Nuhou, Volume II, Number 6, 1 August 1873 — A City Park [ARTICLE]

A City Park

; lf> ftomcthing that Ilonolulu shouM havc. Īler | tropica],situation and pcrcnnial liixuriant vcgetalion lcads the reflective stranger to wonder that wc have nothing of the kind. He seee that though we have a great deal of private taste, we have no publie* spitit. We have 110 pleasant groui}ds or promenades for general and dai]y use, where all ean meet in eommon,—the saint and the sinner, the respectables and the non-respeeta-bles, the good and the bad, —all mingling together amid pleasant scenes, and at times moved bv inspiring music,—when touches of nature making all feel akin.—there \sould be mueli nearer approaehe to a reign of peaee and love' than we have now. Theee tropic isles and genial climes afforded an oppQrtunity for promoting all manner of kindlj' publie assoeiation, far more than' the wintrj lands that keep thcir people so mueh wlthiu| then doors. But the opportunity has beeu neglected. Thosc who have wielded the ehief influ- ! enee in these lands have brought the home wiuter! with fchem ln their souls< They have plauted, their and hedged it in, aud built a high ! gate, upon wlueh is inseribed : No eordial admittanee to those who are not of our religio politieal set. Aud they have beeu eonteut with fehe pvaise they heai lrom afar about their teaehii*g, their well appointed home, their family eomiort, aud their suecessful eonditiou in life. But they would have deserved some other aud perhaps warmer praise, had they some monumeuts of their puhlie spirit aud for the iuaterial eomfort of tbeiir fe]low uian to ehow ; some places of puhlie reuniou wheie the people o( every" ginde aud hwe, aud tlK> »?trangcr within their gates, thoug!i e?en n poor unaeemUted wajfarer ? miglif ut timoB wiiugle together and be hanuoukv\\ bj scenes and sounds of bcnutj and sweotuess. All this was very hy a small cffovt for a pavk of sa) oulj Gftj aeres» tweLty 1T a puik associatiou of tliat period had plauted oulj .one tree a pieee, wluil $roves of eomfort wo would have now. It Is with wayfnrm of $onk* lands a matter of reli-' gion to plant n seed by t!ie road-side wheuewu* 1 they eat a fnut. But we lu\tc only plautedj within ouv owu llnes wlieee the strauger ls uot

\v<'!Comf. nnh'** L<. -r e!i.- a passp<.»īt tk , -v " spires fcome~V>peof gain or oon6cqueiKv. P/"' letj us pkmt a retieat,| wlieie our own thed - ple or any weary *trpger miglit anu f: . recjreation and ; wkere pei'liai'H h.i. trdveler, har<3 hy fortime and iiot pie^en:. to our respectabili;t3 T , miglit in toucLing o«r isle have a fe\v l:<nirs' repo.se beoeath a gr -: ful! Bhade, ncar dweet gurglicg fouiitai:-..— anel havc liis heart hufched to peaee by the of |bir ds. Woukl not a one bless Honolul ;.'' | Aiid mind you s it Is thuß ihat aagejs are eLte: | taī|ncd unawares. are mostlj to be f.'u: ' , the elonii beateb of the world. | Why 1201 begin and Jine the Waikiki rcad w::. i tlip algeroba and semang? And \vhat avenue they would inake bj arid ' And then take up a fcvv aereīs and buy what y; ean of the plaiu, and \vith a littl£ nioney dciiv: .' from thē abo3ition of cprtain Binecures you m:g". | empioy a paik keeper, with tvro or three astl ; : j aiitB, to plant trees ancj flo\verß ; and so witL;. i great cost we might ou to the attaimncr.c .' | a J)tfblic park. j j |We may be ablc to show in isomc parU of j is|andß ? more ehuieh accommodation than dw;"- ! ing accommo(lation rpr the people, and it | grfrit proof of zcal for the higher interests / I humanity ; but we shall be well content to pr;-~' I our zeal in behalf of the lower interests of : i miinity. We are wiehiul to have salvation fji u'." j toibegin in this woi'kl, therefore we would spe; | miieh of our force 011 road« ? harbors, tl . j and clothing pf tlie poor, markett, uu. | as| fche crown and 9o\ver of all, a lovelj pu T >!. j Pe*rk of Honolulu. |