The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1910-05-20
HAWAIIANS IN
QUAKER CITY
Prince Cupid Has a Namesake in
the Only Island Home in
Philadelphia.


Philadelphia Press:-If Prince Cupid
of Hawaii could glimpse the interior
of 2216 Panama street, where the lone
representative family of his realm re-
sides, he would find namesake con.
fronting him in the chubby person of
one Paulo Cupid Kahalehili, who has
already staggered through four years
of this life beneath his illustrious
name, and can nearly reach his moth
er's waist if he stretches very hard.
Though Paulo Cupid is of American
parentage on his mothers side, yet he
has the curly black hair, the liquid
black eyes, and the olive skin of Ha.
waii, and the Prince would have little
difficulty in recognizing pocket edi-
tion of a countryman.
Already Paulo Cupid has proved his
manhood despite his short span of
years, for last winter when "Daddy''
Kahalehili was racked with fits Of
coughing that stopped his shoulders and
whitened his lips and finally brought
him low in a hospital, Paulo Cupid
filed the office of bread winner and
supported the family.
Down in the Academy of Fine Arts
was Charles Crafty, who was just look
ing for such curves as Paulo Cupid
had. So for three trying hours the lat
ter posed each day and abused the
painter in long Hawaiian words as Mr..
/ Crafty squinted at Paulo IS dimples and
scowled over his flesh tones.
The father of Paulo Cupid, who is
known as Kale in Hawaii, but is just
plain "Charley" here, left the shade of
his native trees and the white.roofed,
sun.lit streets of Honolulu for America
some nine years ago, to follow the will
low o. the wisp that lay in the blue
eyes of Jean Duff.
Romance of Footlights.
She had bodied into his range of
vision one night on the stage of the
Orpheum Theater at Honolulu, where
under the hands of a mephisto-like
magician she was consecutively HLu-
nette, the Maid of the Moon" and
performed mysterious stunts in the face
of the astounded luminary; or as the
"Girl in the Box Enigma" was whisk-
ed around in a most fearsome way.
AS Kale Kahalehili watched her from
his place among the musicians he for.
got to sigh out his dreams in a soft
drumming on his "ukulele, (which is
the Hawaiian way of saying guitar, and
met her after the performance.
After time vaudeville palled on the
souls of the Hawaiians. They watched
"Lunette" listlessly, and didn't care
where the girl in the box went to for
they weren' It clever enough to guess.
In other words, the company was
stranded, and so Jean Duff packed her
trunk for America, and sailed reluet-
antly away.
Six months later Kale laid aside the
duck trousers, red SASH and "lei"
wreath of his people, and followed
after her. They were married with due
impressiveness at Coney Island, and
for a short time the man sang with the
Hawaiian Glee Club there. They have
lived in Philadelphia for the last nine
years, and there are now three pair of
eyes that echo the brown depths of
their fathers. The owners of the eyes
are KIM, a plum girlmite of half a
dozen years; Kale Paumou, three years
old, whose name translated means
Charley Tower-grass, and Paulo Gu
pid, of royal appellation.
Mother Was Model, Too.
Paulo's mother is proud of the pos
: ing episode. She was a model herself
} from the time she was twelve years
old, as We're the other eight members
of her family; in fact, the name of
Duff was password in artistic circles.
J She is the figure in Hugh Breeken-
ridges well-known Lantern Glow, -
and was one of the models for the win
dow which Violet Oakley designed for
the Church of All Angels, in New
York.
From the present indications it looks
as though Paulo Cupid would be called
ON soon again TO shoulder the burden
of livelihood, for Kale has been moved
down, as all his countrynien are, event
ually, by the climate, and at present is
} struggling with tuberculosis in the Pol
lyclnic Hospital.
Though the children are radiant.look.
ing and bright-eyed, yet the doctors
believe that they are infected with
tuberculosis also, and Paulo Cupid has
just emerged regretfully from a course
Of treatment at the University Hos
pital
81 must get away II l want to keep
them aliye,n the mother declared des,
perailyely, "somehow, someway, we
mus get TO San Francisco, where the
air IL dry ana clear, and their lungs
will grow strong, can't afford all
} the things they need hers 10 keep then
1 WE'LL
) AZ that moment paulo came into the
+, room carefully traihng Large quill
. behind him, All our Clothes he ca
, planned Eroudly pointing 90 eheci
} patch that represented ono ~ bis pRal
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I on dresses, rHulo tnpid's faded iumpel
} suits ana Kale's worn oai poRis.
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