The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-04
.LEsL|E's CORRESPONDENT
WOULD VISIT AGAIN

Mrs. C. R. Miller, special correspond
emit for Leslie IS Weekly, whose pictures
are frequently seen in that publication,
in letter to Secretary Wood of the
Promotion Committee expresses a hope
of making another visit to Hawaii.
She writes from Baltimore as follows:
GA copy of the Advertiser contain
ing an account of the recent work of
the Promotion Committee has just
reached me. / presume it came from
you and I want TO thank you for it.
Anything from Hawaii pleases me and
[ am always glad to learn of the do
ings of your beautiful islands which I
hope to visit again some time in the
future.
81 have travelled thousands of miles
in many lands since my visit to Ha-
delightful climate or such whole
souled, charming hospitality as found
in the Islands. Your recent labor
troubles interested me greatly, al
though the accounts were meager and
I think incorrect. You will note by
the enclosed clipping that | have not
forgotten the Paradise of the Pacific. =
The clipping referred to appeared in
the Baltimore Sun and tells of trio of
Hawaiians on a vaudeville circuit
Two Of them, July Kealoha and his
wife, are now in Honolulu spending
their summer vacation before return
ing to the Keith-Proctor vaudeville
circuit. The clipping follows:
The Hawaiian trio at the Maryland
last week are appearing in the East
for the first time, although they have
been travelling previously in the West,
and prefer Los Angeles of all the
places they have visited, as nearest in
beauty and climate to their own beau
tifuI land of Hawaii. Their names as
given by one member of the trio are
Miss Toots Paka, Mr.. July Paka and
Mr.. Joseph Kekuku, the two former
being sister and brother. 1t was ex-
planned that Mr.. Paka received his
rather peculiar name from having been
born In that month of independence
and glorious patriotic associations, for
it seems the Hawaiians are very proud
of belonging to the United States and
OF being territory, instead of mere
colonial dependency. '.You come from
Honolulu asked the questioner, and
Mr.. Kekuku replied proudly, eyes,
Honolulu adding emphaticaily, "Ter-
ritory of Hawaii, U. S. A. We are a
territory, you KNOW he repeated
''Do you like that better than the old
government he was asked
ooh, yes he replied, s4we like
| being under the American flag" And
! he said it as though he meant il
heartily.
Wednesday afternoon of last week
Mrs. Charles R. Miller, who had visited
Hawaii in the interests Of Leslie i
Weekly, went back of the scenes JUS
before the performance of the trio, t.
greet them in the native fashion will
.'lei, or wreath of flowers. which
was thrown over the neck of Mis-
Paka, this being the national greeting
OF Hawaiians to a guest. Their eve
frightened when they saw the "lei, ,
plainly delighted at this unexpected re
minder of their native land, and Mis-
Paka wore the wreath while upon tn
stage. When Mrs. Miller asked he
why she did not wear the native Skin
of grass for the ''hula hula - dance
! she replied that she was afraid if sh,
did that it would be regarded as a sor
OF SaIome dance, when she contemp
tnously termed no dance at all. or
fake dance at best, with which sh
|, had no desire to be associated, as he
own dance was nothing of the kind
but the native dance of Hawaii. Nh
| Kekuku explained to The Star inter
, viewer in connection with Mrs. Nil
Ter S "lei,' that this beautiful custom
of throwing a wreath of flowers abou
the neck of the visitor in Hawaii wa
: accompanied with the national saluta
{ ton of S'Aloha, and that at an even
, ing gathering a visitor would be litel
ally covered with the floral chains hun
about them by hospitable natives. H
explained also that the red garland
all three wore about their heads an
= neeks were imitation of the red nation
! al flower, whose leaves We're thu
strung together to form a flower
chain. They are picturesque trit
and their " hula -hula' dance is cel
: tainly unique one to American eve
/, They are going back to Hawaii t
+ spend their summer vacation.
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