‘There, at a pretentious hotel, live those fortunate mortals who need not concern themselves about rates when making reservations; and there, a block away from the big hotel in some cozy bungalow or small hotel, live those whose traveling funds have definite limits. [he one lives surrounded by luxury and service, the other simply and unpretentiously; but both may be entirely comfortable, ws and each has equal access to the beach, the sunshine, and that beauty which is so restful to the spirit as well as to the eye. ‘The Beach is like Hawaii's riches lightly save democratic and cosmopolitan, millionaires, who and recognize no that of mind and take their aristocracy spirit. As a beach, judged in terms of breadth and extent along the seashore, Waikiki is insignificant, Zz. © a) f = Moana Hotel in the Background. WAIKIKI BEACH, HONOLULU, with ZN > A fa f~ pe (2 © O © fa © a Qn eZ, < A = O 0 Z © ~ < oO — > < Z and it would be well for visitors to be prepared for what they will find there. Waikiki is famous not for its extent, but for its always-balmy water and its marvelous surf. ‘Take a dip at Waikiki on New Year’s day or on the Fourth of July and you will find the water the same, with a temperature somewhere above seventy. Go seeking surf, and you can get into breakers which will delight the strongest swimmer. Go seeking calm, safe, shallow water, with no undertow or sudden depths, and you have it close in, for the surf is strangely but most conveniently located a hundred yards or more out. So Waikiki is equally a paradise for children and adults who are unused to the water, and for the strongest and most venturesome swimmers. All of this, thanks to the reef formation which effectually keeps out any sharks which may be in those waters, and at the same time [5]