The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-04
By Frederick J. Haskin-

in black broadcIoth. with tail silk hats
and fiuttering white rosettes attached
10 their coats. are stationed at each
door Your name is taken by one and
the other conducts YOU into the presence
of the queen. If she knows you inti-
mately she viii bow and say a few
pleasant words. but if you are a stran-
ger, she viii nod 10 YOU graciously and
the ceremony is ended by your back
ing out of the room the best way you
can
one of the pecUliarities Of the Ha-
vaiian women Is n sense OF serious
ness. There is always an element of
sadness in their demeancT. You can
not be fiippant with them. because they
would not understand and would Ger
tainly resent it. 7 Travelled on the same
steamer from San Francisco to Homo
lulu with Prince Cupid and his wife.
and the reserved attitude Of Mrs Gu
pid was a matter of general comment
She hardly smiled more than twice du-
ring the whole six days
Pastimes of the Island.
There are many ways Of passing the
time in Hawaii The climate IS co1sid-
cred enervatinE but the American Wo-
man overComes it by exercise Tennis
is very popular and large golf club
is we'll patronized Baseball Is TegU-
lar Saturday afternoon attraction and
all classes join in the fun of watching
the great American game Surf boat
ing is a sport peculiar TO Honolulu ana
strangers are always enthusiastic over
it, There are many automobiles ownoa
here and this form of sport is much in
vogue
1t is said that social conditions are
rapidly changing in the capital of our
island possession Formerly the Ameri-
can girl of good character be she
school teacher. clerk. or stenOgTdpheT,
was given entTee to the best circles.
but the number of resident Americans
has now become 50 great that the lines
are being drawn more closely and fac
lions are being established
Unpublished Poem by Stevenson.
But the islanders are really great
Cnterta liners. They have had many f.
nous people as their guests Robert
Louis Stevenson spent some time here
He was the guest Of Mr. Archibald
CIeghOrus. a. ScOtChmdn who married
into the royal family of Hawaii i'm the
days of the monarchy HFs little
daughter. the Princess kaiUlaTf. would
have been the natural sUCc essor of
Queen Lii. the present inCUV bent. Ste
veusou became greatly aJt1f he'd to the
little princess and visIteJi her con-
stantly- When 1t was determined that
=
ne wrote the following verse and ex-
PLANTATION IN her album
Forth from her laad mine she, goes
The Island maid. thes Isle nd rose.
Light Of heart and bri ght of face.
The daughter of "a double race
Her Islands here in sou hern SIM
Shall mourn their k5 iuIaui gone
And /. in her dear Baziyau shade
Look Vainly for my little maid
But our Scots Islands far avav
Shall glitter Wi On unwonted dav
And cast Tor once their tempest by
To smile IN Elaiulani's eve.
Written in April to KaiuIari in the
April of her age ard in Waikiki within
easy reach Of kaiUlani's banyaa. When
she comes to my land and her fathers
and the rain beats upon the window
tds [ fear it Wild let her look at this
page. 1t viii be like weed gathered
and preserved at home and she vFIIT ~
member her islands and the shadow Of
tne mighty tree; and she viii hear the
peacock screaming in the dark and the
wind blowing in the palms and she will
think Of her father sitting there alone -
r. L. S
The lrttle princess died shortly after
her famous friend went away. and
Mr. ClekhoTns has never allowed anv
one TO use the verse before He gives
me his assurance that this is the first
lIIne II mas ever been in print