Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-02-15
ODD HAWAII RITES
FOR prince CUPID"
Picturesque Burial Is Held for
Last Member of a Royal
Line. &
By c. f. GEssLER.

Especial Correspondence Of Tie Star and
Chicago Daily NewsD
HONOLULU, Hawaii, January 10
Ancient Hawaiian rites, which. it is
said, never will be seen performed
again, marked the burial Of Prince
Jonah kuhio kalanianaole. "Alii
Makaainana." or citizen prince, and
for the last twenty years delegate
TO Congress from the territory Of
Hawaii. The Ali kuh!o was the last
Hawaii.
At midnight. by the flare of kukui-
nut professionalism of the ka!a-
kaua dynasty-guarded by the de-
scendants of chiefs armed with SYM
bolic spears. preceded by the sacred
tabu stick denoting royalty. and at
tended by hereditary high chiefs
wearing priceless feather capes or
ahuulas and feather helmets that
cannot be duplicated because the
birds that furnished them are eN-
tinct, the body of the prince was re-
moved from his home at Pualeilani
Waikiki, to historic Kawaiahao
Church.
There the body of the alii lay in
state for nine days. while Hawaiians
and "haoIes," or, white folk. came
from all the islands of the group to
join the mourners chanting oiiolfs IN
honor of the departed. Day and
night. according to the ancient Gus
tom. the watches were kept over the
body Day and night the feathery
cylinders of kahiiis. emplenatic OF
royal state, waved iE the HANDS OF
1.-THE watchers. Day ana nlsnI the
low wall OF the steel guitars and the
sobs of mournerS. in the long halls
of Kawaiahao. Hour by hour the
watches changed as the various lila.
waiian societies and Soups OF
long standing. claimed the honor OF
holding spears and kahillis over the
dead.
Honored by Army and Navy.
When the nine days of mourning
were completed the body was moved
again at midnight to 1olani palace.
now the government building OF the
territory, where state funeral was
held with honors accorded by the
United States Army and Navy.
Today a procession miles in length
moved slowly for four hours up the
historic Nuuanu valley. where the
Kamehameha. won the victory that
united his kingdom. Minute by minute
United States artillery crashed its
honor to the citizen prince platoon
by platoon the troops filed through
the narrow street of Chinese stores
and thea.ers. Army. Navy, National
Guard of Hawaii, United States
Marines. Boy Scouts. the military
units of the various colleges. then the
picturesque Hawaiian societies. in red
and yellow and blue and green feather
regalia, bearing spears and kahills
mounted on human boneS-then the
great sacred tabu stick. made of the
sword of a narw!,al surmounted by a
gilded ball-then, drawn by 300 white
dad pooias or stevedores ono animal
is allowed to draw the body OF an
aliD. came the great koa wood coffin.
At either side walked the high chiefs.
The kukui-nut torches fiared luridly
in the daylight. The spears of the
dark warriors made dusky forest
through which the royal kahiiis waved
like fantastic foliage of unearthly
vegetation.
Onicials Honor Dead Prince.
More ahuulas. more kahilis, more
uniforms-officiais of federal. terri
toriaI. city and county governments.
and the consular officers of foreign
powers. here to do honor to Prince
Cupid" delegate s., to the American
Congress and last prince of the
Hawaiian people, - go,
The long procession neared the
gate of the royal mausoieum in
Nuuanu valley. The coffin was low
shoulders of the high chiefs and
borne to the marble crypt. Aged
Hawaiians chanted weird oliolis. and
the shrill SQUAD of wailing played an
ohligato to the booming of the guns
on Pun Waina and in the capitol
grounds =
Kuhic is. dead. and with him the
last vestise of the Hawaiian mon
archy. And the wailing at the tomb
of Kalani Ali today was not alone
..ks bot ~
measure for the departed glories of
the Hawaiian race.