THE 8 Liners at Sea on Board Matson oe» Noe POLYNESIAN How “Aloha Oe” Came to Be Written A Little Shop From Albert P. Taylor’s Book ‘‘Under Hawaiian Skies’’ HETHER Aloha Oe is played and sung as a steamer from abroad approaches the Honolulu docks, as a welcome to homeward bound islanders or to strangers about to taste the joys of the Rainbow Isles, or whether at the funeral of a royal personage, Queen Liliuokalani’s composition commands attention. Its notes cause hearts to throb and lips to cease until it is finished. King Kalakaua was elected to the throne of Hawaii in 1874. His sisters were made princesses of the realm and Liliuokalani was designated by Kalakaua as the heir apparent to the throne after the death of her brother, Prinee Leleiohoku, who was a poet.and a musician. Seven or eight years later, about 1881 or 1882, Prineess Liliuokalani (she became queen in 1891) went by horseback one day across the island of Oahu from Honolulu to Maunawili Ranch, passing through famous Nuuanu Pali, from which one gains the most superb view of the island’s windward side lying thousands of feet below and beyond. In the party were Princess Likelike (her sister), Col. James Boyd, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Wilson. 3 They spent a delightful day at Maunawili and then started homeward. Colonel Boyd, at the last moment, was called back to the ranch to receive a lei from one of the pretty Hawaiian girls standing at the ranch gate, whereupon Princess Likelike, becoming impatient, called to Mr. Wilson to accompany her and started away at a fast gallop. The croup finally merged and then, as Mr. Wilson now tells the story, Liliuokalani hummed a melody which was Hawaiian in its composition. When the party reached Washington Place, which) was the private home of Princess Liliuokalani, and is at present the governor’s mansion, a guitar was. picked up. As Liliuokalani hummed an accompanlment was improvised and soon all the party was singing what Laliuokalani said was the chorus. It was pretty and abseabing, with the languorous atmosphere of Hawaii. The princess next day gave Mr. Wilson the words ite Hawaiian and asked him to transfate them into English, she to dé likewise and then compare notes. They found that both were very much alike, but passed the translations over to Rollin Daggett, the; United States minister to Hawaii, tor his opinion. He looked at them and asked That ts Like a Treasure Chest You don’t When you Lovely Carved the Orient Silk Kimonos, Lacquer of Ware Hawaii HONOLULU BAZAAR 1126-1128 Fort Street, Honolulu N. Y.K. LINE own translation. She replied in the affirmative, whereupon Mr. Daggett said that if such was the case, then TO -her words should stand. Services All Over the World JAPAN AND Aloha Oe From Honolulu and San Francisco Maintained by Luxurious Liners Taiyo Maru, Tenyo Maru, Shinyo Maru, Siberia Maru, Korea Maru Matson ian HONOLULU BRANCH 63 Merchant Street master of the famous Royal HawaiBand, forty-four music who held that years, and made went position over the finished MHaori Coats Tapestries Chinese Costumes 1190-1192 FORT HONOLULU Sf. Passage Orders Accepted OFFICE Phone 6198 the EXPERT EIGHT-HOUR SERVICE DEVELOPING AND PRINTING Got Your With Car You? THEN THE ONE WORD Melim! Embroideries Brass Line copy. Sugar is exceeded in its caloric value only by cereals, which are more expensive and more difficult for the human system to digest. The old belief that sugar adversely affects the teeth has long since been disproved by scientists. Any food allowed to remain in and about the teeth will produce evil effects and decay. In fact a pamphlet published by the United States Department of Agriculture said: ‘‘Sugar would seem to be a food especially adapted to children.’’ Pewter CHINA Fortnightly Sailing was adopted and is now the foremost musical composition of Hawaii. Captain Henri Berger, then band- Jewelry EAST INDIAN STORE Ivory, Curios ORIENTAL LACE SHOP IMPORTED NOVELTIES 1150 Fort Street, Honolulu, T. H. from Coats, Ukuleles, Hula Skirts, Tapa Cloth, Colored Photos, Carved Coconuts, Souvenir Jewelry and Koa Wood Souvenirs. MISS BELLOWS Here in Honolulu you will find that same precision of detail and flowing beauty in the goods we have brought from India. Things Mandarin Liliuokalani if she believed she had ‘interpreted all the sentiment in her eae. Mahal, built nearly three centuries ago by the emperor Shah Jehan, still stands as exquisite proof of craftsmanship in the mystic East. know what is in it until you open it. do, you find in it Is going to mean a you in Hawaii lot to. e (More about Melim in tomorrow’'s issue of The Polynesian) { "as