Daughters of Hawaii.
The Daughters of Hawaii will hold a reception on Thursday, September 11, 1924, at 4 p. m., at Hanaiakamalama, the Home of Queen Emma, in Nuuanu Valley, to honor the Kaukaualii Elizabeth Kekaaniau Pratt, for her 90th birthday.
Open to all members of the Association.
BERNICE SPITZ.
Secretary.
(Kuokoa, 9/11/1924, p. 6)
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke LXIII, Helu 37, Aoao 6. Sepatemaba 11, 1924.
The latest heard of our beloved Queen is that she is staying at Hyeres, in the south of France. We are greatly pleased to say that she is in excellent health, and so are her attendants. By the kindly invitation of His Highness, the Naval Minister, she toured the places where arms are stored, and the harbor of Toulon, and she was well received with all honors appropriate for her stature. There was given a grand reception on the evening of the day on which she went there.
The Queen plans to go to tour Italy, and to return by way of the Helvetic state. Emalani kindly agreed to the urging by the Emperor of France to return for a bit with him and to stay for some weeks in Paris, and from there to Britain and all the way back to Honolulu nei.
[There is much printed in the Hawaiian-Language Newspapers about Queen Emma’s travels abroad. Here is but one report informing her people of her progress.]
(Au Okoa, 4/23/1866, p. 2)
Ke Au Okoa, Buke II, Helu 1, Aoao 2. Aperila 23, 1866.
Hanaiakamalama, Ianuari 2, 2014.
An organization to be known as the “Daughters of Hawaii” was formed November 18, this year by Mrs. Emma L. Dillingham, Mrs. Sarah Collin Waters, Mrs. Lucinda Severance, Mrs. Ellen A. Weaver, Mrs. Annie A. Dickey, Mrs. Cornelia H. Jones and Miss Anna M. Paris. Its object is “To perpetuate the memory and spirit of old Hawaii and to preserve the nomenclature and correct pronunciation of the Hawaiian language.” No one is eligible to membership who was not born in Hawaii of parents who came here before 1869.
[I had a nice time at Queen Emma Summer Palace yesterday. They have a new exhibit called “Kiakahi,” dealing with the Queen’s travels abroad. Here is one of the first articles mentioning the Daughters of Hawaii found in the English newspapers. There are many more interesting accounts which can be found at http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/ and by choosing Hawaii as the state and using the search term “Daughters of Hawaii” (in quotations).]
(Hawaiian Star, 12/7/1903, p. 7)
The Hawaiian Star, Volume XI, Number 3654, Page 7. December 7, 1903.
The Birthday of Emma Lani.—Friday (yesterday), the 2nd of January, 1880, was the 44th birthday of the life of Queen Emma Kaleleonalani. Just as usual, the day on which her royal mother suffered birthing pains arrived. There were throngs gathered at the walls of her estate. We are very happy to inform the public that as always the “beloved elegance of lehua blossoms” top her sweet rounded cheeks, and the figure of that “Rare Blossom” of the people is in fine shape. And as the people happily celebrate the arrival of this fine day, we also reminisce as we join in the celebration, while we utter a prayer, wishing that she and her family live long in ease and prosperity. The King kindly made his way by to give his congratulations to the Queen of one of the famous Kings of Hawaii nei.
[The Daughters of Hawaii announced that today, 1/2/2014, in honor of Queen Emma’s 178th birthday, there will be a new exhibit opening, along with free admission to Hanaiakamalama, with a short program at 11 a. m. So if you are on Oahu, this sounds like a good way to spend the Queen’s birthday!]
(Kuokoa, 1/3/1880, p. 2)
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XIX, Helu 1, Aoao 2. Ianuari 3, 1880.
The people of Waimea held a Happy New Year party at 3 p. m. on this past Tuesday [1/3/1899], at the Courthouse here in Waimea. The table was given honor by the young Princess, Her Highness Kawekiulani Ahilapalapa Kaiulani and her entourage: the honorable ladies and gentlemen of Mana; the ladies of the mountainous land of the Kipuupuu Rain [Waimea]; and the lasso-flicking youth, Paul Jarrett. They ate until full, and drank until satiated of the delicacies of the table—Hape Nu Ia!
