Show life la 0 the people of the hawaiian islands it can be truly said that the most amiable careless irresponsible people in the world the nearest approach to work of any of them Is in their employment cowboys on the stock ranches they arc wonderfully expert horsemen and also become adept in the use of the lasso A native man or a native woman for that matter is never so happy as when on a spirited horse going at a hard gallop decked out with nowery lets and streamers of bright colored cloth iff screaming conversation with n whole troop of companions they ride their horses to death they kill their babies with neglect and improper food and yet it cannot be said that their is a grain of conscious cruelty in their nature there is no record of any violence ever done by them to a woman white woman Is absolutely safe among them without any protection and Is exempt from insult or even disrespect beyond what may come from unconscious of etiquette many of them pass the greater part 0 their lives squatted on woven grass mats before the doors of their huts chatting inconsequentially and eating their maal ot tax when the inclination comes to them washington star |