The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-07-04

BRIDES WORTH A MILLION.
Pretty Girls Waiting in Hawaii For
American Husbands.
From the Chicago Chronicle.

From the Chicago Chronicle.
Any eligible young bachelor who wants
a wife with 100000, and does not object
to one with a mixture of Hawaiian. Chi
nese and Portuguese blood In her veins
would best emigrate at once to Honolulu.
There he can have his choice of eleven Of
the Drettiest maidens of the Hawaiian
metropolis, all sisters, all heiresses, and
all willing to marry nice young Americans,
if precedent may be believed. They are the
daughters of All Fong, a Chinese mer-
Chant, who has grown immensely rich in
Honolulu, and two of his thirteen prizes
have already been picked off. The first to
marry, Miss Eta All Foug, became the
bride of Commander Whiting of the Uni
ted States navy four years ago, and
now another is about to wed. She has
been won by william A, Henshell, a
young lawyer of San Francisco. At this
rate the prospective bridegrooms would
best hurry before the best of the remain
ing eleven maidens are gone. These thir-
teen daughters of the shrewd old Chinese
merchant are rich. 1t is said he can give
each one of his daughters $lU000O0 and
still have large fortune left TO bequeath
to them after he Is through with 1t. He
came to Honolulu very many years ago,
and made money very rapidly from the
start. He had sugar plantations and
great warehouses filed with all kinds OF
merchandise. Maybe there was a little
opium slowed away among them, for there
was no better judge of the opium market
in or outside of China than All Fong
But this is a detail. The essential is that
All Fong got rich, got immensely rich, and
was known as the merchant prince OF
Hawaii long before he married a rich wife
This wife was the mother OF these thir-
teen little maids, who seem destined tc
become thirteen little American wives
She was Of mixed race, Mrs All Fong
Her mother was a native Sandwich Island
er, and her father was a Portuguese mer-
chant who got together a handsome for
tune, which Mrs All Fong inherited. 81
the All Fong girls. Commander Writings
wife, young Mr.. Henshelfs bride that IL
to be and eleven still unclaimed Misses
All Fong are one-quarter kanaka In blood
One-quarter Portuguese and one-half chi
nese. And as to the result Of this curious
combination, there Is but one verdict. Al
the All Fong girls are unanimously de-
clared 20 be beauties, of such a peculiarly
gentle faced, dainty type, that they are
quite unlike any other pretty women any
where in the world.
Commander Whiting was 80 years old
and in command Of the Alliance when nc
handsome, jovial naval officer. moreover,
and very popular. not only in the navy,
but in the many great ports visited during
his many years of sea life. But, although
many beautiful women had smiled on him
and found him very near their ideal OF
what marrlageable naval officer should
be, the wary commander had always trip
ped his anchor and made a good ohinR
whenever he heard the soft murmur OF
waves about the matrimonial shoals.
lie had not counted on such marvellous
beings as the little All Fongs, however,
and when he was invited to the old Chi
nese merchants splendid mansion In Hon
olulu he went, so 10 speak, head on, with
all sail set, straight into the breakers.
The story is that he struck his flag on
sight and he a noted fighter at that. But
at all events he got married. and when a
few weeks later he and his wife went 60
New York all the town was talking about
them and eXtoling the charming ways
and pretty, Yivacious face Of the new Mrs.
Whiting. II had been one OF the most
brilliant weddings ever known to Homo
lulu. old An Fong and his son, Mrs.
Writings brother, ransacked China ana
all the rich orient for rare and costly gifts
for the newly welded ones.
When the wedding az last took place all
the Honolulu 400 were there. Rev. ~. G..
Beckwith, Episcopalian, performed the
ceremony. The church was decorated
with all the floral wealth which a trop-
cal land can produce. with American
flags draped here and there, and twined
with wrcaths Of roses and smilax. But
the most dazzling or all was the dispa y
Of fun dress naval uniforms. All the OFF,
GERS OF the Philadelphia, Adams and
Champion, together with representatives,
from all the foreign warships In port.
were there.
Miss Helen An Fong. who r. now 10 be
married herself together with her sisters
Carrie, Bessie and Marie, were the brides
maids. Capt. Baker OF the Philadelphia
was best man. When the wedding was
over there was a great reception az the
All Fong mansion, which, with all the
spacious grounds about Il, was marvel
ously gay with decorations and music and
merriment IL was a great day for Homo
lulu society.
And now Il Is 20 be done all over again.
with everything 10 make The scene brill
liant that marked the first wedding, save.
Of course, the naval uniforms.