The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-01-01

This incident is, in itself. of interest
enough to excuse brief divergence from
the lava flow for further explanation.
Ruth although very wealthy woman, had
scorned most of the innovations from the
effete civilizations of other courts, and
abided dressed, ate, and revelled In the
early pre-missionary manner Of her an
cestors.
She dwelt in q lanai, an open summer
house of bamboo poles and banana leaves );
ate poi and raw fish from her fingers;
dressed in o holoko, which resembles a
niRhtgown, and for her rsvels maintained
a buxom band of hulu-hulu dancers.
But Queen Emma had gone to England
with her husband, whose visit to the court
of St. James was most conspicuously and
lastingly recorded In that. song whose
chorus concludes:
Hoky, poky, Winky wurn.
King OF the Cannibal Islands.
Emma, upon her return, was vastly tnor-
titled 70 find her distinguished and noble
cousin-in-law, Ruth, still defying civilized
notions by sleeping on mat in her lanai,
and induced her to buy house.
Ruth. always of an impulstve nature,
when she was at last convinced, determined
to have the biggest house In the kingdom.
She sent an envoy to the states" as this
country is called on the islands, and the
envoy. o. Q6hC0Uuhub VA q AAASoAOhNtJt PAS-
oeed ed straightway to Boston, Ruths carte
blanche pinned TO her unlimited letters OF
credit. He ordered house and It's furnish
ings complete, and they were sent, reduced
to their component parts, In packes snip.
Carpenters and joiners and plumbers, 1T
tiers. furnishers, decorators and an architecs
were sent along, and when they had landed,
unloaded. and erected their cargo, Ruth
thought 1t was the most amazing thing on
Go Ef a
! bideous. 3-story, wooden, glaring affair, as
| suited for the climate as toothbrush FOR
whale It's satin furniture and velvet
carnets were OF loudest color and pattern.
Ant Ruth had a lively, If unframed eye,
for color and was tickled into succession
of explosive gutturals as she observed ano
| admired.
She continued, however, TO sleep on her
mat in the lanai until her Majesty, Sueen
Emma, implored her to give up ner siLnp ss
island ways and try one nights rest IN tne
Boston house. Ruth agreed. and one nighs,
after late and hearty supper, acoompa'
MED by troop of Der young women ~
tendants. proceeded 30 the state bedroom
she regarded the bed, piled high WITH
feathers and down suspiciously, but at las
stepped out OF her holoko and into the peg
Il has been noted that she weighed Sgt
! ronnds and that the bed was very soft
Push sank out of sight. With yell thai
oame from her Kamehameha blood snt
rolled from the bed 70 the door-ano tnere
slent She never tried the experiment
again and solemnly abjured her maidenl
not 10 tell the story to the queen. LneJ
nav not have done so, but one OF then
told Il 70 the present chronioler.
Well. it was while Ruth vas having ini
with her new house that che received sn'
frat message about the danger threatening
her subject city, Hilo. - DE-,
Then came the second message, and hus.
determined 10 90 10 Hawaii ana stop h,o ',in
h ta ~ musicians. q troop Of hulu-hulI
S;ris and Col. George Mocfarlane. chamber
ain of the then ruling monarch, bis melessl
the lste Kslakau. The distinguished psF'!