Seven weeks in Hawaii, by an American girl . thisway. I had received an invitation to a fried bananabreakfast and was just starting when a friend tele-phoned me that the band was on its way to the ex-Queens home, Washington Place. The Royal Ha-waiian Band has for many years serenaded QueenLiliuokalani once a month, and I had promised my-self the treat of this occasion. Within twenty min-utes I was standing in her presence, kodak in hand,an uninvited guest. Dressed in black silk she sat onher front lauai, attended by one maid. I cannotthink that she was ever a handsome woman, even ather best, b
Seven weeks in Hawaii, by an American girl . thisway. I had received an invitation to a fried bananabreakfast and was just starting when a friend tele-phoned me that the band was on its way to the ex-Queens home, Washington Place. The Royal Ha-waiian Band has for many years serenaded QueenLiliuokalani once a month, and I had promised my-self the treat of this occasion. Within twenty min-utes I was standing in her presence, kodak in hand,an uninvited guest. Dressed in black silk she sat onher front lauai, attended by one maid. I cannotthink that she was ever a handsome woman, even ather best, but now in spite of age and disappoint-ment, she is, I think, remarkably dignified and statelyas becomes one of her rank. As I looked at the poorold ex-Queen I almost felt with her that it was ashame for a great and powerful nation, possessingmore territory than it could possibly occupy, to crosstwo thousand miles of sea and take from the poorHawaiians their little spots in the broad Pacific. [37] s i: v !•: x w i. i. k s i x i i a w a i i. [38] ^^M^a^^tti S E V E X W E E K S IN HA W A I I Guests arrived in carriag-es, paid their respects andleft floral offerings. The aged Queen did not rise togreet them, but bowed and smiled. I asked the maidif 1 might take a picture, but she sliook her 1 saw the Queen and the maid have quite alittle conversation, apparently aJDOut me, the maid evi-dently telling her that I wanted a picture. Shelooked at me searchingly several times, and finallybowed assent. I excused myself to ni} host and hostess for being-late to breakfast, saying that I was in the presence ofroyalty, and could not leave sooner! They becameexcited, losing their appetites instantly, and snatchingtheir hats they too ran to see the first lady of tlieland. By the time we finally collected for breakfastit was noon, so we lunched instead, llie fried ba-nanas were delicious. They are a sort of vegetablevariety, not good uncooked. The peel is red, andthe fruit is twice
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