The San Francisco call., 1897-10-31
NIRtAN MtCHELSON

aren't the people hospita Bile and kindly
the Hawaiians2 Didn't you find them
soP'
In answer told the Princess about a
iuau, native feast to which had been
invited at Hilo. She smiled at my en-.
tnusiam over the flowers and the winning
so1tness OF the Hawaiian women.
hey nave the sweetest VOICES of any
women I've ever met" / concluded.
NY aunt, the Queen, has very sweet
voice. MAS 1t warm, tell me, when you
-"ele 'nereF Ii there is one topic upon
when L can grow eloquent it is she warm,
wet heat of Honolulu.
~, L dread the heat. little - aha saio
1T willis me. But shall swim-I love TO
swim, ana FL live in tue water. You
SNOW, We have pretty place down
! WAIKIKI way-did you see itr No? Well.
II Is very pretty-just in The gap. you
know. where the winds can sneep down
from the mountains back and near the
ocean. And then, you know, with u.s.
she said ''us" very pretty and naturallv-
July. August and Septem m her are the hot
months. 1: will be cooler now"
we can't talk politics, YOU know, Prin-
cess. Tell me something about yourself,
| your life.''
Well. 1t mas been strange life. really.
anu very romsntic one. You would
hardly believe how romantic. Still have
oeeh happy. L have seen great deal and
every oody has been most kind to me-"
Ihst isn't surprising" remarked, in
all sincerity.
she smiled back at this, showing her
even, pretty teeth between curling red
lps' Oh, shes very charming, this heir
ess-apparent to throne that is not. Her
dark hair curls softly bout her forehead,
ner eyebrows are so delicateIy traced, her
Drown eyes behind the eyeglasses are
large and so expressive. Fer moss Is
straight and her skin is as white as Maxine
Eliiotfs, but more warmly tinted.
VINO wouldn't be Jacobin in such
causer His Suavity, Papa Cleghorn. Is
systematically sincere, doubtless. in say.
ing that the visit of him self and MS Gaugh-
ter to the island. has no political siynifi.
canoe. But the Princess youth. her
beauty, her grace and her charming savoir
faire are weapons that no Royalist could
resist using. II bonnie Prince Charlie
were half so gracious and lovaDle. the old
time enthusiasm for the King over the
water is quite compre hensible.
I
"Do you know whom I met on the
( steamer crossing the Atlantic? Anthony
Hope. He sat beside me and we talked
l was surprI sed and deiighte to find him
so Enspoiled. so modest, you know He
is a delightful tsIker. We talked OF book.
and author, and he hadu' word OF dis.
praise for anybody-Oh, yes, be did, too.
For just one"
And that on ?''I asked
Marie Corslh Why. he told me that
Miss Corelli insists that she's bnt Is
Extraordinary, isn't it?" Kauilani's
o's and her as are just bit broader than
an Americans. But | don't know that
that's more English ii her than Hawaiian.
Imagine a girl of Is with experience
enough % write such books as CoreIli's.
Mr.. Hope admires the French writer's.
90 do l. | think the French write better
than anybody el e. But you know 1 was
brought up by an o.d English woman, and
she wouldn't have me read any French
book but books of travels and histories.
| prefer the German to the French. Ye.
the language-and the people too. 1t was
so easy for me to learn German. OF
course don't sneak it perfectly bv any
means. But if l have a talent it 10 for
earning languages. French was easy.