The Hawaiian gazette., 1915-04-13
MOLOKA| JEWELLERS
bear FATE CALMLY:
'PAHENTUNDER WOE
Preconceptions Of Settlement DO
Not Come True For Seeker
After Morbid
INMATES GET TOUCH
With WORLD SELDOM
Biennial Visit Of Legislators
Great Event IN Lives and
Worth Expense
From Monday Advertlser.)

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misconceptions Of Molokai are not
fulalIed BY a visit to the settlements.
A seeker AFTER rorbid and grisly things
does not nnd them In the abundance
he expected; the most optimistic Is as
founded by the comparative light
heaftedness and happiness he encoun-
tiers IN the midst Of woe
There j. horF@ ,aTienty; but u IS
not an allpervadinK horror. One may
fastenf his attention on a single indi-.
vidhal and grow faint with what he
sees; yet, II he will consider the in
mates in mass, he will get the better
and saner viewpoint in an instant. He
willis see them as only III human beings,
who have Learned to endure their woe
with an admirable and wonderful pa.
tieuee.
These are impressions gathered by a
reporter for The Advertiser in visit
TO the settlement as guest Of the
house Of representatives Saturday.
In Unusual Light
OF course, he saw things In an nm
usual and wholly unique light. Legis-
lafofs, physieians, Newspaper men and
other visitors mingled with the 633 in
mates rs they wished. They spoke with
tham as men speak TO their fellow men;
heard their complaints, which were
few; discussed the disease; listened
and observed. This Is possible, how.
ever, only on the biennial visit of the
house to the colony. Az other times
the most rigid precautions are observed.
And, TO one considering this fact,
the pitiful Joy Of the inmates at the
visit was as clear as sunshine. They
were getting their only tonch with
things Of the world that lies beyond
the rearing white breakers Of the Pa.
eifc. They were seeing new faces and
feeling that they were not altogether
remote from their race.
For this reason, II for no other, the
reporter felt that the visit Of virtu-
ally the whole house and many senate
members was great thing and worth
the Expense. II has been said that
\ committee could do as well toward
hearing the requests aud. relieving the
woes Of the iDmatess Perhaps that Is
true; but the coming of many to the
island shows to the unfortunate that
they remain n part Of the world and
that sympathy and aid are ready for
d.. y s . d
Sec Lazy Shelf,
Early and late risers Saturday morn
ing looked from the starboard rail at
an immense pail, gray and green. West
ward Il plunged into the sea; eastward
1t rose from level plain, which iutted
into the ocean,. On this plain are the
two villages, Kalaupapa (Leafy Shelf
where the landing was made, and Kala-
wac, on the further side Of the PENN.
sula. "
From the bow one gazed on a cluster
Of houses some with long perspectives
OF roof others small cottages set amid
trees. Above them lowered the pail,
unbeIievably immense, 1000 feet and
more in height, dwar6ng houses and
all that men had placed on the plain.
The whole pail could be called sheer,
bnt here and there cliffs hundreds Of
feet high, cleaning gray, shot from the
mass In a perpendicular descent; and
yet, huge though they were, they were
as nothing compared to the monstrous
whole. ON ,,., 81
An artist would rave over the view
disclosedj perhaps many have raved
II is to be doubted whether there Is
anything on earth to snrpass that pali
Traced In white foam on its western
yerge5 descending into soft green's on
its eastern slopes; its summit cloud
wrapped and seemingly inaccessible.
Not Guarded Now III
Yet there are trails up It, the old
and the new
Formerly they had to have soldiers
guard the trail 10 keep the Inmates
from escaping ~ that was in the old
days remarked prominent member
OF the legislature. tIn the old DAYS,
lepers were hunted like wild animals;
q q suspect was brought here, probably,
whether he had leprosy or not.
There are no soldiers there now.
The Inmates remain of their own will.
Things have changed, Superintendent
MeVeigh and Doctor Goodhue have the
respect and trust Of the people. Doc.
tor Goodhue win 20 up to one Of the
inmates. sWell, old man, how are YOU
feeling todayi Sol Let me see Il.
I3mfafraid that will have TO be looked
after, And he meets with no troublef'
Looking after may mean a thing
OF great gravity; perhaps Q. serious OPP.
era ton. rs
,s IL boetor uoOdhue said TO one OF
the men, We'll, your head will have to-
come Of. Come to my Office at eight
o'clock tomorrow morning; get your,
telf ready,' the inmate would say,
fAll right, doctor; I n be there. ~,
This legislator also condemned Bit
terly TIE practise Of some former visit.
ors. medical men at that, who used to
wear rubber gloves and swathe their
faces before going ashore
Very Sensitive People IA
'They made the Inmates feel that
they were cut on from everything.
They should not have done that. Ia,
waiians, narticularlysare very sensitive
reople. Treat these Inmates as though.
they were not human and as objects Of
loathing, and they will crawl In the