The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-01-29
Mrs. Jndd's Book.

We have perused with much interest
/" Sketches of Life, Social, Political and Religious
in the Hawaiian Islands. - by Laura Fish Judd.
Mrs. Judd was Il shrewd observer, and writes
in a clear style, with a certain pla Witness and
humor interspersed with serious and instructive
discussion. She speaks Of - honorable" mer-
chants, who sold to chiefs /" fifty dollar mirrors
for one thousand dollars " Of the coat made bv
IA missionary lady Tor Il King, who was "a not yet
II connoisscur in the fit Of a coat " of sad tales
Of InlanticIde Of foreign intervention Of Ka-
ahumanu d earnest and faithful character Of
the tabu Of tobacco the liberal minded lady
remarking, " il seems rather OVERRIDING the
matter to make the disuse Of n drug a test of
discipleship. | asked a native inquirer the
other day, which he thought the great
commandment. lie replied Mai puhi paka lido
not smoke tObacco.) | asked him il he found it
in the Bible. lie supposed it was there, be said.
L told him that TO love God with all bis heart
and mind aud soul was the first, and great
commandment" And we note her mention OF
a Misunderstanding between her husband, and a
certain irate foreign Official who = : sent a fine band
Of music from a ship of war to screnade all the
ladies', with special orders to pass us by. But as
he did not put cotton in our ears, we enioyed
every note Of it notwithstanding the interdict."
And this remark attracts our attention ''The
principal disputes and difficulties in which the
nation had been involved for years, have arisen
from the complaints OF foreigners holding lands
and real estate in the islands, and claiming the
protection and interference of their home Govern
ment, exercised here through it's representative -
And on the subject of allegiance the lady Justly
and wisely remarks " Americans ought TO glory
in transplanting and engrafting the liberal policy
of their own fine institutions, upon old heather
despotisms. Ii this noble work can be sooner
achieved by owning allegiance to Kamehameha
Ill. why should it be Withheld 2" Referring to
the public discourses Of Kamehameha Ill. she
remarks - our King own speeches are a thous-
and times better than those prepared for him,
because he does not blunder in reading them.
and they are more natural and sincere In her
day certain parties +. : cliqued together to sustain
a newspaper, which misconstrued every public
measure, and heaped abuse upon the Government,
not sparing His Majesty himself" And she
feelingly aIludes to the sad smallpox period
which led to the organization of a committee OF
thirteen to revolutioniZe the Government, and
reconstruct it to suit themselves. The first act
was to Tx upon a victim on whom to charge the
calamity. The lot fell upon Rev. II. Armstrong
and DIR. u. p. Judd. The leaders were men
of selfish ambition . . who hoped to fill their
pockets with spoils, and then annex the islands
to the United States . . This bold move
produced a panic at the palace. Field pieces
were hastily dragged In at night to protect the
person of the King, whose life was supposed to
be in danger" Thus history repeats itself on
our narrow arena. The lady author concludes
saying: The great national want is not q
standing army . . bat n generation. of
uncontaminated Hawaiian mothers y UNI
ambitious for foreign accomplishments and
luxury, and willing TO perform with their own
hands, the humble but ~elevating duties OF the
household" ns4ti
We rise from the perusal of this book, Of
which we have not skipped a page, deeply inter-
ested and greatly instructed.