The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-07-02
MdIDENs WORTH MILLIONS
A Rare Chance for Unmarried NE" :"
honolulu.

ANY eligible young bachelor who wants
a wife with Sl,OOOcVU, and does not opJeOS
TO one with mixture OF ha"ai'"i,
chinese and Portuguese blood in her VEINS
would best emigrate at once TO Honolulu
There he can have his choice Oh elcreH
of the prettiest maidens or the ha"a ann,
metropolis, ali sisters, all heiresSes' anu
all willing to marry nice youhs Ainsii
cans If precedent may be believed. lhey
are The daughters of All Fong, Chinese
merchant who has grown Immensely
rich i'm Honolulu, and two OF his thirteen
prizes have already been picked OIL Inc
first TO marry, Miss Eta An tong, pe-
CANA the bride OF Commander WhtlhB
of the United States navy -FOUR years
ago. and now another is about 10 Weu'
She has been won by William a. hen
shell. a young lawyer OF San FRANCISCO
Al this rate the prospective bridesgroomS
would best hurry before the best oI lhe
remaining eleven maidens are gone.
These thirteen daughters of the shrewd
old Chinese merchant are rich. III Is
said he can give each one OF his daush-
ters s. 900. 900 and still have large Tor
tune left to bequeath to them after ne
is through with it. He came TO Honolulu
very many years ago and made money
very rapidly from the start lie had
sugar plantations and great warehouses
filled with all kinds of merchandise. May
be there was a little opium slowed away
among them. for there was no better
Judge of tho opium market in or outside
OF China than All Fong. But that Is a
detail. The essential is that All tong got
rich got immensely rich, and was known
as the merchant prince OF HaWan lon5
before he married u rich wife.
This wife was the mother of these thir-
teen little maids. who seem destined to
become thirteen little American wives.
She was of mixed race, Mrs. All tong'
Her mother was native sandwich IS
lander. a Kanaka woman, and her father
was a Portuguese merchant who got to-
gether a handsome fortune which Mrs.
All Fong inherited. So the All Fong girls,
Commander Writings wife. young MT.
Henshells bride that is to be and eleven
still unclaimed Misses All Fong are one
quarter Kanaka in blood. one-quarter
Portuguese and one-half Chinese. And
as to the result of this curious combina-
ton, there is but one verdict All the An
Fong girls are unanimously declared to
be beauties, of such a peculiarly gentle
faced. dainty type, that they are quite
unlike any other pretty women anywhere
in the world.
Commander Whiting was 80 years old
and in command of the Alliance when he
fell a victim to Etta's charms lie Is a
handsome, jovial naval officer. moreover,
and very popular, not only in the navy,
but in the many great ports visited dur
ing his many years of sea life But al
though many beautiful women had smiled
on him and found him very near their
ideal of what marriageable naval officer
should be, the wary commander had al
ways tripped his anchor and made a good
offing whenever ne heard the soft murmur
Of waves about the matrimonial shoals.
He had not counted on such marvellous
beings as the little All Fongs, however.
and when he was invited TO the old
Chinese merchants splendid mansion in
Honolulu he went, so to speak. head on,
with all sails set, straight into the break
eTs.
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 years later he and his wife went
TO New York all the town was talking
about them and extolling the charming
ways and pretty vivacious face of the
new Mrs. Whiting. 1t had been one Of
the most brilliant weddings ever known
to Honolulu. Old All Fong and his son.
Mrs. Writings brother. ransacked China
and all the rich orient for rare and cost
ly gifts for the newly welded ones.
When the wedding at last took place
G.. Beckwith. Episcopalian, performed the
ceremony. The church was decorated
with all the floral wealth which a tropi-
cal land can produce. with American flags
draped here and there, and twined with
wreaths of roses and smilax. But the
most dazzling Of all was the display Of
full dress naval uniforms. All the Off
GERS of the Philadelphia. Adams and
Champion. together with representatives
from all the foreign warships in .,rt.
were there.
Miss Helen All Fong. who is now 10 be
married herself, together with her sisters
Carrie. Bessie and Marie, were tho brides
maids. Captain Baker Of the Philadel-
phia was best man. When the wedding
was over there was a great reception at
the All Fong mansion. which. with all the
spacious grounds about II. was marvel
lousy gay with decorations and music
and merriment. 1t was great day for
Honolulu society.
And now IL IL to be done all over again.
with everything to make the scene bril-
liant that marked the first wedding save.
of course, the naval uniforms.-Chicago
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