The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-08-29

~ to labor, but the islands are the grea
good place" in which to refrain fror
labor. And this is evidenced by the growing nun
Der of retired" folk who are taking up residenc
here; though witnessed much more emphatically b
the Hawaiians themselves; than move on earth n
more reposeful superior. truly aristocratic being
Plenty" snobs there are in Honolulu but the una
sailably superior souls the nativeborn the naiv
race, who, aloof from the harried hustling haole
! (whites) walk In unmoved calm and philosophy.
And this air Of large leisure worn by goodly
part Of the population, the low latitude OF the
islands with other temptations Of nature, invite
all to lettering or play.
For play. too, is one of the persuasions of the
land, and though at sealevel the temperature re-
mains ever at summer reading. the upands and
far heights are brisk and breezy. and evey one
of the eight islands is mountainous. Hawaii mas
the highest mountains Of any islands In the
world, and her lesser ranges, also. oner to the
mountain climber no little Of hazard and excite
ment, a. we'll as infinite beauty. Certain persons
return year after year to the little island world;
in the ambition to explore still unknown valleys.
scale unforgotten bathing pals (precipices), es-
SAY again q path to a painless summit
On the largest island, Hawaii, there are three
mountains, one OF which Is over eight thousand
feet In height and each Of the others more than
thirteen thousand. On the much smaller island
of Maui, old Haleakala bulks large and towers
the view from the top of this mountain; the bat
Ting of the clouds below; the narrow isthmus Of
Maui Joining on to those West Maui mountains
that upraise a noble wall opposite the greater
range; the giant crater; the distant Islands noat-
ing In the water. On a clear day from the sum-
NIT may be seen all the islands OF the group ex-
cept Kauai; over ON the big island, Hawaii, snow
capped MaunA Kea and Mauna Loa stand forth,
though distant a hundred miles; the entire is
land of Maui lies revealed.
The people who say can do" Hawaii IN
very short order very likely the people that
declare the Hawaiian language Is easy to learn
To do" them takes considerable time and con-
siderable effort. But they are very worth WHILE
Shey are as responsive the race whose name
they bear-or who bears their name. Seashore
or mountainside, bride path or trail the tramper
cuts for himself auto highway or cowpath on the
wide ranch lands, all lure and give rich return to
those that respond to their call.
The horse not so very long ago was king In the
island, ruled supreme richman. poorman. beggar-
man, thief all we're dependent on equine carry
ing Everybody knew how to ride everybody had
a horse planter and Pake (Chinaman) meeting
in this on a certain equality But now. for one
reason and another horses getting scarce and
cost a good deal more to keep than they used to.
And while the expense Of riding has increased.
the pleasure has decreased-owng to automobile
and motorcycle But for mountain trips the
way to play in Hawaii than to travel mauka
(mountainward) with a willing steed, climbing
up and up and up to where "the trail is narrow
and the path Is dim"-but no panther clings to
the arching limb" The mountain forests are OF
much beauty and interest, both the reforested
4 heights and the slopes still in possession of the
native trees Giant ferns. great-eaved. aspiring
vines, wild bananas and tall shrubbery, help make
o tropical Jungle though the cool air. the energy
of horse and rider do not bespeak the tropics.
Birds are few but one would rather see none
than be accompanied by the bold, raucous, multi
tudinous mynahs of the lower levels. These
pests, as one ascends the mountain give place
to an occasional skylark, whose song and soaring
At in well with holiday mood. Occasionally in
the wilds the little native ove-green bird sepa
rates itself from the protecting foliage; and once
IN q while that other son Of the soil, a rose
colored songster, Is heard and SEEN But bird life
10 not . feature of the islands; the forests are
almost silent, almost destitute Of animal life.
Wild flowers are as scarce as native birds
One occasionally comes upon the Hawaiian be
eonia dropping. largepetaled. pink and gold.
very lovely. Sometimes the bloom Of the jasmine
chimes out white and starlike and sheds its fra
GRANGE far abroad. The flowers Of the wild GIN
ger one kind pure white. the other a creamy vel
low, all the air with intoxicating sweetness. But
the dominant mountain odors come from the
creamery; perhaps from the trailing MALE. myr
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