The herald., 1897-02-07

the country like any other lady of wealth
and stopping few days at the capital
in a quiet family hotel, she has taken
| unnecessary pains to inform the world
at large that her visit has no political
significance" Nobody supposes it has.
or suspects that her great and good
friend" of the dying administration will
assist her to concoct any scheme for the
restoration of the monarchy in Hawaii,
or that they could cary it out if they did
The lady who is of so much Importance
IN her own estimation is accompanied on
her travels by a royal suite. First is
! Miss Kia Nahaolena, who would be
looked upon as a lady-in- waiting were
1t not for the late unpleasantness, but
Is now merely paid companion. Scarce
ly less closely attached to the august
parsonage is Mr.. Henry S. Welcome of
London, sort of majordomo, who wears
blue uniform and much brief author
1ty. Next comes Mr.. julius A. Palmer of
Boston, whose present mission seems to
be the furnishing of items to the news
papers assuring people that his royal
patron is not only a perfectly harmless,
but much abused individual. He is
an old friend of Mrs. Dominis. having
been for long time engaged in business
IN Honolulu and during the revolution
Whlch upset her was special correspon-
cent FOR several New England journals.
And last, but by no means least in the
list of ATTACHES, is Mr.. Joseph Heleluke.
native Hawaiian, about 80 years of
age and an excellent type of his race.
This dapper and courtly little gentle
man, who parts his hair in the middle
and speaks English fairly well, has been
In Mrs. DominiS' service for several
years as secretary and general agent.
looking after the business affairs with
winch even queens and ex-Queens NAV
be troubled.
HER BUSINESS HABITS
And, by the way, his place is not
sinecure. Mrs. Dominjs is a thrifty
soul, and though now enjoying no reye-
nue. Whatever from the Hawaiian gov
ernment, she did not neglect some Judi
clous hay-making while the sun of pros
perlty shone and laid by tidy sum for
the rainy days which presently overlook
her. This, added to her ancestral landed
estates and the considerable property of
General Dominis, her late husband.
make her not so rich as Mr.. Rockefeller
or Ii Hung Chang, but, under Mr.. Hele-
luke's management, will probably sup
ply all the money that a woman now IS
years Old can spend in the rest of her
lire. Were the ex-queen the actual ruler
OF some vast domain, hedged about bv
court ceremonials and. like the czar of
all the Russias, in deadly peril every
y
minute from nihilistic bombs and poign-
ards and pistols, she could not be more
carefully guarded by her jealous at
taches. To gain an audience with her
high mightiness one has to run the gaunt-
let OF all of them-generally with ill-suc-
cess. NO matter with what friendly in
tent private individual calls his or her
card is returned with lofty message
10 the effect that "the queen is not re-
ceiving today" ct is noticeable that her
speak of her as ''the queen" "her mai
esty," gracious lady" etc.). But if the
caller has had the forethought to put
the name of a newspaper upon her or his
bit of pasteboard-presto the doors fly
open as by magic AS erybody knows.
Mrs. Dominis is fond of the press. al
though it has not at all times catered
to her taste for taffy.
A PEN PICTURE
Your correspondent visited her
today, armed with the open se-
same OF a representative Of The