Show 0 1 0 y SES OF F A Nb DOF F TOURISTS 11 L i w T Continued From Preceding Page department ent patronized by Japanese Chinese Hawaiian and outer other children r rn n I talked cd to tho lad lady ady In charge charo of the d department and sh she told me It It would would surprise me to know how Interested the Japanese and Chinese children were In Jn Grimms Grimm's Fairy Tales Alice In Wonderland and other of oC our fairy tt lore The build building nb Is spacious and nd built In the tho usual style of or the thc structures lr s here which have ha man many openings open open- ings tor ventilation for end and nd fresh air Opposite oPI the palace Is 15 the courthouse courthouse court court- house and I r dropped in fn mont one da day to h hear ar them m try a n damage suit The j Juries s' s cOnsI consist of or twelve twel members member an and most of or thc Ue Jury jun was composed of or who understand English just as w well Ilas ll Il as OU you and 1 r 1 doIn doin do If In In tile the rear of this building Is the health bureau it would surprise you OU to to know p what hat scientific methods arc are followed to Ieee keep the Island clean and nd sanitary They Ther o Jn In this buildIng build build- in Ing it a. a t mosquito department and the leper bureau for tot i Is 18 also lo located located lo- lo here I wa was surprised to learn that hat there thero re really more lepers In Inthe Inthe Inthe the Various parts of or the United States A i n f III xuan all l A U w IiI YIL n LII w v w Y I r heard of oC a t particularly sad case caso of leprosy that had developed in Honolulu n. n L few Cew months ago It was the tho case of ofA ofa a a. 11 Miss s Needham She had been to Boston toy rot several years ears pursuing flome some stud study and came back to Honolulu to look after her aged cd mother While she wits was nursing her mother the physician phy phy- discovered that Miss I Needham had developed leprosy but said eald nothing about It H until the tue mother had passed away U Then Thon tho they took her to the detention detention de de- de- de station anti and I bellows belle afterwards to al It seems that she he had leprosy leprosy lep lep- rosy 09 all an the time sh she was In Boston and as she must have traveled back and forward forWar on the trains one can can see how people of oC tlC tle United States might be he subjected to the disease Leprosy however how bow ever c I am told Is not contagious but Infectious One must get Jet some gom of or th the poison polson from the lep leper r Into Ino an cut or or wound round before there ther Is an any n d danger er of oC taking th the thc malad malady I SA SAYS S tI ll IE u I IU I. JU L iU I 1 wish I 1 might bo be able to give you OU I Iome ome some Ide Idea as I see it of ot the tho wonderful fertility and flora tlora of or these Islands nde In th tho the latter latter part of or April on an eighty eight mile four drive around Oahu Island I passed assed through some acres neres of sugar ca cane e and ind over acres of ot pineapples as s well wen as man many fields of cotton bananas s rice tobacco etc ete Now that the price of sugar Is about to ton there the planters are all h happy PP and md nd will make make- big money this year They ar ara all an fearful however of what will m take place ilace n next year when the tho tariff tar tar- iff Hf goes oes off oft of or sugar When no sees the extraordinary amount of ot sugar cane cano that Is raised In the i islands lands It Is Isa isa a r pity that the thc trade should oven even be threatened with demoralization Thousands Thou Thou- sands upon thousands of dollars doUar are aro be being be- be ing ing spent In fertilizing these vast tracts of lr r land and keeping them up to the very en highest point of ot pro productivity One section of or country that I l' passe passed I Is putting a tunnel through a mountaIn mountain moun moun- tain tan which will carry water from front the north side of or the Island bland to the he he south southside Ild side elde the tunnel being almost three miles In length I 1 talked to the engineer engineer en en- n- n who Is putting through the project project and he be told me that that that-he he only had about 2000 feet of oC vork ork to d do bc- bc fore the would b be be- completed complete b that the water w was s now coming In J rapidly that It was Interfering with Jho he he work In cv every n direction one sees flumes Humes which filled with are rapidly rapidly- Allowing water carrying sugar sus-ar cane which has been cut up UI Into small pieces down to the sugar mills for grinding These flumes run In every ery direction from the plantation to the mills and in order to get the grade for tho the water to flow properly in the flumes these flumes are frequently seen 50 and feet teet In tho the air bunt built on trestles Another interesting feature In connection connection connection con con- with tho the sugar Industry Is the tho trolley troney system of oC conveying tho the sugar sugarcane sugarcane cane from the fields to the mills Bundies Bundles Bundles Bun Bun- dies 01 ol cano rano are arc tied together ether put on ona onn onn n a trolley and by electric power conveyed eon con on- on eed to the tha desired point for treat treat- me merit ment t Se Seven rn tons of raw cane cane will produce produce- one ton