New Britain herald., 1921-08-24
NEWSIES WILL LEAD
 AN HAWAIIAN LIFE
Convention Promises the Real
 South Pacific Entertainments

Honolulu, T. H., Aug. 24.-Main- land newspaper men arriving in Honolulu for the first time to attend the World Press Congress sessions here in October will find it hard to believe at rst that they are trodding United States territory.
 For in idiomatic language, cus- toms, many foods, traditions vegeta- ,ion and climate, this far-fung out post of the United States differs from the mainland as night differs from day.
 As bffits it's position-"at the cross roads of the Pacifc"-Honolulu prob ably is the most cosm opolitan com munity under the American flag. Here are Filipinos, Japanese, Chinese and natives of all other Pacific Ocean lands and islands in profusion. Bearded and turbaned Hindus stalk majestlcally the narrow streets and representatives of practically every ether race and nation in the world are seen in town or along the exception ally we'll built and maintained auto mobile boulevards that thread the isiand of Oahu, on which Honolulu is situated
 Visiting newspaper men will walk through shaded lanes of giant royal palm trees, crowned with punches of green cocoanuts. In other districts tEey will crunch fallen dates which :arpet the earth. They will eat poi to which is attributed the mighty athlete prowess of Hawaiia ns Poi is made by crushing he roots If the taro plant, which resembles | the sweet potato or yam of the main- | land. Hawaiians eat it with their | fingers and the varieties rangs from ''one finger Poi'' to -four finger Poi | the variation being in the consistency. The newspapermen will find alligator | pears which are rare and ex- l oensive luxury on the mainland. com non and comparatively cheap in l Hawaii.
 But perhaps the greatest difference l between Honolulu and the mainland is in the adoption by nearly all resi- 1 dents of several dozen native words l which are used in preference to Eng 1 lish equivalents
 | There is. for instance, no North South, East or West. Instead of north it is "ewa" toward the Eva | plantation in the northern portion of Oahu. South is waikiki" for the l famed beach.
 1 "Mauku,' toward the mountains, is east and "makai," toward the sea ia | west.
 No "kamaaina" or o1d-time resident ever thinks of saying T am done" he says "I am Paul." pronounced "pow," l which also means to stop. Instead of l saying. Stop that" one says Pau" | Keep out'' sign is never seen in
 Honolulu. Instead it is 'Kapu."
 To almost all mainland Americans the word "kanake" designates a race or people-the Hawaiians. AR Q mat ter of fact the word in Hawaiian means man. A "Kanaka" is a man; a woman is "Wahine."
 Practically every Hawaiian proper
 name has a meaning. That of Duke
 kahanamoku, worlds champion short
 distance swimmer, a7 an example
 means the Boatbuilder," "Ka means
 the; "hana" to work, and 'moku
 means boat.
 l Haleakala, the great extinct volca-
 nic crater on the island of Maui means
 House Of thu Sun" Halemaumar
 the mighty fire pit in the volcano o1
 Kilanea means "house of Everlasting
 Fire.'' All the namees of Hawaiian
 priests, priestesses. chiefs and king:
 ending in "lani'' of "Kalani' sigrifie6
 that persons bearing those names were
 associated with heaven.
 A literal translation of ukulele
 musical instrument of wide renown, i
 is the ''bouncing f1ea,' as "uku" means
 flea and "lele" to jump. Anything
 that is good is "ono," but Iona" means
 intoxicated, Pau" is flower, bu
 "puaa" is a pig, a distinction whicf