Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1899-03-30

80 .1'apromptu concerts with man
uoil'' pan. oa and dozen reed instr,.
mehts not known outside the ~tron;ca
,l p'anzas almost every evening.
al L ohS, true to the character.
le,lcs OF his race, never abandoned bic
Il mode Of life. His wife and
MS fast increasing family ,nic,t .h;nt.
ana 20 a. they liked, for he was on in.
ali8ent %iather, but lie never gave nm
us cnop.s''2ks and his wooden shoes
~ owing garments Of Candy silks.
occasionally when this wagon LOAD ~
say!y go~ned femininity drove down
~ 'ne honolulu wharf to give O well
coming hand to people from tIe
steamer Or mau-of-war he wonla nl.,sa
n,s dau3lters by putting his long
DICK cue under his derby hat. He
was the soul OF hospitality. and he
io'ed 10 give big spreads at home.
All Fang Sails Away,
IN the spring OF 1892 Mr.. All Forr
Planned a visit TO CHINA with his
e'des' son., about seventeen years old.
1he man tal Income very wealthv-
III tact, n OF the four richest mon !,
tue Hawaiian Islands. His invest
nents IN stock in tle sugar companies
had pad themselves ont six and seven
'lHlcs over. lie made OYER 800. 900
II one Zeal i'll sugar stock to Clans
oDrecAe's, Of san Francisco. Hun.
drcis Ct acres OF land on the Island Of
Maui that had cost him q few tbou.
SAND dollars hal become worth raaoy
times more. lie was popularity rated
at about $1,000, 900, with an income Of
over $1,000 a Year, ald the estimate
seems to have been Just.
IN the summer Of 1892 Mr. All Fooq
hal 50 arranged his business that he
and his son sailed away for Hong
hong. When six months had passed
aad tue rich Chinaman had not re-
turned there WAS some comment. But
when Il year went by ana he was still
assent al Honolulu was interested,
Mrs. Ala FonG az. her lovely dauga-
tiers never spoke Oh the subiect-at
least, to outsiders. Then the Chinese
III Honolulu began to get news from
relatives and friends III China, andtle
attenuation became general in the city
that All Iong had gone TO visit in
Pekln, and that by the laws Of China
he came very neal going TO prison for
q long term for going to q foreign
land. The gossip had it also that Mr..
All Fong hal paid afinc Of many thou
aands OF dollars and had settled down
with q gool-sizel fortune to live all
his days il Pekin. How much of
this IS mere gossip and how much his
tory no II 4 say confidently. At
any rate the ALI Fong family in Homo
lulu believes tie story as to tho fate
that beFell Papa All Fcn3 in Pekiu.
M~nran"A". thA--2anoiml, nna Can
Francisco newspapers published the
gossip about Mr.. Ali Fcns and no one
has yet contradictad them.
Mrs. All Fong and her children
have gone right along, apparently
Needless Of tao absence Of the hus-
baud and father. The estate is well
managed and IS IN such shape that it
earns its dividends with little personal
care OF the family. When the first
daughter was hurried to Captain
Whiting it was decided that each girl
shoull have her share Of the family
patri,uony when she married. Mrs.
Whiting got 500, 900 in cash and
$780, 0a IL property and securities.
So it was then settled also that the
loNries were 10 consist OF money and
property or securities to the value of
500, coo each.
Girls All NinsoIne, Some Beautiful.
Eight Of the thirteen girls arc I'M
usually attractive and would be much
observed in any general assemb!age
ot young ONE the world over. All
the Al Fong girls are petite aud have
peculiarly graceful ways, winning
voices and Il certain viyaci;v taat has
no comparable counterpart in Am ri
can life. Ihoy range III height from
five feet two to five feet SVEN, with
the average at aboat five feet five.
All the All Tong gins are good sing
ers, aud have tl2 love Of the Ha-
wa;ians for string music, For years
the GIRLS have been lannon's for thclr
waltzin9. Many a naya. o"icar has
sailed away from Honolulu haroor
with foni remembrance q his 1rst APP
probation Of tho sol'fuiness anl
beauty Of Strauss w~a!jzes after c
party at the Al Ton9 house. Five OF
tbs girls are unusually handsome aad
would win attention 70 that reason
alone IN any society. Two ortlree oi
, the girls have the Chinese almond
, shape ewes quite marked, and they
feel drea Tally a5out II. Bat they
are the very l~c'iiest 81 the Al to1-s,
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