Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1914-09-11

dress and customs far more than tbav A. - GA
Iornia. IN fact, In passing through many ~ tha
sllases on the big sugar and pineapple planta.
uons' the visitor is reminded Of tba courtr,,
towns in Japan nv country
II is the exception in Hawaii whom ono r,ao.s
To-Day native Hawaiian OF pure blood The best
closs Is that between the Hawaiian and tba f,bi
ese' 'ne oriental blood giving that business abil
10y whcn the native lacks. Next to this comes
"e Japanese and Hawaiian blend that produces
many beautiful girls. The energy Of the wb;te
man is greatly impaired by union With tb IT,
Manah. with this blending OF races is a complete
breaking down of the usual racial lines In Can,
ioihla the Japanese has social standing and
white girl who marries a Japanese is ostro
cizeu IN hawaii the Japanese and the Chinese
when crossed with the Hawaiian. has as good ]
social position as the whites
rms extraordinary cosmopolitanism was shown
very clearly at an entertainment given In Homo
lulu 1t was variety performance for the beneAt
OF charity, held in the roof garden OF the Alley
ander Young hotel, and all Honolulu society was
out In force. Girls of great beauty with com
piexlons ike rare porcelain, had the slant eyes of
the Monaghan; others had almond eyes and the
dusky skin of their mothers others were dark as
southern negroes with thick lips and bold rugged
features of the native race which
Is fast disappearing. And all these people of va
rious races mingled in perfect amity and good
will
1t Is curious to observe the absolute breaking
down of all race prejudice as seen on the street
cars and at all public places and entertainments
The man who is used to the Jim Crow cars for
coloreo people In all our southern cities will be
startled In Honolulu to see dusky Hawaiian
woman, with her bundles OF household purchases
drop down into the seat beside him on any crowd
Cd street car OF Honolulu or Japanese or Chi
nese share his seat, with no feeling that he is
an intruder. 1t Is this absolute assumption of
social equality by what we have come to regard
inferior races that gives shock to the American
visitor to Hawaii But after the first SURPRISE
one is apt to admire this new social equality
which takes no count of race or creed or train
ing, of color OF skin setting OF the eyes
The two most wonderful sights in Honolulu are
the work of man. These the Aquarium and
the Bishop museum The first belongs to the city
and because of the extraordinary variety and
coorng of the fishes, It surpasses in interest the
great Aquarium at Naples The other was found
ed by Charles Reed Bishop a wealthy merchant
of Honolulu, in memory of HIS wife, the Princess
Pauah who was the greatgranddaughter of the
ruling chief at the time of Captain Cooks visit
and direct descendant of Kamehameha the
Great The museum is housed In fine stone
building in the center of the Kamehameha school
grounds at Kalki, suburb OF Honolulu.
The Aquarium is located near the famous Wal
kiki beach and is easily reached by car ride of
about twenty minutes. The building is unpre-
tentous, and the tanks are not arranged with
the art shown In the Naples Aquarium. What
impresses the visitor almost at the outset is the
wonderful variety of the fishes and their equally
wonderful coloring. To describe them as they are
lays open TO the charge of exaggeration.
Not only are there fish of fiery red, deep blue.
light blue, orange and other primary colors. but
stripes and other eccentric markings Then. too