New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-05-09
4 F1r OF n4AORGLAND SET DOWN IN SAN FRANCISCO
Comely, Clearly and Graceful
People, Classed at Head of
Native Races, Bring Primal
Atmosphere with
Them.

dainty lingerie and pretty frocks stitched and en-
broidered by her own needle. It's mat was woven
By hand Of fax thread, undyed and lustrous as
silk the color like that OF pongee A frlnBe y.
XII Wi feathers ran across the top and bottom aha
| will have you know that the ki-w IS now sino''
extinct and protected by the government certain
ly ONLY their rarity il is that makes them 80
Irized; for they are communicating little Drown
ish-gray things ike the small feathers OF any
tarnyard fowl, not 70 be mentioned Tor sp1ehoo'
with the bright-colored puff Of parrot pIumSge
wrought into the bottom OF the garment JUST
above the hem.
The construction Of one Of these skirts, "nieh
is in fact only fringe OF flax stems, IS an lh''-
cate undertaking Rangiriri, who speaks eNeeIleh'
English. explained 10 me that green hax IS useu'
From alternate sections. several inches IN iens'h'
the bark is removed and the fibre left uninJurea'
These free sections then dyed On her sK'r'
they dyed black giving the skirt strong
color tone. In her hair she wears with TINS ha'''e
costume a rare hula feather. There VIII DC no
new hula feathers in the market Of Naorllsna-
the hula is definitely extinct And this single
feather-which I. worn like the scalp feather Oh
the Indian maiden, standing straight up on the
polls q precious possession, Of brown tina. Is
almo.. black and with saucy white tip tha'
suggests the white plume Of leader. OF course
our dress, like our customs, is rapidly replacing
their distinctive and picturesque native garb. But
so far the Maori women, 30 Rangiriri conhded 20
me. have held out valiantly against eorsets. And
we haven't weak backs, either" she ADDED WITH
fash Of triumph.
These people do not all look alike. as we once
thought the Chinese did. In the matter OF coior'
some Of them are brown as coffee berries; others
are olive skinned like the people Of south Europe
There are individuals with hair that curls thlcAly'
those with straight locks, and yet others with
waving hair saw one young woman, hne-
featured broad -browed delcate-faced, her brown
ewes shaded by long, curling lashes, her thiek'
straight hair parted and braided In two long
brads. There was something pensve in the
countenance. She might we'll be painted for
Madonna Of her people Leaning beside her, with
an arm thrown around the slender Madonna, was
companion who made perfect folI LOT heI
stout. her checks too well rounded and her rudy
color too high. She a pleasing creature
buxom. laughing-eyed- the barmad type Among
the Young men I saw one youth careless, deoon-
air. with the smiling glance OF faun his head
small and round and classic, with close-curNng
hair; he might have been early Greek OF the
Golden Age Moving close TO him was another
thoughtful. grave. with sharp-cut features and an
austere glance; he might have stepped from out
some other day and time-a poet, an ARTIST
seer. dreamer.
The girls, so softly fashioned, with such lus-
trous eyes and pleasing features and such grace
Of manner. like all the people Of the southern
seas. age early. They are often mothers at