The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-18

badly; that IS hotel. At present the
stranger within the gates must RELY on
a member OF the kahului Club for en-
tertaIhment, or take his meals in a Chi
nese reStaurant-that is, Of course. un-
less he is acquainted with the master
OF The famous Breakers. in which case
ne VIII probably be taken care of as
long as he chooses to remain. Thomas
Skinner IS, IN the main. responsible for
the Breakers. There is only one Tom
Skinner, all others are rank ipitations
SAID Tom IS a versatile laddie who
works and plays with equal enthusiasm.
However Scotland allowed him to leave
his native heath is a mystery as unsoIv-
able as that of Billy Patterson and
Charlie Ross. He was once ten
second man. but is now devoted to the
automobile. being the holder of all the
local records. A ride in Tom ear
could only be equaIed for thrills by a
trip IN an aeroplane at night and in
hurricane.
kahului beach would furnish an ideal
site for a hotel. There is to be found
bathing of the best, and breeze from
the sea which can not be eXcelled any
where in the Territory. These advan
tages, with charms of landscape, would
were hotel accommodation provided.
make the beach at Kahului an exceed
inglv popular resort
The road to Wailuku is a very good
one ana a credit to those responsible for
its construction and upkeep. AS Wal
luku is approached the road is bounded
on both sides by flower gardens which
are blaze of color. In these gardens
everything grows lushly, with appar-
emily little attention. In the garden IT
Judge Kepoikai there is scarlet gera-
mum of treelike proportions which is
one of the features of a very pretty
street
The hibiscus does particularly well in
the neighborhood of Waikiki and its
varities are many, including blue, sin
gle and double white, salmon pink and
huge double pink, the latter being a
bouquet, each flower in itself.
Waikiki has two hotels, the Maui and
Waikiki Hotel, and between them they
can attend to all the business that
comes along in ordinary times. On oc-
casion of holiday. or festival, however,
their accommodation is nothing like
adequate TO the demand, and 1t VIII he
only question of time before Wailnku
has modern hotel large enough to cope
with any emergencies of travel tnat
may arise. Already the matter is be
ing talked of in more than one ilree-
ton.
Public spirit and civic pride are IN
evidence on every hand and plans FOL
a gymnasium and upto-date theater are
well under way The community seems
to pull together in the matter of IN
! provements. and when this is the case
a town can't help but progress.
i The view, looking seward from th>
, Maui Hotel, is fine one, the green
fringed street and the blue water "a the
end with the surf breaking white on the
beach compose a picture which 1t Is
pleasant to sit and watch at any ho''1
/ of the dav. Only one thing mars It
! and that is number of unslghtly
! fences.
And while one is sitting there, en-
! loving a smoke after dinner, one by
one the good fellows of the place dr'I
! in and take a chair on the hotel lanai
bent on exchanging the latest GOSSIP
and learning the latest arrivals from
| the metropolis.