The times., 1898-09-25
A Remarkable Family Living
in Honolulu.
HAS THIRTEEN
GIRLS
The Bellies of Hawaii Who Were
Brought Into Prominence Recent
Iy-A Queer Family HistOry-One
of the Prettiest of the Girps Mar
ries an American Naval Officer.


ship because of reflections on his wife
and sisters. created interest in the All
Fong family. The following, from the
San Francisco Call, will add to the in
terest:
'The All Fong family is unique, even
In the lotus land of Hawaii where the
dusky Kanaka belle marries the blond
scion of many proud Saxon house, and
where various brunette beauties can
boast of a mixture of blood of com-
pIex blending.
Mr. All Fong, a Chinese gentleman
with the intelligent face of the higher
Chinese merchant. left China and came
to Honolulu in search of fortune; al
though he found himself in the tropics
he eschewed hammocks and was shy OF
the seductive sissta- 1t might even be
said that the seemingly impassive Mr..
All Fong hustled. AT first he opened
small store and was an importer, in
modest way, of Chinese goods. Then he
branched out and went heavily into
opium, and he began to be known as
very wealthy man. Later, he invested
money in a sugar plantation, and this.
too, proved a paying one. Mr.. Ah Fong
was also prudent an4 provident, and. al
though hospitable. he was very different
from his Hawaiian brother. who lived in
the happy easy today. gave no thought to
the morrow, and sold a piece of land
when he wanted to give a 'luau' with at
| tendant hula and other adjuncts, of
| munilicence that comes high.
| Mr.. All Fong married a girl in Honolulu
whose parents were of Hawaiian and
Portuguese ancestry respectively, with a
| dash of English somewhere in the remote
past, and the couple lived happily to-
| gether. Gradually the family grew. until
! thirteen daughters and two sons clustered
about the All Fong knee. Mr.. All Fong
built beautiful home on Nuuanu Ave-
nue., the most picturesque portion of Hon
olulu, with its paim-lned roads and
/ wealth of tropical foliage. The house was
large; it had reason to be, for although
! the family was united In love. IL was
necessarily divided by it's numbers. The
house was very handsome, of the pagoda
form of architecture. there were two
stories, and each had a veranda running
about it with pointed effects, suggestive
of China, and very different from the or
dfnaTy Iana1 OF ltS NelBuDOES.
The All Fongs had a carriage and Chi
nese coachman. Mr.. All Fong sat in the
back seat when being driven to the wharf
for a first call on a newly arrived man
| of-war or other formal function. At
other times he sat by the coachman, and
to the uneducated American eye this was
disastrous, although with familiarity
came the knowledge of a distinction-the
| coschman sometimes did up his queue,
and Mr.. All Fong's was always left hang
ing.
Mr. All Fong's affairs prospered. He
was lucky and was wise. He was respect
| ed among the merchants of foreign birth,
and looked up to by his own countrymen.
He employed one Of the best lawyers,
and he had the caution and calm Judgment
of his race joined with their indomitable
energy and perseverance,. And he began
TO send money to China.
| He bought a Summer place for his FAM
ily at Waikiki, where the surf rolled UP
to his door, and where could be found
any attraction that might be lacking in
his city house. And Mr.. All Fong was
recognized as one of the wealthy men OF
| Honolulu
| Then one morning the isles of Hawaii
awoke ard they learned that Mr.. Ah
Fong was to be known no more forever
| in the land where he had acquired wealth
and positfon-not to speak of family. He
had taken his eldest son and returned tc
the land of his forefathers; to the fortune
he had sent before him. and-Hawai
whispered-to another family, which
was though lost to sight. to memory
dear" after the manner of the Orient
And Mrs. All Fong pursued the ever
tenor of her way; she smiled placidiy
brought up her daughters as admirably
kept open house as Hospitality. and spent
the All Fong money settled upon her a:
| judiciously. AS the girls grew UP they
were brought out In turn, and it was G
remarkable fact that never a word wa.
said against one of them, in spite of theil
number and in place where half whites
| or Hawaiians were so often open to sus
picion and often the subject of gossip
The girls would drive to the open all
band concerts Saturday afternoons, th'
carriage filled to overfiowing, and locking
} like an animated, brightly-colored bou
quet, its load of occupants gay with thei
vivid pink, blue, green and yellow sashe
and ribbons; for the All Fong girls dix
not care for pale colors Their pinks wer'
all magentas and their reds of scarle
hue.
And the All Fong name became Along
The naval officer was sure of heart.
reception and an appreciative audience IL
the Along mansion: in fact, the famil.
kept open house, and the officers wer
welcome to breakfast, lunch or dinner-or
if between meals, to cooling drinks, cigar
and always warm-hearted cordialIty
) There was sure to be certain coterie 0
officers on each ship that were at home Il
: the Along house, devoted themselves t
| the Along girls at dances and escorte,
| them to teas, tennis, or whatever
| | might be. ro-
They were a nice, unaffected jolly Sc
of girls, admirably brought up, with we'll
bred manners, always ladylike and not a
all boisterous or hoydenish. Marie, ont
of the older daughters, played the ukulel,
and sang fetching Hawaiian songs, ant
she was always in demand for moonligh
boating parties; the others were variousll
attractive by reason of youth and
warmth of hospitality imbibed from tn,
4 islands and alluring to the stranger.
The Along girls were not beauties, bu
> they were petite of figure and piquant o
feature. They had not the brightness ant
quickness of the American girl. The,
We're just pliable amiable, docile, well
hammered and good-natured youn,
women. They never took exception a
fancied sights. Their position was as
!. sured, as far as it went, and they did no
seek to penetrate into the most intimat
9 daily life Of the "old families" or tn
fashionable new ones. They went to al
the larger entertainments, and if the,
were not hidden to exclusive lunches
dinners, or other small functions it di
:, not seem to trouble their girlish hearts.
= None the less, it was an eye-opener
T all the easy-gofng Isles of Hawaii,
conservative naval circles and to Cap
: Writings friends, when Eta, a round
= faced, pink-checked, almond-eyed bud c
seventeen, just out of school, met an
conquered the able. officer gray-haire