The sun., 1908-08-09

IL was explained. but In view Of the recen
unpleasantness on the Pacific Coast ant
elsewhere IL was thought to be the part o
| wisdom not to do anything or display
anything that would not conduoe to per
feet good feeling. Such a unanimity O
action on the part Of foreign population
could scarcely have been seen anywhere
in the world except when there was danger
| Of an immediate clash. 1t was fine ex.
hibition of though ghtfuiness. regard for the
feelings Of others. and those who understood
it thoroughly said no greater complimen,
haa been paid to the feet since 1t started
on Its cruise.
SURF RIDING AT WAIKIKI.
But what OF the stay In Honolulu You
never have been there. or you wouldn't ask
You could 60 out to Waikiki beach by troll
ley in half an hour and there you were for
at least the rest Of that day. 1t has been
| described as the finest beach In the world
1t certainly has the finest sport IN the world
surf riding. Il has been described often
enough, goodness knows; but every one
who experiences It wants TO tell about 1t
all over again. You get In q narrow canoe
with big outrigger on 1t and you paddle
out over the breakers, slamming down into
the troughs beyond them with a mighty
slap, and then you 60 on and on and until
you are about a third to half,a mile out.
Your native boataan In the stern swings
the craft easily over the oncoming swell
until he spies big one. Then he turns
the prov toward the beach, shouts to you
to paddle hard, and you work yourself into
condition OF high heart action.
The swell catches you. lifts the stern Of
the canoe In the air, and with the prov buried
in the water that Is being swirled. backed up
to the top Of the wave, you are propelled
with the speed Of an express train, the spray
drenohing you and the shouts OF laughter
drowning out the noise Of the wave toward
the beach. Your hair and eyes stand up and
out. You tingle all over with the rush Of
excitement. Your heart seems to want to
jump out Of you. And then, just as the
crest breaks and your boat Is half smothered
In foam. perhaps one side Of the wave drops
of and your half filed craft swings sideways.
Alas, You are in for 1t nowi The great
breaker rolls over you and you are swamped.
Never mind, the craft can't sink, andyou help
bale it out or push y toward shore, and in a
quarter OF an hour You are out again, and
once more You are In a daredevil race with
old ocean, and You master 1t just as q cow
boy, might jump on wild bulls back and
ride him round q ring. 1t beats a toboggan
all to pieces. There is no other sport on
earth like it for exhilaration.
THE PALI AND IT'S TRAGEDY.
Then there was the Punch Bowl to climb,
the extinct crater right back Of Honolulu,
from which you get beautiful view Of the
harbor and the tree smothered city. And
then you could drive out the wonderful
Nuuanu Valley. up between the two mar
rowing mountain ridges where eight miles
away you come to a narrow opening not
more than 100 yards wide where the north
east trade winds sweep in with the force Of
gale. You can't keep your hat on. Right in
this narrow place II was that Kamehameha
I. drove his enemies the Oahuans over that
precipice. 800 feet high. along about 1870.
You can even pick up their skulls there now
There was only q narrow trail up there
and the followers Of the conqueror simply
pushed those islanders up and over to their
deaths. You can see how other valleys
come right up to the same edge Of what was
once a great volcanoes crater. The same
kind Of sheer bulkhead marks the jumping
OF place. n,
From the famous Pail you get superb
view Of the other part Of Oahu. You see
It's vast fields under cultivation, and beyond
lies the vastness Of the Pacific clear to the
Aleutians. 1t is a sight Of lifetime to
linger over that precipioe. The Hawaiians
have only one name for 1.-THE Pail. One
OF the writer's party in commenting on
this said
Inu 1f,,t a l. AI-A l.
name Of this place is simply the Pail! Why,
in the United States we should call it Low.
ers' Leap or something Of that kind"
1t is worth while to stand on one Of the
scenes of great military tragedy. There
meyer was more dramatic one than that
whl$h took place right at the Pail. You
can Understand something of the spirit
Of that day when you are told that Kane
hameha's command to his men was:
Onward. brothers. until you taste of
the bitter waters lof DEATH: there's no
His enemies tasted bitter waters that
day. Their very retreat was death to all.
A WONDERFUL AQUARIUM.
II you got tired Of mountain scenery
and cane fields you could rest yourself
by going In to see the wonderful aquarium
at Waikiki. With all due respect to home
institutions. you folks in New York don't
know what an aquarium is, and you won't |
until you see the one here or the one In Naples.
The one here is pronounced by David Starr
Jordan, the president Of Stanford Univer-
sity. as having @the finest collection Of
fishes in the WORLD He's an expert in !
that line. and what he says is true.
In color and form. these are the most |
beautiful creatures of the sea that were
ever known. The weirdness Of their color |
ing is fascinating. Such designs Of color |
have never been seen elsewhere except in |
comic opera costumes. Imagine fish scarlet
blue. orange, silver. purple. brown, black |
and yellow, all In curious designs. Some
,f the fishes have long plumes. Some are
translucent and you can see their bones
some have eyes on their backs. Some have
,yes that shine like cats in the dark.
You can watch them play and swim by
he hour. Suoh brilliant ooloring In animal
ife can be seen nowhere else In the world;
lothing more delicate in life oan be observed
Elsewhere. That aquarium is an institution
# wondrous beauty. 1t is all Hawaiian
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