The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1931-05-21
Redwood Falls Club Woman
Tells of Trip to HalUaiiii

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foliage and cocoanut palms. Home
like is the only word that describes
the place. It is situated on Waikiki
Beach about two miles from the main
part of Honolulu and just a few
blocks from the two beautiful large
hotels, The Royal Hawaiian and The
EMoana. 1t consists of a main build.
ing and a number of bungalows or
either side of circular drive, which
is half hidden by tropical shrubbery
They are stained a quiet green and
| are distinctly different, having long
sloping roofs which are patterned af-
ter the native Hawaiian huts.
Our bungalow had one beautiful
large room with bath and the cutest
lanai (screened in sitting room) fitted
with wicker furniture, like cozy den.
In front Of our lanai was a Towering
plumeria and how refreshing to awak-
en- in the morning and have the fra
grant odor Of this shrub watt over
ones bed. You could close your eyes
and imagine you were in fairyland.
A stroll through the grounds of
the hotel or through the dining room
that looks out upon the indigo, azure,
jade, blue sea brings one to the wide
green lawn that stretches along the
beach front. Here is a great hau
tree, more than 100 years old. The
great limbs spread out and shelter
the lanai. Across the lawn is the
House without Key, made famous
by Earl Biggers in his book by that
name. 1t is kept intact and used for
luncheons, dinners, etc. There are no
walls, no need for keys, as there are
no doors. The floors are carpeted
with lauhala mats made from the
leaves of a lauhala tree and the furni-
ture is Of wicker and koa, somewhat
like mahogany.
The view from the hotel surpasses
description. It is peaceful and quiet,
yes, romantic.
The food was most excellent and
after a swim in the surf one just
didn't want to think about watching
the weight. Now, who couldn't be
happy in such surroundings
Honolulu, the capitol of the Island
Oahu is huge melting pot for on it's
streets besides native Hawaiians, who
by the way are growing less in num-
Der each year, are Japanese, Chinese,
Filipinoes, Porto Ricans, Portuguese,
and Americans. Many of the Japan
csc and Chinese wear their native
costumes, which are very picturesque.
Everything is so clean. The shops
are all interesting and inviting and
when we didn't have anything special
to do, we went shopping.
There is a saying that the first day
in Hawaii, one sits and thinks, but
the second day one just sits. We did
sit and try to drink in the surround
ings, but we also tried to do all the
sight seeing we could.
Space does not allow to go into de-
tails on all the wonderful trips we
had on the Island Of Oahu. The most
memorable, perhaps is the trip
around the Island. Eighty-fve miles
of scenic views, ancient lava flows,
lofty peaks and precipices, beautiful
valleys, and thousands and thousands
of acres of pineapples and sugar cane.
The first and most astounding stop is
made at the Pail, gigantic perpendi-
cular cliff some 1900 feet high about
six miles from Honolulu. This is the
historic cliff over which King Kane
hameha the Great, first King of the
Islands, is supposed to have driven
the Oahauns in 1895 and taken control
of the Island.
There is fine concrete road built
up the mountain to the Pail, and
down the switch back to the other
side of the Island. We had several
trips to the Fali and each time were
more thrilled by the awe-inspiring
beauty. Oh, yes, we were in Hawaii
during full moon and the thing to do
is to drive to the Pail the night of
full moon for this wonderful view. A
number of US went one night and,
well-words just won't do it Justice
even older people become romantic.
Other points of interest around the
Island are Coral Gardens; the Aquar-
ium, where the octopus and cells
make the quivers run up ones back;
the beautiful Mormon Temple; the
Bishops Museum; the sugar mill; the
pineapple factories; Pearl Harbor,
were we went down into submarine;
Schofield Barracks, the largest Of the
seven military posts, in fact the larg-
est under the U. S. flag; and must