Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-06-16

May "a. 1915
,,.,y thai the readers OF THE AMERi-
- wiIl he Interested in trip have just
~ "a the islands Of Hawaii, am send
,,,s in place Of the regular Exposition
letter.
,,t,b almost no preparation TOOK this
.ts,tul trip, which bad been one OF
-. dreams Of my life. Noticing in the
s.pv papers that tho congressional
~ uouln sail for Honolulu April n,
~, 10 the Office Of the steamship COM
80, 10 g. M Tuesday, April n. secured
vs,y desirable cabin on promenade deck
..,,cb..ed ticket and ct p. IN. sailed
rom san Francisco.
r.. togolulu steamers furnish to each
..s..n.er quantities OF serpentine In the
.,sl shades. The Hawaiian orchestra
s,o,a al ship side on promenade deck
n,,vinx the uever-to- forgotten songs
:, the Islands on nkuieie, guitar and
,.,aolin. ottona wonderful tenor voice
siying the text OF the song.
A the gong sounded for "ali ashore
ina, ar, going ashore" we threw out the
.,,ocntine streamers to friends on the
uisr. From bcw to stern the rail was
lined with passengers, while on the pier
.,,oa friends holding either end OF the
x.ri.eolored paper ribbons. The signal
vas gwen and we slowly steamed GU, OF
the b4sth. A. tho p~rti eolored ribbons
a, paper ons by one snapped from the
.,,ssn We realized that we were really GO
ing out into the trackIcss Pacific ocean.
ak DAYS on the steamer passed quickly
away. and on the morning Of May we
s;zated the Islands. / could write much
Of the personal sid. OF this trip, but am
SIRE the historical side Of these mid
Pacific Stands wilI De OF vastly more In
teres, to rny readers
The Hawaiian Islands are OF vo.esnie
origsa. and ores OF extinct craters, great
and small. tell stories OF fiery past. One
ally dsmonstrstiyc, remain as examples
OF what the great company OF ancient
erupssrs were ike. Both OF thesc live
vuicsno are on the island Of Hawaii
from which the group takes its name.
They are Rtisusa aud Mauna Loa, the
former ai~aysactive, although, apparently,
sotaeiimrs asleep, the tirss being dsep.
deep down and invisible to man, but tho
fumes ana the smoke are always there.
We landed at Honolulu. which is on the
island Of oahu. Honoiaiu is the capital o,
tha eight inhabited islands, the 1914
population OF the aggregate islands being
3sssS Honoiaiu improves wiih scqusln-
taacc. II yna are not won at first glance,
you come under the spell Of The city's
chstm 10 good time. Twchnically, the
whols island Of oabu is the city OF Hon
olnlu. The visitor will. however. differ
en;iate I he town aud The county.
The city proper extends for about ten
miles along the southern shore and
the mountains. It's population exceeds
ta,o0o, not counting 500 federal troops.
Property valuation goes beyond the go
mooo marx and the rate OF taxation -
Only per cent. There are ITO miles OF
improved streets, over which upwards OF
l.soo automobiles eniiyeu th~ palm shaded
sseaass. An automatic telephone system
iosas al points on the islands.
There are thirty churches. Six United
State forts and army posts empnasixe the
Strategic sisn,acancs OF the island that
bears the csEiisi city OF the archipelago.
Honolulu Is never out OF touch with the
rest Of the sorid. 1t has cable communi-
caiion with all the earth. Two daily
newspapers and numerous weekly period
iesis are pr.nted In English. otner
papers to- considerable number are is
sasd in the Hawaiian, japanese, Chinese
ana Portuguese languages An opera
house, several theatres, countless moving
p'etnre places meet the demands OF the
varied population. Music and harmony are
.he lite Of the Hawaiians, they have 1t in
ths head ana heart.
To 20 back bit, Captain Cook diseov-
ered these islands in ITS. However. so
years before this, small Japsness vessel
touched at Maui, and in the middle OF the
sixteenth century the survivors Of
wrecked spanish ship, bound TO the
iHtNpl'AlS~ lfou Mexico, lanueu ON tns
Island Of Hawaii. In 1852 King Kane
hamsha, who brought the various Islands
under one monarchy, began hts thirty
seventh year reign, and seven ruiers-the
kamehsmshas Ii-In-Iv and V, LunaIiio,
haiakaua and Liiiuokaiani, carried ON
the monarchy until Queen Liiuokalani
was deposed In 1893.
This climate OF these islands is more
precious to the inhabitants than any other
island product-the one thing which does
50 much 10 make life worth living,
climate warmed by tropical sun, modi-
hsa by mountain winds. and sea oreezes
give the visitor delightful atmosphere.
Liqaid sunshine is a term used in describ-
ing the light rains and gentle showers
Nhieh fall. from know man knows wi here.
40 clouds are in evidence, sun shining as
orishtly as ever, when suddenly one feels
ram Often one side OF the street will be
perfectly dry, and ON the other half quite