The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-07-10
SAYS He SAW
TWO MOLAHS
Gauzy Story of a Hay
Individual.
MAKES STRANGE CLAIMS
Queer Narrative of Women Turning
Into Green Monkeys by an
Unknown.

a story published in yesterdays Ad-
vertiser concerning visit to MO
lah" in Honolulu by the prima donna of
the Boston Lyric Opera Company, caus-
ed considerable comment. The story
was clipped from a Minneapolis news
paper and sent with a letter of inquiry
by doubling Mr.. Bacon, who said that
it was written by Press Agent Harkin-
son of the Lyrics, and had aroused ex-
element among the sects in Minnesota
and elsewhere. The article in question
was a startling description of adven-
lures in the house of a woman who
could project her astral body anywhere
she chose, and who could read the ~
ture and do all sorts OF things COM
monty termed 'spooky.,'
The woman who, according to Hark-
inson, was known as q "Molah," anu
who with others of her kind had vast
following of native disciples, ilved, ac-
cording to the story. at the top of the
"Pallas, vast mountain near Homo
lulu" All this by way of expiration.
The following communication on the
subject has been received by the Ad
vertiser;
Editor Advertiser:-There are Mo-
labs. / have seen two. The doubt ex-
pressed that the account of the Lyric
singers seance was fanciful hurts me.
Those who read the story may be in
terested to scan brief narration of my
own adventure. 1 have been in Homo
lulu one month, and when a week here
I boarded a hack at the instigation of
the driver, who said he could and would
show me the sights. The hack was at
the corner of King and Fort streets, and
/ the time was after dark on a Saturday
/ evening.
4 I'VE drove a long time and went up
I hill and down. We halted before a
small house, and at the drivers solicit
tation l went into it. The hackman
tied his horse and also entered the
place. There were two Hawaiian wo-
men in a room decorated with Gala
bashes, brown, thin blankets (kapas?)
and refrigerator. The hackman said
these women were MolahS. | feel sure
that was the word though my friends
to whom 1 have told this say 1t was
hulas. The evening was warm and the
Molahs offered us cold drink. l cam
tell what it was-a strange liquor mix.
ed with water. They talked in a low
voice of showing me how to be ricf
speedily and how to win the love of al
women. We drank more of this queel
liquor and then ! saw the women sud
denly change. The hackman had gon'
out and the women, who sat opposite
to me, began 10 assume the 1OflnS o
monkeys. They became bright greer
In color, and cut up the most fantastic
. capers. One leaped to the ceiling ant
walked il. head downward, like a fly
and the other swan about in the al
like a fish in water. / found myself ;
snake and crawled on the earthen foo
to flee from the green monkeys.
How long this lasted I cannot say
but when / recovered my senses / wa
in bad at the Hotel The Clerl
told me the next day that was brough
home at daybreak by a hackman VIII
said / was crazy. | am not drinkini
man, as all my friends know. or 1t nigh
be thought that had been intoxicated
, / recall distinctly the gradual trans
formation of the women into monkeys
and the dirt on my clothes proves tina
/ did crawl on the ground as I ha
seemed to do. | was not able to find tn
but when I read the story in the AID
vertiser | recognized in an instant tn
, word 'Molah.' and the other details
Possibly / saw the same woman as di
the Drima donna of the opera company
I will be pleased to tel my evDerience
personally to anvone Interested
WALTER ROCKSELL."
There is no one of the above name a
any of the Honolulu hotels. nor coul
any hackman be discovered who re
membered such passenger. or who ha
ever taken anyone to see q "MoIah