The Hawaiian gazette., 1879-01-15
acquaintance :

ALQbAs
oswest English greetings are
Dear love Of mine. dear lore OF mine;
But will teach sweeter far
To those bright docile lips Of thineI
Where s'er We meet in field or street,
Let this soft word my fond ear greet
I" Aloha, dearl Aloha, sweet"
love you, dear; love you, sweet!"
beard it in Sunny Isle
Afar amid the trope seas;
Whose language learned its tender vile
From fsrvid sun aud bSlmy breeze;
And when they meet in field or street,
The gentle Island people greet
Aloha, DEAR Aloha, sweet"
love You, dear; love you sweetl
Too fond for this cold speech of ours
Which shaped itself in shade aud storm,
In lands where grow passion flowers,
And wArmest love is not too warm.
We could not greet whom e'er meet,
In lonely field or crowded street
Aloha, dear; Aloha sweet"
i love you DEAR love you, sEeetl
But thou and I. love. thou and l.
We live in loves enchanted Isle;
cloudless sun is in sky.
Aud starry nights above Us smile.
So when we meet 10 field street,
In loves tender tongue Wen greet
aloha dear; Aloha sweetp
Hove your, dear love you, sweeti
Better yet. what gem of history or poetry may
there not be linked with its philolOgy Who will
inform us2 In advance, we offer thanks, aud pro-
mise him or her the Immortality of praise which
the right of all explorers. :" Honor to whom honor
is DUE" implies literary as well as poetic and pecu.
mary justice Thus. some of US, while admiring
Mark Twain's surprising faculty for adaptation as
displayed in bis ability to revamp q story in such
way almost to deceive the author, cannot forgive
him for with holding the of certain mission.
ary, formerly in the Islands, whose graphic descrp
tion of the volcano Of MAuna Los, in eruption he is
said to have piratei verbatim. The occasion was
lecture on " Hawaii" delivered in the Academy of
Music, San Francisco. The subject, aud great
portion of the lecture. was suggested in a work
written by this unknown missionary, and the result
to Mr.. Clemens-was the comforting clink of Sl40o
in purse which, the day previous, had been empty
These<bings ought not 80 to be.
Save the serenely blue sky above Us. sunlit and
fathOna able and the quiet surface of the earth grain
shorn and brown, nothing in what makes up the
commercial and social world Of California is at rest
Gold is quoted at ooe-eighth premium, the lowest
rate for years; and the unexpected depression in
mining stocks at San Francisco, keeps the anxious
hearts Of the blind, folded dapes Of the BONANZA
firms upon a sickening see-sAw Of expectation. To
scan tne lists Of property advertised for sale by the
Real Estate Agents, would think that, 10 the
majority, the dearest spot on earth-home, sweet
home" was condition independent Of locality or
surroundings. and to be readily obtained, while
in transitu, as by years Of patient toll and waiting
l think the average Californian appreciates the
essentials Of homo life-the love, the harmony. the
wearisomeness and pleasurabeness Of child rearing
the alternate bother and satisfaction Of housekeep-
ing, ana all the coneomtants of domestic life as
profoundly staid stay-at-h home Eastern folks
but after intenser fashion. Little of either, the
emotional intellectual is here held in re-
serve. They eat, dress dance, sing. buy, sell, risk
work, beg steal. though the close Of each day
10 be the limit and end of all opportunity, and
believe that the old-time warning Z" drink and be
merry for Tomorrow thou shalt die" be inter
preted command. and obeysd literally.
The Thanksgiving festivities, surprise parties,
mAsquerades, receptions, musical soirees ring. tin
and silver weddings, and theatrical successes Of this
month makes it the memorable one Of the past
eleven. Running through all this whirigig Of mad
ness, ladies find methods-and use them-by
which Industry and beauty 20 hsud-in-hand, and
which enables each to cutivate whatever individual
artistic taste she may possess Prominent just now
is the mauiA for decorating china pottery childrens
bread and milk bowls, and single toastand-ieA trays
for older people Not more than block from me,
resides lady friend-the wife Of prominent and
wealthy lAHyeE-whO announces that she is "p per-
fsctly happy" now tbf she has found something
eongeniAl to do. Enviable discOvererl Her bijou
Of sitting room is transformed into 3 studio. The
Odor Of tarpentine and paint mingled with that
Of freshly plueked yiolets aad mignonnette-oddeom-
bnauon-asssils the visitor the moment the door Of
is opened. In the centre sts the handsome
matron. Around Der, on brackets, mAntel, side
board and table, stand numerous pieces Of china,