The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-10-06
MOST HOSP|TALBLE,
SAYS A VISITOR
Victoria Man Very Enthusiastic
Over His SOjOurn in
Hawaii.

IlaNaH mas loyal ana enthusiastic
champion. Mr. Anderson has Just re-
turned to his home after a visit in
these Islands, and in an interview,
published in Victoria newspaper, he
speaks glowingly of what he saw while
here.
81 want TO say that the people of
Honolulu are the most hospitable and
free handed people in all the world, -
says Mr.. Anderson. ''At least [ have
to humbly submit that | shall have to
travel farther to change that opinion.
upon arriving there you are
greeted with strains of welcoming mu-
sic from the very excellent Hawaiian
band, and as you look over the ship s
side as the vessel slowly swings to her
berth at the wharf, you behold sea
of faces all smiling up at you a great
aloha (meaning welcome), and as you
get nearer to the dock one is par
ticularly struck with the cosmopolitan
makeup of the crowd, for it seems to
embody within itself every type and
characteristic peculiar to the nations
of this world. You quickly learn that
that is typical of Honolulu, for a more
heterogeneous, dissimilar or diverse
population could hardly be imagined.
As you trip down the gangplank on
the wharf the good-natured. happy
crowd closes in on you with shouts of
Aloha Nei, at the same time placing
'Leis, or garlands composed of beau
tiful fragrant flowers, around your
hats. I know Of nothing that sur
passes that beautiful Hawaiian custom
of bidding strangers welcome to that
wonderland rightly termed the Para
disc of the Pacific Ocean A great
number of tourists are attracted
towards these islands of the mid-Pa-
cifc and one is naturally agreeably
surprised at the very moderate hotel
rate and the modern excellence and
comfort of those very necessary insti-
see very little Of the many beautiful
attractions that nature has prodigally
lavished upon beautiful Hawaii the
first days. You are tired out by the
long but very pleasant voyage, SO you
retire to the sanctuary of your room
to awake in the morning refreshed
and eager to see the natural wonders
on all sides.
''This would be indeed terrible
long interview if I attempted to-
was going to say, expatiate, on its
thousand and one charms and the
wizardry of its composition, but that
would be impossible. So it is with the
deepest regret I realize the necessity
of being very brief. Birds are every
where in Hawaii and their music fills
the air. Fruit of almost every variety
grows with reckless prodigality and
flowers are everywhere III profusion,
their fragrance being caught up by the
balmy breeze to be dissolved in the
atmosphere. Palms of every specie and
avenues of that most magnificent of
all palms, refer to the royal palm
are to be met with everywhere, and
all around are hills to be climbed and
valleys to be explored which in their
turn yield wonders undreamed and IN,
thought If beyond expression. You
take a walk along the palm-fringed
shores of the Island Of Oahu either
at night or day and you can see and
hear the waves as they come rolling
in from the Pacific breaking on the
outer reef that girdles the island, and
If You are so minded, enjoy in comfort
the pleasure of a bath at anytime of
the year, for the climate of Hawaii
is the most equable known; as they
say down there, Every day June
day.
II have referred but briefly to its
natural beauties. There are also many
other attractions-tbe museum, the
aquarium, the palace, and its many
historical places Of interest which I
regret I have no time TO touch upon.
Honolulu can boast Of beautiful parks
and squares and the Hawaiian band is
10 be heard with pleasure every even.
ing in one OF, the other; and to sit on
a beautiful mo0nlit night under royal
palm listening TO the beautiful Ha-
waiian airs as they are carried down
to YOU by the gentle zephyer breezes,
is something, once experienced, never
TO be forgotten, but still greater your
pleasure if. by chance, a beautiful,
laughing Honolulu maiden be by thy
side The cost Of living is moderate
and the prices at the various stores
reasonable. There are excellent stores
there and almost anything wanted can
be secured. The business of the place,
which is considerable, is enjoyed both
by the whites and Orientals. China
town. of Honolulu, Is larger than the
whole Of the business section of Vic
toria with Chinatown included, and
there are thousands upon thousands Of
Cinnamon. japanese and Koreans in
Honolulu. and to GO through their quar-
ters offers and affords you q very good
idea Of the Orient. The city is kept
verv clean and rigid inspections are
made daily by the large staff of the
health department. and is of vital i'm
p0rtance for many obvious reasons.
A Youthful versifer sought the
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