanese put up a great screen Of
bamboo on the waterfront spelling the
word Welcome Flags abounded and day
fireworks salutes went of. The flaming
red trees, Ponoana regia. the most gorgeous
Of all trees on earth, were in blossom II
this was Hawaii. truly it looked to the
voyagers like Paradise!
On shore the people were preparing a
great luau for the sailors. Automobiles
were running about and when you reached
the landing stage the glad hand was
stretched out truly. A company OF the
National Guard had come across
the island to camp.
HAwAu's BKwITcHINo MUSIC.
Well, IAhaipa outdid itself. Nothing
was too good for the boys. There was
when night came and illumination |
and singing. You don't know what singing !
y unul you near IL Defe, WHERE tne nISt note
of the human voice in song must have been |
heard. Every one can sing in Hawaii. |
They dance to song. The natives bring !
heir own instruments and reinforce them
With guitars. mandolins and violns-all Of
which they play by ear. for few Hawaiians
,an read modern musio-and they strum
,ff a few bars and then break into song
While the song lasts you dance. and when
stops and the instruments keep on you
est Then comes the vocal seduction
lgain and OF you 60 with fiying feet.
The Hawaiian songs run to harmony
ather than mere melody and there Is no
veil sustained theme In them, The singers
ylide from one harmony-delioious chords
hey are-into another. The timbre Of the
,oices can be heard only in the Pacific
stands. And when the natives pour out
hese voices there comes a blend Of notes
Iuch as no chorus Of Anglo-Saxons could
make. The voices are ight-they run to
enors great deal-but there Is such superb
Of tone in chorus music as to
esemble church organ under masters
and more than anything else. But there
. more than that in them. The music
as living soul. When sad piece is sung
he sadness enters into the singers hearts.
'hev olose their ewes sigh comee from