The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-09-26
THE HULA HULA DANCE.
Has Not Been Banned by Law of
 Hawaii and Anyone Gan See 1t.

From the Denver Republican.
 The chronic chair warmer laid down the comic section of a paper some one had left in the lobby of the Brown Palace yesterday afternoon and laughed a laugh that sounded as if he really meant 1t.
 Excuse me-" he said to the man warming the chair next to his. 'I don't want you to suspect that was laughing at this funny paper, but there was a picture in there that reminded me of something that did make me laugh. It was a picture of some Hawaiian girls doing hula-hula dance, and l never think of a hula without recalling an in cident that occurred at Shriner's con vention in Honolulu few years ago.
 "The Shriners have an active, prosper ous lodge over there. with membership scattered all through the other islands, and one year when they were about to have a big initiation and an elaborate kick-up generally, they invited bunch of Shrine officials to come over from San Francisco and participate. The of- ficials accepted, and some of the other members of the Frisco lodge decided to go along, too, so they made up quite narty. most of them taking their wives along.
 "Of course the first night they were in Honolulu the men wanted to see a bula hula dance. Most everybody who eoes there wants to do that, and the way thev are accommodated does great credit to the business acumen of the people whc handle tourists there. The party was husv riding around in automobiles during Una daytime. and some of the men had a Iitt1e nrivate conversation with one of the fellows who were driving the ma chimes He said he thought ne could TX if for them to see hula If they wanted to hut they must keep quiet about 1t be- cause it was against the law to dance the bula any more and they might get into a lot of trouble if they were caught. h. c;dentally 1t would cost them B head.
 .arhat against the law business IS jo,a with the people who live in Hono- Iulu but the tourists fall for IL every tine The hula is danced at all the na- five weddings and dinner parties and fes- tivities of all kinds, just as openly as IT it were A two-step. There Is nothing abo,,t tba way it is danced these days that would bring a blush to the cheek of tba most modest person on earth and IT vou know the ropes you can see hula any time you want to at the homes ot tbe natives. It is just as much a part of their evenings amusement when bunch of them gather at some neisnpor house as a game of bridge whist or ,,',h rarabit is over here. But when soreone fresh from the mainland blows ;,to uonoIulu-oh. my! the hula Is dreadful thing! The law has frowned upon it: and only few places where 1t is safe to pull one off
 Well, that kind of talkuln whisper, vou know-caught the Shrihers rom frisco all right They came through with five-spot apiece and arranged to be on hand when the driver came around to the side door of the hotel with couple of autos that night.
 ..Now. the funny thing about this was that the wives of the men in the party had got this same driver to one sloe d,,r,ne the afternoon and asked if they couldn't see a hula that night without their husbands or anybody else knowing about it. Being wise young man the driver opined that he could fix It all right, but of course keep it dark, against the law, only few dancers left, and all