The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1921-10-04
FpoIJsANDS LURED
py SOUTH SEA SPELL
-.-srrc MEASURES HAVE TO
pRA' TAKEN IN HAWAII TO
BIZ Be- WITH SITUATION.

.orIrTU T. H.-The lure of
HG Sontb Seas has become SO potent
The S tSe Honolulu chamber OF COM
that me faced with an increasingly
nercf j. and embarrassing problem, its
oneFou1s "onnounced here recently.
4 ohcals ;s%bsbitants of the Grass, cold
Il for ilit5G world of the temperate
Un1le3I 'I-.;@r,a-and make their desires
ane uT n a pile OF mail that is increas-
n0| WI ' SANITY with each steamer-t9
q ag cV hS;r rnromantic atmosphere and
lave t u Hawaii, the land of music and
cone 10 where traditionl has the golden
hoFe = .,,,avs full and where a persons
noon at.aTrjing to popular belief, con-
tt aof'i oIIing on the shaded beach
SO 49,, i! ianned by the cooling trade
q v a' and reaching up occasionally to
gnqE' i %nt rom the overloaded boughs.
PI5 Tl, W.T." writer's of the last steamers
ne .,nged from stenographers, edu-
Hnall '""9 cbiropodists, eX-jockeys to
atoIsl' bovs and countless others. All
rD oSa ,ized the great sacrifice they
'ilpi I make in coming to the islands.
T9uIo oo w., condition they impose about
nc o 0sI they hoped to obtain was
nc p tEsv be soft" according to Mrs.
7 I1'' "'' Stone, acting secretary OF the
chamber. -, H. ,,+" che odded
nrbe number of letters containing the
,, lns request is increasing with each
' alansr and some drastic measures
''S NJ have to be taken soon to cope
VII ~ tbe situation. 1t can't go on, or
Sa' chamber building will be mum
l' 6uc graduate of four leading uni
r.r,;ties with long string OF degrees
,, sr,,s with "Ph. d." desired to
.opps TO some local corporation as an
'ssScency educators
Another letter asked whether hem
,+trbing was popular in the islands.
III liza "a tbe woman desired to transport
Ter sewing to Honolulu. A young man
y tbe hack woods of Maine offered to
r,yqi 5000 miles to Hawaii to instruct
ne residents in higher education.
Even Willing to Marry.
A Girl in California referred to the
upI that the Hawaiian moon has cast
msr her and wondered whether she
rnIdnt help out some business man
Il doing Just little typing."
Some OF the letters show that the
riters have at least a knowledge
,Out the Islands," Mrs. Stone said.
are Just as far-fetched as that
ritten recently by man in a small
Virginia town. He wanted TO know
1rhether there were any nice, warm
|ropical islands for sale in this vicinity.
/ answered that he could find, without
inv trouble, a real estate firm that
would sell him part of this very island,
but doubted whether he could obtain
Ia lease OH all of it.
Another incident illustrating the
lure OF the tropics concerned a letter
that some friends of an army enlisted
man stationed here wrote to news
paper in Portsmouth, England, sign
ing the priyate's name without his
This is more or less lonely life
for fellow in Honolulu, as white wo-
men are scarce" the joking letter read.
More than 1000 women in England
have written thus far, offering to mar
|E the man, he said recently. The wo-
men range in age from IA to 40, but
ali have felt the urge of the South
Seas. The letters are so numerous that
postal authorities in San Francisco tie
them in bundles of fifty each. The man
laid; The truth of the matter is that
don't want wife, as l can't sup
port one"
Meanwhile the letters continue to
pour in to this man at the rate of at
kaSt 500 every steamer.