fLY. 1912 PRICE 20 CENTS A COPY EAR • HAWN DU 620 M5 c2 VOL. IV. HONOLULU. y , T1lis is Adclait/c. Slmrh Australia. For furt1ler infQrl1wtiOll cOllc€r"j"g that parr of Australia blessed wid, superb climate tmd Ilfwjvcdled resources, write to rile J"tel1igcllce lmd Tourist Bureall, King William street. Adela;tle. Y.I'.'IIYERSITY OF HAWAII LIBRARr crhe fMid-Pacific fMagazine CONDUCTED BY ALEXANDER HUME FORD HOWARD M. BALLOU, Associatl: Editor VOLUME IV NUMBER t CONTENTS FOR JULY. 1912. FROXTISPIECE THE FOURTH OF JUT" IX THE MID-PACIFIC By B. B. U:stcr 3 FASHIONS NEAll THE EQUATOR By J? R. Bishop 9 CHILDREN OF HAWAII By Jlrs. Gcoryc J. Browll 15 SO)!E -NEW ZEAL.L'\D TOURIST XOTES By H. A. Parmalee 2;> THE TRAVELIXG BASYA-, TREE By E. S. Goodhllc 31 THE BULLFIGHTEUS OF PEIlU By Grace D. Sedywick 37 THE MID·PACIFIC I~S'1'I'I'U'l'E By lVUliam '}'. Ewarts 47 AUSTRALIA'S ~LEHCHA.'T lIARL,E By TV. H. Clarke 59 THE MAIDEl' THAT CA.)[E nACK By ]I. B. Blnerso" 67 .n;ST WHAT l\IiL'\CHUI~IAIS By ,1Ic.J:(lI/der IIIlIIIC Panl 73 THE STOHY OF JTAW,UI 81 PACIFIC PEUSOXALITIES- ISAAC ALFllIm ISAACS SANIo'ORJ) B. DOLtJ EDlTOUIAL CO)l)IEXT 96 GUIDE-nOOK ASD EXCYCLOPEDB. The Mld-PacUlc Magazine P..w...l_lh/y l., ALEXANDER HUME FORD. Ha-I.oIu. T. H. PrUo"""'" tho. Haw.w.m Gaun. c.... Ud. Y-J, ..~ I. II>< U...... !laJ....ocl --.... '2.00 i........... c..ado. .... M.lico, '2.50. F",.n f........."".tri<o. "'00. Si••1. DI>I'T. :zoe. E.ot«<>d .. -.d..........,Ift 01 ,ho H.....lulu Pooot<:>&I«. - Pern>Wioo is FY"" 10 the P,eu 10 rep"blioJ, artic.le< hom the Mid_Pacific Mogaz.ine wh... credll it ~Yca. ~ 1912 ..,. Ala..... H~_ Ford. l-)L P. L 75he MID-PACIFIC MAGAZINE VOL. 4 JUNE. 1912 No. I. • The Fourth of July In the Mid-Pacific BY B. B. USTER The Fourth of July being the birth­ speak during" the days of revolution in day of the Republic of Hawaii, as we'll as llawaii. Down in the Oriental (Iuarter that oi the American l~cpt1blic. the cele­ of Honolulu the Chinese ami Japanese brations at the Cro~sroads of the Pacific awake the day with the explosion of have a double significance. C<ll111011 crackers. The Hnwaiians from III Hawaii. the American small boy early daylight are apt to he preparing vies with the resident son of the English for their big- ('vent of the (by. a luau. or born as to who shall be up an(\ about. first native fea~t. to which all arc bidden. to salute the: f{lorio\ls FOllrth. AI \Vai­ Last year the British men of war. in kiki the small boy loads and fires the field port. honored the Fourth with a royal cannon that perhaps his father made salute of g-t1n~. and bIer in the day at 4 THE MID-PACIFIC. Kapiolani Park the British sailors the occasion is celebrated with as llluch worked hand ill hand with the American bunting and enthusiasm as it is anywhere lads in the celebration of the sporl5 of in America. the Fourth, and worked like Trojan,; to Down in l\lanila it is Independence maintain Anglo supremacy. American Day and the Filipinos assist in the celc~ soldiers, Japanese and American citi­ bration. Everywhere around the Pa­ zens in their thousands lellt an inter­ cific the day is respected and gradually national aspect to the celebrations. It it is becoming the day of sports, as in was indeed a lreat to sec the cOOpera­ America. tion of Britishers with Americans in the In lIa\\'aii an earnest effort has been celebration of JnclcpclHlcllCC Day, the made to introduce the old New England cordiality which exists between the citi­ idea of a literary observance of the ciay zens of the two Anglo-Saxon races being and the reading of the Declaration of emphasized by the participation of the Independence, with the idea of instill­ Britishcrs in the sports arranged to sig­ ing loyalty into the hearts of the young nalize the day. Hawaiians and the ehi1dren of all races The Fourth of Jlily nowadays is cele­ in the Territory, but the yOllng folks arc brated all around the Pacific. In Japan, more apt to wander off to take part in the Japanese celebrate wilh the Ameri­ sports, for the Fourth being a legal holi­ cans because of their respect for Perry, day, every moment of it is precious to the American who made possible New the youngster who wishes 10 be out Japan. The English take ,\ hand be­ doors. cause, Japan not being a British posses­ There is 110 place like Hawaii for sion, they look upon the Americans as sports on land or water. Lale on the brothers, and then too it is a good ex­ afternoon of the third the many yachts cuse to close shop alld office to have a flit out of Honolulu harbor for cruises day of field sports. to the other islands. In Samoa, the Germans feast with the Early on the morning of the Fourth Americans 011 the Fourth, and in Aus­ the land sports begin. There is a foot tralia, if there happens to be an Ameri­ race in which those of a score or na­ can fleet anywhere in Australasian waters tionalities lake part. Til E MID-PACIFIC. The ,\mateur .