The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1885-05-18


which shall recompense every mite
which has been added to this
widows, as sacrifice of love TO a
holy cause.
First, VIC will try and account for
the seeming curious circumstance
that the native Queen of the Sand
wich Islands is so very English in
her appearance SO much so, that
people have been heard to express
great establishment that she is not a
black lady, or, at any rate, of that
dark, swarthy coloring so widely
diffused among some of the races of
the earth. "Who is this new
Queen? I've heard say she is q
black woman come from the ,Sdcoge
Islands," the writer of this heard
asked few days ago in northern
town to which Queen Emma had
just paid visit, and desire to
make known who and what she is,
arose instantly in her mind, and
sent her home to collect all the in
formation likely to be of interest to
many besides these ignorant qucr-
lists.
There is an English gentleman in
high office in the Hawaiian Court,
who has written book descriptive
of these islands-of their chiefs and
sovereigns, and of their wonderful
desire to effect their own conversion
of what has been done to aid in car
rying out this desire, and of the zeal
and devotion of the late King Ka-
mehameha, to promote every effort
to civilize and Christianize his coun-
trymen-and from that book l re-
member seeing extracts relating to
the domestic Affections of Queen
Emma, together with many interest
ing particulars relating to her de-
scent; but this book was written and
published before she came to Eng
land, and what seems more wanted
now is more purely personal ac
count, and q simple narrative of her
mission, in such brief form that she
who runs may read" and that we
may have the latest account of our
honored visitor.
The writer of the pamphlet
here goes on to quote from journals
and correspondence of Miss Berry,
1888 to 1852, an account of q
reception by Mr.. Canning, Secre-
tary of State, of the King and Queen
of these islands, in 1924, and COM
pares the personal appearance of
the royal visitors of pa and &c.
Queen Emma is neither short nor
tall, though the newspapers des-
cribe her as both! according to
fancy. She appears to be about 5
feet a or 5 feet 5, as near as can
be judged, but possibly her mourn
ing attire rather takes from her
height, and if the first of the two
hazarded without accurate measure
ment, she is just the stature thought
| perfect for woman. She is slight
in figure, and of easy, graceful car
riage, and has peculiarly gentle,
winning grace of manner which is
irresistibly attractive; her hair is
dark, almost black, but looks bright
and glossy her complexion is of a
rich brunette tint, and darker than
often met with in English women,
but not in any way approaching the
Indian type; her features are regu-
lar and of most pleasing contour !;
her eyes, very large, dark, and very
earnest in their gaze; and her whole
expression, though sweet, amiable,
and highly intelligent, is that of
seriousness. To this we must add
an apparent quick sensibility to
emotion, where the mournful incl
dents of her life are the theme of
discourse in her presence, and an
instant sympathetic look when a
child approaches her; and there is
little more to describe in this royal
lady, who seems to possess q very
considerable amount of attractions,
even for the critical English taste,
and to win hearts and sympathies
very readily in her own person.
Our royal visitor speaks English
gracefully and well, as all testify
who have seen and heard her, and,
of course, her acquaintance with it
as written language is as perfect
at any rate as that of the Princess
of Wales for instance, who was said
to be able to read and write it per,
fectly when she came to England,
but not to speak it easily at all, SC
in this respect Queen Emma has the
advantage.
Queen Emma is directly DIES.
cended from an Englishman who
was taken prisoner by the great
King Kamehameha L. on his landing
ON the island, and who was even,
tually naturalized and elevated to
great honors in the rule of the coun,
try by the King, in gratitude for his
wisdom and experience in the means
of Civilizations This man, John
I NJ H..