The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1909-12-02
and genuine hospitality OF a generous

! me expression OF the ChHlm oil n
Hawaiian woman is shown next best
in her musical atlainmenls, TOR she is
n natural songstrcss. singing the mel.
auchuly melodies of her native land to
Tho accompaniment of the little
ukIlili the native national instrument
which looks like toy guitar and has
fOu strings like the violin. To this
music also the farfamed dancers Of
tLc islands trip their merry feet. aud
tn" instrumental music at the dances
is always attended with singing which
is Joined In by those who dance as
well AS by those who play. After the
luau Of iIonolulus gcuia. mayor, We
were also treated TO the oXtrayagan2a
of native Hula Dance. performed by
two native girls. who wore the ancient
naty" costume which did not weigh
very much. The chief posturinCs of
this dance are illustrated and varied
with elaborate art, accompanied with
chants weird songs and the humping
OF gourds and calabashos The hula
/ girls wear short frOCk over the lOins
and around their ankles are circles of
grass their heads and shoulders being
oruamcnrcd with lcis The dance
starts and with the bodies erect and
! shoulders mutiunless. the girls keep
| up "a constant gcsticulation with the
| arms and hands and a nervous stamp.
ing of the feet as the hips are made
to rotate about rs though they were
! piyutcd TO the small Of the back and
| knees The actions Of the dancing
/ girl represent in way tao action or
sentiment being chanIed by the must.
clan and the chant is usually OF
national import Thus If the must
| ciau is telling Of the wars OF the
| Kawchamchas the girls 20 through
| ono motion, II he Is depicting love
/ scene another motion, but ! confess
! that. being unable to understand the
native dialect. | failed to catch from
! the changing motions Of the girls the
| transition Of the chautor from
| funeral to a marriage but the dane.
+ rrs. who, like all others Of them, had
/ been taught the dance from infancy
] WIZ WI al llNN w. anu w wv IHl v.
/ to whom all things are pure. no SUE
/ goslion Of indcccncy in the dance was
carried
| Tn" Hawaiian woman Is a good gen.
| tie patient and charitable housewife
who plies her calling late and early
| lik" her American sister. In many
| parts Of the islands she still pursucs
| tn" ancient craft of making baskets,
| weaving mats beating tapa cloth, /
stringing beads that grow ON bush
and that are called Jobs tears. aud
kindred feminine arts, bot little Cs
needle work She is relieved of tn" /
oncrous duty of making bread for the
pounding of poi Is always don" by the f.
men Sh" Is more patriotic than her .
husband. and even today her rover. .
cncc for the Ex-Quccn Is not only f.
genuine but marked Al reception I
given to us by Her Majesty at Wash. /
inT'bu Place. her present home at
Honolulu. II was interesting 10 note
in the sacred kiss of the hand and
the earnest Aloha" IA" deep dcyo .
ilbl Nl INV lihh ANN NVllt'lI W lll'll ]
ExQucrn. who has now grown old |
aud somewhat feeble and who lives /
alone in her home. Invested Of her |
crown and her possessions her only /
income being an annual pension given .
to her bA the Hawaiian Territorial |
Government. This intelligent, inter. |
"sting and esteemed old lady, who |
speaks English AS nuenlly as any one .
and who still maintains a qucunly dig |
nifty, Is the last link between the old |
and the new regimes. and her passing .
away will forever blight the hopes Of |
those patriotic Hawaiians who still +
see in her the possibility OF the re-. .
establishment Of the monarchy. nola-
BILE among whom are the chicicssrs Of /
the old orders Of nobility. who on core
monial occasions at the Queens house .
sit about and chant the traditions and .
genealogcs of the royal family
During our visit TO m" islands there
were many and varied receptions and .
entertainments given in our honor, all .
of which were delightful. but this re-.
given us later by the Prince, at which
we stood in the receiving line and
shook hands with the 1900 invited
guests. will always be landmarks in
the memories OF all of us.
The Volcano.
Nowhere else in all the world may
one stand on the brink of a living vol.
Cano and gaze into lake of molten
lava, the waves of which. the while.
break In fiery pillows at the base Of
the cliffs ON which one stands; or
witness the unguessed forces Of nature
working beneath that awful fluid mass
ever and anon forcing upward to
startling height great iirefountains.
which leap and fall and pusatc as
some living thing. kissing. moaning
and rumbing all the while. There
were those in our party who had Wis
tied Vesuvius and other volcanoes,
Lut tb,, soid that for cubliIuity aud /