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hats, around their necks, or carried in 

 their hands. 



Probably no visitor was ever disap- 

 pointed in Honolulu. Passing through 

 the streets, perhaps the thing that im- 

 pressed us most strongly was the num- 

 ber of ideally beautiful homes. The 

 houses are not remarkable in them- 

 selves, but each is set in the midst of a 

 grove of graceful trees, shrubs and foli- 

 age plants. A hedge of Hibiscus, with 

 its mass of scarlet, an arbor covered 

 with the trailing vines and purple blos- 

 soms of the Bougainvillea, or a veran- 

 da or lanai festooned with the green 

 and white of the Stephanotis, gave the 

 color and variety needed to offset the 

 predominating foliage green ; for flower 

 beds are rare in Honolulu. Glimpses 

 of hammocks and tennis grounds made 

 one feel that perhaps it was not worth 

 while to spend quite so much time in 