of or sugar and on the the best bed irrigated l lands fifty tons of ot raw Taw cano cane are arc raised to the acre This gives seven se or eight tons cf of lC sugar ar to the tho and with sugar SUbal at ht 97 n a ton you can ean figure out what t un acre will produce P. J. J iv IN Lots rots of ot Japanese arc are used In the and I saw many Japanese women ena engaged e In the work ot of Irrigating lug IllS these sugar plantations s. s The cc- cc ond crop of or sugar Is called and comes up from the shoot of ot the tho I original sugar I cano cane without t the necessity necca- necca sit sit sity of ot r S' S The growing of th pineapples Is la also cr very cry Interesting and w we saw thousands thousands thou thou- sands oC of this fruit growing In the fields Bananas are arc not so n numerous merou here as In the an seaports I 1 think I saw more bananas ban loaded In one da day at nt Santa Santo Marta In Colombia South America than I saw w In all the Hawaiian wallan Isla Islands The rice rica fields are arc not very ery extensive exten exten- sive she but they mal make e a beautiful picture of or green In the w water ter where it grows The Chinese raise most of or the rice rlee but the Japanese refuse to eat tho the Chinese rice raised in the Islands beca because of ot their antipathy to the Chinese people and the Japanese Import moro more rice from J Japan every month that that thatIs Is raised In Inthe Inthe the Islands In a year car L b U U LU b AU UV Ing and over on the Island cf ef Hawaii when I visited the volcano volcan I saw law some very cry extensive plantations of coffee cortee Mr Mrs Lippman's broth brothers rs Abe and Henry Hen lien ry Louison have hn an acre SOO-acre plantation plantation planta planta- tion ne near r Paauilo of or which arc c In coffee The bean Is extraordinarily healthy and next year the they will have J an enormous crop owing to tho great groat amount of or rain they thoy l have e B had on that Island At their thell plantation the they expect ex ex- peet from SO 80 to inches of ot rain this year ear Over O at the county seat ot oc the island bland of oC Ha Hawaii all they told me me they had Inches of oC rain last year c r f fIt It rains at l-Iilo l every day clay and If ir thc they got a day that It didn't rain somewhat tho they would be bo be disappointed On tho the Island of at Oahu th they have re been ver very short of or rain this year ear and if r It were not for the Irrigating system the crop would suffer stiffer Very ery much It was wa beginning beginning be be- be ginning to rain on Oahu a little every everyday every everyday day In May The e water s supply l was I I l S' S Aun uc v 0 b UD which the people of or Honolulu rel rely VCr very largely for tor their drinking water at r are very lo RAI RAIN RAIX CALLED LIQUID SU E The average rainfall on Oahu island is about 15 to 20 O inches although some years ear it is as high as SO 0 Inches People call can the rain liquid sunshine and d I got accustomed to going about In the rain without an an umbrella without any ny dis die comfort The breezes seem to dr dry one off ote very quickly It ma may rain on one side of ot the street and be absolutely dry on the other side It will be pouring rain one minute and In five minutes thereafter the clouds will t be blown awa away the sun will viiI be shining brightly and then In h half u an hour again as-aln the performance performance performance per per- will be repeated Tho The rain seems to come down In she sheets ts u ur up Inthe Inthe in inthe the canyons and ard the rainbows In and about Honolulu are indescribably beau beau- One sees them at all al hours of the dB day from carl early morning until sun sun- set They dip in fn Inthe the ocean and In the this valleys vaIe's and on the tho mountains and lend lenda a a. veritable charm to the landscape The element of charm which enters Into all al things Hawaiian makes even tho the climatic conditions almost impossible sible elbie of description The mean temperature temperature tem tern for 1914 1414 was was 75 degrees The thermometer thermometer r rarely rely goes above e SS 88 degrees do- do gr grees and greez-and so and seldom below 60 degrees there are no tornadoes no fog tOg tense heat no disagreeable cold and andin in fact tact the climate Is said to be the most equable of or an any In the tho world I I wish I I. I had tm time time- timeto to tell teU you OU of oC tho the thoman man many Interesting points in an and about Honolulu There Is Diamond Head a regal majestic hill hi which stands stand two two miles mies to the right of or the entrance of the harbor Then there Is Punch Bowl and Pacific Heights Height and Tantalus three high points going up mountain mountain- ward from the tho sea from which wonderful wonderful wonder wonder- ful views lows o of the city and harbor can be obtained the roads up to these va various various va- va rious vantage points are splendidly kept up and It Is a jO Joy to go automobile automobile automo automo- bile bie riding on them then there Is Wal- Wal al- al kiki beach alo along b which are re located the most beautiful residences es and tho the Moana hotel Hero along this beach the water lashes up to the or por porches hes which are built bunt clear to this the the waters water's cd edge and sometimes over the water