The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1899-04-04

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Chinese mcds Of. life. His wife and
his fast increasing family might think
and do as they liked, Tor he was an in
dulgent father, but he never gave uE
his chop-s!!css and his wooden shoes
end flowing garments Of gaudy silks.
Occasionally when this wagon load o.
gayly gownea femininity drove down
to the Honolulu wharf to give vel
coming hand to people from the
steamer or nar-of-war be would please
his daughters by putting his long
black cue under his derby list. He
was the soul of hospitality and he
loved to give big spreads at home.
All Fons Sails Away.
! n tie spring OF 1892 Mr.. All Fona
planned visit to China with hi:
eldest son, about seventeen years old.
The nan had become very wealthy
in fact, one Of the four richest men III
the Hawaiian Islands. His invest
ments in stock in the srtgar companies:
had paid themselves out six and seven
times over. He made over $500, ,00C
j il ore deal in sugar stock to Claus
Spreckats, Of San Francisco. Hun
! drels Of acres Of land on the Island ol
! Maui that had cost him few thou
sand dollars had become worth many
times more. He was popularly rated
at about sA,00o,000, with an income O.:
over $4,000 year, and the estimate
seems to have been just.
III the summer of 1892 Mr.. All Fong
had so arranged his business that he
and his SCH sailed away for Hong
Kong. When six months had passed!
and the rich Chinamsn had not re-
turned there Eas some comment. Bus
when a year went by and he was still
absent all, Honolulu was interested.
Mrs. All Fong and her lovely daugh-
ters never spoke on the subject-at
least, to outsiders. Then the Chinese
in Honolulu began to get news from
relatives and friends in China. and tbs
information became general in the city
that All Fong had gone to visit III
Pekin, and that by the laws of China
be came very near going to prison for
a long term for going to a foreign
land. The gossip hsd it also that Mr..
Ah Forg had paid q fine of many thou
sands OF dollars and had settled down
with good-sized fortune to live all
his days in Pekin. How much of
this is mere gossip and how much his
tory no one can say confidently. At
any rate the All Fong family in Homo
lulu believes the story as to the tate
that befell Papa All Fong in Pekin.
Moreover, the Honolulu and San
Francisco newspapers published the
gossip about Mr.. Al Fcng and no one
has yet contradictsd them.
Mrs. Al Fcng and her children
have gone right along, apparently
needless of the absence of the hus-
band and father. The estate is we'll
managed and is il such shape that it
earns its dividends with little personal
care of the family. When the first
daughter was married to Captain
Whiting it vas decided that each girl
should have her share Of the family
patrimony when she married. Mrs.
Whiting got 100000 in cash and
$3.50, 900 in property and securities.
So il was then settled also that the
dowries were to consist of money and
property OF securities to the value Of
! $3.50, 900 each.
Girls All Winsone, Some Beautiful.
Eight OF the thirteen girls are un-
usually attractive and would be much
observed in any general assemblage
of young women the world over. All
tae An Fong girls are petite and have
peculiarly graceful ways, winning
voices and a certain vivacity that has
10 comparable counterpart in Aasri-
csn life. They range in height from
Eve feet two to five feet seven, with
the average at about FIVE feet FIVE.
! All the All Foag girls are good sing
ers, and have tho lore Of the Ha-
waiians for string music. For years
! the girls have been famous for their
waltzing. Many a naval officer has
| sailed away from Honolulu haroor
with fond remembrance Of his first ap.
probation of the soulfulness and
beauty of Strauss waltzes after q
party at the All Fong house. Five Of
the girls are unusually handsome and
would win attention for that reason
alone in any society. Two or three OF
the girls have the Chinese almond
shaped eyes quite marked, and they
feel dreadfully about it. But they
are the very jolliest Of the All 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 slanting g
eyes, but their superb compilations
and limpid dark eyes make them par
ticuIarly prepossessing.
| All the All Fong girls have dark
hair. Four have deep olive COM
| plezions, five are as dark as American
brunettss and four have light corr
plexions. They all teve small hands
and feet. One or two Of them are
what would be called fairly fst, but
none Of the others can weigh over l5C
pounds.
Stylish and Picturesque.
But it is the manner Of dress and
the chic style Of the All Fong girls
that make them such attractions t
naval officers and prominent resident
Americans in Honolulu. Possessed
of great wealth and natural genlu:
for color effects, the All Fong girl:
have from the time the eldest hrs
went out to dancing parties till the
youngest year ago made her debu'
in Honolulu society at the age o:
fifteen worn some of the most heart
crushing gowns man ever looked