The Hawaiian gazette., 1917-11-30
HAWAIIAN QUEENS
STORY FOR SCHOOLS
Short and Concise Account Of
Life Of LiIiuokaIani, Last
Island Monarch

Queen Liliuokalani II can easily he
made part of the course of study to
familiariye Hawaiian children with the
story Of Hawaii IS last Queen; A.. ..
Liliuokalani was horn September 9,
| 1888, near the present site of the
Qdeen's Hospital, Honolulu. Her mare
was Lydia Kamakacha. Her father
was Kapaake1 and her mother was Keo.
| hokalolt. Her ancestry traces back to
the foundation Of the Kamehameha dy.
nasty and she claimed relationship to
the royal family of the FIVE sovereigns
of that name.
Liliuokalani was givcu away in in.
| fancy by her parents to another chief.
tain by whom she was adopted accord.
ing TO the Hawaiian custom of exchang
ing children, observed to foster and
cement the ties between the different
clans and chiefs.
At School When Four Years
When four years old, LiliuOkalani
was sent to the ROYAL School, founded
and conducted by Mr.. and Mrs. Amos
G, Cooke, the pupils all being children
Of the royal family and the high chiefs.
II was boarding school, and here Lii
uokalani learned English well and was
educated in the teaching of the Chris.
tian religion.
Among the royal children who were
at the school during Lihuokalani 5 time
were three children Of Kinau, daugh
ter of Kamehameha Lot, who was
later Kamehameha V. Liholiho, who was
later Kamehameha ". and their sister
Princess Victoria. There were also
Principal William IunalilO. who follow
ed Kamehameha v as king; Liliuoka,
lani Is brother Kalakaua, who becnme
the seventh king of Hawaii; Liliuoka
lani 5 foster-sister, Bernice Pauahi, and
Emma Rookie. who became the queen Of
Kamehnmeha Nv. .u...,
Church attendance and Christian ,wor
ship were deeply instilIed into the
minds of the children at the Royal
school. They afforded church every
Sunday, accompanied by their teachers
Mr.. and Mrs. Cooke, and occupied seats
near the pew Of the King
OF LilinokalaDi's ability rs a child a.
school and her tastes, the best descripl
ton perhaps can be taken from he'
personal memoirs. She writes:
Elm my school DAYS my facility il
reading music at sight was always rec
0gnlZed Wy my INSTRUCTORS.
q After leaving school my musics
education was continued from time t.
time as opportunity offered, but scarce
| ly remember the days when it would
not have been possible for me to write
either the words or the music for any
occasion on which poetry or song wa
| needed To compose was as natural to
me as to breathe; and this gift of NJ
| ture, never having been suffered to fall
into disuse. remained source of great
est consolation 70 this, day.
Whom She Met Her Husband
1t was in her childhood that Liliuo
kalani met her future husband, john
o. DOminis. son of an American SEE
captain, A day school for children wa
established by a Mr.. and Mrs. John.
ston next to the Royal School. A higl
ldobe fence separated the yards of the
two schools. The boys of the Johnston
School would climb the fence and pee
! over at the royal children. Among them
was Dominis and although Liliuoka
lani had other suitors during her girl
hood. the American of her school day
romance became her husband when sho
was twenty-four years old. At one
time Prince William. later King Luna
lilo, sought Liliuokalani 5 hand in mar
rage and at another time her alliance
With Kamehameha Nv was suggested
pominis' father, Captain Dominis
had been Interested in trade in Chinf
md California and in one of his voy
,ges around Cape Horn across the Pa
riGc landed in Honolulu. His anees
'ors were from Italy. His wife wa
an American, born in BostOn, descend
ant of early English settlers. E
Bridesmaid At Royal Marriage
On June 10, 1856, King KamehamehF
~ married Emma Rookie and the roya
wedding, in which Liliuokalani partici
pated as n bridesmaid, in Kawaiahat
'hnr1 h. was made the occasion of grea
fcstivity in Honolulu with numerou
picnics, balls and luaus. IN
In November of that year, Liliuoka
lani Travelled with her mother, Konia
who was in failing health, to the Isl
md of Hawaii and later to I.ahainn
II was during this time that LiliuokR
lani became engaged to Prince Viii
| liam LunalilO, hut she later broke tho
troth and in 1860 vas engaged to Dom
mis-, whom she married September l6
1862. .Konia died July p 1887, and
until her marriage, Liliuokalani con
timed 70 live with the. Bishops
WhcF Iiliuokalani became Mrs. Johr
}. nominis she and-her husband moved
o. Washington Place in Beretanif
street, WHICH Captain Dominis hat
built as a private residence. ,..
Three Epochs In Queen's Life
Liliuokalani' life from her mar
riagc to her death may be divided into
three important phases: the twenty
nine years from 1862 to 1891, the yea,
Of her accession to the throne cover
ed by the reigns of Kings Kamehamehf
V. Lunalilo and Kalakaua, during
which Iiliuoka!ani became more and
more conspicuous figure in publ,
life aud factor in. the affairs of the
growing constitutional monarchy, tn,
two stormy years of her sovereignty
| 1891 to 1898; and the twenty.thret
years of her retirement when she at
tracted attention by her repeated trips
! - Washington and later lived quietly
in semi-regal fashion at her home
Washington Place, in Honolulu. J
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