The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-07-24
NOW FOR KIMONOS AND POI.
HAWAIIAN DELIGHTS THAT WOMEN
LOOK TOWARD TO.

i bIl = nlbbOTy 10 EOluK On JUST NOW Lnot the mere
annexation of some islands in the Pacific causes
only O ripple OF satisfied comment in the excit-
ing present. yet there are people to DO dlscov-
cred In the act Of rejoicing over the annexation
OF the Hawaiians-people who have been there
and experienced the delights OF the country
for themselves. The woman who has been
there Is especially delighted. The reason
for this2 It is vanity and g~luttony.
Why, Just the other day a woman
who had visited Honolulu was beaming over
tho hope that Americans, too, might be able TO
eat poi every day-have II bottled up and sent
to them cheap-and that women could buy
beautiful kimonos at tho same low price that
purchases them upon our islands in the Pacific.
She was not at all a greedy looking woman.
and her loneliness would lead one to believe
that she had q soul far above poi. or beyond
famingo-scattered kimonos. for that matter.
Yet she looks pityingly upon you as she tells
you. when you demonstrate over her material
ism. that you don't know the kind OF poi or the
kind Of kimonos they have in Hawaii. She con-
vinces you about the klmonos. but you still re-
main in doubt about the poi.
1T Is delicious" she says Enthusiastically
And what is it made OFF" asks a listener.
o the roots Of n plant resembling the Gala
lily"
That doesn't sound nice" says the listener.
"Oh. but 1t is, though" continues the en-
thusiast.
"The natives make 1t: are the natives clenn7"
asks the listener. obviously.
"Oh. not at all. There are awful stories about
the way they rub out the roots with their heels.
OH don't be shocked, though. Nice people are
very particular about where they buy their pol.
It's like the Yankee pie: you must know the
lady as makes it,"
A ~iootless lady from a dime museum would
he safest {" suRQests the scoffer.
Yes with a look Of injured dignity. You
have to know that very clean. honest. self-Fe-
s~pecting Christian natives mako your poi In
order TO be sure It Is all right"
Certainly" says the scoffer in a tone too
serious TO be entirely sincere.
There is SO much that is picturesque about
It," goes on the enthusiast. THE natives beat
1t out on white stones by the waterside. and
then. when you drive through the town in the
afternoons. there are little white flags fiutter-
ing from the houses having freshly made pol
for sale. After 1t is beaten out IL is boiled. and
on the first day it looks like q very Eummy
white paste. 1t is dreadfully strinGy, and the
natives eat it the first day with their index An
gers. That day it is called one-1nger poi; the
next day two fingers have to be employed be-
cause the mixture is thinner. and then 1t Is
called two-fnger poi. and the third day three
finger poi. 1t is decidedly fermented after the
first day, you know"
And did you eat the horrid fermented
paste 2" asks the listener.
Yes. certainly 1 did. It was two-ingcr pod
the evening 1 ate it at the house Of some Eng
lish friends. 1t twas served with the roast neat.
The family had a ,oalabash-,that is, a big bowl
and they all stuck their forks In II in the most
friendly fashion. Just as the natives do who
happen to have forks. They gayo me q little
bowl, though. all to myself; and watched With
manage it. and then il | would like It after
performing the difficult feat of getting It up to
Just as II you were winding, a piece Of thread.
NJ n ssiiS . s ! ! @ II & T., IA hIS$| tssl . IS j! I
ted thS enthusiast; like that ali mixed VIII
dd%effiesaite, You know. that it goes down in a kind
Of piquant %punEept lonG-drawn sweetness"
"T Thf m 5i', sboa, t tnsG fim ssr n#p9 she ds@sh head.
p nSSs all t h. gH} men TesE5 them HnnS or SN ss1}s.
from Honolulu. you knov.",,,
And oil the men wish we'd left them there"
you have lived as long as I have you win have
their own families that they-Well. you know.
positively admire abroad" y,
In Honolulu, for instqncep '
Yes. in Honolulu. and Paris. and, OIL lots
Iish oGlfGTs Elm making raS 6Et f he rep eyes at girls In
We'll; perhaps the Mother Hubbards were
"Oh, no; the girls were. You see. corsets
and conventopalfty are. not appropriate In thai
Sli%st&si ot6 Childish aaTShs a9! y0meHdi I 3ISSp .6d a. m old:
Fet in them, They are made Of exquisite. 1ne.
aiTyd w :" t6dm' and and t kill tS cant f6 sSy ! got Cao F1 0nd
RFSTey ch Sqn fnsf lily hostess hos tSs herself her 1ifW WorS one seS Z
taSf f a an lns I{Ss dT' PPoftlo "a; viz SiFT Is :6 SE tas
U p!SgStad tG }Ts ,bi fhs R s66:d Snd II m tss k R1saP b i:sSit
Violet and gold. The ioveiiest Eimo5no. thoaugS..
was worn by a JaPsnese-G SeAl Jap
H FRaps SsiP'ins q E %sfs k {PH DeI ssG LRfca dc
ssHR!a"dfS; d lark her sStiny sfiP' he SslG FiF :
eRsrfy VIC 6io~s smHFo1 and such II eRm ibba dSf WA We
simply never get It upon Japanese tsbncs oyer
h heTSi T Tas % isssG WITH fRd ES1.s cpSSs. frat sDa 8 Of s thi
little inner kerehief Of r9se color was folded
sSHst x tas t iESaFK En ser q Ss sn so 7 T 6SS fbS sSsiSGl 3Tss
fTimQpo is a japanese and not an Hawaiian
How ~lovelyl' said the listener.
Yes; the Tormq noM VA Tps ,s exquisite; and It
Fingers covered with rings and her hair and
e! SieSmt Sls1 WltRE je Tlsh ' i Gonst m MsSn f ! ssy
THAT they were our kind Of jewels. great knob
by diamonds and things that seem leerinG their
cost at you. Her jewels we're dainty and subtle
as she was. clear and modest as her laughter"
You are growing poetic" SAID The listener.
a. "s6 bS p 9ns ne esJGulLdSn't RssIp nS ToIaE 9S Tild over Ner: the
Jewels N q gapaneso woman. the dear little
hlmy BUTTERFLIES gl9winE With uncut gems;
low gold, hne as silk threads; the twinklinR
hair ornaments. modestly suggesting their
sign-rsa jewels they were, not blazing, purse
proud absurdities like the diamond tiara I |
wore tho very night l met the Japanese lady.
l never folt hupible about my tiara before, but
when J. came home that evening ] took II OF
and looked at it critically and saw how b lie and
pretentious and meaningless il was"
4 you vent and EXCHANGED i next day
"Oh, no: but l didn't wear il any moro down
there. / saved it for heme admiration"
And now you really do want TO wear
kimonos and eat noi fOr the rest OF your mortal
days p asked the listener.
"'Yes,, indeed. do wbep We can buy canned