The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-03-15
The House Warming at the Iron Works.

This very agreeable affair having occurred on
Friday evening. We only had space in our last
to refer to it briefly, promising however to give
particulars this week. Altogether, ii was one OF
the most successful celebrations ever witnessed
in this city. aud highly creditable to the Iron
Works Company. It's manager Mr.. Young, and the
employees. His ,jesty honored the occasion
by bis presence. and we noticed among the guests
Cabinet Ministers and government officials. The
rooms were beautifully decorated with a proiusion
OF flowers and evergreens, and festooned with the
flags Of all nations, prominent among which were
the English. American, and Hawaiian.
The proceedings commenced with a Concert
Of vocal and Instrumental music by the employees
Of the Works, and This, to most of the audience,
was "a complete surprise. Seldom indeed has
Honolulu been treated TO a better selected or
more artistically executed concert. Here were
men whose daily lie was spent amidst the din
Of hammers and the clang of machinery, display
ing gifts of voice and evidences of musical cul-
ture that would have done honor to professionals.
All did so well that it would be difficult TO
particularize. But the audience appeared to be
especially pleased with the singing of Mr.. p.
Jones (who quite looked the Italian Hmprsssdrio)
in the Pilgrim Of Love - S. Taylor's Dolly
Daisy" and Love and War" a duet by Messrs-
Davies and Walker. The Finale, - Anvil Chorus, :"
called forth an enthusiastic encore.
The concert was followed by dancing for an
hour. and then came the supper, which was spread
in the large casting room below stairs. After
the clatter Of knives and forks had subsidized.
Theo. H.. Davies, Esq, the President of the Com
pany, arose and spoke as follows:
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN when this meeting was
agreed upon, Nj. Young said he would do all the useful
work If 1 would attend - the ornAmental-a bargain
are nearly over. my troubles are only beginning; As sat
rose rIe tmhev :" Folded their tents like the Arab, and ST.
lently stole away I desire however hrst to express the
Company to those ladies and gentlemen who have come
enjoyment of the musical and other festiye arTangements,
manifested such interest in their welfare and such keen
and kindly sympathy in this celebration of an industrial
:" And next, 1 wish to express on behalf of the proprie-
tors of the Iron Works. our great pleasure in welcoming
arms this establishments has been built up. 1 am proud
sTs, and to feel that in a meeting Ike this we can come
together bound by sosnefh I'M m4Te eI 1aa1 ~ . E TegIs1 TOf Alter OF
six years in the Pacific, nothing more impressed me with
braWny young cricketers who Crowded all the platforms
81 the r fait sS5 SesaSn tb : the 5e" bIoSd and the life Of the
land were there. And as 1 stand here and see such a band
of workmen, able to make their anvils ring either in work
or song-I feel that there is a power and influence here
hope for the prosperity of this kingdom than one might
be led to think from the melancholy echoes of decay and
" Since the present assembly was decided upon. 1 have
that the relation between us is not entirely limited by
wages and work but one of sympathy which hnds nssaT;
be its uses? I should be glad to see such permanent IN
ion as would give us often a meeting like this: Thoughts
Of this kind have been much in my mind in the last rev
DAYS; and Il ava asf z 9lt to Subscribe RIB NV name to an sssocia-
ton for carrying out such an idea. 1t is not started by
floating by. but by mechanics. who say, feel the
need OF some place Oh M 5e i@nrn o eacb e other8 Sm LAD e
know that my name is l61st on their list and trust every
not often have pleasant songs and glees, and bring our
then how many useful branches such an association may
have. How we may find out the needy and deserving who
and for whom the Benevolent Associations are unable to
R more Promising than this "WorEingmen's Library and
Reading Room Association" and 1 hope it will have the
before I sit down, it is only right that I should speak
union which exists between the owners and the employees
Of the Iron Works. By his straight-forwardnes and
who work under his suPerintendence, and has won their
for them, il is sbundnntly shown by the keen interest he
has taken in planning and carrying out the details of this
entertainment. And on the other hand, 1 am authorized
tonight to express in the name of the employees of the
1 know that words are often empty things. but tonight
mg wGtSa s sof b @S' t i@R Ssst 1901 GOLD IN TRs ISGl and al hn eha f1s to Be Sad
in Honolulu to present to Mr.. Young. In behalf Of the
their sole expense. 1 hand this watch to Mt. Young. 1
know he will keep and value it. for with it he receives
the esteem of his fellow men,"
The presentation was evidently a real surprise
to Mr.. Young, but his response to the eloquent
speech of Mr. Dari.s, while necessarily brief from
lack oil preparauon' was very appropriate anu eA-
pressive OF the hearty appreciation in which he
held the donors Of the really handsome gift.
We can only add, in conclusion. that the House
warming" of the HOOolulu Iron Works Company
was an occasion long TO be remembered as one OF
those reunions between employers and employees,
which AFFORD a glimpse by the general public
OF the true dignity of labor.
" High curls the smoke from the iron roof with the
dawning's earliest bird,
And the tinkle Of the anvil, first of the city's sounds is
heard;
The bellOws-pua. the hammer beat, the whistle and the
song,
Tell, s~teadfastly and merrily, toll rolls the hours along"