Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-11-18

/. We !@lt. san Francisco SeDtern 10
Il and after most delightful oceal
/ iE0gage 'Gf six day Ferinc a dis
h tanCe of 200 miles. landed II Hone
sluln-well n9mtd the metropolis o
trae Pacific Ocean. Our arrival va
not by any means UaanHOunCed. as or
the day before reaching port re
tCeiEed wireless message. extendins
!. greetings from orr neishbors resid
Ling in Honolulu. 1 reception commit
/ tee consisting Of Frederick DonneHy
OF AjaN Camp No GE-, Denver. Ern
Jest Giesecke o. Highlands Camp 10
Il. Denver; 4. 9 HON. Oakland Camr
No. "a Oakland, Cal; John Traut, Sill
Yer Camp No. 70. Leadville. Colo
Clayton Lewis, Wedgewood Camp No
60i. Berkeley. Cal, and J. s. Wen
wick. Haven Camp No 40, San Fran
cisco, We're at the dock to receive rs
and We were at once made TO feel al
+ home. in that far away land in the
4 middle Of the great ocean We we're
i taken at. once to the MOana hotel
on the famous Waikiki beach. some
~ minutes rife from the business
district OF the city, and were not long
! tO-the-minute hOtel. with every conye-
! nience and luxury to be found in the
best hotels in the big cities on the
| mainland-with the added attraction
| Of ki-undoubtedly the finest
| bathing beach IN the world Our well
| come TO the island was most cordial
and We shall never forget the warm
| hand clasps and 'Alohas' of our neigh
! bors as We stepped froms the gang
| plank. IL seemed more like home
coming than anything else and the
remark, "Oh, but | am glad YOU are
a WOodman.' coming from Mrs. Boak
was fitting and much appreciated by
all.
Il shall not attempt to describe
the marvellous beauties and wonderful
possibilities of those islands and can
only refer briefly to the hospitality of
1.-The people. their answering loyalty
to their homes, their country and
its institutions. They are ardent low
ers OF the beautiful in nature and are
striving in every way to add to it with
the result that the native flowers and
fruits and shrubbery, their buildings,
interest have been developed to the
highest degree and so brought togeth-
er as to harmonic and beautify quite
beyond the power of man to describe. |
Think of stone wall q mile and a |
half long literally covered with vines |
of night blooming cereus with thois-
and or more flowers in bloom at one
time. Those great poinciana, banyan, |
rubber and monkey pod trees. Miles |
of beautiful hibiScus-2000 distinct va |
rietieS; great fields of pineapples, sug- /
ar cane and bananas, coconut palms,
guavas, mangoes, papaia and bread /
fruit growing wild. And all within a I
few miles of great prosperous city of /
about 10000 population, consisting of +
native Haw2iians, Americans, Portu-i
guese, Chinese, japanese, British Ger
mans, Koreans, Filipinos and others
Honolulu has % churches, 6 banks, +
many schools, colleges, II hotels, 25
miles Of electric street railway, 2
splendid daily newspapers, 3 social
clubs, military posts and fortified
tons, museum, 170 miles of paved
streets, trust companies, police
force of 12S men. a Y. NJ c. A. build
ing that cost S23O,0O0 with 1000 mem
bers. 5000 registered automobiles, 8
theaters and / perpetual summer
time"
Our only side trip was to the Is
land of Hawaii, 15-hour trip on an
Inter-Island steamer. to visit. the GRAFT
er OF Kilauea, the largest and most
active volcano in the world. From Hilo
to the volcano, distance of 81 miles,
we travelled by automobile through a
dense tropical forest of tree ferns, a
number of cane plantations and many
quaint villages. The GRAFT
er of Kilauea is one of the worlds
greatest wonders, situated at an eleva-
ton of 1000 feet above sea level on
the lower slope of Mauna Loa. the sec
Ond highest mountain on the island,
altitude 1855 feet. The crater is
nearly three miles long by two miles
vide and is in constant eruption, its
white-hot waves flashing and gnawing
1T the imprisoning walls and its tire
mendouS fountains of fiery metal con-
Stantly roaring in awful and awe-in-
spring grandeur. This pit of ever
living, swapping, roaring; kissing fire
can be approached in perfect safety
by splendid automobile road direct
to the very brink where one may1
stand or sit and watch that perpetual
play Of fire, only $40 feet below At
times the heat is more than one can
BEAR necessitatfng a hurried retreat
while at other times the fumes of burn
ing sulphur are almost sitting You
may conclude that we were not far
from the realm of his satanic majesty
when ! tell you that we actually toast
ed post cards in the end of split
stick not more than thirty inches long,
inserted in one of the many creyiees
the crater The view at
night is grand and beyond my power
Of description. We shall never for
get kilauea =. r..
"One OF the most delightful events
gf our visit was the banquet given us
in the gold room Of the Alexander
Young Hotel by the neighbors OF IIo-
nolulu and their wires. Unless all
SionS fail TINT banpIat will ,11arl. tho |