Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-08-28
PAC|F|C's CROSSROADS,
CITY MOST INTERESTING
Honolulu Convention Meeting
Place of Worlds Press
Congress in October.
ExTRE NELLY COSMOPOLITAN
fi'ninos. Chinese. Jnpancsc, IIIndus,
south Sen Islanders nnd Natives
axe Hawaiian Territory AmcrIcn's
cost Picturcnuuc PnsscssIon.
Try Associated pressl

hy Associated Press
HONOLULU. T.. H.. Aug 27-Main-
Iahd newspaper men arriving I'm
honolulu for tho first time to attend
the world Press Congress sessions
her" in October VIII find 1t hard to
believe at first that they arc trOddins
United states territory
For In diplomatic language. cus-
toms. many foods. traditions. vcgcta-
ton and climate, this far flung out
post OF the United States differs from
IN" mainland an might differs from
day.
AS bcntR It's position-"at the cross
roads OF the raciiic"-iion"lulu is the
most cosmopolitan community under
plnof. Jnpancac. Chinese and natives
Of all other Pacific Ocean lands and
islands In profusIor. Bearded and
tnrbancd fIindus stalk majcstically
IN" narrow streets aud representa-
tVcs Of practically every other race
and nation In the world are seen in
town or along the exceptionally we'll
punt and maintained automobile
toulcvards that thread the island or
oahu. on which Honolulu IL situated.
"I'ol'' l. F'nNoritc Food.
Visiting newspaper men will wall;
through shaded lanes Of giant royal
palm trees. crowned with lunches OF
green cocoanuts. In other districts
they VIII crunch fallen dates which
carpet the earth. They will cat 'poi."
10 which Is attributed the migEy
athlete prowcss OF iIawa!ians. pol"
is made by crushing tho roots Of the
taro plant, which resembles the sweet
potato or yam OF tho mainland.
l!awai'aus eat II with their fingers
and the varieties range from conc
fyNs
variation being IN tho consistency
Tho newspaper men viii! find alllsa-
tor pcnrE. which ar" It rare and cx-
p"uslvc luxury on the mainland. COM
mon and comparatively cheap In
Hawaii.
But perhaps the greatest difference
between Honolulu and the mainland
Is In the adoption by nearly all resi-
dents OF several dozen native words
which are used In preference TO Eng
l!Sh equivalents.
There is. for instance. no north.
south, cast or west Instead of north
St is eva" toward the Eva rlnnta-
ton in the northern rortion of oahu.
South is waikiki" for the famed
beach. "Mauku," toward the noun
;ains. Is east. ANA "makai." toward
tho sea. IS west
No "kamaainn" or oid-timc resident
ever thinks OF saying 81 am done" ne
says II am pau" pron,Inccl pow,
which al"o means ~ sop. instead o.
! saying stop that" one says Pau"
y Keep ont" sign is never seer in
| Honolulu. Instead !; IS "Kapu.'
To almost all mainland Americans
the word "ISannka" dcsiEnatcs n race
! Of pe0plc-thc Hawaiians As a mat
,rr of fact the word IN Hawaiian
means man" \ "kanaka" is u man:
woman Is . 'wahinc."
Practically every Hawaiian proper
name has meaning. That OF pnkc
! Kahanamoku, worlds champion
short distance swimmer. az an exam
o. pie. means The Eoatbu!lder." "ka"
nohns tho. hama" to work. and
"moRu" means boat.
Ualcaka!a, tn. great extinct VOL
caulc crater on tho island OF Maui.
:ucnns house of the sun Hale
! maunau, Tho mighty fire pit OF the
v1lcano Of kilauca. means house OF
| everlasting IRE" All the names OF
. Hawaiian priests, pr!cstesses. chiefs
and kinEs ending in LAM or 'ka-
ami" signincd that persons bearing
those names were associated with
. heaven.
IkuIcIc Is Rounding Ellen.
a literal translation OF ukulcle.
MuSltRl instrument oil VIDE rchOWN,
IS the bouncing flea" as "uku"
means flea and "lelc" to jump. Any
thing that is good is "ono." but "ona''
I1cans intoxicated. "Pua" is flower
iut 'pua1" Is pig, distinction
hich makes an Hawaiian lover cx-
trcmely careful OF his pronunciation.
"Atoha'' one Of the widest Known
Hawaiian words on the mainland. Is Il
greeting ana an expression Of fare
4 we'll at the same time, circumstances
! debating whether it means hello"
or good bye"
II one thirsts and asks an Hawaiian
whether he has water mainland
i visitor usually is downcast when the
! Hawaiian seems to reply. why no."
What he really says Is wal no."
which means that he has plenty OF
water and that the qucstioner Is well
come to help himself
1t is expected that with all these
words Of general use. and many more
which are common, the visiting news
papcr men will return to the main
! land with far greater vocabularies
! than were theirs when they came to
! Honolulu.
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