Democratic messenger., 1894-09-29
Ex-orEEN LILIrox xALANi.

Ex-QCEEN LiLiUoxALANi.
fortunes seem in nowise TO have sad.
dened her She spoke freely of the
brightness of life To any one disposed to
meet all obligations, and at my sugges-
tion that we found in life chiefly what
we look for, and if we look for flowers
we find flowers. and if we look for
thorns we find thorns, she remarked:
II have found in the path of life chiefly
flowers do not see how any one sur
rounded by as many blessings rs many
Of us possess could be so ungrateful rs
20 complain. She said il was somc-
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 a tenn
porary affair. and that she will again
occupy the throne.
She asked her servant TO show me, as
something had not seen before, a royal
adornment made up from the small bird
with large name-the Melithreptes pa.
cifica- This bird, had read, had under
its wing a single feather Of very exqui-
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
20 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.
was 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 q
lying impostor. Thomas jefferson was
styled an infidel, and since those times
we are said to have had in the United
States presidency a bloodthirsty man,
q drunkard and at least two libertines,
and if anybody in prominent place and
effective work has escaped ''let him
speak, for him have offended. After
an exchange Of autographs on that day
in Honolulu we parted.
President Dole Greets His Guest.
At O'Clock Chief Justice Judd came
TO the hotel with his carriage to take us
TO the mansion Of President Dole. Ii
wassonly 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 Mt home. The president is 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.
gistsL When i referred to the tremen-
dous questions he and his associates
had on hand. he said it was remarkable
how many of the busy men of these is
ads were willing TO give SO much Of
ir time, free Of all charge, TO the
mess Of the new government and
IN what he believed to be patriotic
J Id Christian motives. The president
"a graduate OF Williams college, Mas.
asachusetts, and when / asked him il
his opinion Of President Hopkins Of
that college was as elevated as that Of
President Garfield he replied: "Yes.
think. rs Garfield did, that to sit ON ono
end Of log, with President Hopkins
ON the other. and talk with him on liter
larry matters would be something like q
Liberal education.
The presidents wife is a charm Of
lloveliness and is an artist withal. Her
walls are partly decorated with her PEN
ell. And, though under her protest, as
Enough the room was unworthy of q
VISIT 1uitk duStiCe Juuu LUX ulo W UoE
studio. where she passes much Of her
limo In sketching and painting. Tho
tide / took afterward with the presi-
aent and Chief Justice Judd allowed
me still other opportunity Of forming
IN elevated opinion Of the present head
n the Hawaiian government. The cor
hiality with which we had been receiv-
a by the present ruler and the former
kueen interested US more and more in
he present condition and the future
happiness Of the Sandwich Islands.
Srfearing Both Sides ON Hawaiian Affairs.
Awars-of the different ways of look.
slg at things and Of putting things, l
esolved to get the story Of Hawaiian
Hairs from opposite sides. We have
lways taken it for granted that 2 and
make 4, and yet and 2 may be 30
iaced as to make a. The figure o is
bly, the figure 6 turned upside down.
ara not many things like the