The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1919-07-29
ORDER NEGROES BODIES QUIT
 OF ALL WHITE MORTUARIES
''P PARADISE OF
 THE PACIFIC''

1 it in this incorporate zone, does not
 exist in 'The Paradise of the Pa l cific.' The Hawaiians have no word 1 even denoting the general idea of i weather. At first blush one might
 think that topics of conversation l would be extremely limited in Hawaii
 as the reviIing of the weather in the | United States generally and in New 1 York City particularly has come to be l the one safe subject to introduce in any conversation. Good weather, 1 from all points of view, is so rare l that every American feels that he must comment upon it to every friend | that he meets. But Hawaii has other things to talk about-pineapp1es and volcanoes, the Japanese invasion and infanticide as practised in the islands old heathern days, sugar cane and | fish as well as numerous other things.
 It was partly on account of thts ! absence of weather-in other words it's equable and delightful climate that Hawaii won its sobriquet of The
 Paradise of the Pacific" Its beauti-
 ful scenery contributed to the win ming of that name. The islands are bathed in perpetual sunshine with
 a great profusion of trophicaI fruits and flowers. The climate is so tenn pered by trade winds and ocean cur rents that they know no extremes of heat and cold
 The warm climate and the ease
 with which food can be obtained has
 made the people indoIent, but they are capable of energetic, intelligent work and have successfully engaged in almost every occupation, mechani- cal and professional.
 Since the first missionaries arrived in Hawaii from the United States Tn 1920, within less than 100 years, the
 Hawaiians have progressed from
 dense ignorance and superstition into highly intelligent, economically eff fcient, sober and industrious race They are far inferior in mum bers to the Japanese who have peacefully
 and agriculturally invaded the islands
 bringing their god Buddha along with
 them. It is to strengthen the natives in the Christian religion and to win oyer the Japanese and Chinese to that faith that the nationwide Cam paign of the Episcopal Church, now
 in progress here to expand all Epis- copal activities, proposes to send
 more workers and more money to this crossroads of the Pacific Despite the corruption and n1isrule of the Hawaiian kings and the greed CA ACA VI s I4CI g. Iile ISIdIuS nave SIeaQ~ fly grown in wealth and commercial importance. There are no poor houses in the land for there is no need of them. A large majority of the natives are Christians and they live
 In comfortable homes and are well educated, when their former dense ignorance is taken into consideratio They are peaceful and law-abfdine
 citizens of the United States The
 number of convicts in prison was cal
 culated number of years ago as be- ing but one in 800 of the population
 and a majority of these were for
 eigners.
 The atmosphere of the islands is
 thoroughly American in spite of the few Americans who live there a fact
 due to the continuing influence of the
 New England missionaries A fine
 system of schools has been develoned and the more important towns have
 their newspapers, telephones troll
 leys, paved streets and electric lights.
 Perhaps the greatest tribute ever
 paid to Hawaiis climate, or her lack
 of weather" was that by Mark
 Twain who wrote:
 ''No Alien Land in all the world has any deep, strong charm for me
 but that one; no other land could so
 longfngly and beseechingly haunt me
 sleeping and waking, through half a life time, as that one has done. Other things leave me, but it abides; other
 things chance. but it remains the
 same. For me it's balnny airs are ~..l-
 ways blowing, it's summer seas flash ing in the sun; the pulsing of it's surf
 beat is in my ears; I can see its gar
 landed crags, it's leaping cascades,
 its plunly palms drowsing by the shore; it's remote summits floating
 like islands above the cloudracks; in
 my nostrils still lives the breath of
 flowers that perished twenty years
 ago."