The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-09-29
All FONG JOINS HIS FATHERS.
RISE or H4WAII'S CHINANAN,
WHO DIED ~ MACAO.
EatHeA OF the Famous Thirteen Along Girls
ArtHOnOlulu-Their BruliaDt Marriages
A .-One the VIE ~ e Admiral
y hitting -Thctr AbOundIng Hospitality.

r.. IUt I NCNNo NANAAN
lerday that a Chinaman named Wing
An Fong had died at his home at Macao.
an thu 80 1th coast Of China The death
was ~ ne, vs.. interest in America partly
hacause Of the Chinaman's Importance
a. n trader ,his wealth was said to DO
ssomewhere a round SO. 900 600 or $4,000
enAs-hut part Ncularly because this tall
merchant, who always wore tho flowing
sDken robes and the long queue OF his race
numbered aLaonS. his sons n-law a Rear
Admiral OF our n avy, other officers OF the
limited States Al my and Navy, profess
sional men and, prominent merchants
There NAV ave been a lifting OF eye
brows among those stay at homes to whom
a boat trip to Bridgeport IL an eplsooe
when they read Of marriages OF Ameri-
cans Of prominence 10 Orientals. Among
those westbound glCbetrotters. however
who while on their way to Singapore or
sone other place back OF Beyond have
broken the trip at Honolulu; the cross
roads OF the Pacific" with the coveted
card TO the An Fong no ne in their possess
sion. the announcement that another OF
the An Fong girls was to marry an Ameri-
can has always been received quite diner
snfiv. The travellers hats were OH to
the lucky husband.
The thirteen Along girts-they nave
Ansiicized the name-are known Tor the
beauty and accomplishments from Manila
to London and back again in the other
' direction. The Along cocktail, the recipe
OF which was conided by the Chinese father
only 10 his dau zhtere, and which was mixed
and served by one or another Of the thirteen
on the lanai Of the Along home at Honolulu
10 thirsty globe trotters, remains revered
In the memory Of the army and navy officers
who have had the good fortune to drink It,
Travellers sigh seutimentally when they
recall the Along luau, or Hawaiian dinner
which was a wonderful affair. But es-
~peoially they remember the thirteen beau
tifuI daughters and the hospitality prof
ferod the traveller up at the house OF the
thirteen baloonies-one balcony Tor each
euitor. said the envious Hawaiian mothers
and the wide lanai or porch among the
foothills of the Punchbowl a mile back
from the waterfront.
10 was away back in the sos that a
vounr Chinaman named Wing All FonG
landed at Honolulu with a boatload Of
his countrymen from China. He was alert
and had a keen sense for making two stsgs
canes grow where one had gro wn before.
Also he was different from the coolie class
I'm that he was very tall and far above the
cooiie In intelligence.
Before he became a sugar king All Fong
OPENED a shop in Honolulu, where he sold
Chimes bric-a-brac and silks. The shop
prospereo and 30 when Wing All Fong
began to WOO a Honolulu girl named Con-
cspoion, the daughter OF a Portuguese
sailor. he was a local man Of affairs and said
to be worth $780, 900. The girl, who had
Spanish blood In her veins, as well as Portu-
Russe and a strain Of English, was married
to All Fong in 1850. Mrs. All Fong lent
additional energy ana executive ability to
the business anairs Of her husband.
All FonK foresaw the development Of the
sugar cane industry Of naval. One day
be heard that land on the island Of Maui
could be bought chesply and he gave over
a small part Of his savings in return for
thousands Of acres. Then along came
Claus Spreckels, who developed the water
resources of Maui, and Spreckels was prac-
tically forced to buy the All Fong acree at
the owners price. There followed other
deals that helped the Chinaman to win his
millions.
Some of the thirteen pretty daughters
and the two sons, Tony and Albert tayer-
weather Along, had arrived on the scene
by this time. The father took some m
from the counting room to build the home
on the slope OF the Punchbowl that u still
a show place Of Honolulu, with its winding
lava roads. its fountains and palms and
flowers. As more wealth and more daugh-
ters arrived the house, which Ia q combina-
ton OF a Virginia country home and a Chi
nese pagoda, was added TO. Adjoining
plantations were bought and added 70 the
estate. Mrs. All Fong became Mrs. Along.
Mrs. Afoag's social ambitions were en-
couraged by Mr.. All Fong to the extent OF
providing for resident to build
Partisan ball gowns, lavish entertainments
and the sending OF the girls 70 me states Is
the suburbs of New York and Philadelphia
But Mr.. All Fong still affected his flowing
silks, Rlistening color schemes, such as one
may see edualled in America My in the
nei9hborhood OF ths Chinese legation in
Washington. Nor would All Fong permit
his beloved Tony the oldest son, to be-
come Americanized. Whom the time came
for All FonE to 90 back 10 China TO join the
Chinese wife he had left there when be
sailed for Hawaii long aRo-to return TO die
In the home Of his ancestors where his
ChiNsse wife would erect a tablet in his
house and set out the baked brown pig
and recount the virtues of the dead forever
when thattime Of departure arrived four
teen years ago Tony was taken. with him
both in the flowing robes Of the fatherland
For a long time after the father went
back TO China -on a visit" from which he
was never to return, the daughters and Mrs,
Along and the son Albert were seen little
by, Honolulu society, Gradually: then me
prettiest grounds in all the South Seas
began again. The Along carriages
began TO carry guests again through the
palms and the winding lava bed roads
The drive was ended with the marvellous
Along cocktail, which each daughter
when abe had arrived at the age Of discre
ton. 10 years, had been taught to make
by her now absent father.
One who has visited the Along home
will never forget 1t. On the very first day
the family would give for the guest the biz
Welcoming luau or native dinner. Thu
luau was served-still is served-on the foo
OF the lanai or veranda. Around the shoul
ders IL the guests would be draped tn
lei or floral wreath and while a native bans
discoursed on the ukulele and taropatcl
a menu would be spread that began will
the Along poi, which is the average pc
raised to the nth power. Then the feas
would run through the live fshes that on,
= Dipped for in the koa wood bowl and at
a-wriggling, the live shrinps that requires
keen Judgment on the part OF the dine
TO prevent them from getting away from
him. more poi and, best OF all. baked whit
puppy.
Afterward there would be a dance 70
the guests and drives in the Along carriage
and traps TO the Pail and the PunchbowI
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