The Hawaiian gazette., 1881-10-19


Others The party was over by O'Clock. These
daylight AFFAIRS if they inconvenient to older
and more busy people, are very much better for
the young as mattel of health IT does no-harm,
nav i. does some good TO young men and women
to dance through a summer afternoon. But when
dancing commences at 8 or and IS prolonged till
after midnighti 1t is no longer beneficial. In this
climate afternoon parties should have the prefer
ence.
YESTERDAY at St. Andrews pro Cathedral at 11.S0
A. NJ, Miss Willis, sister of the Right Reverend the
Bishop of Honolulu, was married TO the Rev. r.
Wainwright of this diocese. Shortly before the
appointed time, the bridegroom arrived at the
church. accompanied by the Rev. H. whalley and
Mr. II. Won Holt as groOmsmen, and soon after
wards the bride entered leaning on the arm of j. II.
Wodehouse, Esq, Ii. b. NJ. Commissioner, and at
tended by her bride maids viz. the Misses Maude
and Amy WodehOuse, Misses Mary and Bertha
Won Holt, Miss Nina Green, Miss Constance Mist,
Miss Dora Dowsett, Miss Mary McBryde- These
young ladies were all members OF Miss Milllss
bible class from early childhood TO confirmation,
and had themselves requested to be allowed thus
to show their affection and esteem for their much
loved instructress the bridesmaids were all dressed
in white with blue or cardinal trimmings. Ihe
bride was given away by j. Ii. WOdehouse, Esq,
and the service was read by the Bishop of Homo
lulu, assisted by the Rev. Thomas Blackburn and
Rev. Alex Macintosh. On the conclusion OF the
ceremony, the newly married couple received the
Holy Communion. In leaving the church. eight
little girls tastefully dressed, scattered flowers IN
the path of the bride, these were the Misses Ruth
Benson, Edith Mist, LAM Atkinson, Ethel Wode-
house, Emma Dudoit Alice Along, Mabel Rhodes
and Bernice Barnard The bride was beautifully
dressed in dove-colored poplin and lace, bonnet
| trimmed with lace and orange flowers and long
veil The service was choral and was heartily sung
by the united choir of the native and foreign con-
eregatiOiAs. Air. Wray Taylor the organist played
the march in Les Hu9HeHofs as the procession
moved up through the church, and the Wedding
| March as they withdrew. Amongst those present
| were H.RH. Iikelike. the Hon. A. 5. Cleghorn and
family Hon J. o. DOminis, Governor of Oahu,
| His Excellency the Premier, the British, Amer
lean and French Commissioners and large
gathering of friends who completely filled the
| church. The Rt. Rev. the Bishop of Honolulu
read short exhortation from the altar steps and
| the congr cation retired. In the afternoon the
Bishop entertained at his residence, Ioam College,
| a numerous party of friends.
! Among the Bishops guests at his reception were
| II. NJ. Queen Emma, Monslegneur the bishop OF
/ Oba, the Rev. DIR. and Mrs. Damon, MIR. 4. W..
| Damon Mr.. and Mrs. Waterhouse, and a company
of friends too numerous to particularize. bount-
| ful breakfast was spread III the school-room, no
toasts or speeches were needed but warm-telt con
htratulatious and good wishes for the newlywedded
couple were none the less genuine. After the re-
| freshments had been duly discussed the party
! broke up and wandered about the grounds and
building; many very handsome presents were
spread out for review, one of the most noticeable
being a cruitstand, presented by the boys of the
Bishops school. The Rev. and Mrs Wainwright
sailed for Kauai in the e. Il. Bishop, H. NJ. Queen
Emma having kindly placed her carriage at their
| disposal for the drive to the wharf, the brides
| maids accompanied them to the steamer and
wished them many happy anniversaries OF the oc-
casion. We ought to have noticed that the church
was prettily decorated 10y h Nj. Queen Emma and
the ladies of rhe congregation. We only give ex-
preston to the feeling of the whole community IN
wishing Godspeed to the happy couple.
