Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-11-11
HAWAIIAN WOMEN.
They Arc PrOuder Of Native Than
AnglO-SaxOn Blood.

AngiO-SaNOn
Miss Janet Jennings In the Chicago Tlmes-Herald.
Hawaiian women have a wonderful
charm of manner, and their smiling faces
Clark, lustrous eyes and soft voices have a
fascination not easily defined. They carry
themselves with grace and dignity pecu-
liarly their own-even the flower women,
with their pretty lei customs-though their
feet may be bare, have a certain pride and
dignity of bearing never seen in the Anglo
Saxon of the same class.
Hawaiian women are proud of their
blood. those of mixed blood prouder of the
dark strain, which often comes by ances-
try of chiefs. 1t is one of the strong char
acteristics of both men and women
stronger in the women, who are of more
pensive and intense natures-that where
white blood predomnates their first loyalty
and pride is in the Hawaiian blood
Among the notable Hawaiian women at
the ball were Mrs. Iaukea, wife of Major
Iaukea; Mrs. Irene Brown, daughter of a
chief, John lui. whose lands once included
al of Pearl harbor; Mrs. George Beckley.
wife of a prominent Hawaiian formerly a
member of the council of state: Mrs. EN-
ma Nakuma, a clever and accomplished
woman. whose scholarly attachments
make her unique figure in political and
social circles of Honolulu: Mrs. Renges,
wife of the Swedish consul: Miss Ernestine
Rose, the Misses Parker, Misses All Fong
and many others whose beauty of face and
figure would win admiration anywhere.
Some are pure Hawaiian, some Hawaiian
and American blood. and the Misses All
Fong are daughters OF All Fong Choy, the
Chinese millionaire. and a Hawaiian mo-
Their. The Misses Parker daughters of
Samuel Parker. part Hawaiian. formerly a
member of Queen Liliuokalani's cabinet;
their mother, a pure Hawaiian, is a tall,
handsome woman of the stately type. with
white hair, the clearest brown skin and
large, dark eyes.
I hara nj Il lob
day in black satin holoku, falling in
graceful lines from the shoulders, a large
black hat with nodding feathers-all black
bringing out with striking effect her dark
eyes and white hair. AS she stood in the
doorway for a moment she was a picture
that would have delighted artist. Mrs.
George Beckley is one of the most graceful
young matrons in Honolulu. She accom-
panied the party of Queen kapiolani, wife
of kalakaua. and the then Princess Liliuo-.
kaiani, on their visit to the United States
and to England ten years ago to attend the
queens first jubilee. Mr.. Beckley like his
wife, is part Hawaiian. On his mothers
side he is a descendant of a high chief OF
Kamehameha blood. They have son who
is one of the promising young students at
the Stanford University. While there were
many Hawaiians at the ball, some of them
royalists, others of equal prominence stay
ed at home, not from any bitterness but
from the still lingering sentiment of loyalty
to the old order of things.
Party lines, which have never been very
-taut. are relaxing more and more, ana
the royalists who were at the ball regard
ed it as a purely social function and COM
plimentary to a distinguished guest. Presi-
dent and Mrs. Dole had asked a large num-
Der to assist in receiving, probably thirty
women, representative of the best society
of the islands, The women I have named,
and many Others, are more or less beauti-
full women. They have most attractive
homes. Education, culture and general
knowledge of the world by study and travel
make them the peers of the Anglo-Saxon.