HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY
Ma’ema’e: Cleanliness, to clean
HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY
“When one does not clean the side of the poi bowl properly, he is unlikely to wipe his behind clean after defecation.”

September 20, 1927: Rolls of toilet paper sell on Maui 3 for 25 cents, not a small amount of money in those days. (25 cents then would pay for enough meat for a meal for a family of four.) Toilet paper holds a special place in the domestic history of Maui, and Hawaii. Residents love their toilet paper. During the oil embargo of 1970’s, supplies to the state became scarce, and among the first to disappear off store shelves was, yes toilet paper.

 Today, whenever there is a hint of a dock strike, or shipping problem, you can see residents line up at Costco, megapacks of toilet paper hogging most of the room in their carts. The cost? About $14 for 36 rolls, or 39 cents per roll. But don’t let the price deceive you. The price per roll hasn’t gone up, it’s gone down. In today’s currency, a single roll of toilet paper in 1927 would cost a Mauian $1.08.

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