The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1894-03-21

meaning of the dance, and their move
uents become faster, freer wilder, I'M
il the dancer stops from exhaustion.
The dancers were on the lawn between .
the lanai and the beach; the spectators |
were backed up ON the lanai steps lean |
ing over the rail, scattered about in /
hammocks and easy chairs. A lady in
Honolulu, II European, took her niece,
half-white girl. on visit with her to
France one time. She told me that she
could never induce her niece to reenter
\ certain art gallery where, on her first
visit. the girl had seen Il number of
nude statues. That girl sat 10y my side
while we watched the hulahula that
night. ! wanted to run away. The girl
observed it all with perfect calmness,
ipplauding now and then, sometimes
humming the music of the dance. some
| times favoring me with the gossip co y
corning the rivalry bttween the girls
| Queen Emma's and LikeliSe's sets. At
she comprehended the suggesuveness of
! the dance she was a consumm lte act
ress. ] don't believe she was.
Nv host had whimsical deluston
that he was always rushed with bust.
ness. Possibly he was--for Honolulu.
| have known him, before he retired at
night. to call servant and give repeat
ed and imperative orders that break
fast was to be served at s o'clock, and
a horse was to be ready for him at o..
The next morning at 10 he would come
up from the bath houses in his pajamas,
and would say that il we would excuse
him he would breakfast just as he was.
At 70 he would be likely to suggest
that we pratIce surf board riding lit.
tie. After that exciting and tumultu-
Gus sport he would engage himself Sc
riously with telephone for period of
time.
1t is a significant fact that Honolulu
was the first community it the world t.
make practical use of the telephone
Modern science advances very slowl.
in Honolulu generally. but when tina
community heard of the telephone it a
: rose as one man and said Now, here
! is something worth talking about-ant
t through They still eat raw fish AM
use their fingers for that purpose. bu
they use more telephones in proportion
to population than New York does.
= After learning by telephone that n
ship had come in, and excusng him
self from his office on the ground tina
+, he had something every important t.
attend to at the beach, our host woult
{ then Join us in that occupation n"wher
else so artistic ally perfected toins
:, nothing. During the day some on
} would be likely to suggest billiards
> and some one else tenpins, or tennis, G
< target practice, or even that we &c
t dressed: but these seldom went furthe
u than lazy discussion; it was SO muc
r more seemly to lie still and smoke an
u drink shandygaifs, and watch the war;
rain storms gather and burst up in tn
tni ns in
s the dark, deep canons, or watch tn
u fleet of canoes sail by. their occupant
le perched on the outriggers, or watc
II well. watch anything rather than d
le anything.
N That is Waikiki All the life on tn
II islands is not like that. Over on tn
L big island, Hawaii, there is sport; har
Il riding and dangerous hunting of vii
y bulls. and the mad fun of boar hunting
II But that will make another story
t. EDWARD w. TOWNSEND.