The times., 1899-08-27
A LUAU FOR QUEEN LII
FL w the Former Monarch Will
Celebrate Her Birthday.
A Prince From Her Native Land En-
Route to Washington With Many
Hawaiian DeIicacies Which VIII
BE Served at Royal Feast-Hula
Girls VIII Make the Night Merry.

A Hawaiian luau. the real thing. will BE-
held in this city on Saturday next and tha
staid citizens OF Washington will be treat
ed to revival of an ancient custom which
was in vogue long before Gatan discovered
the Island of Oahu, more than three CEN
turies ago. The royal Iuau will be given
by Prince David Kawananaloa. Of Hawaii,
in honor of former Queen LiIioukalani. and
will be held on her birthday, September 2.
at her residence. 141S Fiftesath Street
northwest. II is expected that the guests
viii include many prominent Americans
and nearly every resident Hawaiian now In
the United States.
The dainties for the great feast will
arrive at San Francisco on board the steam
ship Dorie. within few days. and will
be shipped TO this city by express. The
Doric also bears Prince David. who is paw
ing for the entertainment and who win sea
to it that the luau is the genuine native
article. The various delicacies have been
frozen for the journey and will arrive here
in good shape This will be the first royal
luau ever given outside of Hawaii and
Washington is highly honored in having it
occur here The boxes for the feast are
said TO contain over 1,200 pounds OF native
delicacies.
! 1t is probable that the luau will be held
in the open air at the rear OF former Queen
/ Lilioukalani's residence in Fifteenth Street.
| No preparations have been made as yet.
and the arrangements are in the hands OF
Prince David. The boxes viii not be
opened until the morning of September 2.
The former Queen is ar present away from
/ the city, but will return 10 preside at the
| luau and he or she who obtains an invita-
| ton TO the affair will be an object OF
envy. A Times reporter called at the
residence OF the former Queen last night
but the latter was not to be seen, being
out of town. 1t was learned, however. that
| she will return within few days
| The native Iuau is one OF the leading
characteristics of Hawaiian hospitality and
| requires great care and much labor in its
preparation. Long tables forming a hOl-
low square will be erected and around this
! the guests will be seated. In the centre
or hollow square, a hand of native hula
| dancers and musicians viii make merry
| during the feast The dancers Will be
brought on from Omaha for the occasion
No knives or forks are used. according TO
etiquette, and good use must be made OF
the fingers. There are no plates, and the
guests help themselves from large bowls,
which are placed along the table
The contents of the bowls can only be
appreciated by native Hawaiian and con-
sist of poi which is a mushy paste; raw
fish, live shrimps. live squid, fowl, and
tpig, saIted seaweed, and fruits. The poi is
cooked by means of hot stones, and Pc
cuIIar flavor is given the dishes by the na-
tive cooks. Each guest is expected to olaes
his fingers into the bowls and extract as
much as he can place in his mouth \
/ calabash filled with raw hSh is ever pres
ent during luau and these are hauled out
| with the fingers and eaten with great
gusto The Shiny squids. which smell very
strangely, are considered a great deiieaey.
and no feast is complete without them
During the progress Of the feast the
| guests will be adorned with wreaths OF
native flowers. called leis. The former
Queen was a great lover of the luau. and
presided over many of these feasts while
in her native land.
Prince David will spend several months
in this country and will visit all OF the
prominent cities and points Of interest.
He will announce his arrival through the
sensation which the luau is certain TO
cause,