Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-02-21
Lure of Aloha Land" is Title
of Article Which Helps Boost
Tourist Traffic

One Of Hawairs biggest recent
boosts, so far as advertising for tourist
traffic is concerned, is an article ap-
pearing In the current number Of
! The World Traveller de Luxe" which
says that Honolulu is enjoying the
"gayest winter in the history of mod
ern Hawaii" and lays special stress
on the Carnival this year. The article
| follows: ..-
The fashionable winter season at
Honolulu is now at nearly the height
of it's gaiety, but will not reach its alb
solute zenith until the advent of the
Mid-Pacifc Carnival, beginning on the
twenty-second and concluding on the
| twenty-sixth of this month, The COM
mittee in charge of the Carnival this
year has promised to hang up all pre-
vious records for fun and frivolity, and
! the travel folk, who really make the
Carnival possible, so to speak, are
quite content to take the committee
on its unsupported word, for it is COM
posed of people who are just bubbling
over with new and clever ideas backed
by vigorous enthusiasm and pride in
their work. FL:
All told, this has been the liveliest
season in the history of modern Ho-
nolulu. The hotels are full to over
flowing, and the streets are gay with
tourist folk in their most fetching
summer garb. Waikiki has come into
its own, and is in a position to turn
up its nose at Palm Beach or any other
watering place in the wide world, for
that matter.
OF "oi 60 hxyf oN
the most foreignlooking place belong
possible exception Of Misunderstanding
most pronounced air of what the
French call chic. Tom Reid of the
London Telegraph, who made the
round trip on the Great Northern re-
Gently, said II reminded him of Trou.
vile, France, in the good old days be.
fore the war, only that the bathing
season at Trouville was limited to GER
tain months, while at Waikiki he
found perpetual summer weather
Reid declared he might have stayed
in the islands the balance of his life
we're 1t not for the unfortunate fact
that an uncle had Just died leaving
Tom his big fur business, and he
couldn't see much prospect for his
new line in Aloha Land. ~....
~"If only that canny auld Scotch rela-
tive of mine had gone into the sun.
shade or palm leaf fan line, it might
have been different-but furs! But he
was ever a pig-headed auld soul"
Tom Reid's Story. .:..#
All Of which sounds all right, when
one is just listening to an off-hand
opinion delivered by a world traveller
while flushed. with enthusiasm in. the
middle Of delightful vacation. But
John Ford of Aberdeen--not the genial
purser of the Great Northern-hap.
pened to overhear Reds soliloQuy,
and would have none of 1t. Said Ford:
Its well and long have known Tom
Reid. He is one of the cleverest sport
ing editors in all the British isles, and
he has been official 'clocker' for the
Telegraph ever since can remember
anything. Him and his fur business!
why, you couldn't keep old Tom Reid
away from the smell of printers ink
unless you chloroformed him. He did
not stay in Hawaii simply because 1t
was too far away from the print shop,
Ascot, the Derby, EPSON Hoot mon;
let Tom Reid tell the marines ABBOTT
furs!" ~" -. z..
Anyway, it is a compliment to Ho-
nolulu that no visitor remaining any
length Of time ever leaves without
apologizing. And Diamond Head, that
picturesque landmark indicating the
harbor's coral breakwater, is retained
In the memory Of every traveller to
Aloha Land. No illustrated account Of
the islands is considered complete
without a picture of Diamond Head,
and the view carries it's own peculiar
charm. &...- .Z...s. = 4. - ?. l@lt
Praise for Kiiauea.
Diamond Head is an extinct volcano,
and many centuries have passed since
1t was active-some say thousands and
thousands, even hundreds of thou
sands of years. Scientists say the
northerly islands of the Hawaiian
group were born first, which accounts
for the fact that only the southern.
most island-Hawaii-now possesses
active craters, with the ever.faithful
and well-behaved Kilauea always in a
state of gentle but active operation
A grand old travel friend is Dia-
mond Head. Arriving from or sailing
hence for San Francisco, the traveller
must round this scenic headland. In
the first instance Honolulu bursts upon
the vision like garden of delight,
and it serves as the last regretful
glimpse of the land that has charmed
all his senses as he departs. Gibraltar.
like in appearance, this burned-ouI
mountain guarding peaceful Waikiki
marks an artistic and interesting con-
trast. ".: s..''
Honolulu people are very nice about
one thing-they never object to criti-
cism. Possibly this is because they
are fairly sure of favorable verdict
concerning the fairyland they inhabit.
Anyway, the sensible residents real
iZe that travellers have done much for
the islands. - ~
Big Business Expansion.
Travel conditions, so far as they
affect the Hawaiian Islands, have in
stanced an expansion of business in
nearly all directions; remodeling CT
the entire city of Honolulu through
the STRENGTHENING and widening of the