Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1916-03-18
Or. Francis E. Clark is Not So
Sure About Pot Of Gold, But
He Loves the Islands

| would you find the end OF the
! rainbow Then you must come 70
Honolulu, Indeed, YOU might find II
in almost any one of the Hawaiian
Islands.
This is but one of the many glow,
ling tributes paid To Hawaii by DR.
Francis II, Clark, founder of the
ChFistian Endeavor movement, In an
article which he has written for the
i Christian Herald, DR.. Clark recently
spent several months in Honolulu
land was guest Of honor at a number
of affairs, He later went on To the
lOrient,
His article, In full, Is as follows;
i Il win not warrant that you win
also find the pot of gold that is said
! TO lie buried under the foot of the
lrainbow; but almost any day during
the rainy season 1.-THE late fall and
winter monthsl you will see the bow
of promise, and very likely, If you
are among the hills, YOU will find
yourself right in the rainbow, or that
its seven ribbons of color are such a
livery little way off that you could al
most stretch out your hand and pluck
/ them ~ Ii. -. III. - ~.
IL am writing from Honolulu, and,
as | look off towards the hills of the
Pail, that wonderful ridge OF sharp,
green-elad peaks that separates sea
from sea, or up the beautiful Manoa
Valley, or over TO the Tantalus hills,
often see my rainbow, the same yet
ever new harhinger OF hope. Some
times it is in the sky, sometimes ly-
! ing low and hugging the fOothillsi and
lit | walk or ride in that direction
can go right through il and come out
on the other side, The little showers
so frequent during the rainy season
are often scarcely wet enough 10
make You unfurl your umbrella ii it
Is tightly rolled up, and every little
dewnpouT, If the other conditions are
right, brings out just as glorious an
arch as old Noah himself ever saw,
but this isn't the only reason Why
II call Hawaii Rainbow Land for
men and women ESPECIALLY women,
boys and girls Especially giFls)j, flow
ers and fruits, trees and shrubs,
clouds and sunset skies, seem to catch
| the prismatic eoloFs of Noahs bow
and reflect them back again,
The men and boys, il is true, are
scarcely FaiHbeWs, though our own
somber blacks and grays and browns
are often, and In summer generally,
relieved by white cotton duck o. Palm
Beach suits. Even ministers In the
stateliesI pulpits dare to preach in
spOtless white instead of immaculate
black, The multitude OF soldiers iii
gray-gfeen khaki, the sailors in buggy
white bl0uses and trousers, and the
German middfes from the inteTned
warships-the spnIeest and triHmestI
Fof all the many young warriors see
upon the streets--all add their touch
Of color to the scene.
/. But the women and giTisl Ma
world as my Scotch friends say
aren't they rainboWs2 There go two
Chinese families of the richer class,
two mothers, two older sisters. and
four little girls, and ! counted seven
colors among them, though each wore
but one. Dark blue and light blue,
lavender, orange, pink, green and vel
low, all in one little bunch on the
sidewalk, and all clad IN beautiful
silks. "
And there, on the other sidewalk
is a Japanese servant girl no less bril-.
liant, only all seven eolors, and moro
too, are in the big figures Of her cot
ton dress and her gorgeous obi. Yeti
she doesn't look barbaric or loud, as
she goes gathering along on her wood.
en- clogs, but perfectly = in harmony