On the following night at 7 o’clock, European entertainment was held in the courtroom decorated with palai fronds of the forests, under the direction of an honorable gentleman giving welcome to the esteemed guest, the Wohi Princess, on that night of festivities, along with the other dignified ones accompanying her. In this European entertainment, the honor of the American Nation was paid first to Waimea, by the visit of the Young Alii Kawekiulani, Kawananakoa, Kuhio Kalanianaole, and his wife, along with the attending ladies of the alii for three nights; and it is said of the final night that it was Number 1 and better than Honolulu. According to the witnesses, “Waimea is the best.”
Maunakea.
Waimea, Hawaii, Jan. 5, 1899.
(Makaainana, 1/9/1899, p. 1)
Ka Makaainana, Buke XI—-Ano Hou, Helu 2, Aoao 1. Ianuari 9, 1899.
Wishing you all a very happy 2014. This calendar is fashioned after the one given by the newspaper Aloha Aina in 1906 to its readers. It features a picture of the typesetters and the paperboys of the newspaper taken on December 30, 1905. Please feel free to save it onto your desktop and print it out and put it up on your wall or give it away to someone who you think will appreciate it!
I hope that with next year will come more exciting stories from the past which will encourage people to at least consider why the Hawaiian-Language Newspapers are important to us today and tomorrow. Perhaps it will encourage the individuals, agencies, and organizations who can benefit from the knowledge that the many, many kupuna thought important enough to entrust to the safekeeping of the pages of the Newspapers, to think about funding the rescanning as well as the conservation of the Newspapers, so that the information contained in them can be easily accessed by those of today and the generations to come…
2014 ALEMANAKA
Yesterday, December 31, was the birthday of the Alii, Queen Kapiolani, the royal daughter of Kuhio (m) and Kinoiki (f), and this made her forty-first year, for she was born on this day in the year 1834. Yesterday at 12 noon, she saw in Iolani Palace all those who came to see her and to give her joy on this proud day of a person’s life, and the cannons were shot off in salute for her birthday. Just as with the happiness and the congratulations of those who went to see her, so too are we who are outside, with prayers for blessings from the heavens that her life may be extended until extreme old age.
Here is the genealogy of birth of Queen Kapiolani:
Keawe dwelt with Lonomaikanaka; Kauhiokeka (f) dwelt with Keawe (m); Kekaulike (f) dwelt with Kepoomahoe (m); Kalanikauleleiaiwi 3 [?] (f) dwelt with Kanekoa (m); Pomaikaulani (f) dwelt with Elelule (m); Kuhio (m) dwelt with Kinoiki (f); born was Kapiolani (f), Kapooloku (f), and Kekaulike (f).
Long live the Queen, Kapiolani.
[Here is another article probably submitted by Robert William Wilcox (Wilikoki) dealing with Queen Kapiolani’s genealogy. Kuokoa, 7/21/1899, p. 2. “KA MOOKUAUHAU ALII O KA MOIWAHINE KAPIOLANI.”]
(Kuokoa, 1/1/1876, p. 2)
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke XV, Helu 1, Aoao 2. Ianuari 1, 1876.
Santa Clara, Apr. 20. This morning Mrs. Maria Whitney Pogue, the first haole girl to be born in the Hawaiian archipelago, died after a long illness. She was eighty years old. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Whitney, missionaries who arrived first with other missionaries for the islands. This girl was educated in Boseton, and she came here five years ago.
(Aloha Aina, 5/5/1900, p. 6)
Ke Aloha Aina, Buke VI, Helu 18, Aoao 6. Mei 5, 1900.
On the 26th of December, a very strange fish washed ashore at Honomalino, South Kona, Hawaii, and was found by a little girl. The length of this fish was 18 inches, and the width was 9 inches. When cut square, it looked flat. Some people have said that the name of the fish is Hoana. Its mouth is like that of a humuhumu. Its eyes, and dorsal fin, and gill plate look like that of an Ahi or and Aku, and it was eaten up by Mahoe. Three more of the very same type of fish came up at another place in Hoopuloa. How wonderful is God’s work.
S. W. Papaula.
Napoopoo, Kona, Hawaii, Jan. 30, 1864.
(Kuokoa, 2/2/1865, p. 3)
Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Buke IV, Helu 5, Aoao 3. Feberuari 2, 1865.
