The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-08-28

natives love, The Queen herself presided and
saton tho floor. and everybody tried very hnrd
THbrsSrrss S Tas YAH q hsoiiU5Ns swosanndd s about z the Tayety.
But tho fuss, and feashera Of the old Ioy9iIty
g not ~ only sGrt q F9ysi nos2gii1IiE S ais,
tho hookupu the writer had been q guest At one
Of Kaiuian,s famops Tuesdaya athor country
The exact Opposite Of those OF her aunt. The
Queen II devoted 70 tho natives. and katuinnl
eu Ss J she conSoTms 70 tSe itSes 81 her
people. When she receives With the Queen as
helress apparent OF oroyI Rrippc rexo q q lo y
& Sd hiSsed bSs , a. her sTcg TTsSsis gS n0 sSssS
woman Of wealth, and tho a~ttsTnQong. O.
their studied Formally are very EngIish. The
iIEeaSS raw iish and aiaects Ieis and helOsus. hsr
mannera are English and she thinks In English
WAYS; I Her ,beSS i + e b 10Th a. sSy and a nv y Ssd
from her English "educatIon. as they are Ger;
is regal under any circumstances; Kaiulani IL
as tImld IN action as she IL courageous in
sSssTh- vh aes f 'ons has o 70 Descend s4Sp sffG
ste; sSsP1S; uD + psFdh SII's. e h InTfsSIs a test tet by
tables and tiny cumbersome stools 10 fall over.
At one end the room Is liEhteped and length
and breadth are scattered palms and exquisite
island ferns and green things. which trail and
tropical forest on the windward side Of the
isles. A tearoon1,, whence r~etresnments are
served. is at one side: and the hnlI,sisters Of q, .hs
names and serve the English cups OF tea. with
cream and little cakes and spirois OF bread and
The great rooms walls are entirely covered
with family portraits. There are all the Ha-
done BY d painter who probably never saw him.
and certainly never saw him witha white pom;
padour. q red, sleeveless hreman's coat and
hiahnn'a alaavao Of whftR lawn tn the RuDorn-
must have been vain, iudgins, by her great
ssious Of p his Sne eiotdRss. MSo aHt Of the portraits
have the Polynesian tendency to over
fSlnsSs enyin nsoq Cha. the many Ups 81. G sRs f Hawaiian Is
monarchs are handsome, and their faces give
sgP sPsIlo e a 5hs Ifssn a te eSst n IEs Sss' Named asGPS SR In9o
descendants Che llFhteEskin and gTeaser stature
lhaeEi o 81 SRo@ Hn Sost Rrt Tiiiae L ami and an KSiu.
At her receptions the Princess 10 entirely
mGSSTp sa " 2 iae SSlf TF fSa I Tlth Of se Teiio Snd iea pSbs 81
that fall to her waist proclaim her TO be my
Every one comes down the stairs with rs much
grace as he or she can muster. takes the limp.
shake. holds her attention for a moment until
the next guest appears: and then conVeTees
few moments the ten and coffee are passed. and
1t Is time to soy the adieus. Upon leaving
every one is requested to. write his
pose. In which the names Of ali the famous
people who have visited Hawaii. and many not
rom this registry It occurred to them, with a
1uttertng of the heart, that perhaps IL Is not
HI Hawaiian TGIdHfr eti e Sn5IS e h turn dsi an ATge issT tb back
to make a graceful exit, bowling to the Princess
Al the wa; but how about the effect on the
steps and upsetting no one knows how much
cut glass on the way7. I had q most interesting
thought struck them. They looked at the stairs,
then they looked at the Princess. They turned
Tsd aa 1trs mot; then 1sSo f Sad n aHd cl mst 2 pri Msag
etiquette before leaving home. for Invitations
aithoSeh Il Is Expected that one should Be
properly introduced and accounted for. Some
Of exit. made 4 6re;aF for the stairs and Almost
scrambled out OF the drawing room. Others
tIhen slid out sideways One long. lean man in
each step. As he is English he was probably
manage. The natives back out from ~royalty's
or graceful mode OF locomotion. but It is safe.
Some old residents OF the islands walked up
sns s sSsa6' e Tasn q pSfq ! ffstl s1T 5o% o sS the the t t6P sfep
with their feet arranged In the third dancing
school position. That seemed q practical com
promise.
Not a person Of Hawaiian blood was present
at the Princess's reception, though it. was her
last for two months. while hundreds nocked 90
the Queens. They were mostly white royal
lists or strangers. though q few residents who
do not love royalty were there. Most Of the
guests were American. and Your Majesty"
and Princess" fallslstrangely and aYkwardly
from American lips; Nevertheless. they were
the ones who used it most. l have not heard
an American address Ralulani or speak OF her
as Miss Cleghorn" since I came to the islands.
There Is q certain fascination about even Poly
nesian royalty. and Americans feel It most Of
all. They do not / to have II TO live under.
but theylike to kowtpwto 1t socially. and when
it is embodied In so charming a form as kaiu-
lani's. 1t is easy to fall into the habit Of bending
the knee.
The Hawaiian monarchy was always toy
affair. but IL Is recorded that the wives of men
now high In the republic struggled for, prece-
dence under its Queen. Presidents and empe-
Tors delighted to do honor to its sovereigns.
The formso Of royalty have passed. but republic
canism Is still q transplanted shrub on the
islands.
As for the hookupus. they are numbered with
the things that were. They viii die out on the
islands with Liliuokalani. With Eaiulani mod
ernism comes In and another of the pleasant
things in the natural part Of the world will have