Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1921-04-12

Islands, which may be of interest to
many people 90 1t II reproduced hero:
Honolulu, Dec. 8, 20.
Ny dear Mao:
am just now speculating how every
thing Is moving on back In Maine, How
10 that colt coming, how 10 the livestock
question, and how did the apple crop
pan ou,P
II 10 quito . far cry from the rock
ribbed, snow.capped bills Of old New
England. Have bsen here ct the .sCross
roads OF the Pacific" 1.-THE melting pot
of the races" for over q month. I land
ed on Nov. 9th after Q somewhat tenn.
pestuous voyage OF seven and one-hali
days. Very soon after leaving Frisco
We run into rough weather and about
forty hours later, after the wind bad
absted, engine trouble held % up seven
or eight hours.
Some climate In this locality. Even
yours truly hasn't thought Of wearing q
vest after the first day or two. Yet thi.
10 the cool season, likewise the wet, and
the clouds shed rain any old time. Rain
and sunshine are intermingled and rain
bows are thick a. crows In corn field
This is wonderfully picturesque and
Interesting spot of the earth. There ID
every variety of scenery and plenty Of It,
and vegetation of all sorts. Parts Of
Honolulu are very pretty. Bananas and
oocoanuts are seen everywhere and Other
tropical vegetation.
Yesterday I took Q ninety mile auto
trip around the island. Rode through
over 10000 acres Of pinespples, and
can't say how much sugar cane, perhaps
100, 900 acres. The early part OF thu
ride disclosed some of the most wonder
full scenery In the world. This after
noon went alone to one of Libby, Nc
Neil 6 Libby's pineapple canneries
which CHANGED to be running. TIT
buoy part of the canning season Ia In tba
summer, June, July and August
There at this one packing house ar,
employed 1900 hands. Libby, Mcneil 4
Libby have two big packing houses OF
this island OF Oahu, and there is {
Hawaiian Company operating on larg'
scale. 1t was interesting to note how
the fruit was put up. Never touched
with the hands at all. Peeling stripped
by q machine, then cored and sliced BY
another machine, and then graded ant
placed into the cans by women will
long-wristed rubber gloves on theil
hands. Finest pineapples In the worlt
are raised here, and they are planting
more and more of them, utilizing ever!
inch of new ground.
I usually 60 in swimming at th'
famous Waikiki Beach once In ever!
two or three days. The water. is around
7s' and generally very smooth, no sur
to compare with that seen ct Venice
Cal, where I was all summer. hav'
tried the surf board only one day, and Il
was too smooth then to get much OF {
"kick" out of 1t, but I made my shor
ribs sore sailing around on II.
In this "Melting pot Of the races, >
there are plenty Of them to MELT
Scotch, English, Russians, Spanish, Por
tugese, Italians, Filipinos, Japanese
Chinese, Kanakas and Negroes, to Say
nothing of Americans from every state
in the Union, Canadians, Prince Ed
ward Islanders, and all the CROSSES ant
recrosses. The Japs have not crossed
perceptibly but the Chinese who cam.
here first az lsborers and traders inter
married largely with the native Hawaii
ans. The result of this cross 10 f1nt
stalwart product, and the American.
living here speak we'll Of IL.
never saw such coDglomeration oil
humanity. l have only mentioned ths
outstanding races, about everything els.
on earth is sandwiched In. Here ont
can see Jsps and Jap life, a. we'll as tht
Chink with all his costumes and Gus
toms. It strikes me the only advantag,
Q sightseer would gain by travelling t
the native lands of these races would b.
. lighter pocket-book, Whit Of the air
and q view Of the terra flrma and it,
coast. Here is typical feet Of Japan
ese fishing boats "Sampans."
Japs are everywhere, nearly, In every
line of endeavor, and OF the total popu
lation OF the islands 280, 900, they com.
prise nearly one-half.
The larger part of the women wear
the native costume with the obi and san
dals. Sometimes have mistaken JAP
dumping along on bis wooden sandals
for q horse walking on the asphalt
street. At first 1t looked funny to me
to see the Chinese women with their
white, black, blue, or gray pants and
shirts, with the shirt tall always out
side. Many OF the younger Chink f.
males wear shirts and skirts, but the
shirt Is always outside and slit at the
sides. Some of them are pretty, as we'll
as those one-half Hawaiian. 1t Ia not
often one sees oomely Jap girl, but /
have seen few.
The population of Honolulu IL around
$4,000. have been told that all these
are Orientals except 20 or Is thousand.
The last census gives the total popula-
ton Of Hawaii exclusive OF soldiers as
255, 912 and the Jap as 100, 200. 1t IL Of
interest to note that the Japs own cen.
sus gives their number as 10000.
Uncle Sam apparently is determined
to protect these islands and 1t 10 going
to take fierce jolt to shake bis hold
here. There are soon to be 10000 SOL
diers here, the bulk of them on this is.
land of Oahu and not far from Honolulu.
Schofield Barracks will soon have 10000
men and the others will be stationed at
other forts or camps.
/ never saw SO many soldiers any
where wandering around loose. Dia-
mond Head near the entrance to Homo
lulu harbor is strongly fortified. It is
an extinct orator. Pearl hsrbor, the
naval station, has the largest floating
dry dock In the world and no end OF war
supplies. There are ten submarines of
late pattern there now, ten more Al
Panama and seven on the Atlantic coast.
Almost every week transport comes
With nore soldiers.
Today I saw banyau tree under
which Robert Louis Stevenson sat and
wrote. Nearby 10 q native grass hut
which he also used when In the mood.
Well, l embark for California on Wed
nesday, tho 18th, and expect to winter
In the southern part. hope every thing
10 going we'll with you. The best Of
wishes and compliments of tho season
,or both voursalf and MarOarAt