Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1912-11-23


III n June returned from month in
n the Hawaiian islands. Last year
spent six months there. My fam
IL lily, who went out with me last
July on a months vacation trip,
all of us having return tickets back TO
New York, are still there-and what
Is more, do not want to return. From
our experience | am sure that few
people in the United States, even
those on the Pacific coast, have any
conception Of the beautiful scenery.
the glorious climate, the gorgeous
sunrises and sunsets. the superb rain
bows the exquisite foliage and YER
dure and the enhancing conditions OF
life in a semi-tropical cllme-where
none of the rigors OF winter are
known and the delights of the tropics
can be enjoyed with none of the
tropical objections to detract from
that enjoyment, writes a correspon-
dent of the Philadelphia Sunday Rec
ord.
To most of us the Hawaiian islands
represent a few dots like pin-points
on the map in the middle of the Pa
ciflc ocean and if we think of them at
all it is to dimly recall something we
learned in our school days about Cap
tain Cook and the missionaries, and
IN our minds eye we see some half
naked savages lolling under palm
trees. Only here and there is per-
son who knows that Honolulu is as
near Paradise as anything on earth;
that its streets are paved like other
cities, some good, some bad that its
buildings are modern, its parks splen-
did, its schools as good as in any
city on the mainland, that Paris gowns
| can be bought in its shops, that more
| than thousand automobiles run on
| its streets and that its people are
| among the most travelled, cultivated,
| hospitable and charming in the world.
/ have been over most Of the map and
| II there is q more beautiful place or
| one with more natural opportunities
for happiness, / have not yet discov-
| cred it.
Sunrise over Diamond Head, the old
volcanic crater which dominates
Waikiki Beach, seen when taking a
| morning swim in water that averages
| rs degrees Fahrenheit the year round,
is delight to the eye. The pink
| flush OF the dawn shading into the
azure of tropical sky and both re-
flected in water clear as crystal,
touched here and there with white
| caps, together with the intense green
of the tropical foliage, and sometimes
| all the colors blended in rainbow In
the west, make an impression not
soon to be effaced.
Ever Changing Panorama.
In the early morning Mt Olympus,
| Mt. Tantalus and the other mountains
back of the city present an ever
changing panorama, sometimes dark
| green with overhanging gray clouds,
their SCARED sides lost in the mist,
at other times the tops as clear as cut
glass and the ridges outlined against
the blue as sharp as the teeth of a
saw.
These pictures are presented to the
early riser even from the deck of a
ship on the morning of it's arrival of
| the shores of the Island OF Oahu and
recollections of them recur to the
memory for months afterward. bring
ing longing for the place that seems
to get into the blood.
Should one happen to be at Waikiki
at midday, under the rays of trop-
ical sun, and drowsy with the scent
of tropical flowers, soothed by the
singing OF the birds. and lulled by
the rustling of the palms and the
murmur OF the waves, yet dazzled by
the sparkle on the water and charm
CT a sea grading from deep purple in
the distance through all the colors of
the spectrum to the light green of the
breakers and the gray and white OF
the sand and foam-it is difficult to
determine whether the dawn OF the
noon presents the most attractions.
but moonlight night at Waikiki
Beach. with the soft trade wind rust
ling the palms overhead. the long roll
ers OF the ocean breaking at ones
feet and a full moon over Diamond
Head casting sheen on the water