Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1898-08-31
'-.crs ABOUT THE HAwAmANs

pecame Christians -Theif
.,.h.het Poi, Aloha, and Lefs'
u,w.i,ans all become christians
.,-ou~h tho simple process Of an edic.
-kaDoo-of one Of the sturuS
Kamehamehas. That worthy Nns'
observing that 1t was easier 90 IA. -
onsrv With a rife than with . ciuD:
.,d that the rife. was the inventaoh oi
The Christians, took q short cut tnroukn
,ha theological mases Of the mission
.ries who were trying to ceaycs' 9I'
Eubiects, and announced tnss =.
vaiians were from that moment Ohris
tians. A. be added that ne ~ouio
Lnock IN the head any who op1eo'ed'
Tho thing was done as fast as his coui-
,ars .onid deliver his message % MS
loving subjects.
an native women ride, fuli-biood'
half caste, and white, and every ywne.e
hut IN Honolulu ride mems saou'es'
rhe low-caste ride native ponies III
,era,ess. sloyenly manner, but the high-
coste and whites, sitting astrioe nn
Amer,can horse-the possession OF
0b,ch ia almost q mark Of rank-rioe
with a dash and style that are me ~
400 On all the Islands but Oahu, ana
even on that outside OF Honoiulu'
where fashions from "the States pre-
van. the women ali dress In gown
falling straight from the shoulders anu
in This garment, called holoku, they
r,de man-fashion, the skirts belne 81
yery full they need not be DIVIDED:
Pol. the staff Of life Of the native Ha-
vo,,ans ia made of an esculent roof
called tara, much resembling a Dig
sweet potato. The tara, raw, Is pouno'
cd into a thick, stiff paste In wooden
troughs. packed in mating, and allow
cd to ferment. When It is to be served
this Is thinned to any desired consis'
tency In a calabash, and conveyed 10
the mouth by the fingers. II is pare
blue in color and slightly acid In taste
but foreigners soon acquire liking iol
It, especially when thinned Win mih
20 that 1t can be drunk.
There are but twelve letters In the
Hawaiian alphabet. These. with theli
accommodations, are: A (ah), e(a), (ee)
o 10 as In ho), u (oo), h (hay), X (kay)
| Cla), m (moOl, (noO), p (pay), and
fyay). The missionaries added thir
! teenth, I, but the natives won't have
/ II, and continue to pronounce, for IN
stance, the name Of the root from whicf
poi is made "kara," although the mis-
sionaries have 1t tara" Every vowe
in a word is distinctly sounded, excep'
that the vowels "ai" are sounded 81
as In English. Waikiki, the peacf
where our soldiers take an oceaI
plunge during their stay In Honolulu
Is properly pronounced "Vikeekee.
/ There is a great difference in the speecf
Of the high and low caste natives. The
first call their island group "Ha-va-ee
ee," and the latter begin 1t all righ'
with "Ha," but conclude with gut
tural grunt; and the word heard most
"Aloha," sounds soft and beautiful or
the lips of the first, but is lazy, good
natured grunt as the latter speak 1t.
Aloha is, In their limited vocabulary
at once a greeting and farewell,
formal expression of regard and OF
deep love. In the latter case 1t is In
creased In warmth and depth Of mean
Ing by modifying adjectives annexed
Instead OF pref1ed, as "Aloha uui,
aloha nui loa," or even aloha nu
loa kear'-and then it is time to speal
to papa
Our soldiers. so say the reports from
Honolulu, were greeted with "Alohas'
and "leis." The latter are wreaths O
flowers made either to it around th'
hat Of q man or head Of Q woman. o.
more generously to hang over the necl
and shoulders. The native women dis
play much art In weaving the abund
ant flowers into leis of much beauty
No matter how many men may leav'
a ranch or plantation house. nor hov
early it may be in the morning, tn
mistress has been busy with her maids
and every guest is decked with lei. :
popular man departming on one of tn
little inter island steamers Is bade fare
well by a hundred friends, who ru
noses with him until the gong sounds
and then load him with leis SO that h
can scarcely stagger UP the gangplanA
New York World.