Norwich bulletin., 1921-04-05
MET MANY WITH NORWICH TIES ON
 HONOLULU TRIP, WRITES R. [. PLAUT

Rutherford c. Plaut of the Piaut-Cad7 den Co.,, of this city, who has been on
 a trip to Honolulu and is now back, in California on his way home, has sent the following letter to Norwich friends, describing incidents and experiences or h.s travels:
 On our way over to Honolulu on the S. S. Mauri. it was just beautiful the sea was quiet and the meals were fine. We had a very nice party; at our table on my right was Captain Butler of Rockland Maine, a fine type of an old man. When he heard that I was from Norwich, he wanted to" know if knew Carl Brown. He knew Mrs. Browns mother very we'll On my left was a Miss Burris. of Boston, who knew a Miss Holms in Norwich, and across from me sat Mir Cooper, who was a cotton broker at one time in Boston, with 8 Mir. Brush from Norwich and recognized the name Holms as an old friend of his and he inquired as to the health of Maxton Holms. So you see the world is small when one gets seated around the table of an ocean liner. As we entered Honolulu, and you must bear in mind it was my birthday. that is | why the band was playing since then | found out the band meets all steamers that bring tourists But as I was about | to write as we approached Honolulu Vi pass within ten miles of Molokai Nepel Island). As we ahShted from the boa | the air was heavy with the odors oi ! bananas, pineapples and moiasses, beint
 loaded on outgoing vessels. I found
 the streets narrow and none too clean
 but the climate is glorious-the sur | shines as I have never seen it shine be fore. My first glimpse of the kanak; (that is what a Hawaiian is called)
 was the policemen. They are fine loon in fellows of soft chocolate brown, tai
 and straight with jet black hair an
 mustache. brown eyes and perfect whit
 teeth. On the walks here and there sa
 Hawaiian women wearing all sorts 0
 gay flowers into long strands. calle
 'Ie;s-' There are hung around a visi
 tors neck to denote that they have jus arrived or that they are to depart or they intend to return and they are O
 the steamer if they throw it back afte the boat leaves, 1t denotes that they e1
 pect to return. It is a very, very brett
 custom. I put up at the Alexande
 Young hotel that Is in the city prope the Moana hotel under the same mana q
 ment is nut aways on the beach. IT service $ all Chinese including tl clerks in the office. My room is larg s cool and comfortable. A white mosqui
 netting is suspended from he >e..'r e and falls to the floor covering the eI
 tire bed and I tell you right now thi l you need it. Every one seems to li' - out of doors and dress tn white and it
 hot, hot, hot. About four or- five mil .- ous is Waikiki. beautiful beach
 r white sand. Coral reefs prevent an u n dertow and form natural wall agai in
 sharks. The water Is about 7S degre l. and tathing and swimming are delightt e the year around. On this beach are [. cated the Quitaigger Canoe club hou 1T and grounds. The club is devoted
 l. surf board and canoe riding, the pri
 cipal sports of the island The su is boards are about seven feet long by |, n feet wide pointed at one end to cut t
 water. They all swim with these boar is far out. and, standing on them cat " a wave as it breaks and are carried "
 great speed shoreward. On Thursd e we took a trip around the island les of ing the hotel at 3 o'clock in the morni e. for the Pa,i (meaning precifce) some ,e miles from Honolulu. We drove ttrou ,e the beautiful Nuuavu valley, dott in here and there with pretty houses h
 hidden b.: cocoanut palms. bread if in trees. eucalyptus and several other kir
 I can't spell on up the mountains to lv Pai. The Pali is a famous precip
 iiDiu WIllcH tHeTe IS a. WOnd deT1ulEV1eW
 land and sea for many miles. The P
 is 0en feet above the sea and thu
 is a splendid. road to it's summit and ,g down its other side into the valley
 T. low. I was glad that I no longer | if use for toupee as the wind swee CT through here with terrible force and - the day be ever so calm below. there IT always a gale over the Pali It was n. on this occasion and we found no ii .g ctf'eu.ty in making our way to the st, er wall placed by the government for
 os protection of pedestrians Aft .i descending from here we passed ac ,1a and acres oS Taro The leaves of
 plant resemble our calia lily in ct re and size and shape and 1t is from tn root that the principal food of the
 .r ~. lives is made, called poi. I won't
 - you how liked it. but they must | ,i, M left three letters of. It should h .n read poison" " We passed hundreds of beautiful gr
 rice fields in all stages of growth I .? rice is grown very thick and when C nI few inches iii height is transllanteC ,i. water three inches dren. The fields
 4S' ploughed by water buffalo, a hon
 gentle creature, with much power