The Washington herald., 1908-05-16
A TOURISTS PARADISE
By FREDERIC ]. HAsKIN.

Honolulu. Hawaii, April S.-Great liter
airy lights. from Mark Twain and Robert
Louis Stevenson TO Jack London and the
Honolulu Promotion Committee. have
made much of the beauties OF Hawaii. In
truth the land OF neyer-ending spring IS
| a paradise for tourists. II is land, longed-
/ for land. after at least six days on the
ocean. For this reason one always be-
holds IL in both JOY and gratitude-eyen
/ the best tourist sailor welcomes the port
OF call. Hawaii. lying just within the
border Of the tropics. is yet so fortunately
situated that Il is blessed with all the
beauties OF trUplc lands while escaping
| the curses Of the torrid zone The beneh-
cent trade winds sweep over the islands
for nearly the whole year, melting all the
/ seasons into one. and that one spring.
Here, then. is the charm OF tropical
seas. the wealth OF tropical fruits,
the delight OF tropical fiowers-in
short, the land that has never kown. and
never viii know, the sere and yellow
+ leaf. Here, too. is that mysterious rug
! gedness Of volcanic piles which tells that
Hawaii most favored Of lands. Is also the
youngest OF the isles of the sea. Nothing
/ Is gray-the barest and ruggedest Of
/ volcano sides is never neutral In eoler'
/ A cloud floating over the valley or cling
/ ing % the m0untainside may suggest
shadows OF gray. but there is more In II
/ Of ashes OF roses or the heart OF the tur-
quoise-
The modern globe trotter demands that
/ the beauties OF nature be served 10 him
on a golden salver. with all the latest
1 conyeniences, Hawaii meets this demand
Honolulu's hotels are of the best, and
varied to suit the taste. In one Of them
a great pile of stone and mortar, one
might think himself living in a Broadway
/ hostelry. In another. framed in q setting
Of exotic flowers. one finds still lingering
1 the atmosphere Of the Old Hawaiian roy
atty. Yet another spreads its quiet veran-
das where the surf Of the finest bathing
beach in the world threatens TO break
/ over the breakfast table.
One is whlsked in a rapid automobile
over a perfect road of asphalt and mac
adam to the magnificent precipiee Of this
/ Pail, the trysting place OF the winds, and
/ the grand stand before which Hawai-
proudly displays one OF the most inspir-
| ing views of the world. One takes 9
Pullman car on the toy railroad for q
| Journey TO the other side OF the island
| In Hawail-and Hawaii only-ean one
have his dinner on a hotel veranda over.
looking a lake OF living fire in the crater
Of the greatest active volcano on the
globe. This great sight is only four days
and $40 from Honolulu. To HawaHs nat
ural beauties and to its perfect climate
have been added all the convenience;
which modern American civilization car
suggest for the care and entertainment
Of the visitor, be he sightseer, commercial
traveller. or prospector
To most American visitors, except thos,
/ who live along the Pacific coast. It !.
! the up-to-dateness of Hawaii which is II!
/ most striking feature, A newspaper II
/ an Ohio city a few weeks ago caused
much amusement in Honolulu by It's as
/ tonished comment upon a copy of tn,
/ Honolulu Pacific Commereisl-Advertisel
which, by chance, had fallen into the
hands Of a Buckeye editor. The OhiC
man thought # worth comment in hi!
/ columns, and in an amazed tone INFORMED
/ the public OF the fact that Honolulu wai
a place where people not only conformes
70 the conventions OF life, but had {
newspaper.
/ From letters that constantly come Z
4 Honolulu it is to be seen that the Ohic
4 editors ignorance upon the subject o
actual conditions in this really pr0gres
! sive part OF the United States Is wide
/ spread In the Pacific Coast states, Il
/ which Honolulu is as near as New York
/ the people know better, but east of th'
Rocky Mountains Hawaiians complain
+ that the prevailing ideas Of these Islands
are obtained from pictures of the deatl
+ OF Capt. Cook In the old-fashioned seog
I raphy. The Sandwich Islands were saw
Il age a century ago. but the modern cir
+ cumnavlgator of the globe who stops n
Honolulu VIII have no need to look a
the Stars and Stripes to tell him that h
is IN an American town, with all tn
H American attributes. The Merry Widow
hat, the dlabolo top, ana ali the littl
/ fads and fancies of our national life hav
/ their turn in Honolulu just as prompt,
as they do IN Quincy, III, or Bangor. Me
1t is interesting to know that wireless
I itelegraphy was first used In practical com
tmereial affairs in Hawaii The first com
lmerclal system installed by Marconi wa
that connecting the islands of the Ha
wailan group, and this preceded by som
time the connection OF the islands witt
the rest Of the world by submarine cable
The question Of inierisland communica