Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1908-08-01
By GRACE HoRTENsE TOWER


in Honolulu the question with which
ne is greeted on all sides Is "What
do you think of it?" and this Ia
closely followed by its sequel, How
do you like IT,"
When that visitor has liked 1t SO
we'll the first time that he returns
second, as u kind of half-kamaaing,
lie is met with another question ask
I'd much more eagerly than those OF
the former occasion.
How does It seem the second
time? Do you like II as much as you
did at flrst?" is what he hears on
all sides.
That question regarded in the fu-
ture tense ! confess troubled me
somewhat when few weeks ago
was considering the possibility OF WIS.,
ting the Islands again, after an NIB.
sence of nearly two years.
That happy dream OF two years
,gO. when I came here as member
)f the Southern California Editorial
party, had always remained with me
is beautiful memory, a kind of mel
iow background for the experiences
that have come after. Dared ! spoil
Il or run the risk Of doing so by 60
ing back? Honolulu had always had
halo around It ever since that de-
lghtful visit; would second visit
lestroy that halo? have always
heard that II one enjoys thing very
much repetition OF It Is never quite
;atisfying--there is always a lack, q
something missing. unnamed perhaps
nut still missing.
Would all those delicious little
hrills that chased themselves up and
Down my spinal column when
aught the first glimpse of cocoanul
rees swaying gently beneath a smil
ng rainbow. come again. or would
hey he dispellcd forever? Would
he breezes from the Waikiki shors
ring whispcrings of contentment
nd Joy and peace? Would tn,
louds come and go in all their glor!
II color and form? Would the se,
till be for me u rainbow sea? Woul,
t all seem written in a higher Ike!
han the rest OF the world? o.
,ould that atmosphere of idealisn
e gone when I saw It all for tn,
iecohd time?
And worst Of all, thought
Places are nothing without people
Maybe my friends over there In tn,
middle Of the ocean won't like m,
my more. Perhaps they will hav,
forgotten all about me. Supposini
they have, what will Honolulu b,
Ike them" Well. l Just ghivered I,
hink what 1t would be like II all tn,
hings loved were different. ant
once or twice was half-afraid to q,
gain.
| mo, you probably won't enjoy 4
Is much this time" said the Pessi
mist. with very superior. ask-me-I
NOW liGd OF an air. People seldom
] 10 the second time they do things
lyou know. and there Is no reason VIII,
"ou should be an exception. Be
ides," he said, airily, 1.-The Fleet viii
)e there and people won't nave an!
time to bother with you. 1t will b,
very hot over there now. and you
will long for the mountain pines. YOU
will be seeing Honolulu under yer,
different circumstances this time.
advise you not to 60" crushed tn,
nessimist with a look.
That, and little money, was al
| needed to make me decide then ant
there to go. A little opposition now
md then is needed by the best o.
men--and women. too. and my deci
sion was made. Wouldn't Just show
the old Pessimist whether Honolulu,
could smile In the same old way Of
not! Hadn't I had the thrills al
over again each time dined at a GER
tain cafe In Los Angeles where tn,
Hawaiian quintet club plays eaci
night, and hadn't l almost wept ev
ery time l heard the plaintive, swee
notes of the aloha De-? or cours,
had; and got a thrill right theI
Just thinking about It. told my
self l wouldn't go unless the steam
ship company would give me pass
And then when they wouldn't. al
though ! thought It was shocking bat
taste on their part, said I'd go any
way just for spite.
Two years ago. when In the half
light of the early morning We gath
cred on the forward deck to see tn
approach to the land of our desires,