The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1910-07-23

md TRANSFERRING the choicest pro-
ucts of the skill and culture of man
is in Honolulu. And so we go from
ar to car and from street to street.
past the Oahu college, and up the
beautiful Manoa Valley; back to
town, with its strange mixture of
peoples of the world; and on again
by way of the Nuuanu Valley line to
the Royal Mausoleum, where the
greatest of Hawaii's dead lie. The
Mausoleum itself is closed against in |
spection. dusky female face APP |
pears at the partially opened door
as We approach, aud in reply to our
respectful inquiry answers somewhat
CURLY mo. you can't come in here"
Prince David has but lately been ga
thered to his fathers, and the wreaths
and emblems about the door tell Of a
grief still unburied. Taking the car
again in the direction of the aquari-
UNI, we stop at the fine Moana hotel
on Waikiki beach. This is the scene
of the famous surf-canoeing and surf
board riding. The latter,we are inform
ed is to be witnessed nowhere else
in the world, and we are disappointed
that at the time of our visit this par
ticular sport was not in progress. A
few canoes, however, are engaged in
the exhilarating sport of shooting
over the breakers seward and re-
turning to shore on the long sweep of
the ocean swell. The American sail
ors, during the recent visit of the Unit
ed States Fleet to Honolulu, tried
their skill at these healthful sports,
and while their success was only mo-
derate, their enjoyment was no doubt
water at Waikiki is said to average
80 degrees, and as the gradual slope
of the beach and the absence of UNI
dertow make it particularly safe as
bathing place, capsize need not
be attended with very serious con-
sequences from any point of view
AS already indicated, Honolulu is a
most cosmopolitan city,an in this re-
spect it only epitomises the character
istics of the Hawaiian Islands as a
whole. In the group there are up
wards of 10000 Japanese, $4,000 Chi
nese, $4,000 Portuguese, 1890 Amer
leans, and 1900 British; Germans,
Coreans and other nationalities are
all largely represented. The native
population numbers nearly 10000
and there are about 5000 half-whites.
1t S said that a certain Honolulu
resident who wished to warn tres
passers off his section found it ne
cessary to put up a notice in seven
languages. The first said: "Trespas-
sers will be prosecuted" or some
thing like that; the last said "Ski'
doo." The Japanese are still coming
the ultimate outcome of this alien i'm
migration must surely be awaited by
Americans with interest, if not with
apprehension. 1t is impossible to at
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afforded by the stoppage of a steam
er. The Punchbowl crater ,immediatel!
|, at the back of the town; Diamond
: Head crater at the eastern eXtrem
ity; the Bishop museum, with its
unrivalled collection of PO4ynesian
chronological specimens the Capitol
formerly the Royal palace, with it
famous collection of paintings-al
these and much more besides remain
{ unexplored. So we wend our wa,
. back to the steamer and are give
7 such a send-off as will live long il
p our memory. The Royal Hawaiial
o Band is there, discoursing swee
o music; scores of Hawaiian ladie
are there, all decked in the gorgeou
carnation necklaces that are such
feature Of personal adornment in thi
| sunny land; representatives of tn
several sections of this most mike
population are there; and amidst muc
waving and shouting of farewells W
steam out to resume our voyage o
the broad Pacific. Honolulu passe
Z into the realm of happy recollection
n It is a memory that will linger,
J. dream of loneliness that will not SOC
al fade.