A SHORT drive up the Nuuanu valley brings US to
the two principal cemeteries, in which are de-
posted the remains of the greater proportion of
those who " shuttle OF this mortal coil in or
about the capital city of these islands. These
sleeping places" are beautifully situated, one on
either side of the principal road leading out of
Honolulu, road which for mile or more clear
ont of the town lies between the gardens and resi-
dences of the mercantile magnates of the city.
Along this road every morning and evening pass
the dVellers i'll the avenue of villas, on their way
to and from their business quarters IN town, and
here are to be met every day their wives and
families enjoying the cool trade wind of the even
! ing. Here too whenever the great ocean steam
ships are at the wharves, their passengers may be
seen on their way to the Pail, sauntering along
on foot admiring the tropical foliage, the smooth
cut lawns and the comfortable homes which fringe
the highway as they pass along. How many OF
these travellers there who take away their idea
of Honolulu from what they see on the Nuuanu
valley road within two miles of kukm street
! corner. And Of residents, has custom so
completely blunted the faculty of observation that
it never seems to occur to anyone that these
cemeteries, which ought to be an ornament and an
object of pleasureable contemplation even if pain
full at the same time, are indeed a Disagreement,
a blot, blemish, in place of what might be very
beautiful object in the view Of passers by When
we arrive at the cemetery gates what do we see
! On either side an untrimmed, uncared for wheel
rutted patch of weeds affords access for wheeled
vehicles 10 a pair of shabby, rusty iron gates,
hanging loosely, neither open nor closed but fast
ened with bit of chain because the bolts are
either broken or so bent that they will not drop
/ into the sockets. For foot passengers bent
rickety turnstyle, povertystricken, begging In its
baroness for 4 coat of paint, as you struggle
through it. Within is a scene In keeping with its
approaches, number of shideous enclosures vary
! ing in size and shape, and surrounded for the
most part by picket fences with more or less white
paint or white wash, tell the general aspect Of the
/ place, and remind ore of disused and neglected
| cattle market with the pens left standing. A
| toerably close scrutiny amongst these dlshgure-
ments may reveal here and there, hidden by great,
! ugly, woody, coarse geranium shrubs. memorial
stone in design, execution and material well-htted
for an ornament to the cemetery and an object to
| be gazed at with a saddened pleasure by the
friends or relatives of those vino sleep beneath,
here choked and overwhelmed by the unnatur-
ally hideous pens which dominate the whole scene
in other countries standing forth from the neatly
! kept sward, III its modest mournfui beauty. The
subject is one that touches all dweers in and about
this city. Only let them look at the exquisite con-
ditiOn of many great cemeteries In the United
t,tss and Europe and then let Us look with shame
at our own. An article in ScribHers MlggSiHe July
u.
render our cemeteries credit instead Of a dis
grace not only to our taste, but to loving care
of the resting places of that which is mortal, Of
our friends aud kindred. The writer in the ar
tiole referred to mentions Spring Grove, Cincin-
nattl, Laurel Hill, Philadelphia, and Woodlawn
cemetery, New York, as an example, and we might
we'll do here they have done there. There the
boundaries Of LOTS designated by email stoes
or stakes hidden in the grass, and with scarce an
exception not tree, shrub, or flower is planted
without permission from the authorities still less,
it may be presumed would the scores of shabby
pens be tolerated, which here only help to make
The universal uolfness we see Were these cemeter
les once put in order the drives and footDaths m
scllieeutly designed, carefully constructed and dill
gently cared tor, the expense OF keeping them so
would not be heavy, and IN psce of tie hap hazard
ARRANGEMENT or rather utter absence Of any ar
rancement whatever, a COMMITTEES nominated by
the subscribers might be entrusted with authority
to superintend and contIol ali planting and build
ing In accordancs with ons general plan TO be
selected or approved BY the Subscribers Then and
not before, We may see cemeteries no longer
an eyesore as at the present, but beautiful