Arizona republican., 1908-08-25
TALK ON PEOPLE OF
 HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
The Meeting of the M. I. A. Assoeia- ton Sunday Evening Proved Inter esting and Instructive.

| An unusually large and attentive Icrowd was present on Sunday evening Hast. at the services given by the M
 IT. A. society of the Church of the Lat Iter Day Saints on the lawn north of lthe Tabernacle. After the opening lservices, the meeting was addressed by To. A. Jones, who spent several years lin the Hawaiian Islands as a mission lary from his church, choosing as his ltopic, the customs and traditions of lthe Hawaiian people.
 Mir. Jones spoke very intelligently lconcerning the natives of the Islands land his address partook of the nature iof a trip to Hawaii, beginning from the departure of the imaginary steamer lfrom the harbor at San Francisco. The Tourney across the water is made in Approximately six days, the landing in lthis case being made at Honolulu, (which city he describes as one of the
 most beautiful in any part of the world land to which the appellation, The IGarden Spot of the Pacific" is truly lapplied, and MT. Jones thinks 1t can
 be fittingly so-called, but more ap- lpropriateIy "the Garden spot of the
 World" The beautiful trees and foli- iage which densely forms rising field
 of green on toward the mountains be- iyond the city, makes an appropriate
 setting for this magnificent little city
 in mid Pacific.
 i From this place the audience was taken in the imaginary trip on to the
 Island of Hawaii, where landing was made after a journey of two days, Oh eta between the islands, the landing being effected by means of small surf boats under the management of the natives. There all sorts of cOnveyances were lin readiness to take the tourists to diff lferent places on this Island. On plac- ling their feet upon land, the visitors were adorned with layas of beautiful flowers of gorgeous hues, which had | been woven into garlaSlds for this pur- pose. Ii is considered a grat honor iamong these islanders to be thus dec
 orated, as by this means the senti- ment is expressed that the sojourners meet with favor among the people there.
 One of the most interesting features among the Hawaiians is their home llife and on entCsing one of the homes, one of the first things which the stranger is asked is to partake of the family meal, the time of day making no difference It Is considered highly improper to refuse this invitation, as by this means, they wish to express their hospitality and good will toward
 their guest. One of the favorite dish es among these people is their national
 ic root of a plant which closely resembles the sugar beet in this country. This after being cooked and pounded, Is placed in large bowl in the center of the table and eaten with the fingers, as the average Hawaiians have no use for the customary knives and forks.
 A large dish of rock salt. and several green peppers and fish of some kind, constitute the average meal Often times the fish is placed on the ban
 duet board in live state, and MT. Jones recited several instances in which the grace offered by those pres cnt had been of such length that when the guos were ready to partake oI the meal. shrimps, crabs and others eatablos Lad walked off. leaving the beard bare Cf tbls luxury.
 The manner in which the poi is cook ed and prepared for eating is intensely interesting A large hole first being aug in which k placed a quantity of .y.,sd and rocks The fuel is set dfiTe. ap,l when the rec KS have been sG:fi- gently heated. the Cinders and pat of the stones are removed, then the la""c pal roots are placed on these, an1 the other stones Icirc put on top, an1 af- rewards a ccvcrir of large banana leaves is used. On top of this wet cloths are laid and the whole covered with earth The natives can ea-li| gage the a!Ioted tlmc required to cn K the poi in this manner by the sun, and it is said that they never fail in cook ing the poi to the exact state required.
 The habitations of the natives are of light bamboo matched with reeds, and erected on posts which stand at least three feet out of the ground This is done becausa of the excessive rainfall in the Islands during the rainy season, at which time the water often stands on the ground at a depth of two to three feet. Among .he natives, the dog meat is considered :; great luxury and is a delicacy which is employed at Dcnquets and great oc- cartons. The >mHn who succeeds in raising the largest number of confines is usually considered to be tn most i J=tunate man of the tribe.
 Among the traditions of the people thc,e, perhaps one of the most ia' CT Csting relates to the introduction Of fire in the Islands Among the gods and godde sses of which there is a great rurlber, IS Ptlee, the GOadss5 of the Volcano. At the time of erspti"n of any of these, the natives journey to- wards inc flowing streams of In:.I, and as closeiy as tii2v dare, talk
 ng with them vd.Iables which are thsnwn into tho fjrey stream. This .;l:i"m is cone to appease the anger cf thr gt ddess, whose ire they main- tain tn have in"drfed by some means.
 It is believed there, that the goddess assumed the form of a bird and orig mated fire by the means of friction caused by the rubbing together of two sticks. The knowledge of this was as- certained by a god who was fleet of is claimed than