The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-19
HAWAII AND IT'S PEOPLE.
Lecture, by Mrs. Ruth Ward Kahn
9s- Before Jewish Women

DcAOfc Jewish w omen.
The paradise Of the Pacific and the
bride of the sum- was the description
given OF Hawaii, by Mrs. Ruth Ward
kahn last evening in a lecture on the
hawaiian islands, delivered under the
auspices of the local branch of the Ma
| tlonal Council Of Jewish Women, at
the mount. Zion congregation syna-
| gogue, corner of Tenth and Minnesota
I StfeetS.. "A small audience greeted the
speaker OF the occasion, but the lack
| OF numbers in no way detraete1 from
the enjoyment of the lecture which. was
| d literary treat of merit as we'll as
discourse Of instruction. Mrs Kahn is
| wen qualified to speak Of Hawaii and
| It's people, having Travelled extensively
| through the islands in 1890-91 for the
| purpose of pleasure and study. ~ During
her stay IN Hawaii she was the guest
OF the king Of the islands and in her as
| soclatlons with the royal family.
learned much of the Hawaiians as a
people and of the affairs of state
| Her knowledge of the overthrow of the
/ native government by. alien settlers
ana the deposing of Queen Lilioukalani,
| IN audltlon to realistic description or
the natural beauties. of the semi-tropi-
cal region and an unwilling of the ma
tfonal character, - composed the theme
or the lecture, Mrs. Kahn is interested
In the education of Jewish women, and
IL was In the interest of this cause that
| she appeared before a st. Paul audi
ence. Thoughsin its incipiency her eff
forts have been so successful that she
has already placed four young women
IN d1fferent1 prominent educational in
| stitutions
| In many respects, the speaker said in
the course of her discourse Hawaii was
remarkable country. It's people were
the only black race who had supported
a white population in their midst for SO
many years and still retained their owl,
government. They were intelligent.
truthful and honest, but the speaker
was forced to admit, exceptionally in
colent. This, however, could not be
urged as "a mark of inferiority but
must be regarded as a characteristic
incident of 5their environment Phys1c-
ally the Hawaiians, especially the
women, were of an almost perfect type.
Tall, well proportional, graceful and
1.-the OF movement, they were in many
instances beautiful despite their dark
skim The poorer class of the people.
Mrs. Kahn said, lived~in rude grass
huts, but in her observations she had
seen examples of domestic happiness
which excelled in simple beatitude
anything she had ever before witnessed
amidst wealth and luxury.
A description of the volcanoes of IIa-
vail visited by Mrs. Kahn, formed all
interesting part of the lecture, but per-
haps the most vivid picture was that
of the leper island situated some forty
miles from Honolulu. Half way to the
retreat was a suspect" station, where
those thought to- be infected with the
terrible disease were detained On the
island itself, when Mrs. Kahn made her
visit, there were 1900 lepers. When the
boat landed hundreds of the unfortu-
mates in all stages of the dread disease
fiocked to the dock. They did not cry
out "unclean, unclean," as in the time
of the Savior, but only approached to
within a certain distance Of the visl-
tors. 1t was a sight to melt, heart of
stone, Mrs. Kahn declared, but her des-
cription of a pleasure party of lepers
riding horse back on the island was
even more horrible in it's details. The
creatures on the horses had ceased to
resemble human beings and their en-
forced mirth was as the sound of a
death knell All of the unfortunates
confined on the island were a public
charge upon the Hawaiian government
and were accorded all possible COM
fort and care in their lingering death
The royal family of Hawaii had been
| unjustly criticised according to Mrs.
Kahn, -whofdefended the queen from a
personal knowledge of her character
and WORTH The deceased king of the
| islands, she said, had been a man of
ability, who had forced recognition
from the sovereigns of Europe and the
overthrow and Imprisonment of Queen
Liliougalani was an unjust act that a
! few aliens might control the govern
| ment. The speaker concluded with the
| statement that there was some posso-
| bility that the queen might again soon
! be restored to her throne and expressed
| the wish that that day might speedily
| arrive.