Then over at Kaneohe bay ibay ba w which Is only onlan an hours hour's ride from Honolulu b by auto which Is b at aL the foot loot of the wonderful Pall Pail Pal which I have havo told you OU about one one goes goe out in tho the glass bot tomed boats boats and sees the most Interesting interesting Inter Inter- esting oral gardens under the water Here the tho ho building up p of ot the coral reefs can be bo seen and the beautiful marine plants plants and all of varied colored fishes can bo be watched from this bottomed boat bont swimming In and and around and alid about this white and pink coral and went I took a glass bottomed boat out Into this beautiful bay and got a n magnificent view of or tho the Pall PaU Pal and tho the 8 semicircle of or mountains with their ex exquisite cx- cx x- x vegetation and their rugged teeth saw tops from this vantage point In the tho sea I Tho The public parks are pl places o of Joy 1 They ore are lre filled with palms cocoanut trees hibiscus of ot ever every variety arlet bou- bou bOlI bOl- I vines and flowering trees of ot f i ever every variety varlet In these parks the i Hawaiian H n band gives given daily dalh concerts And such a band It I makes the most splendid music This band was organized organized organ organ- In 1874 and two years later lator Prof Heinrich Berger Bergor at the request of Kamehameha V Y was detailed b by the war minister of or Germa Germany to come to Hawaii HawaI as ns bandmaster lie no has been at nt the head of this organization ever since and under his direction the band I has become famous Tho present mcm- mcm numbers thirty-four thirty men and two women and the band bandis Is supported by funds appropriated for the purpose I b by the city and county count supervisors Professor Berger played opposite the Xoung oung hotel the first day dar I got there hut tho ne next t day he was taken ill iii 1 and andie ho he ie has been In the hospital ever er c since lie He Ie Is 71 U years of or age and the tue legislature legisla ture tore recent recently passed a a. bill bi to pension him for the thc rest of ot his lire life lre FIO Et FOUND EVERYWHERE E The flora of or the Islands Is simp simply bewildering Th There re are flowers everywhere everywhere every even where o and the they bloom In endless pro pro- fusion The colors are Indescribably beautiful and tho the shapes graceful and art artistic Is le One finds them In the yard of at these beautiful homes that surround the city In tho parks along the tue highways highways high high- ways WMS lining the beaches henches In the Ute canyons canyons can can- ons on the hills and In the moun- moun g h. h his t. t a 0 La I o. o L A v n t u 0 V source of or constant wonderment to me rae In in April the a a flowering tree that ha has a blossom like a purple wisteria was In blossom the vines ines with red and purple colorings colorings colorings col col- are e cr everywhere In evidence the night blooming cereus while not In bloom now surrounds surround the ente entire wall wal of or a n twenty aero college round ground In Honolulu an and ana when this is In blossom the they say SM the picture is sublime It I blooms only at a night and tho the odor of or oft orIf it If t Is delicious I t had one of oC them once In n a pot at m my homo home at 60 Third avenue ave aye nue In this city clU and I nurtured It for several years cars an and It had a few rew blossoms blossoms blos bIos I some on it one night and we all thought It was the most beautiful thing we e had ever seen scon But Dut think ot of these those flowers Cowers blossoming all aU over o er these stands islands The morning glories glores grow larger larser than I ever saw them The water hyacintha hyacinths hya hya- cintha are the most daintily beautiful things I 1 ever saw Up in the mountains mountains moun moun- talus the he Dorothy Doroth Perkins rose roso grows wild In the month of April the chrysanthemums chrys chrys- I and asters were cre ever everywhere I I In In n evidence e It I was at first a curious I sl sight ht to see these November and anti December December De De- cember flowers fowers blooming In April AprI hut but I soon became accustomed to them because be cause I saw so man many of or them VARIETY OF TREES I iv IN EVEn YARD nD The and the mangoes and the fruit bread and the tho ginger and the tho guava trees are In every even yard and and on er e every hillside The Tho gardenias scent cent the theair air of ot variety varie arie The Tho waving palms ever every t ty and the tall tan splendid cocoanuts give give to the place a 3 taste of the desert and the orient The pod monkey tree which looks like a great huge hus-e umbrella la In a can be seen in evo every direction Then there is the tho tree with ith Its Is lac lacy delicate effect the roya royal ponciana with wih it I ts deep reds which are Just now comIng com com- lag Ing ng Into bloom the rose-apple rose the tho kukui kukul n nut nut t the the ko koa tree tre from which the he fine tine woods and calabashes arc are made the banyan banan trees Which send their branches down Into the ground and make new trees all al the time and then the hau tree which grows brows along long the roast coast and which spreads I its Its' ts' ts gnarled and knotted branches In er e every direction tion ton an anti and underneath |