The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-12-28
KANSAS CITY FORECAST
Of HAWAII At THE FAIR
Prince Cupid Quoted About the Details of the
Exhibit---Recommends hula Girls-Fanciful
Tale of 1902 Revolution.

vanity of kings! this species of fauna,
Indigenous to the archipelago, has long
since departed and the birds seen today
are the result Of Importation.
DIFFERENTIATION OF BIRDS.
One of the Kamehamehas is RESPONSE
BILE for the extinction Of these members
of the feathered tribe. When admiring
an 90 one day he decreed that he
should be furnished with a royal robe,
made from the golden tufts that shone
on the breasts of the songsrers. These |
tufts were only fraction of an inch |
in diameter and the robe maker said |
that hundreds of thousands of the
birds would be needed to complete the |
gorgeous garment. eff it takes every |
bird in my kingdom I must have the |
robe said the monarch and forth |
with the slaughter began Probably
the most magnificent piece of wearing
apparel ever worn, even by king, was
the result. But the birds We're so
plentiful that there still remained "a
goodly number, seeing which, and his
| vanity being unsatiated, Kamehameha
ordered that cape be made, even as
the robe has been. This time the hunt
| ers were at work for a much longer
| period and when they had completed
/ their task not an 90 remained on the
islands, and you hear of them today
only in fables.
! PRICELESS ROBES.
But the garments are in existence
priceless robes of a former state. One
I is in the British museum, taken there
soon after Liliuokalani's abdication,
;e. ~, NJ
i building at Honolulu. 1t is the latter
that will be seen in ST. Louis next sum-
mer.
/ Plumage of larger birds than the 90
was used in forming the kahilis, which
are immense plumes, made of variegat-
ed feathers and used by attendants to
wave flies and other insects from the
) monarch's face when he was enjoying
an afternoon siesta. These by the doZ-
ems will be brought to st. Louis, taken
!, from the room in Honolulu where rem
iniscences of royalty are stored as
souvenirs.
ISLANDS OF TODAY.
; But it is the Hawaii of today that
will interest no less than the Hawaii
of the dark ages. AS education is the
keynote of the Louisiana Purchase ex-
position, SO it is in matters educa-
tional that the islanders will make
|, their principal showing. And it will
probably astonish visitors to learn from
7 one exhibit that the kanaka children
! are the best educated children of any
: children in the world; that is, in pro-
| portion to the population, more kanaka
! boys and girls read and write and do
the rule of three than in any other
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for that matter any district, not ex-
r cepting the New England states.
LAVA, LAVA!
Again in the agricultural division
Hawaii will shine exhibiting a high
= grade coffee that is being cultivated on
the leeward side of the largest island
, of the group. And it will be explained
that the lava soil with which the ISL
= ands are formed is the richest of the
= earth. The sugar cane and the method
of crushing it will be a feature and
then there will be exhibits of fruits
and flowers. Kona-fed beef will be
seen in the cattle pens and also sheer
that Craze on the mountain tops at "a
altitude that almost reaches the snow
level. In every department except
wines and metallurgy the islanders viii
be represented. They will have no eX.
hibits of minerals, for there, dig as yor
may, nothing comes in answer to picl
and shovel but lava, lava, lava.
Visitors to the Hawaiian village vii
be treated to native luncheon or III
au, prepared as on the lands that are
waved washed by the Pacific. It is mo-
good form at one of these luncheons te
| sit in a chair, for if you do you viii
be high above the table, which is moth
ing more than native vines and flower:
strewn on mother earth. So perforc;
you seat yourself as nature intended.
Soup? There is none. Poi takes it!
place. This is a substance the con
sistency of paste and resembling it IL
scolor, which is prepared from the tar;
root. The natives mascerate the tar
in an earthen bowl, using the stone
such as a druggist mixes Ingredient
with pestle and mortar. There are tw'
kinds of poi-two-fingered and one-fin
gereG. the former being thinner thai
the latter. To understand, one mus
remember that it is very bad taste t
ask for a spoon when eating poi. TIL
digits must be used. and it is remark
able how expert some people can be
come in the manipulation. First, sticl
substance that is placed before you
give it a twirl until the poi adhere
we'll on all sides, then with graceful
, movement convey what clings into you
mouth. Suck the finger we'll unit
nothing remains. then repeat the opera
ton. From this description you wi
understand that two-fngered poi i
that which could not be manipulate
readily with one finger. If you are il
doubt as to how many fingers yo
should use, watch your host and folloy
his example.
THE ROAST PIG.
A most savory dish follows as tn
piece de resistance, in the shape of
roast sucking pig, prepared in nativ
style. Hours before. you are hidden I
{ the luau preparations for this delicac
were under way. First a hole was du
! in the ground, and watching its cor
struction, one might remark that it re
sembled an infants grave. Mean
: while large stones are being heated I
2 red. The sucking mig ready dresSe