\th1ctic L"nion has on the Glorious Fourth international been organized in Ilawaii. and its mem­ baseball will be the event of the dar. bers have their records to break. Then There is a growing tendency in Ila­ there are the horse races, motor cycle waii to make the Fourth a day celebrated races. bicycle races. In the harbor on some one of the islands in particular. there are rowing races; at the army posts For mallY years the horse racing on polo alld baseball. the Island of ~1:lI1i was the attraction The harbor even IS in Honolulu on the that compelled steall1cr eXCl1rsions from Fourth arc increasing in favor. The Ha­ the other islands. Lately llilo. on thc waiians send their outrigger canoes and Island of Hawaii. has undertakell to sailing canoes to compete for honors, the make the Fourth more glorious in l1ilo small boys cnter .5..1.iling bo..1.t!'i: in fact. if than elsewhere in the islands. Aeroplan. all the cvents of the gloriolls Fourth ing. horse racing. auto speeding. box­ were spread out o\-er a weck Hawaii ing. baseball. football and fireworks are could offer the most unique carnival of but some of the attractions offcrcd, to say inter-racial sports that it would be pos­ nothing of a Fonrth of Jnly excursion sible to hold anywhere. and picnic to the nearby and ever active The japanese celebrate the Fourth "okano of Kilaut'a. with wrestling matches. jujitsu exhibi­ The Australians and the British in tions and archery contests. Each is 't1.waii used to obserye the day wilh wcll worth s~ing. for the inimitable cricket matche:<. and still do so if they japanese toreii is erected. and on the can tempt a yisiting team to stop ov::r in big sqnare platform may be witnessed Hawaii for the Fourth. wresting and jujitsu contests as real as There is no prejmlice against national anything of its kind in japan. holi(lays in Hawaii. The birthday of The Chinese play bascb.1.l1 and it is Kamchameha the First. the lIth of JUlle. more than likely that they will contest is a Ic~al holiday in the Territory cele· either with the Japanese. lIawaiian or brated by all. In October the birthday Portuguese teams on this day of days. of the Emperor of Japan is obseryed not Even the Russians on I £awaii arc organ­ only by the Jap.1.nese citizcns but by the izing their basehall team. and hereafter society of Honolulu. for in the leading 6 THE MID-PACIFIC. ,,; t u .5" i5 a;o ~ Z" THE i\IID-PACI FIC 7 hOiel a great ball takes place. given by Could all the varied nationalities of the Japanese Consul. and atlended by ex­ Ilawaii tmile on one week of their na­ Queen Lilillokalani. lhe Govemor of lIa­ tional game~ and entertainments in cele­ waii. lhe General of the army and the bration of the Independence of America .\dmiral of the flee!. and of Ilawaii a carnival could be of­ fered that would attract in smlltncr visi­ \Vhen the birthday of the German tors from every part of the world as the Kaiser comes around there is another Floral Parade on Washington's birthday celebration. and the birthday of Eng­ attracts vi,::hors during the winter sea­ land's King is also observed by all alike. son. and there is practically no differ· Ew~n th(' rhinc:,e ha\'e a day that at­ enee in I-bw:lii ~tween winter and sum­ tract~ everyollc to their celebration. lII('r. Hawaii being probably the most when the Celestial citizens in Ilawaii dekctable summer resort umler the keep open honse an(\ receive their white American flag. It is alway,:: the Fourth and Hawaiian frien(\:, with feasting and of July and the 22ml of February in IJa· music-Chinese music. waii. 8 THE MID-PACIFIC. The Dress of the South Sea Christia.n. Cannibal Headdress. Fashions Near the Equator BY F. R. BISHOP The nearer the equator the fewer the tourist notes the changcs that civilization garmcnts and the more rigid the forms brings, to level up all ranks to thc atroci­ and rcquirements of fashion.