The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1914-07-30
FROM FAR HONOLULU.
Kenosha Soldier Writes Interesting Let
ter of Nation s Island Possession.

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ter Of Nations Island Possession.
Kenosha Evening News
Dear Sir-If you can find space in
your paper for few lines, I might be
able to say something Of the Hawaiian
territory that will interest the readers
of the Kenosha Evening News. I'm
fortunately I am unable to say much
about the territory other than the
Island of Oahu. Oahu is the most i'm
portant islard of the group, being the
seat of the capital and having the larg-
est population. The Island of Oahu has
length of fortysix miles, and a
breadth of twenty-five miles, making
an area of six hi bred square miles.
Honolulu, the capital city of the
Hawaiian Islands, has population of
$4,000 inhabitants and is conceded by
all travellers to be the most beautiful
and picturesque tropical city in the
world. Per capita, it is also one of
the richest 1t is situated on the south
eastern side of the Island of Oahu,
nesting in beautiful valleys, with
lofty volcanic mountains in the back
ground, and closed in on the east and
west by hills that were once volcanic
cones.
The entire city is enveloped in a
wealth of tropical foliage in the
shades of which are pretty cottages
with occasionally stately mansion
peeping out above the trees. In the
southern section of the city known as
Waikiki, is one of the greatest bathing
beaches in the world. The business
blocks, public buildings, churches and
schools are of brick and native lava
stone and are conspicuous for their
rare architectural beauty.
The shipping trade carried on at the
port of Honolulu is the most extensive
of any American port with the exeep-
ton of San Francisco. The harbor be-
ing land locked with coral reefs, is one
OF the calmest in the world. It's facih-
ties for shipping and trans-shipping are
most complete. Tourists who can af-
ford the time should not miss the OPP
portunity of spending while in Homo
lulu aid the Isla,sd of Oahu, the quaint
est, most fascinating and beautiful of
islands. A trip to the PAUL., plunge
in the surf at Waikiki, a ride up the
Tantalus, are delights not readily for
gotten. Cool lanais, moonlight rides,
and enchanting native songs, bequeath
witchery to memory never effaced,
long after these scenes recur to recol-
lection like a round of fairy enchant-
ment.
Mark Twain once said of the Ha-
waiian Islands, No alien land in all the
world has such deep, strong charm for
me as that one; no other land can so
beseechingly haunt me as that has
done Through half a life time, walking
or sleeping, it is always with me.
Others things leave me, but it abides;
other things change, but it remains the
same; for me it's balmy airs are al
ways blowing, its summer seas flushing
in the sun; the pulsing of it's surf beat
is IN my ear. / can see its garlanded
crags ana leaplng cascades, its plumy
palms browsing by the shore, it's re-
mote SUBMITS floating like an island
above the cloud-racks. / can feel the
spirit of woodland solicitude I can
hear the splash of its brooks, in my
nostrils still lives the breath of flowers
that persisted twenty years go.
Aleha is the universal word of greet
ing and really means My Love to You.
Aleha has many Specifications, as love,
friendship, welcome, remembrance and
other sweet and gentle terms. Best
wishes to the Kenosha News and Aleha
to your many readers.
John Hrupka,
Company I. End U. S. Infantry, Fort
Shafter, Honolulu, H. T.