Ke Alakai o Hawaii, Volume X, Number 1, 7 January 1937 — KIMOPOIA HE WAHINE WAIWAI [ARTICLE]

KIMOPOIA HE WAHINE WAIWAI

Kimopoia o Mrs. Jeanne E. Kerbs ame kona.hoa, o Lester Meyer kona inoa, oiai laua e ku ana mamua o ko Mrs. Kerbs hale noho ma ke Alanui Park me ka lawe ia

tina o kon'a mau waiwarpilikino e na poe i powa aku ia laua. O na mea i aihueia, hoomaopopoia ko lakou waiwai 'io ma kahi o 40,000 dala.

Oiai o Mrs. Jeanne E. Kerbs ame kona hoa, o Lester Meyer e huli hoi ana no ko Mrs. Kerbs home, ike la-

ua i ka h'ahai-arra~aku o kekahi kaā""otomobila. E huli hoi ana o Mrs. Kerbs no kona home mahope o ka pau ana o na hana hoolaulea ma ke Kalapu Po e ku nei ma ka Alanui 54 Hikina, Helu 57.

Ma ke keena o na makai i hoikeia ko Mrs. Kerbs noho haku ana no ke Kalapu Po ame ka Hale Keaka Emepire. Ua powaia o Mrs. Kerbs mahope o ka haalele ana mai ona.poe i konoia e heie akn i kona home kahi hoi e malamaia ana o na liana hoolaulea.

G keia kekahi o na hana powa hoopahaohāo loa i malamaia mai ka manawa mai i powa ia ai o Mrs. Jessie Woolworth Donahue a nalowale ana he 200,000 dala ma na waiw'ai komo gula, kaimana a pela hoi na apo gula i hoonohonohoia me na kaimana anapanapa.

Ano like ko Mrs. Kerbs powaia ana me ko Gypsy Rose Lee i kela pule ait.u nei. He kaikamahlne opio o Gypsy Rose Lee no ka oihana hana keaka ame hulahula o ka Zeigfield Follies a i kekahi manawa e hulahula olohelohe ana oia. O ke kumu i malama ia al o.na hana hoolaulea mamuli jno ia o ko Mrs. Kerbs makemake ana e kukala ia ka hoopalau aiia o kekahi o kona, mau hoaLoha. He anaina nui kai akoakoa aku malaila a mahope ana o na hana hoolaulea a me ka haaiele ana mai o kona mau hoa launa, kuka iho o Mrs. Kerbs e hele aku oia me Lester Meyer no t ke Kalapu no ka hulahula aina. O ka hora l.ia o ke kaka- ! hiaka.

He eiwa lakou i holo aku 110 ke kalapu a iwaena o lakou o Miss Breen ame Stehlin, Mrs. Liliiana Teruzzi, ka ke Ku-hinanui o Italia wahine mare mua oia, ame Lester Meyer, oia hoi ko Mrs. Kerbs : hoahanau. Aneane kani ka*K^Tsr3:3o : o ke kakahiaka, haalele aku 0 Mrs. Kerbs ame Lester Meyer i ke kalapu po me ko laua hoio poiolei ana no ko Mrs. Kerbs home. "Oiai maua e holo malie ana mamua o ko'u hpnie, ma ke kihi o na alanui 83 ame 54," a ilrs. Kerbs i oielo mai ai, **ike maua 1 ka hahai o kekahi kaa otomobila eieele o maua. "Leie he ekolu k&aaka mai ke kaa a ku ana iluna o ku papa hehiwawae o ko maua ka**. Kauoha mai la kēkahi |o lakou: 1 " 'He hana powa keia. E jhamau a mai nana mai ia [luakou'." I O kekahi o na kanaka po|wa, ua kauoha mai la oia e i lele aku o Meyer no ka noho : o liope o ke kaa, me kona ieI le pu ana aku a aoho ana ma hai o Meyer. O na kanaka elua i koe, leie la laua i niua a noho iho la me Mrs. Kerbs, me ka iawe ana o kekahi o iau-i i ku hookele ana o ke kaa uana e hookele a holo malie aku la lakou apau iio ke Alanui P&rk. E kalaiwa ana kekahi kanaka powa i ke kāa nut eieclc me ka hoio malie loa aua. i ko iakou hiki an* nia Aianui £6 ame rark, hooi-aa

