Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-03-26
ousTED QUEENS STORY.
Courted by Men Because of Her
Wealth, Snubbed by Women.

wealth, snubbed by Women.
While Queen Liliuokalani, of Hawaii,
is coming in for great deal of notori-
ETY. very little is heard of the widow Of
King Kalakaua-eX-Queen kapiolani,
who was ousted from the throne by the
former and is now living in Italy with
her niece. The latter has recently re-
lated her life and her experience in
European society in very Interesting
book entitled: my Life in Exile"
the name of the author being given as
Kahl, princess of Kailua, her official
title. She is very keen observer ard
great admirer of natures beauties.
Speaking Of her new surroundings she
says:
From our rooms we look out upon
peaceful, magnificent landscape,
upon valley which has become the
land of our adoption, still my dreams
are carrying me far, far ays! over the
mountains. Then / think of my native
country which is now being ruled by
foreigners. l see the cozy country
house of Oahu, surrounded by porches;
the beautiful tropical gardens with
the bright yellow and the scarlet BIOS
SONS; the ever green trees, festooned
with gigantic creepers; the snow-cov-
cred peaks of the Maunakea and Mauno-
loa; the rushing torrents hurrying by
between groves of cocoa palms, and
all the loved ones we left upon the
beautiful isles of the South sea. Here
in Italy / am not made to feel that
am, as a matter of fact, a half-breed
When in England was received well
enough by the gentlemen and the men
of the world, particularly those with
great debts, who, knowing that l was
exceedingly rich, paid me marked at
tention; but the ladies and young girls
approached ME as If they had had moth
ing but ice cream for four weeks, so cold
and frosty was their reception, and that
only because my mother was not Of
their color. l well remember the first
and last ball attended in London. |
felt the glances of the young girls full
of curiosity resting on my dark shoul-
ders and neck, and for the first time in
my life l felt ashamed of wearing de.
colette dress.
"The maharajah of Bhownugger, a
scientist and philanthropist, who had
but short time before received the
distinction of being created an honor
ary doctor of the University of Oxford,
was present at the ball. He was very
nice man and was greatly fattered to
his face, but he had hardly turned his
back when / heard sarcastic remark
about, him and, referring to his name
he was called the Brown Niger
IF love Italy, the land of my adop-
ton, it is because my origin, my ma
tionality is never discussed. We are
dealt with according to our own value
according to our heart. My dark-haired
mother Is not less beloved than my
white, blonde-haired, blue-eyed sister.
in-law, and my aunt, Queen Liliuokalani
who has also been living in this neigh.
borhood for some time, is very much
appreciated by the population here
about. Whenever she shows herself she
is greeted by all the little children with
cries Of: 'Evviva la Regina Nera!
Uong live the black queen) and hel
charitable acts have gained for her thu
love of everybody in the district. Wher
she recently left for America commit
tee waited on her and begged her to re
turn to the castle which she had bough
not far from here, and she was assured
that the people would greatly miss hel
in her absence. Philadelphia Record