The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-01-22


Honolulu began to get news from relatives
ana friends in China. and the Information
ueeiine general 10 the city that AN Fong
had gone 20 visit a former wife ana her
Two sons IN Pekln, aad that by the laws
oA emma he came very near going 10
| PRISON Tor long term for deserving his
| taHlly IN China and gong 20 "a foreign
ItIli- Inc gossip had IL also that llr. An
| fohB mad paid a fine of many thousands
u ooHars and had settled down with a
| sood-slzed fortune 10 live all his days
| WIN ms hrst family in Fekln How much
% 'Hls Is mere gossip and how much his
| toIy no one can say confidently. Az any
Idle the An Fong family in Honolulu be-
reeves me story as to the fate that bereu
Iapa An Feng in Pekin Moreover. the
Honoiulu and San Francisco newspapers
published the gossip about Mr.. All Fong
ana no one has yet contradicted them.
Mrs. Alb Fong and her children have
! gone IIsnt along apparently needless of
| tne absence Of the husband and father.
| me estate Is well managed and is in such
shape that it earns its dividends with
! Htte personal care Of the family. When
| me hrst daughter was married to Capt.
| w hlting it was decided that each girl
| should nave her share OF the family pa
| iflmony when she married. Mrs Whiting
| sol >lVJ'vO0 m cash and $3.50 eco IN property
| ana securities. So it was then settled also
mat the doVries were 10 consist of money
! ana property Of securities to the value
| of $4,000 each
Girls All WinsOme, Some Beautiful.
| Eight of the thirteen girls are unusu-
| any attractive, and would be much OBJ
| served In any general assemblage Of young
| women the world over. All the All Fong
girls are petite, and have peculiarly grace
! Iul ways winning voices and a certain Vi
/ hot
| part in American life. They range in
night from five feet two to five feet sew
en-, with the average at about five feet
hVe. All the All Fong girls are good sing
| ers' and have the love of the HaWaiians
for string music. For years the girls have
! been famous for their Waiting. Many
| naval officer has sailed away from Homo
! lulu harbor with fond remembrances of
| MS t1rst appreciation of the soulfuness
and beauty of Strauss waltzes after
| party at the All Fong house. Five of the
| girls are unusually handsome and would
| win attention for that reason alone in So
| ciety. Two or three of the girls have the
Chinese amond-shaped eyes quite marked,
and they feel dreadfully about it,. But
| they are the very jolliest of the An
| Fongs, and by the graces and accomplish
ments that they have evidently studied
to overcome any facial defect. they are
| particularly popular. Two more have a
faint suggestion of slantng eyes, but their
superb compilations and limpid dark eyes
make them particularly prepossessing.
All the All Fong girls have dark hair
Four have deep olive compilations. five are
as dark as American brunettes and four
have light compilations. They all have
small hands and feet. one or two of them
are what would be called fairly fat bur
none of the others can weigh over 13c
pounds.
Stylish and Picturesque.
But it is the manner of dress and the
chic style of the Al Fong girls that
makes them such attractions to naval Of
fcers and promising resident Americans in
Honolulu. Possessed of great wealth and
a natural genius for color effects. the All
Fong girls have from the time the eldest
first went out TO dancing parties till the
youngest a year ago made her debut in
Honolulu society al the age of Is, Worn
some of the most heart-crushing gowns
man ever looked upon. A modiste from
Paris has been kept at a good salary for
over ten years to live near the All Fong
house and devote her talents solely to the
mother and the unmarried girls in the
family. Once every two years she goes to
San Francisco, thence across the continent
to New York thence to Paris, where she
spends some thousands of the All Fong
fortune in great boxes and cases of the
latest Partisan feminine vanities and con-
cets. A famous officer, recently retired as
rear admiral, is commonly quoted as haV-
ing said that ne never knew the genius
of color effects in feminine garb until he
saw eight of the cute All Fong girls
punched together at a ball at Kalakaua's
palace. Sitting on one of the many piazzas
at home of a warm afternoon, In their
variegated gowns of silks and challies, the
All Fong girls present an idea Of big
good-natured human bouquet of colors.
One has afterward a confused recollection
only of a group of merry girls in vivid
scarlets ptnks, magentas and half-dozen
other shades of red and purple, with sashes
and ribbons galore in a score of harmoni-
Gus and striking hues.
Cultivated and Up to Date.
Unlike all other young women in Homo
lulu the All Fong girls have cultivated
the ways of the Americans and English.
That is a Characteristic they have inherit
ed from their Monaghan ancestors-the
knack of knowing what will please the
Caucasian race and then setting about to
accomplish it. The All Fong girls have
become proficient tennis players, and very
few are more adept at whist and poker
Hundreds of officers in the American and
British navy know what good tennis and
card players the All Fongs are and a
than the young men aboard who have
been there before begin plans for getting
early to the hospitable All Fong home.
The All Fong's social position in Homo
lulu has been assured for ten years, and
since the father went to China never to
return to Honolulu the position of the
girls has been settled beyond argument
The marked attention the naval officers
have shown the girls have given them
a prestige that their money could not
buy even in mercenary Honolulu. The
agreeability of Nine. All Fong, and her
smiles of happiness upon all her daugh-
ters' attendants have been potential in
making the All Fougs the favorites they
are. The pagoda mansion has always been
kept open to the girls friends. Every
gentlemau-naval officers, especially-who
went there was sure of a warm welcome
Dinner parties have been given there lit
orally hundreds of times. Some have
been costly and elaborate All the Off
GERS abroad ship or any gentlemany tour
lists in the city who were friends of any