The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-01

. Samoan Girl
y A Chrysanthemum Show Yokoha-
ma
% Lotus Flowers for the Altar. Kio-
to. Japan.
q 4 japanese Maid.
20 y Samoan Hut. Apia.
20 An Interesting Story.
% Street in Ikao. Japan.
% A Japanese Garden. Toxic
% Summers Pastime.
80 In Winter Attire. Japan.
81 forii and Plum Blossoms at Sugita
Japan.
81 Viewing the Iris. Hori Kiri Jap
an.
80 The Mat Maker. Waialua
81 A japanese Flower Seller
80 Evening on the. South Downs. Sus-
sex. England.
SO Cocoanut Trees at Ainahau. Ho-
nolulu.
81 Stone Lantern and Lotus Blossoms
Japan.
IS A Grey Day in the Harbor.
Among the Samoan pictures is one.
Gathering Cacao." which Mr.. Wores
considers the most important and most
striking picture he painted. represent
ing as IL does a splendid type of the
Samoan girl. a popularity lies in the
reddish tinge to the girls hair. which
Mr.. Wores says is quite u fad amongst
ti.e Samoan bellies. This is obtained
by their plastering coral lime upon
their heads. keeping lit there for sew
eral hours. When removed a reddish
t.nge to the hair is apparent. Two or
three OF his pictures show this peculi-
aIity. but most OF the girls are shown
with luxurious. coal-black tresses
The subject for his Gathering Ca
cac" was the maid Of honor OF "A village
and IL was with some difficulty that
the chief OF her village was induced TO
allow her To go TO Nailima To pose for
the same She was attended by two
chaperoneS. as matter OF form. AT
the village this maiden does the honors
when strangers arrive. makes kawa
and i quite the belle of the village.
Another picture shows the water
fall at Nailima. where Robert Louis
Stevenson often bathed. The water
Dlunges over a rocky cliff, surrounded
BY dense tropical vegetation, into
pool forming a basin several feet deep. I
samoan girls. whom Mr.. Wores char !
'cterizes as the most expert swimmers
he has ever seen. disport themselves in
lie clear water. \ typical Samoan girl .
: depicted standing upon rock over .
he ripping pool The Matchmaker and ,
,irl with fan represent general types /
II Samoan maidens. with waving black
iair. nude TO the waist. the hips and
.ether limbs enclosed in skirts of bril-
liant hues. His painting showing a
Samoan village at the waters edge.
by tropical vegetation with
all cocCanut palms nodding above.
hows the present methods of village
ife. the huts being of grass. The head
nd shoulders OF girl, with leis form
ng q. frame about a most attractive
de-.
The Lei Maker" among his Hawaii
n subjects. is the most important in
lis exhibit. The study was made in
nd &c rirl ri N
scarlet holoku. weaving a lei of lima
blossoms. the colors being most true to
fr. Male leis rest upon her head. The
Ubject chosen 10y Mr.. Wores is we'll
nown young Hawaiian girl with a
retty face and a pair OF eyes, mellow
nd one of the chief charms OF the
Limiting. Mr.. Wores says he has dis
vered quite an aversion amongst the
Iaw%iian women and girls to being de-
.cteG as typical Hawaiians. but when
yer the subject is preached to them
hey almost insist upon being pictured
a shirt waist and the up-to-date
tire % civilization. With the Lei
Iaker" he had to use considerable urg-
lg before she could be made to sit for
IL picture in holoku. ,
Poi is a representation OF a Ha-
allan child at Waialua about To COM 1
ence n feast Of poi. The child is in
- act 81 putting its hand into n Gala
ish.
Moonlight at Waikiki shows Dia
oIfd Head IN the distance with the I
'csccut SHAPED beach from Hotel An \
y In the foreground. the shore firing :
with foam There is also a Hawaii
| rat-maksr. the poinciana regia in 7
II High School grounds. taro patch
W,ialua showing the vivid green OF
% leaves. and his Lily Pond" at -
.nahsu. the home IF the late Princess =
aiulani. IS q most picturesque bit OF
emery. This - considered by the art
one 81 he most beautiful places
has seen in Honolulu. The sur
findings ~ cocoanut trees serve as a @
- contrast 20 the lilies and broad
lves lying upon the surface OF the
II.
II was through his japanese paint