The Hawaiian gazette., 1908-06-05
COSMOPOLITAN
HONOLULU
advertiser Correspondence. Copyright
by Frederic j. Haskin)

l lAQVertlSer Correspondence, Copyright
by Frederic j. Haskin.)
HONOLULU, T. H. May 14.-Beauti-
full Honolulu, the metropolis Of the
mid Pacific, disputes with ancient
Babel for the polyglot championship OF
the world. Within a stones throw of
the capitol of Hawaii. formerly the
palace of the queen, is a vacant lot
in which is displayed a warning pla-
card which screams defiance in seven
languages. Not a public highway"
That is English. "Kapu." That is Ha-
waiian. Mao Sc passe aqui." That is
Portuguese. and then the hysteric
paint brush says the same thing in
Chinese, japanese and Korean, and
finally it turns to good old American
slang and says, "Skidoo, g." This
property owner. in his desire to keep
the wanderers of his grass, has paid
great tribute to the cosmopolitanism OF
Honolulu. Great American cities which
have received the enormous influx of
European immigration are today
enormous congresses of all nations, but
it must be remembered that Honolulu
has only 10000 inha bitants.
Truly cosmopolitan as it is, it is also
very metropolitan in many of it's as
poets. Despite its great Oriental popu-
lation, its Buddhist temples and Shinto
shrines; despite its sitting under an
extinct volcano; despite its blue tropic
skies and it's luxuriant tropic foliage,
Honolulu is a truly American city,
modern and up to date, and it looks
| the part.
nhah ,af hox &c 20
inhabitants are American or British in
blood. Nevertheless the American ele-
ment dominates, as it has dominated
ever since little band of New England
missionaries landed here Lightweight
years ago. One of the most interesting
of the sights" of Honolulu is the Ka-
iulani School, one of the public schools
named in honor of the beautiful Prin-
cess Kaiulani, who was heir apparent
to the Hawaiian throne when Queen
Liliuokalani was dethroned The Kaiu-
lani School is attended each day by
about six hundred embryo American
citizens. There are 59S of these six
hundred who are of non-American par
entage. Just two of the six hundred
are Americans. 1t is significant fact
that these two American children are
dominant in their respective grades,
and are the leaders in the games and
embryo organizations which the chill
dren have.
There is no attempt at uniformity of
costuming in the American fashion.
There are Japanese boys in skirts and
Chinese girls in trousers. There are as
many styles of hair dressing in Kaiu-
lani Schoo. as there were in the ruffled
brain of him who invented the undula-
ton Marcel. japanese girls with hair
on paper trusses; Japanese girls with
pompadours la Illinois; Korean boys
with topknots; and Korean boys with
hair parted In the middle; Chinese
girls with bangs and bow tows; and
Chinese girls with kid roller curls.
In the morning the children in the
receiving ROOM" where a Hawaiian
girl is giving the infant class it's first
homeopathic dose of English, have a
song the burden of which is Good
Morning This simple salutation is
sung first in English, then in Hawai-
ian, Japanese, Chinese. Portuguese and
sometimes in German, Swedish Span
ish or French for the sake of variety.
After the days work in this school is
done, the Japanese and Chinese chill
dren scamper off for another set-to in
the schools of their own people, while
all the Occidentals go to play. The
old adage that "all work and no play |
makes Jack a dull boy" is a bit of
Occidental wisdom which cannot be |
stretched to apply to the Oriental
Notwithstanding the American ap-
no ~ ~ Of al,,1,
which is blessed with modern office
buildings and towering hotels, which
makes this a truly American city, one
has to wander but a few squares away
to find himself in another world. The
sense of smell is the first of his five
sentinels which warns him that he is
approaching the Oriental quarter. 1t
is not disagreeable after one is used
to it, but it is certainly distinctive and
1t is certainly Oriental. 1t is a smell
Of China and Japan-the odor Of Asia.
Prominent in the Oriental quarters of
Honolulu is Newspaper Row." Here
in buildings side by side are published
three japanese dailies, one Chinese
daily, Hawaiian daily and a Korean
newspaper. Honolulu has more Jap
tHtSe Qdily papers llldH EuSuSl, IuOTe ,
Oriental newspaper than English, Ha- ,
waiian and Portuguese combined. 1t ,
has greater number of periodicals ,
printed in different languages than any
,ity of its size in the United States. /
The Japanese element is the most +
aggressive of any of the non-European l
peoples in the city. The Chinese were $
content for many years to remain 7
within that quarter of the town set +
part for them, but the Japanese have II
esented such distinction and have v
'verhowed with both shops and homes
nto all parts of Honolulu. One of the G
ourist entertaining schemes now ex,1 b
iting the minds of Honolulu promoters b
5 the utilization of the artistic tenn c
erament Of the Japanese colony. The {
eautiful and romantic Nuuanu is Il
tile stream flowing through a pic $
valley to which it gives its
anne. o
Nuuanu Valley was a battle-ground {
/ the glorious days of the ancient Ha-
allan war gods. 1t was sacred as the q
lite of native temples long before the -
Missionaries came, and now 1t is most II
2 given over to beautiful villas. golf =
nks and fine automobile road. Inj :
his picturesque and romantic valley it -
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