The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-04-29

composed by the unfortunate Queer
Liluokalani the last sovereign OF
Hawaii. Nearly all havo n strain OF
sadness, more feelingly expressed in
music than in words. Some are love
songs in which the story is told In
musical romance. Both the air and the
Hawaiian words are liquid music. In
the opinion Of many masters of melody
the native language Is as responsive to
music as the Italian.
Christian Endeavor.
In 1921 the FIRST Congregational mis-.
sionaries came to Honolulu, and since
then Hawaii has been among Congre.
gatonalists n favorite field for religious
work. Probably nowhere else in the
world is the ratio of Christian En-.
deavorers so large per capita as in Ho.
nolulu. The city is the most orderly
and quiet and the most observant of
the old style Sunday of all which the
Cleveland's party has visited. The
last mentioned fact has caused Captain
DempwolH of the Cleveland to view the
city with mingled feelings The captain
is from Hamburg and is accustomed to
the continental Sunday.
On the morning tho first party landed
the Rev Francis +. Clark of Boston,
founder of the Christian Endeavor
society, preached in the Union Central
church, large and stately building.
| Every seat in the auditorium was filed
and nineteen. twenteths of the seats in
the gallery were occupied. In the even.
ing Mr.. Clark spoke in the Hawaiian or
native church, called Kawaiahao. Be-
fore the meeting opened the church was
crowded to the doors and numbers went
away.
Its early religious training Hawaii
preserves partly, perhaps, on account
of its enforced isolation from the mod
ern world. The century old "coast.
wise shipping law which fines n for,
eign vessel which carries passengers
between San Francisco and Honolulu
limits communication. The Cleveland
is flying the black white and red of
Germany, and, technically, its owners
are supposed to he liable to fine Of
| 1924, 900 when the voyagers land at
San Francisco The law actually was
suspended in their favor.
Information.
! Honolulu's population January l was
estimated to be $4,000. The city is
the capital of the Territory of Hawaii.
! 1t is situated on the island of Oahu,
the third largest island in the Hawaii.
an group. The high standard of educa-
ton and life set by the early mission.
aries led to the exalted citizenship of
the present day. For fifty years the
professions in Honolulu have included
many representatives of leading Ameri-
can and European universities. Within
year large garrison has been in
stalled on the island which Uncle Sam
intends to make the Malta of the Pacific
Ocean. The island has an institution of
higher learning in Oahu College, found
ed sixty-fve years ago. A college of
agriculture and mechanical arts was
started in 1908 and in another year is
to be fully equipped with new build
ings.
The city has three daily papers
printed in English, one in Chinese and
four in Japanese. There is also a
semi weekly Portuguese paper. Homo
lulu has direct communication with
San Francisco by cable and with Asia
by Midway Island and Guam.
Back from the city are forest-clad
heights and mountain peaks From
the Nuuanu Pail one of the most i'm
pressive views in the Pacific tropics
may be obtained, sweeping over the
spires and the walls of the city and
past Diamond Head to the unbroken
horizon.
If in all the long journey, the tour
lists visited any island more enchant-
ing, more charming, it was Ceylon
alone. If in all the twenty thousand
miles we have sailed into the eve of
the rising sun, we have found land
where loving Mother Nature lavished
with more prodigal partiality her most
beautiful allurements, projections of
sea and sky, forest, hill and mountain,
plain and valley and stream that land
was Ceylon, alone. From Singapore
across the Equator and once more
across and back and on to fertile Java,
we saw summer seas glstening in the
tropical sun, but among them no such
picture of indigo and white as is paint
ed Off Waikiki And, unless it be in
Ceylon, nowhere have we seen such
fragrant foliage, such blazing blooms,
such brilliant coloring in palm and
lawn and garlanded heights, as here
in Hawaii. And even Ceylon did not
faunt the quickly shifting rainbows
which glorify Honolulu.
Two islands will haunt our memory,
Ceylon and Hawaii. Two islands win
abide with us while we have minds to
appreciate beauty and romance, and
imagination to admire Nature 3 poetry.
We shall feel their breath. We shall
nhale their spicy breezes. We shall
hear the thunder of the breakers of
Gale Face and Off Waikiki. We shall
see the green-freighted heights of
Khandy and the massive summit of
Pail We shall remembers the fronded
plumes of Mount Lavinia and of Homo
lulu. Distant peaks will rise like is.
lands above their laceliEe fleece Of
summer clouds. The fragrance of
flowers already dust will survive with
MS 10 the castet. OF the islands. our
memories will always be as fond as
the human heart can hold for Nature.
For the people Of the paradise Of Ceylon
our feeling will vary, but for the people
Of bosptable Hawaii, for their warm
blooded "aloha nut" only tho f0ndest
and most sincere gratitude will be felt.
II.
H.