| Show mother hubbard dresses banned by hawaii maids maida the first band of american missionaries sion slon aries arrived tn in the hawaiian islands the year after the great greal kamehameha died and converted his widow who now reigned as queen life became real and earnest tor for the happy banakas ka and by a stern decree or of the queen the old songs the old hulas the abbreviated grass skirts were abolished every hawaiian Ela wallan woman was handed a modest mother hubbard affair by the missionaries says ft a writer in the chicago dally daily news and many 0 of them must have squirmed unhappily in their hot and shapeless new garments but the Ha hawaiians Hawaii ans love of music and beauty cannot be quenched and as the queen who had been a very gay lady in her younger day was succeeded by her more liberal son the tern stern decrees gradually relaxed the old customs were revived and fortunately to this day we have the dances and songs and happy spirit which mate make the hawaiian Hawa flan islands so memorable even before the death of the harsh queen the hawaiian women began to do something about their ugly mother hubbard uniforms they cut oft off the sleeves and substituted ruffles they lowered the necks and encircled these with ruffles and they added a fanlike fan like train to the ankle length skirts to give them grace then they fashioned them of rich brocades brocaded bro cades and satins gatins draped flower leis about their necks and were beautiful once more these garments are re still being worn and are known as ho lekus |
