Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-01-21
MRS. Strong HAS
PREFERENCE FOR
THEDAYSOF OLD
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j the carriage await he was applaud
ed for his little par. If yen We're 10
| glance over the 5j',s IT. ;nc n-wSI,a-
pers of those days. you could easily
find out what great actors and act
, resses We were.
ITO this very day, thing that Ro-
sic Tenney made the best Patience
when she was playing the leading
role in the play by that name. Then,
after the performance the king would
give a ball at the palace or at one Of
the hotels Still, suppose ne peO-
pie OF Honolulu are having the same
good times today. Then. too. | remem-
! Der all the pretty girls who were in
the choruses of the several plays put
on in those days. Many Of those who
today are staid matrons were in those
! choruses."
When asked concerning the story
of her designing of the Hawaiian coat
| of-arms, Mrs. Strong smiled and ad-
mitted that she had had that honor,
| and further that she had designed the
! flag of the monarchy, and also the
seal of the Order of Oceania.
King Kalakaua was much interest
ed in the designing of the coat-of-
arms, and took occasion to visit and
| see how the work was progressing
just about the time when ! was WELD
ing a piece of crayon ard deeply into
the spirit of the undertaking. The
aquarium is new to me- During my
stay here, painted large number of
different varieties of fishes for Kala-
kaua which he intended using in a
book which he was going to write. !
don't think he ever wrote the book"
Mrs. Strong, although she profess
ed considerable modesty in admitting
it. said that twas she who designed
the clothes of Queen Kapiolani for
her trip to England to attend one Of
the festivals given by Queen Victoria
Il cannot help but admit that her.
clothes were pretty" said Mrs. Strong
One dress, in particular, was sea-
green hoIoku with coral trimmings"
In speaking of her book The Girl
from Home" Mrs. Strong. says that
the two princes, Kaipo and Aimoku, the
adopted sons of Queen Liliuokalani,
were the only two characters which
she did not draw from her imagina-
ton. The other characters, she said,
she took some liberties with.
Il see that Honolulu has an up-to-
date street car system" she went on.
When l was here. we thought that
the old mule trans were the great.
est invention ever. The natives used
to invite each other to go for rides
on the mule cars The drivers were
not allowed to whip the mules, nei-
Their were they allowed to swear, and
the mules used to act up frightfuAy
Ithe greater part of the time. On such
occasions, the drivers used to indulge
in little brainstorms on the front plat
form, and it Used to be worth a trip
to watch them.
1T is very displeasing to see Wal
kiki so populated, so to speak It
used to be so quiet and beautiful that
you felt you owned the entire beach"
How did / first meet Mr.. Herbert
and his family?" she asked in re-
Spouse to a question. We'll. there
was a PARTY of US staying at the Mac,
farlane place at Waikiki for the week
end" she went on. "One morning we
got uD at o'clock and there was no
breakfast prepared Ten o'clock
came ard still nothing to eat, so we
decided to walk along the beach. AS,
we passed MI. Herbert's place, we
looked on the beautiful veran-Tl
mean lanai-and there was a boun-
teous breakfast spread out Well,
Mrs Herbert came out then and
asked us all in, and that was where
the acquaintance started.
"Tn those days the native Hawaiian
families were wealthy, and the wolneL
Ef,'l their holokus made in Paris, and
the balls at the palace We're magnifi
cent. The Hawaiians were very hos
ritable and gracious and received the
invading Americans with every cour.
tesy. Their entertainments were
worth remembering.
The Princess Liiluokalani's recep-
tfons were social events, and the for
eign ladies WED with each other for
the honor Of receiving with her. The
Princess Liliuokalani was not only
charming hostess, but was noted for
her benevolences. Those needing char
ity had only to make one request for
assistance. Her charities were so nu- |
merOus that but few were ever known |
to the public. | knew her very well, |
and my first social call in Honolulu |
this time will be upon her The Prin- |
cess Kaiulani was also very beautiful. |
remember one reception which she !
held when but IA years old and how |
she wave daside the officers and la |
dies to step forward and greet one |
old Hawaiian woman who, attired in |
no more royal robes than a grey no
loku, was waiting to kneel before her |
and kiss her hand. The little prin-
cess stepped forward and kissing the |