The herald., 1897-02-07
Herald, and was at once ushered into the

Herald, and was at once ushered into the
|sladys presence. One is rather surprised
/ at the first view of the ex-queen. News
paper caricatures give her the appear
ance of middle-aged negress, hopeless
ly given over to adipose tissue and the
flesh pots in general, and we have some
what imbibed the idea that she is iliit-
crate and vulgar. A dignifed and de-
cidedly handsome woman, looking a
good deal less than her So years and with
/ nothing of the African about her, greets
the visitor with outstretched hand and
converses brightly on current topics, in
excellent English. She Is not darker than
most ladies of the diplomatic corps, but
her complexion reminds one of Othellos
remark about "the shadowed livery of
the Furnished sun, to which 1 am a
neighbor and near bred" lips not pro-
truding, hair perfectly straight, the
heavy bang not even crimped; eyes
hazel rather than black, and dress much
palmer than that of her companion
a rich black satin with some Jet garni-
ture upon the ample breastworks. Mrs.
Dominis is we'll educated woman, a fine
musician and a lover of poetry; indeed,
report says that she has fiirted a good
deal with the muses. nine herself. 1t came
about in this way-the education, 1
mean: In the early days before Mrs.
Dominis attained any particular state,
except as the sister of King Kalakaua,
she was much in the family of Mr..
Charles R. Bishop, the vice president of
the Bank of California, who married a
Hawaiian woman of the royal blood and
became known as the George Peabody
of the islands. He founded schools and
charities galore, and education became
fashionable in Hawaii. Liliuokalani re-
garded Mrs. Bishop as her foster sister,
lived with her, read the same books, and
after she came into power was always
patroness of schools.
A QUEENLY ESTIMATE.
In conversation with the ex-queen,
your scribe carefully avoided any allu-
sion to the muddled affairs of the islands,
fearing. to embarrass the deposed lady,
but she herself volunteered some state
ments. Said she: Il would like to cor
rect the impression which seems to pre-
vail in the United States that the people
of Hawaii are a careless race, with lit
tie love of country and Indifferent as to
what form Of government may rule them
so long as they are comfortable.
That is absolutely false. The Dole
government would like to have the out
side world believe it, but there is no rub
bing out the truth. My people prefer
the institutions to which they and their
fathers were born, and they love and
reverence me today as much as ever"
Here Captain Palmer, the royal cham
berlain, so to speak, struck in: Yes"
Said he: Let me tell you an instance of
this. The royal Hawaiian band, like all
the rest of the natives, are devoted to
the queen. They carried their loyalty
so far as to refuse to play for the new
government. There was no other work
for them on the islands, and SO Mr.. Claus
Spreckels generously gave them trans
portation to San Francisco. When they
were leaving their native shores, and
their wives, mothers, sisters and sweet
hearts had assembled at the wharf to
bid them goodbye. and they were about
to play some farewell strains, an order
came from the Dole government that
they should not play note. or course
the people were highly incensed at this
act of petty tyranny, and 1t was only un-
til the musicians were on board the
American ship at a little distance from
shore that they ventured to play the
farewell music" Speaking about the
recent death Of Minister Willis, the ex-
queen expressed profound sorrow, and
referred gratefully to one of his official
acts in her favor. On January II, 1895.
it was proposed by the powers that now
be in Hawaii to celebrate the ami
versary of the dethronement. One of
the features was a grand reception, to
which Mr.. Willis of the United States
was of course invited, but he refused
to attend, and thereby raised the indig-
nation of the government leaders.
GROVER CORNERED.
Whether Mrs. Dominis will be enter
tained at the White House, and whether
Mrs. Cleveland will go to call upon her.
to be seen. On Sunday. about