The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-04-12
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" Al dores. Green trees and lawns
~0@ down to the oceans edge,
the brilliant water outrigger
canoes bobbing about and surf-riders dashing
shoreward An Arabian Nights wonder OF an
aquarium exhibiting great ugly shark, and
hideous squid that offer strongest contrast to
graceful small fishes tinted like unto the rain
DOW arch before the KOolau mountains. Val
ley after valley cutting the range that walls
Honolulu along the side opposite the sea-
Cloud draped mountain peaks towering above
the town, ever inviting and challenging the be-
holder Flowers abloom on numberless hedges
and various tall blossoming trees. Brown
skinned men wearing hats wreathed with fresh
poses and ferns. Old Hawaiian crones and
young Hawaiian women sitting on shaded side
walks weaving wreaths and exchanging
badinage with tourists and Jackies. Milling
tary enlisted and commissioned. Representa-
uVes OF races ranging from subjects OF the
car. from the land of the Great Bear, all the
way to folk from lower Polynesia Between
these extremes the jostling OF European and
Korean, New Highlander and Filipino, Porto
Rlcan and Chinese, with now and then a tall
white robed Hindoo, and swarm1ng everywhere
Japanese men, women and babies.
Children, children, children certainly are a
feature. The streets abound with them the
tenements overflow, automobiles are crowded
to capacity with the rising generation The
world hears repeated reference to the Ha-
wai1ans as dying race but the part Hawaiians
are unquestonably doing their duty toward
populating Tho Islands,; large families are
the rule with the halfwhite Hawaiians, and
the Chinese Havaiians, all about the town. big
eyed, shy native kiddies add to the trop1c pic
ture. In the so-called Oriental quarter-al-
though now the Japanese are so numerous they
pop up in all portions of Honouu-the new
conner is stuck by the army Of fond fathers,
the doting male parent Chinese or japanese.
tenderly totlng offspring up and down In hours
OF leisure, the hunched-up Oriental live doll
very fat aid impressive and philosophical jap
women pass along continually with anywhere
from two to four chubby babies clnging to the
mother-nayhap one tied to her back, one
carried before, two toddlers trying locomotlon
for themselves.
The CHER day heard a newcomer remark
as she surveyed a street In Chinatown: Il
never IA my life have seen so many men
nurses and how fond the Chinese seem OF
their babies" 1t is all very different from
the Sunday school tales we used to read about
the cruelty Of the Chinese fathers who were
painted as ogres forever devouring unwelcome
infants. Here-perhaps because so many OF
the men are kept by the laws OF Uncle Sam
from having their wives and families join
them-the babies in the occasional Chinese
families appear to be household idols, objects
of worship and adoratiOn From the tenements
and novels these idols emerge decked out in
most remarkable hues and embrolderies borne
aloft In the proud daddys arms, they look
down with condescension and hauteur upon the
world at large.
The street day after day offer some
thing novel and interesting or continued in
tereSt is the young Chinese girl standing with
hesitant feet between the new and the old.
Her dress Is that Of her people and class, long
loose jacket and wide trousers-a distinctly
feminine costume in spite OF the b1-furcated
garment. Her smooth plastered hair with the
pure gold band in the f1attened knob at the
nape of the neck, her delicate complexion
HANGED by bit of rouge, the bracelet of gold
ard jade the slim beringed fingers, all bespeak
care with the toilet. care Of appearances.
About these girls there is an air Of reserve and
sef-respect; they do not suggest, are not the
painted ladies' Of civilization.
Occasionally on the street may be seen a
}lttle-footed woman. not long ago noticed
one that was fastening to catch our car, and
rs the conductor and motorman made unusual
~ long halt for her accommodation they In
,lulged In appraisal of her appearance con-
cluded that she was real cute" She certainly
was gotten up regardless, bright blue silk. rich
" embroidered, and pearls for her jewels.
passenger said that probably she was wife
humber one and that tho plainly-dressed wom-
tn with her, attlred in what looked like cheap
black silesa. probably was wife number two,
sort of handmade for the former Whatever
their relations, they consorted together very
amiably on this occasion, appeared to be
enjoying their outing with zest. 1t is only OF
late Chinese women have begun to appear on
the streets of Honolulu with anything like
the frequency OF women of other races And
this. [ am told. is significant Of the increase
Of freedom Chinese women are enjoying in the
homeland. freedom that has spread to the
cOlonists
The Chinese in Hawaii have been from the