The great central entrance is approached through a spacious loggia, paved in brilliant colors with Italian and Persian tiles. Tall, glazed doorways lead you into the lobby, treated in the ancient Polynesian manner, wtth walls painted to represent scenes from Hawaiian life. The lounge is 230 feet long and is luxuri- Afternoon tea on the lanai (veranda) which looks out on the coconut grove. The immediate surroundings of the hotel are of surpassing beauty. The tropical gardens are splendid with palm trees which long ago shaded the grounds reserved for royalty. They make a natural amphitheatre with distant mountain peaks, strung in a vast semicircle. Cooling breezes sweep down from rainbow valleys, tempering the warm sunshine. Overhead, clouds move in stately ously furnished with soft, deeply cushioned chairs—delightful resting places to recount with friends the experiences of the day. The dining-room is octagonal in shape, open on three sides, and looks directly on Waikiki Beach. Its walls are ornamented with tiles brought from Persia, Holland and Italy. Besides these rooms, there are a li- brary and smoking-room for men, a card and game room, and a beautifully proportioned gallery. But perhaps the most attractive room in the entire hotel is the ballroom. Of impos- procession across the deep blue of the sky. Against this vivid setting the sheer, coralpink facade of the hotel makes a picture of striking beauty. A majestic tower 150 feet high surmounts the main portion of the building. From it, one may look for miles over the surrounding countryside and the déep, blue Pacific. | View from the lanai dining-room. Waikiki Beach in the foreground and Diamond Head in the distance.