The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-04-19

H@ EATURES OF Honolulu? They
crowd to mind fast Rain on
IT one side of the street, sun
III shine on the other. Daily rain
III bows and occasional night rain
mn bows. Blazing sun but fresh
w breezes and often wild gales.
Ill IN Sea and mast and husky steve
" III dores. Green trees and lawns
STOT down to the oceans, edge, on
U the brilliant water outrigger
canoes bobbing about, and surfriders dashng
shoreward. An Arabian Nights wonder of
aquarium exhibiting great ugly shark and
hideous squid that offer strongest contrast to
graceful small fishes tinted like unto the rain
bow arch before the Koolau mountains. Val
ley after valley cutting the range that walls
Honolulu along the side opposite the
Cloud draped mour tain peaks towering above
the town, ever invit lg and challenging the be-
holder. Flowers abloom on numberless hedges
and various tall poisoning trees. Brown
skinned men wearing hats wreathed with fresh
posies and ferns. Old Hawaiian crones and
young Hawaiian sitting shaded side
walks weaving wreaths and exchanging
badinage with tourists and tackles. Milling
tary." enlisted and commissioned. Representa-
tives 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
Rican and Chinese, with now and then a tall
white robed Hindoo, and swarming everywhere
Japanese men, women and babies.
Children, children children certainly are q
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-
waians as dying race, but the part-Hawaiians
are unquestionably doing their duty toward
he
the rule with the half white Hawaans, and
the Chinese Hawaiians, all about the town big
eyed shy native Riddles add to the tropic pic
ture. In the so-called Oriental quarter-al-
though the Japanese are so numerous they
pop up In all portions of Honolulu-the new
is struck by the army or fond fathers,
the dotng male parent, Chinese or Japanese
tenderly totng offspring up and down in hours
of leisure the hunched-up Oriental live doll
very fat ard impressive and philosophical Jap
women pass along continually with anywhere
from two TO four chubby babies clinging to the
understanding o2e tied to her back one
carried before. two tcddlers trying locomotion
for themselves.
The other day heard newcomer remark
as she surveyed q street in Chinatown: Il
never In my life have seen so many men
nurses, and how fond the Chinese or
their babies" 1t is all very different from
the Sunday school tales used to read about
the cruelty OF the Chinese fathers, who were
painted ogres forever devouring unwelcome
infants. Here-perhaps because so many OF
the 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 alteration. From the tenements
and novels these idols emerge decked out in
most remarkable hues and embroideries, borne
aloft In the proud daddy's arms, they look
down with condescension and hauteur upon the
world at large
The street cars day after day ofer some
thing novel and interesting. Or continued In
terest is the young Chinese girl standing with
hesitant feet between the 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 bi-furcated
garment. Her smooth-plastered hair with the
pure gold band in the fattened knob at the
nape Of the neck, her delicate complexion en-
HANGED by bit of rouge. the bracelet of gold
and jade the slim beringed fingers, all bespeak
care with the toilet. care of appearances
About these girls there is an air OF reserve and
selfrespect: they do not suggest. are not. the
painted ladies" OF civilization
Occasionally on the street may be
litle-footed woman. not long ago | noticed
one that Fastening TO catch car, and
as the conductor and motorman made unusual
" long halt for her accommodation. they IN
dulged IN appraisal OF her appearance, con
cluded that she real cute" She certainly
was gotten up regardless. bright blue silk rich
ly embroidered and apearls for her Jewels A
passenger said thatN probably she was wife
number one and that the plainly-dressed WON
an with her. attired In what looked like cheap
black silesia, probably was wife number two
a sort OF handmade for the forme. Whatever
their relations, they consorted together very
nmiaby on this occasion. appeared to be
enjoying their outing with zest Ii is only o.
late Chinese women have begun 10 appear or
the streets of Honolulu with anything like
the frequency OF women OF other races. AnC
this am told is significant OF the increas,
OF freedom Chinese women are enjoying in tn,
homeland. a freedom that has spread to tn,
colonists
The Chinese IN hawaii have been from tn,