The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-04-29
ANOTHER GLOBE ENCIRCLER'S
IMPRESSIONS OF HAWAI-
(IIartford TlmcsN

(HIartford Timcs)
Honolulu, H. T.. March 2i.-.Hart.
ford is not the only city beginning
with on" which is upside down with
politics. Honolulu and all Hawaii are
in whirligig over the matter Of ter.
ritorial prohibition which n bill in con.
gress would refer to the voters Of the
territory.
Visitors from Hartford have reached
this port in considerable numbers In
the past two months, one batch being
in the around.the.world party, which
called on the steamship Cleveland to.
ward the end of January and another
group calling toward the end OF Feb.
ruary, when the Cleveland touched hero
on her return trip. Both times the
tourists of the Cleveland were received
with loud and enthusiastic greeting.
In Batavia, on the east bound trip,
Dutch colonists welcomed the visitors
with great warmth. In Manila and
in Japan the tourists were recipients
of an ovation. The case was the same
in Honolulu, where the welcome was as
distinctive of the place as the greetings
in earlier ports were characteristic of
those places.
The First Time in History.
Entering the harbor, the ship was
greeted by delegation of city fathers.
Launches came down with delegations
of Christian Endeavorers and Ells
Considerable of sea was running and
it so happened that the Elks' launch
broke down. In a moment the Chris
tian Endeavor boat went alongside
and began transferring, For the first
time, perhaps, in history, Christian
Endeavorers and Elks combined in a
Sunday morning welcome, singing the
Endeavorers hymns and the Elks'
songs of different kind.
At the landing the greeting was
nearly tempestuous. Flags were haunt
ed, handkerchiefs were waved, hats
tossed in air, and band played. AS
the gangplank was run out a living
lane was formed in the crowd. Along
this the tourists passed in triumphal
entry. When the leading voyagers
reached the landing, small garlands of
flowers were placed on their hat crowns
or large garlands were dropped over
their heads. Fragrant carnations and
some unfamiliar tropical blooms made
these brilliant, as well as odorous. In
the Hawaiian language the garlands are
termed leis. That language, by the
way. has five novels and only seven
consonants, combination which helps
toward making it one of the most
musical in the world.
A trolley ride took tourists out into
the residential section. Along by
beautiful little villas and charming
bungalows the electric 'rickshaw spun,
past open dwellings with wide piazzqs
smothered in riot of green and fam
ing blooms. Over many rose graceful
palms with swaying plumes and eacn
dwelling had lawn as green and fresh
as is found in June on Forest street in
our home city.
Elk Uno Plures.
The story of grass IN Honolulu is
worthy paragraph. When the
early missionaries came, nearly ninety
wears ago, not one blade of true
grass was growing and grass seed would
not catch. Word went back to Massa.
chusetts. and the next worker who
sailed for Honolulu took number Of
grass roots. He made his voyage by
the way of the Strait of Magellan and
when he reached Diamond Head. the
bold giant which guards Honolulu, all
but one root had persisted. That was
the great grandfather of at least a
quarter of the roots in Honolulu, so the
statistician says.
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