The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1898-11-04

! can see TO reason why they should
DE Jess proud Of their brown blood than
% the white. Many OF the mothers OF
the present generation were d1uEhf-
crs ot chiefs. noblemcn. and even. ia
some cases. ug royalty. Their white
blood started with the unknown sail
or who. firing 90 the duh life OF he
whale-ship. enchanted by his surround
inss in Hawaii. and by the charms %
the Nanaka girls. married one OF them.
ana sought a life 81 cas-. and pleasure
among them; hsgot children. and anus
started a new race. the daughters 81
which. more comely than their pure
native relations. have been sought As
wives by other white men arriving
later as teachers. or on business or in
search OF health.
The children OF these couples have.
IN all cases. received the education
furnished by the schools and colleges
OF the island. and they are coed ones:
while. in some cases. they have been
sent 10 the United States or Europe.
from which they have returned eduCat-
rd and cultured. Some OF the fathers
have grown into power. They have
been sought Is advisers by the native
monaTchs. and since a constitution and
legislature came into being they have
taken their part in the Government.
Not infreQuCntly. the wives brought
with them fortunes In the shape OF
many acres OF land. the value OF which.
though trifiinE ut first. increased an
hundredfold after the discovery that
the soil was well adapted for the Cu'-
tivation OF sugar cane. and artesiln
wells had disclosed the fact that. but
a few hundred feet below the surface
an abundant and apparently mex
/ hauStible supply % fresh water suit
I able for irrigation could he had.
To these men the preservation OF the
I monarchy insured success. its deSt true
\ ton involved risk 81 loss. They We're
not numerically strong. but. through
I marriage To native or half-whits. they
/ had acquired great influence. and they
I more or less openly declared them
/ selves Royalists.
/ on the other hand. there was an al
most equally small, but a much more
powerful. body OF men-the Americans
! who. although in comparatively few
/ cases natives OF the United States. were
very loyal To the country and flag Of
their fathers. They were the sons and
daughters of the American men and
! women who came TO the Islands in the
| early days, not sixty years ago. As
missionaries to teach and Christianize
the natives. and guide and help them
in emerging from barbaTism- Thss,
| descendants have remained in the
Islands, and, while loyal to- their fath-
/ ers' flag. as attested by a nOurishinE
branch OF the Society OF Sons OF the
American Revolution existing At the
| Islands. were equally loyal TO the work
of civiliZing which their fathers had
started. They built schools and
churches. and as a result the Hawaiian
people are a civilized race and largely
| Christians. They have won the love
OF the natives by their good Offices
their respect and confidence by the
! honesty and cleanness OF their lives.
To them. also, fell the duties OF advis-
ers TO the monarchs. They held I'M
bounded influence over the natives un-
! til, a few years ago, for reasons which
few of the natives can or will compre-
bend. they became identified with those
who dethroned the queen. and out Of
their number the Provisional Govern
meut was constructed.
Said Liliuokalani last winter IN
Washington to a friend OF mine: ii
cannot understand why those mission
airy boys. Sanford Dole. Albert Judd
and Sam Damon, who were my play
mates and grew up with ne, should
have taken my country frCm me-"
i However much the act complained
VI WIS ltCtSSstiN anu IL - LIN
uokalani who has the ear and love OF
her countrymen. the sympathy and
confidence OF 10000 natives OF Hawaii
and il is to her voice alone they will
listen. They do not understand whai
has taken place. and they will neveg
understand il without her aid. Could
she but he brought to- accept the s.tua-
ton, could she but learn that her per
sonal loss is her country's gain; could
she be persuaded that in taking Ha-
wall the United States has conferred
great honor and benefit upon her peo-
pie, she, with letter ITO my People,
could solves the problem. Every Ha'
waiian would think IL a letter To him
self personally. and in loyalty he would
obey. Then that pilikia would lie pat
, (finished).
One OF the sources OF apprehension
OF the half-whites. Is a fear that Ger
tain OF their customs would not be ap
. proved OF by ladies from another coun
, try. Undoubtedly they have customs
natural to them. to which they h Va
, been welded from childhood. ant
which are different from those of peO
pie who have spent their lives in nor.
, inclement climes. But in these Gus
toms, peculiar 10 themselves. there il
> no wrong only a difference due TO thei
5 early training.
They do wear in public the holoku
a garment not differing greatly from
: Mother Hubbard, the most cOmfCrtabl
> and best adapted TO the climate. The!
do adorn themselves with leis OF flow
: ers. they gallop astr!de their steed
= over the mountains, they enjoy sur
canoeing and sea swimming. They d
/ love to relax from their formal societ!
= life and full dress dinner parties, and
visiting the homes OF some OF thei
: Hawaiian relatives. they indulge n tn
= delights OF a luau, where they can
] arrayed in holOkus and flowers, hal
= unbound. feet bare or slippered-Te
2 cline on the mat-protecte1 ground. ca
T poi. seaweed and fish. and other in
- tescribable Hawaiian dishes, with tn
{ aid OF their fingers alone. listen TO tn