Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-11-06
THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
Where the Flying, Fish and stnid Vol
cnnOes Play

| Because of the attention directed toward
the Hawaiian Islands as the result Of
the eruption of the volcanic Mauna Loa,
on IIio Island recently the National
/ Geographic society has issued n bulletin
giving a woman travellers impression of
| the islands upon her return to them after
year spent in Washington.
We had smooth voyage after the
| first few days and It seemed good TO see
the blue sky and bluer water and the
| flying fish once again. writes Mrs. Shir-
| ley Foster Allen. About noon we
sighted our first island, Maui. You could
just barely see the great crater Of
Haleakala rising 10000 feet out of the
sea- and about three o'clock we passed
Molokai the leper island. It was after
seven when we entered the stream to
,, Honolulu harbor.
THE harbor was smooth as glass we
slid slowly In to the dock, and the usual
flock of young Hawaiians swan out to
meet US. playing and diving in the water
alongside Of us. The full moon hung
over Diamond Head, and in between the
palm trees the old palace blazed forth
in all it's electric splendor.
"And then there was the crowd on the
dock-white uniforms. white suits, white
dresses-they did look so good again. The
spell of the tropics was out in full force
1T was all so cool and green and peace
full. it was hard to believe that there
were places where wars and riots were
raging and where people were rushing
madly from morning to night. After
being away from 1t for a year, 1t seemed
just like coming into another world. And
really it is another world-it's a quaint
little comic-opera world all by itself out
here in the Pacific.
However by the light of broad day
, it is the same little old place-wth all
its heterogeneous population its little
| narrow streets, and it's lazy ways. 1t is
pretty warm here now, but the highest
the thermometer has climbed to, in the
middle of the day is SO degrees and as
soon as the sun begins to go down 1t
starts cooling off. The evenings are lovely
| and cool and there was not a night in
July that l didn't use the wooden blanket
on my bed before morning.
After depositing our luggage at the
hotel, we drove out to the territorial
fair. which was holding forth in all it's
rural splendor. It's very much like a
| real old-fashoned country fair but of
| course, 1t is big event in the annals
of Hawaii Everyone, from the Governor
and all the other officials down to the
last little kimonoed Jap. with all his
brothers and sisters and aunts and
uncles, were there and it was fun meet
ing so many people we knew. We rode
on the merry-go-round, toured the
grounds in jazz-mobile. saw the exhibits
| and took in the side shows, watched some
fat 'wah.nes' do the hula. devoured
beans at the beanery and consumed gal
| Ions of soda pop. We had three days Of
| fair and then 1 went out to Kahuku
plantation for ten days among the sugar
cane
THE Koko head radio station. where
! we are living, is about ten miles from
town. but as we can come into town in
about rs or 40 minutes In a machine, It
won't seem as If we were entirely out OF
| the world II Is almost on the beach, and
| there are summer homes all along the
| road, which follows the shore-ine. There
! is an attractive superintendent bunga-
low there on which the Marconi COM
pany spent $1,000. and hotel for EN-
poyes which is supposed to have cost
/ $4,000. The latter has big lanai all the
way around 1t. fine dining room, a rec
| reation hall. and IS rooms most Of which
have private baths.
+ THE hotel offers wonderful opportuni-
] ties for dances, and l think We will have
to invite all Honolulu and have a hodse-
warming. One thing that appeals strongly
to me Is that the place is self-supporting
they have their own ice plant. make
their own electricity. have their own ma
chine shops and everything.
AS l sit here in the old palace where
all the kings and queens of Hawaii held
forth and look out over the grounds with
all their cocoanut and banyan trees and
mynah birds. it does seem a far cry back
to Washington, and l wonder il will
ever get back there again!"