The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1911-05-01
A NEW YORK STORY OF THE
HAWAIIAN JAY COULD MARRIED.

the story of the islands like a book.
She knows the Hawaiian traditions
and it's quaint mythology.
Princesses have always been cred
tied with possessing mysterious in
fluence with the gods who, according
to the simple natives, rule over the
Islands of the Sea. When Captain
Cook, the British globe-girdler dis
covered the Hawaiian Islands in the
closing days of the eighteenth cen
fury, nearly every island in the group
had its own breech-clouted potentate.
They were as fine a lot of South Sea
knights as could be found anywhere.
They worshipped tools that were as
ugly as those of China. If the wind
didn't blow from the right direction
or a king was annoyed with an in
growing toenail or other ailment. the
attaches of the kings household, sup
plemented by a lot of copper-colored
priests, would say things to the
idols, and if the idols didn't appear
surprised they would know that the
gods must be appeased.
There were various methods of
doing this. Sometimes thrusting a
blade through the throat of a squeal-
ing fat pig would bring result. At
other times a dog would be sac
riflced In really serious cases, as,
for instance, when one king wanted
the support of the war god in knock
ing off the head of the neighboring
king, a venerable human being would
be led trembling to the hillside altar
and there punctured by the priests
until he ceased to gasp. AS inter-
island warfare was conducted on
schedule such as is arranged for
baseball clubs, there was seldom a
time when a dead civilian did not lie
at the foot of the royal idol. The
skulls of those who died as a sacrifice
were, after a time, fastened to pole
tops and set up on the highway along
which the gods were supposed to
travel to show that everything had
been done to propitiate them Elk
Queen Liliuokalani, who was the last
of the crown-wearing class in Ha-
wall, on one of her visits to this
country, said:
From baroarism to civilization was
just a step for the Hawaiians They
turned from the one and accepted the
other without any long intervening
period of gradual preparation"
This is indeed a fact The Hawa-
iians saw the light; one by one the
idols disappeared and in a compare
lively short time a chief arose whose
power and influence put an end to
the semi-barbaric warfare which had
been quite the common thing.
Queen Liliuokalani, or Lilly of the
Sea-" occupied the Island throne when
it was toppled over and monarchy got
its final setback there. She was
woman of characteristic Hawaiian
features, copper-colored, educated and
graceful after the style of Maggie
Cline. For number Of years Queen
Lii lived in the hope that she would
be restored to her royal palace, but
even the Hawaiian gods couldn't bring
Il; about.
Queen Liliuokalani's husband was
John Owen Dominis, son of Boston
shipmaster He. was a man of affairs.
He died some time ago. The widow
was reported 70 be engaged to fat
Prince Ari Pal of Tahiti few years
ago. Prince Ari weighs 300 pounds.
1t has been ofttimes predicted lin
Hawaii that some day a princess
would be born who would restore the
glory of royalty to the islands. They
didn't mention names. When that day
Iccmes, so the story runs, the great
volcano Kilauea will rumble and send
forth a fie which will be the signal
for day of rejoicing. The goddess
Pill, who presides over everything
fiery, is said to understand her duties
we'll