Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-11

since that summer day In 1882 and
everyone In Honolulu believes the story
nn 10 the fate that bcfcll Papa All Fong
In Pcking.
Eight % the thirteen girls arr unuHu-
ally attractive and would be- much OBJ
served In any general aHscmblaTe "
young women the world over. All the
All fong Hirla are petite and have PEE
cullnfly graceful ways. winning voices
and "a certain Nivaclty that has no
comparable counterpart In American
nfe. Many young navy officer has
sailed away from Honolulu harhor with
FOND fcmembfnnceH ~ his first nppre-
citation Of the Houlfulncss and beauty
OF strauss waltEcr after party at the
An Fong house. Five Of the ElrlH arr
unusually handsome. and would win
attention for that reason alone In any
society. All the girls have dark hair
four have deep olive compilations and
all have small hands and feet.
Unlike all other young women In
Honolulu the All Fong girls have culti-
waited the ways OF Americans and Eng
lish. That II "A characteristic they have
inherited from their Monaghan ancca-
torH-thc knack for knowing what will
please the Caucasian race and then set
ting about 90 accomplish n. The All
Fong Girls have become proficient ten
mis- players. and very few are more
adept at whist and poker. Hundreds
Of officers In the American ana British
navy know what good tennis and card
players the All fonga are. and "a man
of-war no sooner touches Honolulu
than the young men aboard who have
been there before. begin plans for get
ting early at the hospitnblc All Fong
home.
Miss Henrietta An Fong. who mar
rlcd Captain whiting, u, :, ~, and
now at Manila In command OF the
IL
charming beauty OF the family. She u
a petite brunette and In the only book
reader among the girls. While all the
girls have had W much attention from
naval officers. II was, nevertheless. u
nlnc-dnyA' wonder In Honolulu and IAN
| Francisco, when the announcement
went out that grave. dignlned and aris-
tocratio Commander Whiting wns "a
wed Miss An FonF. To be sure she
was very bright ana pretty and would
ndorn any home. nnd-and she had an
absolutely sure dowry OF 100000. ana
she may sct more; but then there !.
the persistent thought that possibly old
Papa All Fong and his queue and his
Gathering wooden shoes may come out
Of China one day ON "a visit 10 his
daughters. Hut the marriage. which
took place In May. 1884, has proved a
perfect union. Captain whiting ANA
| his wife have beautiful homo among
their devotion To each other N only
mnrred by their common devotion TO
their three year-old daughter.
Miss Alice All Fong, who married Ar
thur NJ. tombstone formerly reporter
In 81. LOUISE, the Associated Press rcp-
Teaentntlvc In Honolulu. IL the tnllest
and most dignlned OF tho girls. Mrs,
tombstone owns great block NJ stock
IN the Hawaiian Sugar Co, and the an
nual Income from that alone " over
81, 900. besides her dowry included a
coffee plantation and business real cs-
tate In Honolulu,
There are nlnc other An Fong Girls
who may yet gladden. hearts and
homes, Moreover. there IN vast
amount Of stock IN sugar companies,
interests In cocOnnut groves, thousands
| OF acres of fertile soil ON the Islands of
lilo and Maui. stock In Hawaiian
steamboat lines and Honolulu real ea-
tate 10 be given In dowry 10 the girls
ms fast ms they choose their husbands
Above all. old Papa An Fong has re-
Gently sent word from Picking that he
will probably never leave there again
and Mamma All Fong II not at all like
| ~ 10 30 much an sail out OF Honolulu
| hnrlor.