Evening star., 1939-01-02

This Is the second OF a series OF
letters from, Ha,Dan from G. A.
Lyosl, associate editor OF The
Star, who 10 spending trtnter
Uacdtton in the islands. =
If I were hard pressed to find an
Alliterative title to this series OF
letters to The Star upon the subject
Of these blessed isles in the Pacific.
I might submit to the temptation
to adopt the phrase Hawaiian Hap
penines." It would assuredly fill the
bill as respects the identity OF
initials. But it would be inadequate
with regard to content material.
For as a matter OF fact there are
not many happenings" here. Life
is quiet and peaceful, serene and
easy.
As I read the local newspapers
daily-one morning" and one eve
Ming" as we say in Washington-1
find very little of acute, compelling
interest. Without pausing to 60 into
vital statistics and crime 1t would
be safe to say that Honolulu-and
probably all HaWaii-can be rated
as we'll behaved, law abiding and
unsensational.
When q community is so serenely
balanced in its daily life that it gets
really excited only over the weekly
and hereafter, with the addition OF
the reorganized Dollar Line" serv-
ice, semi-weekly-arrival OF pas
sengers from the Mainland, the re-
mainder of the routine Of existence
may be dull to the point OF boredom
to the tourist while being altogether
normal and delightful to the native
or the adopted resident.
Mainland Psychology in Picture.
And my use Of the word Main
land" Just now Is q factor OF
Hawaiian psychology that the new
conner must note and observe II he
would win complete approval. 1t IS
not altogether good form to speak
of the American territory to the
east Of Hawaii as the States" and
it is still less so to mention the
United States" For these islands
are a part Of the latter and are
somewhat buoyed with the hope OF
becoming one OF the former some
day.
In these conditions of comparative
isolation. small happenings take on
unusual importance. An annual
agricultural fair is an event OF really
tremendous interest. Just recently
an election was held, and the CAM
paign preceding it was hot and
lively, even though the principal
objective was the choice Of voteless
delegate to Congress. The hottest
contests, however, were over the Ter
ritorial Legislative Representatives
and Senators, As in all-15 Senators
and 80 Representatives. The result
was the maintenance Of the status
quo and inasmuch as everybody
expected 1t, nobody was surprised.
But inasmuch as there is stead
fast hope that some day Hawaii may
be advanced to the status Of state.
hood, campaigning is always con-
Quoted on scale of energetic SPELL
binding and with the lively exchange
of bitter but non-libellous political
repartee that would do credit to the
most suffrage minded community
across the Pacific to the eastward.
And the campaign was furthermore
conducted to music, as it were, music
and dancing. A few evenings before
the ballots were cast a Republican
rally was held in smallipark across
the street from the hotel where we
are being entertained. Having noth-
ing else to do that evening I walked
across to observe the proceedings.
Music Lends Charm.
On small stand, which had been
erected during the day, equipped
with amplifying and Illuminating
apparatus, were seated about a dozen
men and women, the former with
guitars and other stringed instru-
ments, the latter clad In the volui1i-
nous and flower-colored dresses ap-
propriate to such occasions. These
were the entertainers, without whom
political rally in Hawaii is a drab,
dull and altogether negligible affair.
After much tuning up of instru-
ments, the chairman Of the meeting
made a commercially brief intro
ductory speech and called for some
music, whereupon one of the women
sang song in Hawaiian which,
being amplified by harshly pitched
electric current, was somewhat stri-
dent yet seemingly gratifying to the
hearers.
Then came some speeches, which
were quiet, matter-o -of-fact state