Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-03-05
A Malihini' S Letters
NO. 8.
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Ny Dear Afthur:--For small
city he size of honolulu, there are
g.eat many distinguished men ana
womsa lee. bo'h resident and tour
i.ts. Tais winter has been an eX-
ceptioaaliy buy one. Amongst the
many hundreds of tourists who have
visited these Islands have been DR..
Clark, founder and president OF the
Christian EndeavCr Society; ex-
Treasurer Of state Rice OF Montana;
ex-senator Maginnis, also of Mon
tana; D. Robert J. Burdette, of in
iernational fame, and with him his
distinguished and talented wife;
severa, judges, consuls, leading men
OF all branches of the professions.
and railroad magnates.
Many OF these visitors have ad-
! dressed large audiences, much to
he enjoyment of the resident popu-
lation. There have been more
dances. balls, concerts, picaics and
yachting pa les this winter than in
many cities on the mainland where
the Inhabitants have every opportu-
nj ) for lhdulslna in pleasure. Yet,
with ali this excitement. there are
ms ny people who think that Hono~
7 Lulu is dull
Any pace will be dull II one has
not large circle OF friends to en-
terrain and be entertained by. Ho-
nolulu can never be classed in this
, category II person wishes to live
quiet life. far from the madding
crowd, the highways and byways are
not only safe, but are truly beau
tiful
Lovers of nature could never be
dull here, as there are rugged noun
tains, beetling cliffs and proud prom
ontOries to explore: rare and pecu-
| liar ferns aud grasses to collect;
trees that are foreign to most parts
of the world. and shells and MOSES
, that ATE the envy Of amateur col
lcctors. The absence OF bird life in
the mountains and the scarcity OF
flowers tend to produce feeling OF
hcmesickness. but, taking IL all in
all. Honolulu Is mighty pretty lit
tie city to live in. Those who are
in business here and are occupied
al day long soon accustom them
selves to the feeling Of isolation, and
even seem indifferent in regard to
the days on which the mail steam
, ers from the Coast are due.
Malihinis. however, who have
been hoie for only few months,
and are st!ll undecided as to wheth-
OF they would care to live here for
any great length of time, should no
; tiee how ka:naainas make them
selves comfortable and should draw
| their own conclusions as to whoth-
err or not life In the tropics is pref
cradle 20 living on the mainland,
where tie changes of climate are SO
pronounced, but whee pleasure-lov-
! ing people may indulge their appa-
tics week after week by seeing the
best of shows.
There are only two things lacking
in these Islands to make them really
homeliNe. News of the outside
world Is so Eeager that unless one
is supplied with the best magazines
and receives each week batch OF
the leading newspapers from the
mainland, one is very apt to deteri
oiate. again, the absence Of first
class shows tends to force one to
have recourse to the morbid moving
pictures which are portrayed nigh
aiter night upon the canvas of the
majority Of the cheap theaters Of
this city, and which, in part, arr
responsible for most of the alleged
homeLcknessl For It can not tc
conductive to ones health to have
to witness murders, robberies. rapt
and crime. of all kinds as are 81
wildly portrayed at these local the
aters.
Married people, who have theil
families here, do not apparently fee
the isolation, but for bachelor mali
hirls Of either sex, who do not cart
to visit these shows, 1t Is absolut,
purgatory 10 have to stagnate In ;
boarding house or lead n lonely III
In rooming-house, to be almos
eaten alive by mosquitoes. Their,
are so few places of interest to visi
in Honolulu that after one has Wis
tied the Aquarium several times ant
learned to call each finny occupan
OF the various tanks by its Chris
tlan name, and has exploited tn
Museum and made trips to the noun
tain Businesses, there is absolutel.
no hing left to see or do.
There are no middle-class white
heie, and what few whites there ar
belong 10 the 400" class, so tina
che needs to be armed with letter
OF introduction II one wishes to hav
tho eIitree into society. There ar
comparative few snobs here, than
heaven! and what few there are, ar
not worth knowing, as they are sim
ply "ilanneed fools with NOR
money than brains" as Kipling s
Clearly defines them. 1t IL consid
cred mira Dig for white ma
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