Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-09-03
HANDSOME WOMEN
OF
HAWAIIAN ISLES.

ana lives VI one or the towns, thcre are
troops Of servants TO wait uvon them.
ana n they live In primitive fashion In /
one Of the matched cottages OF the into.
rior the head VI the household does All |
tho work. which consists Of littlo more !
than going out and cutting few ha-
nanaa or yama or cuatafd pears. or dig |
sing up some tafo root 70 make the ma
tionnl dish. pol, or chasing n pig or wild
fowl through the forest on feast days,
or lying Tor hours beside some fern
shaded stream angling for fsh. Life Il
ldyiilc In those far Islands % the Pacific.
and had Tcnnyson known Hawaii he
probably would never have written
those world weary lines. Better atty
years OF Europe than n cycle OF Cath
ay"
Among the simpler classes In Hawaii
that Il. the country people OF the intc-
flor-thcre ~ no huaftache over lack
OF up 10 date millinery or frock-, for,
clappinE a palm or a banana leaf upon
her head and gracefully donnlng a short
Mother Hubbard or perchance n Tayly
woven mat. the Hawaiian lady IL quite
In the south sea mode.
There are very few ~ the natives OF
the Sandwich Islands who do not know
how 10 read and write and nH conao-
ducnce the women ~ a class are edit
Gated 90 n greater degree than In many
communities that have had the ndvan-
tnge of civilization for hundreds OF
years. Tho white women who have come
/ into Iinwaii-mothcfs. wives and sis
/ tors % the Americans or Engliahmcn.
whose capital n helping 20 develop the
country-hnvc set IN example 20 the
natives which they are not slow TO fol-
low. The children. too. In the kinder
rnrtena and the public schools are being
rapidly AnEiiclEed.
The half caste population, families IN
which the head Of the house n portu-
euoac. Chinese or japanese and the
wife native woman. receives greater
respect than II accorded the same class
anywhere else In the world.
There n tho family OF the Chinese
! Vanderbilt for Instance. that Of An
Fonr. whose ~ daughters are said 10 be
the bellies OF Honolulu and have Ions
been the toast OF naval officers whore
ships fingered IN Honolulu bay. THO
lovely slant eyed Misses All FOng are
said 10 be very well educated. clever
and OF excoilcn, taste. Those % the II
now married have bestowed their hands
and hearts and shares Of Al Fong'a
fortune unon apprcclativc cnucaslnna.
Many of tho native Hawaiian women
are quite wen endowed with land. and
this has of course won them fortune
hunters from other lands, who have
gone 90 Hawaii 20 take up rice or sugar
planting. Marrying n Hawaiian lady
IL OF course cheaper than buying n
plantation.
Possibly nothing will Elve better
idea % the character Of the Hawaiian
| -. . a. aNaNT
rcmiaavnge, Princess kRpiolani, who
visited this country IN 1881. Like NIL
Iawalians. she believed that the crater
OF Mount Rilauca was inhabited blythe
terrible roddeHs Pele who, whenever
she was angry or offended. poured forth
storm ~ IRE and lava upon the land.
being convinced that Pole was hum.
bug and In order 10 prove II 10 her peo'
Pie and perhaps chase away any ilngcr'
ing doubts 81 her own. she announced
that on n certain day she would ascend
the mountain with her attendants and
challenge me goddess In the name o
Jehovah. the chrlatlan'a God, to do hei
worst.
AZ they climbed the mountain side
one Of tho priestcsaea Of Pcle, who iiyes
on tho mountain. came out 20 urge hei
10 give up her project. Princess Knpi
oinni merely laughed NJ the old woman
and went on. When they reached tn
brink OF the crater looking down Int
the horrible pit with Us aoething Law
and flames. she aolemnly Invoked tn
goddesai
These fires were klndiod by Jeho
YAH" said she, "IIe alone ~ God. ans
pelc II nnurht. trust IN Jehovah. an'
he VIII preserve me. I.et pcie pour fortl
IRE and stone and lava as her answer"
Kapiolanl east stones and other rub
bish into the sacred crater. and. break
Ing on a cluster OF the mountain berrie
sacred 10 the goddess. she deliberately
ate them IN tho presence OF the priest
eases OF Peie and her suit. Che ais
broke on the long. fine threads OF Law
that hung over the rocks upon tn
mountain side and which were knC"'
as Polc'a hair.
There was no Dissertation which m
could think Of which she did not offe
the nnolent goddess OF the mountain
but the voice Of tho volcano was still
For days after tho faithful waited. ex
!, pectlng Peie 10 make reply. but 'sh
. never resented the affront and with on
b accord the iIawallans dlaowned hcI
= Since then Christianity has lourlahe'
o In the island.
4 In their homes the Hawaiian peopl
j. are simple ana hoapitable. The bette
II classes have an ideal life, being deepl
devoted 20 one another, Picturesque an
q perhaps a ,rlne emotional. they add I
a the rather deliberate practical oharac
IL terlatics Of the Americans dualltle
j. which may round out and soften som
n OF the more rigid national traits.
n IL mey not be generally known, hut !
" Hawaii men greatly exceed wome
N In number, 10 that npinsterH have n do
lightful range OF choice even thoug
n they remain single until well on towar
IA the "fair. Tat and forty" stage.
y ETHEL KNOX.
!. creek ,ohoo,. whenever tho nation,