The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-31
Blanche Hall
Likes Honolulu
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Blanche Hall wishes there were kings
in Honolulu, and that she had received
royal command to appear there, and
to appear for n very extended period,
says the Los Angeles Times.
The little Burbank actress returned
the other day from a deiignsfil island
outing, and has many. interesting ex-
periences to add to her already large
stock of "reminiscences.
With friend, Mrs. Lewis r. Works,
Miss Hall sailed from San Francisco
for Honolulu September Is.
AT the Hawaiian pier she was met
by Mr.. and Mrs. Churchill Harvey,El-
der. Mr.. Elder was formerly men,
Der of The Times City staff and is now
night editor OF the Honolulu Advertiser.
"And as result of finding these old
friends,'i says Miss Hall, 81 saw more
in my brief vacation for rest only
than does a Cooks tourist doing q
whole natien.
81 was guest Of honor at four dinner
parties, two luncheons, two theater
parties, a tea and a reception, and be-
sides / attended the big naval ball,
met Prince Cupid, the Princess, officials
and members of the diplomatic corps,
and went to native picnic at Pearl
Harbor, where we ate only ground
cooked, ,native-made food.
f'Pearl Harbor is like a great hand,
with the entrance at the wrist and
deep water channels extending off,
finger fashion, in all directions inland.
The Notifications, when completed, will
make it practically impossible for
hostile feet to gain entrance to the bay
so I'm told
"What did we have to eatf Oh, lots
rolled in ii leaves and baked in clay,
was the daintiest thing Of all.
"During my Honolulu stay / lived
at the Moana Hotel at Waikiki beach.
The bathing is superb. The water is
always warm, and the waves are most
too polite to be true, almost. These
waves never slap you Familiarity on
the back, but just roll in gently
lazily.
"On the Sunday after our arrival
we saw hundreds of men and boys en-
ioying the truly national sport of surf
riding. Their long, narrow surfboards
are carried far to sea. Then they
wait for a wave and come coasting
to shore at express train speed.
Sat Waikiki Beach, also, is the re-
markable government aquarium, where
/ there are shown all sorts of native fish,
many of them so wildly colored that
the reproductions on postcards look
absurd until you have seen the fish
themselves There are bright greens,
brilliant scarlets, colds, pinks and pur-
ples-fshes and colors that they say
exist nowhere else in the world.
Gone night we attended a minstrel
show given at the opera house by the
boys of the West Virginia. 1t was a
good show. too. was anxious to see
the theater, as several friends urged
me to return aud play there. [ shall
do it, too--if only for a few perform
ances.
"Hon0lulu is delightful. ! promised
to return the very next time l have
vacation, and / shall keep that prom
Use. The climate can't be improved
upon. 1t is warm only for few hours,
and that around noon. The nights are
cool, but never chilly. One can ride
comfortably in a motor car on any
evening without wrap
"The sunsets are gorgeous-an and the
sunrises something beyond that.
81 want TO see the other islands,
and / want TO see Honolulu again. It
is a beautiful place of abundant hos
pitality. ] never so thoroughly enjoy
ed a short vacation before.
"When we came away our friends
covered us with 'leis,' and escorted us
to the boat. There were hundreds of
carnations, ginger flowers and other
native blooms, which hung in great
wreaths about my neck and down TO
the bottom Of my dress; and they
threw flowers into the sea after us as
we started on our homeward voyage.
It's a pretty custom and typical Of
Hawaiian hospitality"