Evening star., 1951-08-24
HONOLULU.

(Front Mrs. H. S. G., HyattsUille.)
I hope am not too late with
my bit. of information about Homo
lulu for H. G. B., Arlington. We
returned from three-year stay
there about year and half
ago. OF course, I do not know
what changes may have taken
place since we left, but I think
the general situation is likely to
be about, the same as when we
were there.
First of all, ! don't think you
will find housing costs much diff
ferent from those in the Washing
ton area. We went over at a time
when the housing situation was
not too good, but even so, We had
a nice one bedroom apartment in
Waikiki. 1t was unfinished. but
the kitchen was equipped with
all-eleetric equipment. For this.
we paid $99.40 a month, plus an
electric bill of about $18 every
two months. BY the time we left
there this same apartment was
renting for about $86. Our last
year there we had a two-bedroom
furnished house in Manoa Valley
"a very nice residential section
for $3.50 month, plus utilities
Except for water, which was in
cluded in the rentl. Many nice,
new apartments were built while
we were there and at the time
of our departure the housing situ-
alton was pretty good. Incidental
ly. most of the unfurnished places
do have kitchen equipment.
Food and clothing prices aren't
much different from our local
prices. perhaps a little higher.
However. my total grocery bill
runs about the same here that
it did before. Prices may be a
little higher there than when we
left. of course.
You will not need any heavy
clothing at all. I took along a
lightweight short coat and one
summer-weight wool suit anc
didn't use either of them more
than a half a dozen times. For
the most part you VIII use sport
clothes-lots of shorts and sun
suits. If you go out dancing much,
you may want evening clothes.
but they are not a necessity. If
you do take them. they should te
of the summer type. White dinner
jackets are used the year around.
Because of the outdoor type of
life you will live and the nice,
warm weather you will find that
you do not need nearly as many
dressy clothes as one must have
around here.
To really enjoy your stay car
is a necessity. You will find car
prices there just about $500 more
than West Coast prices. To ship
an average car will cost around
5000 to 1925, so it will pay you to
ship your car. It isn't necessary
to have new, high-powered car
since you do not do any high
speed, long-diStance driving there.
I flew over and returned by
boat. Both trips were very nice,
but l think I preferred flying. l
went via a leading airline and it
was a most enjoyable flight. The
service aboard was excellent and
it requires only about 8 or 9 hours
from San Francisco. The boat
trip takes AZ days. OF course, it
is a little less expensive than
flying.
Hawaii has many nice customs
that we enjoyed immensely. The
lei vendors, the luaus, the hukilaus,
Aloha week celebrations, hula fes-
tivals-just to mention a few. You
should try to visit some of the out
side islands if possible while there,
particularly Hawaii, Maui and
Kauai. We enjoyed our visits to
all of them. If you are interested
in photography you will find
Hawaii fascinating. We collected
almost a thousand color slides just
on the island of Oahu.