The Monett times., 1922-08-04
MRS. BOEHM WRITES H.
FROM HONOLULU
Honolulu, 7. H., July 5, 1922

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from there, asking me to write an
other letter. So if you care to print
this you may do SO.
The Lives and Ways of the Islands OF
Honolulu.
There are no snakes here as there
is no mineral in the soil. There are
very few flies and mosquitoes. We
have chameleons. They will destroy
the eggs Of flies and mosquitoes and
eat them.
F1e people here are very kind and
pleasant. The natives of Hawaii Is
land are kind hearted and will do
anything for white U. S., as they
say. They are very large built, some
61s feet tall. They call new comers
"Maihini." Their "i' is pronounced
as an "e". They have only twelve
sounds 70 their alphabet.
There is all kinds of nationality
here, all peaceful and very agreeable
together. The rainy seasons are !. in
December, January and February.
The rest of the time there are only
showers, called "liquid sunshine"
"don't even get you wet. Folks go
along the same as ever the sun shin
ing all the time.
Last October | saw the Luna rain
bow at night, which is a wonderful
thing here, seldom ever seen.
The temperature has never been
over 81 degrees, but l, for one, like
the four seasons. Here one day is
just like the day before.
They have all kinds of fine churches
40 of different denominations. |
have attended number of them. On
Easter morning they had services on
top of the punch Bowl" mountain
Gan old volcano extinct for years..
They had sixteen foot cross built
up there. Had sunrise meeting. A
number of persons enacted the life
and resurrection of Jesus Christ. 1t
was wonderful sight. They had a.
band there and a thousand attended.
Then we went to the Central Union
church, which is non-sectarian. 1t
was a mass of flowers, large pipe
organ, big choir and orchestra. We
went to one Japanese church. They
all leave their shoes at the door, By
the way there was lot of them. One
man hits large brass gong fast as
he can, sounds like fire alarm. They
sit on the floor with legs crossed.
We went to hear Chinese band.
A lot of boys could make as good
music as they did. They played on
all kinds Of funny instruments. We
were invited to Japanese wedding. Hl
lasted a week. The bride changes her
dress seventeen times during the
ceremony. 1t sure takes some dresses
Don't you think so? We also went to
a Chinese christening in their way. !
The women were all in one house and
the men in another house. All gave
the baby something, mostly jewelry.
The baby had on all kinds of jewelry,
bracelets by the dozens on its little |
arms, and head pieces of all descrip-
tions. The women all wore pants and
coats, like we call "middies." The |
American born wore dresses. We did
not see any queues. Well, their eats .
I never saw the like, but tried to
sample each kind. They had an
American born young man at our
table. He explained what everything
was. All had been shipped here from
China, just for the feast.
The games they played were very
queer to us. Real old men took part
in them. A great many are well edu-
Gated, have finished colleges in this
country and in The States.
May 5 is a great day with the Japs
They celebrate the birth of their
''sons". For every son born they hand
out a paper fish, largest on top the
pole and on on down to the smallest
son. | have seen fourteen fish at one
house. They are very proud when
a son is born. They don't seem to
care about girls.
The Chinese have their Christmas
in February. They sure do have time
do any kind of work for three
days. They all give you a present if
you come. Their Easter is in No
We attended one. They do
believe in eating all the time and
everything. l am not at all fond of
any of their food.
Last November IL, Armistice Day
they had great times here. Their
parade and floats we're beautiful, with
Z 900 in line. Christmas days here
are like our July 4th at home. Dance
in the streets, the best of people.
Even the governor and wife dance.
Decorations were thing of beauty
all over the city. /