Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-08-10

fortunes seem III nOWlsc 70 nave s1u-
dened her. She spoke freely Of the
brightness Of life to any one disposed to
meet all obligations, and at my sugges-
ton that we found in life chiefly what
we look for, and if we look for flowers
we find flowers, and ii we look for
thorns we find thorns, she remarked:
81 have found in the path Of life chiefly
flowers. do not see how any one sur
rounded by as many blessings as many
Of Us possess could be so ungrateful as
to complain" She said it was some
thing to be remembered thankfully that
for so years there was no revolution in
the islands She has full faith that the
provisional government is only tenn
porary affair, and that she will again
occupy the throne.
She asked her servant to show me, as
something l had not seen before, a royal
adornment made up from the small bird
with a large name-the Melithreptes pa
cihce. This bird, I had read, had under
its wing a single feather Of very exqul-
site color. The queen corrected my in
formation by saying that it was not a
single feather, but a tuft Of feathers
from under the wing Of the bird from
which the adornment was fashioned in
to a chain Of beauty for the neck. She
spoke Of her visit to New York, but said
that prolonged illness hindered her from
seeing much Of the city. She talked
freely and intelligently on many sub
jects pertaining to the present and the
future.
Twas delighted with her appearance
and manner and do not believe one word
Of the wretched stuff that has been writ
ten concerning her immoralities. Def
amation is so easy, and there IS so
much cynicism abroad, which would
rather believe evil than good, that it is
not to be thought strange that this
queen, like all the other rulers Of the
earth. has been beaten with storms Of
obloquy and misrepresentation. George
Washington was called by Tom Paine a
living impostor. Thomas Jefferson was
STYLED an infdel and since those times
we are said to have had in the United
States presidency a bloodthirsty man,
a drunkard and at least two libertines,
and if anybody in prominent place and
effective work has escaped "let him
speak, for him have 1 offended. " After
an exchange of autographs on that day
in Honolulu we parted.
President Dole Greets His Guest.
At 1 o'clock Chief Justice Judd came
10 the hotel with his carriage to take us
70 the mansion Of President Dole 1t
was only minute after our entrance
when the president and his accomplish
ed and brilliant lady appeared, with a
cordiality Of welcome that made us feel
much at home. The president is a pro-
nounced Christian man, deeply interest
ed in all religious affairs as well as secu-
lar, his private life beyond criticism,
honored by both political parties, tai
ented. urbane, attractive strong and fit
for any position where conscientiousness
and culture and downright earnestness
are requisites.
It was to me matter Of surprise that
at time when politics are redhot IN
the Hawaiian Islands, and President
Dole is very positive in his opinions on
all subjects, l heard not one word OF
bitterness spoken against him. Hawai-
ians and foreigners are alike his eulo-
Qists. When 1 referred to the tremen-
dous ouestions he and his associates
had on hand, he said it was remarkable
how many Of the busy men Of these Is
lands were willing to give so much OF
their time, free Of all charge, to the
business Of the new government and
from what he believed to be patriotic
and Christian motives. The president
is a graduate of Williams college Mas.
sachusetts, and when l asked him If
his opinion Of President Hopkins OF
that college was as elevated as that OF
President Garfield he replied: Yes.
think, as Garfield did, that to sit on one
end of log, with President Hopkins
ON the other, and talk with him on liter
arv matters would be something like
liberal education.
The presidents wife is a charm OF
loyeliness and is an artist withal Her
walls are partly decorated with her pen
eli. And. though under her protest, as
though the room was unworthy OF
visit, Chief Justice Judd took me to her
studio, where she passes much OF her
fine In sketching and painting The
ride I took afterward with the presi-
dent and Chief Justice Judd allowed
me still other opportunity OF forming
an elevated opinion Of the present head
Of the Hawaiian government. The cor
diality with which we had been receiv-
ed by the present ruler and the former
queen interested us more and more IN
the present condition and the future
happiness Of the Sandwich Islands
Hearing Both Sides on Hawaiian Ahairs.
Aware Of the different ways OF look.
ing at things and Of putting thing, J