Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1910-02-12


this morning. The plneapples which
form the basis OF proof will arrive BY
express. The inhabitants were not at
all shy about being discovered. In
fact, they assisted at the operation
The native Hawaiian IS warranted not
to be shy. And the Americans shrink
from publicity about as much as they
do in the States. when is impossible.
And the English resilents--weil. an
Englishman YOU know, is about as
shrinking as a Boyril sign on a Lon
don bus. SO 1t was really no trouble
at all TO discover the Islands. even
without the aid of gumdrops, after we
had found the people.
1t was like coming home. For
Bryant, formerly city editor Of the
Pasadena News. on his way out to
Manila to take a desk on the Times
of that city. was fellow-passenger.
IDr. Paul Adams of Los angeles sent
us a welcome. Arlie Elder, formerly
of the good old Times, now on the
Advertiser of this city, came aboard
before the health officer could get out
to us. think he swan of, And Mrs.
Grace Tower Warren, once of the
Pasadena News. met MS at the plank
and welcomed us with the beautiful
garlands--leis, they call them-to
hang about our necks according to,
the pretty custom Of this Lotos land
Say, man, you should see the Com
mentator wreathed with lei Of frag-
rant blossoms. He slid out OF the au
tomobile every time II passed photo
graph gallery and posed for Narcissus.
1t Is pretty impossible for any wom
an to look so vain as II man Is when
he tries hard TO hide It. For the more
he essays to conceal his vanity, the
more g'arlngly It shows. While she,
vainer Of her plumage than a pea
cock OF his voice covers the fact un.
der such a veil of shrinking, blushing
modesty as deceives the very elect
and fools the defeated.
A bountlful shower came up over
the mountain peaks anG scattered II.
self like a celestial sprinkling cart
oNtl Nh' VI ouhu uS We
came into the harbor. No more CRATE
full welcome could have been devised
for a group of wayfarers from Cali
fornia. When 1t cleared away, which
was In about ten minutes, we asked
a man about what he thought the
precipitation might be. Before he
could reply 1t began to rain again.
When that shower passed on we be-
gan to make Los Angeles guess NJ
the rainfall. just then another show
err came up aud fell down. Then we
quit guessing at the rain gauge and
began counting showers. But this
grew 'fronotonous.
The sun shines here also. There is
more sunshine than any other sort
Of weather. Indeed, 1t only rains
when II isn't doing anything else. No
body minds the rains. We have seen
but one person since We landed carry
ing an umbrella. And that was SOL
der. They must have enlisted him
in Massachusetts.
Even on gray morning. with two
or three showers falling out at sea
whore they won't do tne least bit NJ
good, and half dozen sweeping over
different parts OF the island, where
they are so common they are no more
considered or noticed than a BRIDE.
groom at a wedding, the -rs' impress.
sion of Honolulu Is one of delight
of tranquil content. Then. as the sun
comes out and lights Up the sea and
sky with rainbows so brilliant that
they seem TO shine win glory OF
their owl. one wonders Il there can
be any place more beautiful. II It
you Of Pasadena. But re Pacific
ocean Is little too near by, also.
Here In Honolulu 1t cones right up
erything In the whole Hawaiian
group or die a-trylng. 3ut we will
live here ielsurely for the rest Of the
ing therefore. II we never went out.
side of the city limits of Honolulu
Why should we, when VIC can go any
where we want, any time we please?
Possibly that's one reason so many
mer put of getting ready to go ia
heaven. They think they have a
whole lifetime to attend to that! How
ever, It very frequently happens that
the man who has three hours to spare
is the fellow who misses the train a,
last While the man VINO is scared
to death with the fear that he has
missed 1t gets move on and makes
It, Therefore 1t behooves us, as the
Arab says, to up and BeDouln." True
the Arab doesn't say anything like
that, but that is because the bound
ing bcggar doesn't know the rich re
sources Of his language for American
puns.
Don't get the idea that there are nc
busters in Honolulu. 1t takes only q
glance TO see that It is a six-cylindel
to the shore. At Los Angeles, yol
know. It stops at San Pedro, Or
rather, 1t did. until we annexed 1t
Now, OF course, it comes right NJ
town. When Il rains.
For a resting place for tired braiI
and worried nerves, one can say II