'iho la na kanaka powa i ke kaa a hoomaka īlio la e lawe i na waiwai pilikino o Mrs. Kerbs. | "Ua uwalo aku au ia lakou laole e lawelawe, aka aohe o lakou i hoolohe mai," a Mrs. Kerbs i hauhau mai ai i ka oiliana makai, "No ka mea ua lawe aku lakou i na mea apau, koe nae ke kuka ili.holoholona mink." 0 na waiwai pilikino i kaiiiia e na kanaka powa, ua iiiisua ia iakou a penei ko lakou wāiwai. pakahi: He paa pine kaimana .... 1,500 dala He pine omou kaimana 400 dala He komo holowaa me na pohaku kaimana he 13,.15,000 dala He apo lima i hoonohonoho ia me na pohaku sapphire .... 5,000 dala He kahi lauoho onou me na pohaku emerala ame rube .... 7,000 dala He apo iima rube ame kaimana .... 8,000 dala Kaili na kanaka powa mai a Meyer aku he lf- dala ame kekahi uwaki a lakou i£hoolei mai ia Meyer aka ua olelo aku o Meyer ia lakou e malama na lakou.

Mahope o kona hookomo ana i na waiwai iloko o kona pakeke, kauoha ae la ke alakai o na kanaka powa e haalele iho lakou.

Lawe aku la ke kanaka powa e kalaiwa. ana i ko Meyer kaa a i ko lakou hiki ana ma ke Alanui Park e kokoke aku ana i ke Alanui 93, huli ae la oia no ka hikina a hookele aku la i ke kaa a hiki ana i na Alanui Madison ame Park a maiaila oia i ku iho ai a kauoha mai ia ia Mrs. Kerbs ame Meyer e haalele i ke kaa. O ke kaa e hahai hele ana i ko iaua, ku iho !a nohoi ia oiai e hookuuia ana o Mrs, ame Meyers ilalo o, ke alanui. "Mai olua e uwa ae no elima minute," wahi a ke alakai i kauoha mai ai me ka leo nunuiu. Leie iho Ia ke alakai i ialo a komo aku la iloko o kf kaa e kaii mai ana iaia a kuu ana ka holo o ke kaa ma ka hikina aku o ke alanui Park a liuli ana ma ka akau o ke Aianui Madison. Ua heie nohoi o Mrs. Kerbs a makau ioa a hiki oie iaia ke hoopuka mai i kekahi huaoleio i kela manawa. Kokua aku ia o Meyer iaia a komo o Mrs, Kerbs iloko o ke kaa, kalaiwa aku la o Meyer ia Mrs. Kerbs no ko Mrs. Kerbs home.

liaUa oia i te!epona aku ai i ke keena makai» a «mahope aku o kela manawa i kana wahine mare, ma Helu 1075 Alanui Park a mamuli o ke ano owaiiwali o kana wahine i hiki oie ai iala ke hele pu me kana kane. o Meyer, no i kahi i malamaia ai ke anaina [hoolauiea i kela po, i Iko Makaikiu Watkins a- | me Makai Oillon hlkl ana ma ko Mrs, Kerbs wahi noho no ka nininau i na mea a laua i īke ai, e mau ana no ko Kerbs makau a haalulu i hiki ole hoi iaia ke hal pono mai i na makaikiu ame makai i kana moolelo.

Aole nohoi laua i hoopaa i ka helu o ke kaa otomobila o na knnakn i powa mai i& iaua.

E: kukai m»nao m»u &na ko kanaka o pili ana c ke k&11»ka hele muu ika pule. aka o iiii k&unka o hele 010 nei i ka pule, aole oia e hoaki i ku ninau e pili ana i ke k&uaka hele ole i ka puie.