The National tribune., 1908-11-12
Orators Gone.
HAWAII.

revision of the tariff. and these great
partisan debaters will be missed.
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HAWAII.
A Land of Eternal Smiling Springtime.
! Editor National Tribune: You have
asked me to write you my impressions
of Honolulu, and 1 am dropping you
these lines, hoping that in them you
may find few things of interest.
| In place of the tropical village WIS.,
tied several years ago 1 now find a
thriving American city, with a first
class electric street railway system and
every accommodation known to the
citizens of our home cities. 1t Is withal
an enhancing land, these midsea dots,
for the combination of tropical sun
shine and sea breeze produces climate
which can be compared to nothing /
have seen in all my travels. Conjure
| up a memory of the most perfect MAY
| day, when sunshine, soft airs and the
| fragrance of many flowers and smiling
nature combine to make the heart glad.
multiply it by 365, and the result Is the
climate of Hawaii. Mark Twain says
of Hawaii: mo alien land in all the
world has any deep, strong charm for
me but that one; no other land could
SO 1ongingly and beseechfngly haunt
me sleeping and waking. thru more
than half a lifetime as that one has
done. Other things leave me, but it
| abides; other things change, but it re-
| mains the same. For me its balmy
| airs are always blowing, its Summer
seas flashing in the sun; the pulsing of
| its surf beat is in my ear; can see its
garlanded crags, its leaping cascades.
its plumy palms, browsing by the shore;
| its remote submits floating like islands
above the cloud rack; I can feel the
spirit of its woodland solftudes; I can
hear the splash of its brooks; in my
nostrils still lives the breath of flowers
that perished 20 years ago."
The Island Of Oahu.
The Island of Oahu, containing the
city of Honolulu, has an extent Of sos
square miles. On it are the most pro-
ductive plantations of the group. one
of which, Eva, is the most productive
of the coming midsea naval station, and
incidentally the cause of my trip to
Hawaii, is 10 miles from Honolulu.
In the city OF Honolulu are many
fine hotels for tourists, and a large
number of public buildings as well as
business blocks. There are more schools
in Honolulu than in any city of its size
in the world. The Hawaiian people
are fast becoming Americanized, and
the schools are filled with Hawaiian
children eager to seize the opportunity
Uncle Sam has given them to acquire
an American education.
There are also many fine churches
in Honolulu. all the denominations be-
ing represented. There are about 400
Americans In the city.
The cost of living in Honolulu is
about the same as in Washington. I
am boarding at family hotel situated
about Is minutes ride from the busi-
ness section, surrounded by beautiful
grounds. directly across from the
Spreckeis mansion and Immediately ad-
joining the pretty home of Hawaifs
Governor.
The residences of Honolulu are very
handsome and so prettily surrounded
by beautiful tropical foliage, the drive
ways being lined with the stately royal
palms" The business relations between
the Hawaiian Islands and the United
States have always been very close,
owing to the nearness of California's
markets and supplies.
Americans I'm the Lead.
The business and social life is domi-
mated by men Of American parents, al
tho there exist great mercantile houses,
rounded during monarchical days by
Europeans, which have continued to
do business, some of them for three
quarters of century. There are two
downtown theaters and one suburban
resort in Honolulu
Waikiki Beach.
The Waikiki Beach is the Atlantic
City of Hawaii, and is only 20 minutes
ride from the business section of Homo
lulu. Deep-sea bathing is very popular
here. The most prominent building in
Honolulu, the first to catch the eve of
the visitor, in fact, is the Alexander
Young Hotel, which is situated in the
very center of the downtown district
OF oi tn, the city; The, structure is six
stories at either end, with a roof gar
den at the fifth floor. This roof Is
about half acre in extent, and all
around are placed palms and ferns. |
tropical groWths innumerable. The ho- |
tel is OF the most modern construction.
arrangement and furnishing.
Picturesque and Fertile.
have referred in the first part of |
my letter to Natures bounty in giving |
Hawaii such a perfect climate, and I |
VIII add that the good dame has con- |
tlnued her work and given to the land |
such features as would not alone make |
happy home for man, but as Well a |
pleasure ground, for there are moun-
tains and valleys, cliffs and bays, plains
and beaches in varied forms and ne
culiar beauty. foliage rich in color and
rare in fragrance and flowers of unusual
form and hue. To fit the paradise was
sent race of people stalwart in size.
1ospitable, merry and music-loving.
The door Is always open, and over its
intel Is Aloha" which means "WeI-
'ome.-Le Roy M. Edwards, Homo
ulu, H. Il.
Commanders of the 1st lIinn,