The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-07

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i pa-hao1e (half- white) is so altogether
i charming-and hers is a novel charm
i that carries its own danger. The ma
i pa-haole is unlike other fen1ininity
| with which the male newcomer previ-
| ously has had acquaintance, either in
! books or real life.
! In appearance she is perhaps similar
to the Spanish girl of song and rom
| ance, but about her is very little of the
Spaniard's languor, none of the Spanf-
| ards custom of yelled face and shrink
| ing dependence on duenna. The ha-
pa-haole is dashing and Independent.
no clustered maid; being of free out
| door living. A fearless rider, seeming
| a very part of her steed, wonderful In
| the water, swimming way out to the
reef, where big waves break and cruel
sharks wait; none can excel her In
dancing; she's surely a siren when she
sings; when she walks she walks a
queen. In Hawaii the newcomer judges
there must be direct royal descent for
each and every native, so splendid the
poise and walk.
And such voices IN speech, so gentle,
soft, sympathetic, responsive. And
such manneri Where did they learn?
Mayhap from a long line of kindly in
tentioned forbears, the Hawaiian race,
friendly, social, hospitab1e. An I'M
prejudiced observer certainly would
style them gentlefolk, whether dWeller
in primitive grass hut or big house on
the plantation. Few girls in these
days are of the grass hut order. I
should say none of the part white.
And while many as not wisely guard
ianed, still a fair number of the chill
dren of Hawaiian-haole marriages now
are brought up exceedingly carefully.
The girls of the wealthy parents are
sent to the States or to Europe to be
finished, and they come back very
much society young women indeed,
the society air not the misf1t you might
think. Without doubt the hapa-haole
usually is extremely attractive. She
seems to the male newcomer, who by
now has quite lost his head, a most
delightful combination, possessing the
civilization of the white woman, the
softness and fire lacking in the white
woman.
Probably the handsomest of the ma
tive women are those part white, al
though I have seen some most attrac-
tive Hawaiian Chinese and Hawaiian
Japanese. These usually have clear,
color1ess skins, very like the COM
plexion Of a pale brunei; eyes with
but little of the Celestial slant; fea-
lures an Improvement on those Of both
father and mother; straight hair. AS
a rule they are of medium size, the
women rather of the Siamese type.
The hapa-haole, who as she gets
older is apt to put on too much avoir-
dupois, when young is of an adorable
round slenderness and stately height.
1.-the and graceful are terms that at
once come to mind in speaking of her,
the degree of litheness and grace sug-
costing that unhampered race to
which her mother belonged.
1t is true that hapa-haole confines
her waist with a surprisingly small
girdle, but her grandmother probably
eschewed both girdle and robe. The /
present day representative wears sur
prisingly small shoes, but the ances-
tress probably never wore any. The |
hapa-haole spends plenty money-to |
use her colloquial expression-on |
clothes; her grandmother's simplicity |
has been referred to.
The hapa-haole knows how to dress |
How did she learn? Maybe of Nature |
who is reputed to be qualified to teach |
in matters of taste. She wears white |
gowns that enhance her tallness and |
roundness and intensity the duskiness
of eyes and hair. On festaI days, |
smilingly following an old native Gus
tom, she may put wreath of fresh /
flowers about her hat or throw a long
MALE wreath over one shoulder. The
coquetry of 1t! Nc wonder the new
conner
By and large, apart from their looks,
what sort of women are they? Doctors
disagree on this subject. I can give
but humble layman opinion. Very
like the rest of us 1t seems to me; |