The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-02-18

Tourist Praises KiI8uea as the
Greatest Of the Many Ha-
Walj Attractions.

~ find muca in Hawaii that delights
and charms me, but the one ovcrwhelm-
tng surprise that these Islands have for
tourists is that great volcano Of Ki
Iauea, states DR.. j. Edward MacNeilI,
of Denver ana New York, who has been
staying a few weeks in the Islands and
who returned recently from the vol
cano.
Not only is the trip to the volcano
and back from Honolulu a beautiful
one, with excellent steamship accommo-
dations and most agreeable train and
stage trip across an interesting coun-
try, but what one finds at the end of
the journey is worth in itself the whole
trip from New York The sight Of that
vast sea of fire takes your breath away
and holds you spellbound and speech
less as you watch. It j. an indescrib-
able phenomenon. which, like the Grand
Canyon Of the Colorado. must be seen
to be appreciated.
''No picture or description can do
justice to the volcano or convey any
adequate conception Of what il is TO
the mind To attempt to describe it
would send all the superlatives Of the
English language into bankruptcy, for
in It's bewildering Wonderment it is
the worlds greatest and most spcctac-
ular sight
The sight is a most enhancing one
! "a boiling, seething mass of molten
/ lava. constantly in motion from cir
/ conference towards the center. raven
ousIy feeding upon the huge masses of
| the falling walls Of lava, as the in
! tense heat and fire surrounds and I'M
dermjnes them, sending up lurid flames
| and boiling masses Of molten lava in
J high waves Of brilliant radiance. The
sight at night especially IS weird and
enhancing beyond expression.
''No visitor to the Islands should
! fail to behold this most spectacular, in
teresting and beautiful sight. The
visit would be woefully incomplete
without it. 1t takes about four days
and costs about fifty dollars, but will
pay large returns in the way of salts
faction to the end of time.
1.-THE climatic conditions here the
year around are to me, simply ideal and
without extremes Of heat or cold Ny
advice to my friends viii be: Don t
fail to visit Honolulu and the Hawai-
ION Il NJ no
prouder Of your country and flag than
ever.
Doctor MacNeill states he nds Ho.
noIulu and the Islands far more beauti-
full and of far greater Importance com
merciallv than he expected
Il know of no city in the States of
its size that can be compared with it
in wealth, high average character of its
| business men, their enterprise, liberal
itv and comprehensive grasp upon al
questions that make for the best inter
ests of its population and of society IL
general, he continued.
81 am told that among its Amer
! can population Of 5000 are ninety mil
lionaires. many of whom rank high VI
in that class which speaks volumes TO
the business possibilities and impor
tance of the Islands as an integral par
of the United States. although littl
, understood there.
''Thc city is surely one Of grea
} beauty and attractiveucss. and It's citi
zens seem uniformly to be most cor
dial and courteous towards strangers
| Honolulu should become wonderful,
5 popular rs place of resort and res
: as it become, more widely known. an