The Hawaiian gazette., 1874-07-01

!, mentioned by him on this occasion, who was the
very founder and apostle of the spirit Of discov-
cry. and that is Henry, surnamed the lllustrious
Duke of Viseo, and Prince Of Portugal. He
was q nephew Of the celebrated Black Prince Of
England, famed chiefly for slaughter OF his fellow
men. Whilst this wonderful Prince, in barbaric
age, sysiematized navigation, created the first
observatory invented hart making planned all
African discovery round the Cape to India, and
contemplated from his watch tower at Cape st.
Vincent the great discoveries TO be made across
the Atlantic, Columbus only acted out the spirit
and views of this Prince of Princes See what
old Purchas and Mataio de Pisano say about him
But we forget our exhibition whilst wandering of
into history
The pipes Of Lucknow" require much dramatic
ability, and the youth who spoke them this eve
ming is not lacking. His capacity and culture are
very fair, but at present it would be as well for
him to choose for defamation a subject wherein
the crisis to be described is less thrilling.
After this we had DRAMA "a Court Room
Scene" and well gotten up. An eminent men,
Der of our bar might have seen on this occasion
a very striking reproduction of his outer man,
though on a slightly reduced scale but the recog-
milton amused the audience very much, and so
did proceedings of the mock court, which we're a
capital travesty of what this Court Room Hall
had often Witnessed The special pleading and
the humors of the witness box,-the deaf man,
the impudent swell mobsman, the wild Hibernian,
and the aproned printer, who was too fluent and
exact a witness to be true,-all filed their parts
very well.
The Worth of Liberty" was spoken by
youth who gives much promise in his voice, man
ner and personal bearing, of his becoming an
effective public speaker, of deliberate rather
than an imprisoned style of oratory.
We had some force and pathos in Eugene
Aram's Dream 3" as also in the Death of Bene-
dict Arnold" well spoken with clear articula-
ton by both young men but they must have
time before they learn to adapt their tone to the
passion, and in order to acquire an appropriate
manner of gesticuation. And the latter remark
applies to all.
OF course in such tasteful exhibition as this
the art of music must mingle with oratory,-and
interspersed between the speeches were some
most pleasing musical entertainments The che
ruses by all the young ladies might not satisfy
exacting critical tastes but the writer was so
well pleased to look upon such an array Of fair
youth with evident health and tasteful culture,
that the critical pen drops from his fingers. But
some of the music was most pleasngly rendered,
especially quaItette, Moonlight on the Lake."
in which clear toned soprano mingled very
sweetly with strong yet soft cOntralto Of ex-
quisite tone And tenor and bass of this quar-
tette, also helped to produce pleasing effect.
Several trOs and Duets were well rendered; but
the young ladies furnished the chief pleasure of the
evening in a "charadc entertainment" Fifteen
English aud American poets were Illustrated by fl
teen maideus in costume. Either the name, or some
peculiar character utterance, in the productions
Of each author was symbolizcd Thus Hood ap-
pears as his poor seamstress, in somewhat better
costume, however, than when in her "uuwomanly
rags" and she did not appear,
'With fingers weary and worn,
With eyelids heavy and DID,
And yet she was working at a skirt in hand, on
Band and eusset and seam,
Seam and gussct and baud;"
And this maiden told with tender and well toned
voice the "Song OF the Shirt Then bonnie lassie
in peculiar costume, which fire had touched; with
5rs in her head Dress and we dare say, ERE in her
soul, said
30 vad some power the ginie sic rs,
To see ourscl's as ithers see usi'
Which reminds us Of the remarks OF the sweetest
Of Scotch poets his observations ola welldrcss-
ed young lady in church, when his eyes were not
properly engaged, they ought to have been, upon
81, F.t.a
thought it strange that il so gallant and poetic
nature felt it necessary to break ont in verse in con.
sequence Of his observation Of lady in place Of
worship, that he had not confined himself to some
description of her fair form and devout manner
rather than as he did 10 account of particular
aud peculiar decoration Of her bonnet Now came
form, who was triple crowned and In the full
white canonicals that are borne aloft on human
shoulders in the Capella Sistina at Rome, and Of
course we all recognized the imporsonation Of the
crooked, deformed author of the Essay on Man -;
and one might imagine that he had Induced the
Lady Belinda, as described in his Rape of the
Lock" TO pcrsonate his presence here; aud when
this graceful Pope reminded Us that "the nobest
study of mankind was man. the words were utter.
ed with marked sefpossession, with superior tone
and fine effective voice.
And now one with stresses uucoufncd and
robed very charmingly In a tasteful costume Of
modern Greece stood with ear aitent to ardent
words that said
Maid Of Athens, ere wepart
Give, give me back my hearth"
and this brought before us the noble Byron with
his moody philosophy, aud his imprisoned utter
auce. But who is this in an admirable Chinese cos
tune, who appeared so "ehild-Hke and bland" IN
I'll we saw the hidden cards in the wide sleeves and
then we knew that Bret Harte" was Nye2 And I
who is this tall poet head and three or four should
ers higher than any Of the others? Surely this is
very "Longiellow,n who says in pleasant, well /
toned voice,
Tell me not in mournful numbers,
Life is but empty dream,
For the soul Is dead, that slumbers
Aud things not what they SEEM
and as the last line is uttered the mask is let down.
and SO Is partially disclosed fair young face and /
figure; and the pleasant device and alusion caused
a great deal OF merrimeut.
a maiden now comes such as poets picture 10 hay /
fields. She has a rake in her hand, and beneath her
" torn hat,'' Calthough could not sec the tear,
but the poet says it is there)
followed the wealth
or simple beauty and rustic health
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