Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-06-18
By ERNEST N. SMITH
.BulletIn CORRESPONDENCE

SAN FRANCISCO, June 13.-There
has lately been showing in one of Los
Angeles finest theatres a NOTING pie
ture panorama of the Hawaiian Isl
| ands, heralded as "A 100000 Trip
Through Hawaii" - -.
| went the other evening, and don't
remember ever having heard SO much
pure bunk" and so many inaccura-
cies as the illiterate lecturer poured
forth to my establishment and grief.
There were one or two genuine facts
presented, one or two Hawaiian words
| spoken correctly, but that was all.
The pictures we're wonderful, and
so far as they went gave one an in
| accurate though interesting idea OF
what the Sandwich Islands might be,
say inaccurate because when the
| show was over, the desire aroused to
visit the islands would be coupled
with feeling that the trip couldn't
| be taken without an adequate arrange
ment for gun bearers and guards.
With one exception, the show was Of
Hawaii primeval." I
/ The entertainment opened with
perfunctory introduction, very I'M
| dramatically given, by a tall gen.
| tleman, who either never heard of the
islands before he saw the pictures, or
was asleep on the beach when he was
| there. ~
Once launched, however, on his
| discourse we were first shown a pic
ture of Queen "Lilikane," of splendid
attainments," and then a picture of
"her late husband, the king" The
lecturer didn't pronounce his name.
The picture though was of Kala-
kaua
Then began the moving picture.
What was evidently a canoe passing
Cocoanut Island of Hilo was intro
duced to US as "a scene on one of
the small lakes near Honolula-the
islands Astounding with these small
j lakes"
i AS passing commentary the lee
turer informed US that "Honolula was
on the island of Chew.
Boys sliding down a grassy slope
i on ti-leaves made pretty picture, and
i / learned they were on their way
down. the bank into "another one Of
the many lakes found in Hawaiia."
Firemen Japanese.
/ An exquisite picture of Japanese
maidens wandering through jap
anese garden brought applause from
the spectators. / was puzzled in the
description that this was zone of sew
en- immense tea gardens In a wonder
| full Honolulu park, where these maid
\ ems in their kimonos might be found
wandering about all day long.
The sugar cane industry was shown
only In small part, the most interest.
Ing parts of the process perhaps be-
ing omitted. The pineapple industry
was shown In its entirety In a most
interesting way. The lecturer brought
out in manner to indicate that the
thought was horrible, that women
worked in the fields and in the pack
ing houses with the men, and that the
pineapple industry particularly was
terribly hard on women, many of
them being forced to stand 8 Or 9
hours day. A man in the audience
asked what wages were paid Cor this
work The lecturer replied about
$3.50 day."
Il In several instances the Japanese
were introduced as natives, and in the
fire drill of the Honolulu fire depart
Iment the firemen were often Japan
ese.
The entire lecture, In fact, impress
ed one with the idea that the islands
seemed to be owned by Japanese, who
let the remaining Hawaiians live on
one end of the land.
One series of pictures showed the
Hawaiians in ancient tribal costume,
the impression being left whether
from ignorance or with purpose / don't
know that the natives lived that way
today. One picture showed some
friendly white men being initiated in
to one of the tribes"
The views of sugar cane were taken,
according to the lecturer, con the As
/ 0oO-acre sugar plantation owned by
John ID. Spreckels of San Diego"
The BONNIE pictures of the natives
surfing were among the most interest
ing and best-liked, and / discovered
the surfing trips were much longer
than in the old days, the natives "rid-
ing the boards in from two or three
Imiles off shore" The surf-riding on
boards was described as being very
dangerous and many were killed at
the sport.
Sharks Invade Homes -.
The only worse feature in the ISL
ands, according to the imaginative lee
lturer, was the sharks, discussed as a
Young Bros. shark-fishing expedition
was thrown on the screen. Many a
native home had been darkened by the
Sudden rush of man-eating shark"
when the bread-winner or poi-pounder
was enjoying a surf-ride or a brief
ldip.
| The remaining part of the lecture
WAS comparatively accurate. as the
speaker confined himself mostly to
reading the headings to the pictures,
and embellishing the general descrip-
ton with Il dare say or Il imagine
remark, which was entirely in place
The pictures of the volcano were a
fitting climax to an evening, photo
graphically interesting, and the spec
tators seemed greatly thrilled over the
lava fountains and lava flow. The
lecturer said it took two years to get