Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1909-04-10

repdrduOn IN measure
Tor the taking away of her crown and
Tor her reduction from the rank Of
the worlds richest woman to penury.
Liiiuokalani, once queen Of the Ha-
waiian islands, asked congress that
sne be given a sum Of money that will
suffice for her declining years.
A woman of 70 years, weighed down
with many sorrows, the remnant Of a
royal family that has almost disap-
peared, she is a link between the old
forms of the world and the modern.
The conditions of life that knew her
Kind are rapidly passing from even
the distant Pacific Her kingdom,
vhere the motion Of a monarch's fin.
ser In her youth meant life or death,
has become commercialized terri.
tory OF the United States. Her con.
sort Is dead. she is childless and poor
Queen Liliuokalani recently told her
story to a Boston newspaper man In
this manner:
-Sitting back Of the city OF Honolu-
In and watching over 1t like a grim
guardian Is huge mountain that takes
from the form of its extinct crater
the name OF the Punch Bowl At the
loot OF this mountain In one OF the
spacious grass houses that made the
ebodes of the old-time chiefs, was
born In 1888.
My father was Of the direct branch
OF the royal family, though not at that
time In the line OF succession. His
grandfather had founded the long line
OF The Kamehameha kings, and his
aunt, the celebrated Queen Kapiolani,
had plucked the sacred berries from
the sides OF the volcano, had descend.
ed to the boiling lava and thrown them
into the molten mass. thereby forever
breaking the power Of the fire god
dess, destroying at a stroke the old
pagan beliefs and opening the way for
her people to accept Christianity.
My direct parents had little to do
with my career after bringing me in
TO the world, for was Immediately
adopted into the family of another
high chief In accordance with ancient
custom and was brought up there.
This was the custom in the olden days
In Hawaii. for 1t was held as a great
means Of promoting peace and the
best Of feeling among the tribes that
their children should be exchanged.
so grew up on the knee of my
foster father, Paki, knowing little of
my real parents, and played with my
scster sister. Bernice, who was after.
ward Mrs. Charles R. Bishop.
when I was of sufficient age I was
AMI 20
especially for members OF the fami.
lies that were Of regal blood. This
school was kept by an American and |
whose names were Cooke, and the ed
they gave us IVES not largely differel
that which might have been obtained fl
tca, and all the school eessions were CO
entirely in English. so that ct that til
well as the rest Of the royal children
70 speak the tongue we now have adj
From this It will be seen that peop
the outside world were already gettin
thing Of a hold upon the far Pacific
Missionaries had introduced the Chris
iigion long before. and II had been gu
orally adopted. The waIm-hearted pc
the islands had welcomed the foreign
open arms, had extended to him bounti
Ditaiity, and had offered to him the pl
Nthe islands. for there was always a
abundance for all. These outsiders had
IN from all the maritime nations Of
from America, and from the far east
had tarrie3 awhile and had come to
the sun-bathed Islands that they had
cared to leave them.
"One event In the long years at the b
school was coupled with my after II
stands out above everything else.
board fence divided tho royal school
school for boys. right next door, and W
we're all playing our Hawaiian gam
day IN our shaded yard, lusty lad som
older than / and not of native blood
upon the fence and looked over and
direct down into my eyes, and was
embarrassed-and impressed. This sal
I came to know afterward as John o. d
when had grown into womanhood
to live with my sister. Bernice, the
Bishop. and at once there commenced
10Y and pleasure that we're without enc
young people OF the royal family were II
and accessible at that time and their
tainments were based upon nothing oth'
pure pleasure. We had our own circle
Inmates and these were always arrangln
walls, excursions, dances. musicals and a
ner OF entertainment. The Americans q
yopeans, as strangers within the gates
often included in these and became Il
mates OF the royel family. Even IN my &
the outside influence was strongly felt
manner OF enteriaipment
"Buf 4, II go n the homes Of tho
chiefs " rioss hospitable plantations