Hawaii and its people; the land of rainbow and palm (1899) (14766250434)

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Title: Hawaii and its people; the land of rainbow and palm

Year: 1899 (1890s)

Authors: Twombly, Alexander S. (Alexander Stevenson), 1832-1907

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Publisher: New York, Boston (etc.) Silver, Burdett

Contributing Library: Brigham Young University Hawaii, Joseph F. Smith Library

Digitizing Sponsor: Consortium of Church Libraries and Archives

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re twined intheir horses manes; many are the fragrant blossomsthat drop as they gallop on. There is a barbaric element which still lingers in thenative breast, which finds its expression in the selectionof the gaudiest colors, in the love of strong stimulants,and an aversion to hard work. Honolulu is a center of life for the benefit of all theinhabitants of the islands, of every name and nation.One notable example is the erection of two large nativechurches, each able to seat a congregation of fifteenhundred persons, and of one American church, theCentral Union, which cost one hundred and thirtythousand dollars, and is a striking ornament of the city,which has no lack of handsome public buildings. It is noticeable, in this connection, that private archi-tecture in the town by no means compares in elegancewith the imposing style of many structures devoted to A VISIT TO HONOLULU. 27 the public welfare. The people prefer the beauty ofgrounds filled with tropical plants and trees, and the

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CENTRAL UNION CHURCH, HONOLULU. magnificence of the scenery which everywhere surroundsthem, to the gratification of their vanity in sumptu-ous private dwellings. The better class of white people 28 HAWAII AND ITS PEOPLE. have fine pictures, handsome plate, and all the comfortsof life within their homes; but to this day have pre-ferred the unostentatious to the extravagant use ofample means. Many things relating to the modern civilization ofthe islands are left for future chapters of this volume;it is proposed to trace the gradual improvement ofHawaii, from its origin and low condition of barbarism,to its present position among the civilized and Christianpeoples of the world. Enough has been said, in this introduction of thereader to the city which has been the source and centerof this remarkable development, to interest him, as wetrust, in going back to the times when heathenism wasrampant, and naked savages made the islands a sceneof bloodshed, oppression and shameful orgies ; and wh

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