Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-02-28
PRINCE DAVID AND HIS FIANCEE.
Do They Marry to Perpetunte Their
Dynasty:
From the Chicago rimes-Herald.

From the Chicago Timas-Herald.
Announcement of the betrothal of Prince
David kawanarakoa and Princess kaiuIani
Cleghorn of Hawaii is an indication in some
v ay that they have not given up hope of a
restoration of the Old idle conditions, when
only the lowest order had to work and life
vas d happy-go-lucky dream. rendered
sveeter by the murmur of tropic waves,
which beat increasingly on the coral beach
g. II is more. however. for the junction OF
two estates, formerly called crown lands
Princess kaiulaIi is the heiress of Liliuo-
kalani who is her aunt. and Prince David
is of the blood of the warrior king, Kane
Eameha i, though not a direct descendant
TINS union will unite the royal strains of
Hawaii 1t will be strictly marriage de
con. enance.
In Washington in the spring of 1893 il was
a matter of common notoriety that there
lso love lost between the youngsters
David was even then looking to a match.
but his intimates said that he was swayed
entirely by reasons of state. As for kaiu-
LAM. she liked him we'll enough and was
willing. with her sex's usual generosity. to
b. a sister 10 him. but she dad not care for
a closer tie. 1t was said at the time. as
such things are so often said in Washing
TON that she was attached to a young
American ensign who made one of the crew
az All old naval tub that used to roll and
stumble about the South Pacific and made
il'4AOAAit d. Often DIS lllt admiral NOull
permit IL l. is certain that the Irritation
between them was very desperate while il
lasted. and the youthful officer who was
the son OF strict folks in Massachusetts,
took wildly To rum when his people inter
veEed as promptly and effectively on their
behalf as did queen Lir on behalf of the
royal family About ibis royal family ia
tle old days many stories were current in
mess rooms OF ships and in smoking rooms
OF united service clubs. 1t was always Il
prodiSal. lazy, good-natured family. and
everybody brought into contact with It
liked IT,. From kamehameha, who loved
the hOola-hoola dance. down 10 kalakaua
who dotted on poker. il was very, very
sportiVe- People regret its passing Just as
many of us regret the passing of the stage
coach and tallow candles and knockers on
front doors and many other useless and ro-
mantle things.
In person Prince David is not a great
deal of a man Most of the Kanakas are
tall and We'll built. but he is slender and un-
uofsizeu- He IS not more than five feet
three In his boots, and is poor of flesh
His face * rather a handsome one with a
delicate feminine cast of feature He has
spectral black mustache. much like tn :
1hin horsehair-looking mustaches We see
sometimes ON the lips Of japanese. and his
complexion is the clear. nutty brown of his
race He does not strike one as possessing
more than ordinary force of character. He
Is quick and graceful in movement, and his
manners are equable and highly polished.
He has fow.soft and exquisitely melodious
voice. and speaks English correctly but not
with ftuency- He has been well educated
and dresses well.
Princess Kaiulani. in her twenty
second year. would be considered hand
sumo woman in any company. She is a
hait-caste- Underneath her dark skin Che
warm blood comes and goes in a rich dusky
tioe that Is never still Her eyes are long
dark and lustrous: her mouth, which is
We'll, II sensually. shaped, discloses two
rows OF perfect teeth: her nose is ''tip-tilted
hike the petal of a flower" and her figure
Ike that of all the females of her race is