The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-06-26
A QUEEN CALLED
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ioOHliHutu from rage L.
willingly employed in the same direc-
ton and so was her purse ever gener-
ously open TO meet the needs of the
worthy. Her moral plane was a high
and exalted and comprehensive level
and her constant aim was 10 have ex-
emplified in the orders of the days and
the comings and goings of all people
OF the nation the national motto. She
practiced and encouraged Christian
worship and obServances and her char
ity was boundless and sensible. She
was one of those rareSt of women, who
endeared herself to all other women.
She deserved this, for she felt that the
women of the land could not have too
much done for them. Her mind evolved
and her largess made possible the Ka-
piolani Maternity Home, one of the
most useful institutions of the Islands.
AS the consort of the late King Kala-
kaua, kapiolani was continuously
happy and agreeable. She was a shin
ing light of the court and most har-
mOnious, honest and we'll balanced po-
litical factor There were complica-
tons and intrigues incidental to the
throne atmosphere in a small country.
But no matter what the situation, no
matter what the charges or counter
charges, no matter how strained the
relations of factions, persons or par
ties, kapiOlanl was always free and
clear. Whatever influence she brought
to bear in the field of the polity of the
nation, the weight of it was for re-
speciality and morality and for step
ping from fOrlorn conditions to posi-
lions of hope and in the direction of
the pinnacles of the best aspirations
within the breasts of true men and
women. At the coronation, in the
month of February, 1889, Kapiolani
was notable and most creditable fig
ure. She, by her correct bearing and
her exhibitions of taste and her intel
ligent appreciation of all that was
transpiring challenged the admiration
of all classes. KapiOlani was an orna-
ment to the royal household. Through
her whole life she was equal to any
development Of circumstances, showing
at times a marvellous strength of in
| tellect and a grasp of affairs that well
| qualified her for her high station. In
| the social circle she was always court
| ly and gracious, an adornment TO the
| finer gatherings and entirely at home
in any assemblage.
THE NAME
The late Queen Dowager was named
for the alii who is known as the break
er of tabus against women, and whose
| invasion of the domain of Pele is thus
described in AleXander'S history.
| 'KapiOlani, daughter of the great
chief, Keawe-m auhili, of HilO, was one
of the noblest characters of her time.
Her husband, Naihe, called the nation
al orator, was the son of Keawe-a-
heulu, of Kaawaloa, where they gen
orally resided.
| Though at one time Incorporate and
| diSSOlute, KapiOlani became an eX-
ample to her cOuntrywOmen of virtue
and refinement, and eXcelled them all
in the readiness with which she adopt
ed civilized habits and sentiments.
''In December 1924 she determined to
break the spell of the belief in Pele,
the dread goddess of the volcano. In
spite of the strenuous opposition Of her
friends, and even of her husband, she
made a journey Of about $50 miles,
| mostly on foot, from Kealakekua to
F1ilO, visiting the great crater of XII
lauea on her way, in order to defy the
wrath of Pele, and to prove that no
such being existed.
'On approaching the volcano, she
met the prieStesS of Pele. who warned
her not to go near the crater. and pre-
dicted her death if she violated the
tabus of the goddess. Who are you?
demanded Kapiolani. One in whom
the goddess dwells,' she replied. In
answer to a pretended letter of Pele
Kapiolani quoted passages from the
Scriptures, setting forth the character
and power of the true God, until the
priestess was silenced and confessed
that Re Akua, the deity, had left her
kapiOlani then went forward to the
crater, where she was much surprised
to find Mr.. Goodrich, who had come
from Hilo to meet her. Mr.. Ruggles
having been for six months without
shoes. was unable to come On the
eastern brink of the crater a hut was
built for her, in which she spent the
night.
The next morning she and her com
pany of about eighty persons descended
. over 500 feet to the Black Ledge.
There, in full view of the grand anC
terrific action of the inner crater. she
ate the berries consecrated to Pele. anC
threw stones into the burning lake
saying: Jehovah is my God. II,
lkindled these fires. l fear not Pele
: Ii l perish by her anger then you ma!
/ fear Pele; but if l trust in JEHOVAH
and He preserve me when breaking he
S tabus, then you must fear and serve
: singing a hymn of praise to the true
/. God, and knelt in alteration to the Gre
ator and Governor of the universe.