Hawai‘i, Asian Americans in

--about 200,000.But today, chiefly because of intermarriage,there are not more than 15,000 pure blooded Hawaiiansin existence.The hula of ancient Hawaii continuesto be the traditional dance of the people,and it will probably remain as such longafter the original Hawaiian race is completely

absorbed by other nationalities.There are over 900 species of strikingly beautiful floweringplants in this floral paradise, and it is only naturalthat flowers should play an important partin the lives of the native people.This probably accounts for the custom

of making floral wreaths, or leis,to place upon the shoulders of visitorsas a romantic token of welcome or farewell.