hula-hula

Large crowds of mourners gathered on the palace grounds and “made the place a pandemonium every night with their howlings and wailings, beating of tom-toms and dancing of the at other times forbidden hula-hula by half-clad maidens to the music of songs of questionable decency chanted in honor of the deceased.”

LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010

Large crowds of mourners gathered on the palace grounds and “made the place a pandemonium every night with their howlings and wailings, beating of tom-toms and dancing of the at other times forbidden hula-hula by half-clad maidens to the music of songs of questionable decency chanted in honor of the deceased.”

LIGHTING OUT FOR THE TERRITORY JR. ROY MORRIS 2010

The night after that I tried palm trees, but that was no good, that one was another cliché, I could almost see hula-hula girls and hear ukes strumming.

Duma Key King, Stephen, 1947- 2008

He dryly noted the restrictions, encouraged by missionaries, on the storied “hula-hula” dance, “save at night, with closed doors,” and for an admission fee of “ten dollars.”

Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

In the throes of mental fatigue and quota panic, Sam swept up his scrapbooks and letters on the land of coconut trees, volcanoes, and hula-hula girls, and hurled them into the maw.

Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

He dryly noted the restrictions, encouraged by missionaries, on the storied “hula-hula” dance, “save at night, with closed doors,” and for an admission fee of “ten dollars.”

Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

In the throes of mental fatigue and quota panic, Sam swept up his scrapbooks and letters on the land of coconut trees, volcanoes, and hula-hula girls, and hurled them into the maw.

Mark Twain Ron Powers 2005

Maybe you could wear that beauty contest swimsuit and do that hula-hula dance you did.

Rose V.C. Andrews 2001

I got out, locked the door, and crossed the pavement to the entrance of the night-club which had above it the flickering neon sign 'Balinova' and the outlined neon figures of two hula-hula dancers, although I failed to grasp the connection between Hawaii and Indonesia.

Puppet on a Chain MacLean, Alistair, 1922- 1969

A row of hula-hula girls in paper necklaces appears outside of

Humoresque A Laugh on Life with a Tear Behind It Fannie Hurst 1928