Cañon City record., 1909-12-23
CANON
GIRL WRITES OF
HAWAII NEI

Mrs. Walter R. Combs, formerly
Miss Genevra Hooyer of this city, has
very interesting letter in the last is
sue of Clay's Review. of Denver,
which we are reproducing for the
benefit of readers of the Daily Record.
Mrs Combs has lived in Honolulu for
several years and is familiar with
conditions in the gem of the Pacific"
as the Hawaiian Islands are some
times called. Her letter is as fol-
lows:
Come. Join hands with me. you
many members of the Legion of Tired
Hearts, and will show you a dream
land within the reach of modest
purses. where you will find a peace
and restfulness almost akin to that
to which We all journey forward
the Promised Land, wherein we hope
to find the peace which passeth all
understanding"
Dear Tired Fathers whose shoulders
are beginning to weaken from constant
contact with the wheel of life, to pro-
vide the comforts so necessary TO his
wee nestlings. Patient. sweet moth
ers whose very heartlife has been
spent in devotion to the same little
brood. join hands with me, dear
ones, and journey toward that rosy
light which marks the setting of the
sun. Enthusiasm will creep into your
heart as you wave farewell to the
friends left on the smoky old wharf
at San Francisco. and you will surely
find the blue Pacific is no dream as a
panacea for all those distressed in
mind. body or spirit. Never mind IL
your wardrobe is depleted; the last
winter tweeds will make service
able sea suit and the least you can
wear on your arrival In Dreamland
the more comforts BILE and happy you
will be.
You will float to the very waters
edge of this Paradise on the ripping
waves and the air will greet you lad
ened with the scent of many blossoms.
Native boys will dive deeply down
for the dimes you toss overheard in
the water-and they will get them.
too. Automobiles will chug-chug on
the wharf waiting just for you. Doz-
ems of hackmen will be there to COB
BILE you up and whisk you away to
rest in hearing of the murmur of the
deep, or TO a perfectly kept jungle of
/ tropical trees in the heart of which is
a big hotetl. cool and comfy. After a
/ few days OF delicious idleness and of
] dreaming, with eyes wide open the
/ spirit will tempt you TO go sight-see-
water front will be OF ever increasing
I interest. The great steamers that ply
between the Orient and the Occident
and from the North coast to Austria
liza. are constant visitors at our port
The treighters loading on their car
goes OF rice. sugar and tropical fruits
will hold your attention hour after
hour. Then there are the schooners,
harks and launches. yachts. tugs and
targes, and the many inter-island
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terest. The dispatch with which a
vessel is loaded or unloaded is moth
ing short Of a miracle.
Chinatown has the same attractions
here as in the Orient and many hours
will you while away looking at odd
porcelains IN crude shapes and pat
terms, carve! woods and worries, fur
niture .:nd clothes-and the stalls of
pecul'Sr foods that Inc the pavement
The Chin,ee fish market is conceded
one II the sights of the world really
worth seeing. Hundreds and hun
dreds OF FISH in great piles are sold
each day tose.her with fresh meats,
fruits and vegetables.
Saturday afternoon is the busy day
and such pandemonium was never
seen except when a fight is on be-
tween the Bulls and the Bears at the
change in the big cities. Necessarily
1t seems all Chinatowns are ill-smell-
ing and foreign looking. but that only
adds Eest TO the ramble. You will
ind In the most unexpected places
beautiful tables and cabinets of teak
wood. inlaid with pearl and you Will
no doubt flnd that piece Of clear.
green. beautiful Jade that will be Just
thAsthing for Lucy's graduating ring