The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-02-11

mere, ana We must content ourselves with the
statement that it thoroughly satisfies the eve.
and accords most artisticalIy With the 9esia1, of
the plaster-work which it decorates. At the
rear of the main building Is another II one story
divided from 1t by a wide vsrandah. In THIS are
the ~dining-room, with the pantries behind 1t. and
at the rear the kitchen. The dining-room. or
banque&ng hail-as from its size and handsome
decoration we ought, perhaps, to call it's an
apartment of 1875 feet by "a feet. aud II feet in
height. What We have said about the fresco work
OF the other rooms may be repeated in regard to
this onc, with the additional commentary that
this-the nrSt effort Of the artists also. to our
minds, he most successful one. The upper part
of the main building contains only two rooms
intended to be utilized, and only extends over
the lesser drawing-room and the front bedroom of
the lower story. The rooms are nearly the same
size as those below them, and are handsomely.
though plainly, finished in plaster work. The
rooms on the attic floor and the turret are
finished in wood, and rejoice in a splendid view.
In front Of the house is ii wide and handsome
verandah, with o covered balcony over the cen
tral portion of il. The verandah is approached
by a flight of steps suited in width and design to
the character and proportions of the house to
which they form the main entrance. On either
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dahs 10 it. wide, which do not, however, ommuni
cate with that III the front of the building. These
terminate on either side towards the front in
handsome staircases in the form OF u quadrant.
The Yerandah at the rear divides, as already
stated, the main building from the dining-room,
kitchen, &c. That portion OF the building which
contains these apartments is only of half the
width of the front part of the house, and the
NarannahS aIe continued ON either side Of II
The dining-room is behind that part of the house
which contains the bedrooms, Thus the draw
ing-rooms are surrounded by the verandahs, into
which their shallow bay windows project-an
arrangement which is repeated on the makai side
of the house. When thrown open, as they were
on Friday night, for Her Royal Highness's ball,
the drawing-rooms, the hall, the boudoir and
one of the bedrooms form one large ballroom,
the communications between them being by
arched dOorways s feet wide, the doors of which
slide away out of sight into the walls. The
detail of finish throughout the house Is very
perfect. Each window is fitted internally with
folding Venetian shutters. The bathrooms have
already been spoken of. The pantry and store
room are models of what such places should be,
and must be the envy of every good housewife
who is privileged to inspect them. The whole
structure reflects great credit upon the architect,
and upon Mr.. Hardee, who had the superinten-
dence of all the details.
The house is lighted throughout with patent
air gas from one of the Springfield machines of
the size known as a seventy-five burner machine,
but said to be capable of supplying one hundred
and twenty-five burners. There are seventy-three
argand burners in the house. When these were
all lighted together for the purpose of testing
the efficiency of the supply and the general eff
feet of the arrangement of the lights our reporter
was present and can vouch for the brilliancy of
the illumination and the remarkably steady char
acter of the light. The gasoliers in the drawing
rooms are of pure bronze and of very artistic de-
sign, having six lights in each. There are two
of these in the larger room and one in the
smaller, and they are sufficient to flood the
rooms with light. In the dining room there are
two six-light gasoliers and in each bedroom one
of three lights. When all these lights are burning
together as on the occasion referred to, and on
Friday night, the effect is very fine.
Such is the mansion which Her Royal
Highness handseled with her birthday party.
Large as it is, however, it would have been i'm
possible to find even standing room in it for half
the guests invited on that occasion. To accom-
modate the company which, with an open-handed
hospitality becoming to her rank as a Hawaiian
High Chiefess, Her Royal Highness entertained,
u marquee had been erected on the makai side
of the house, more than one hundred and fifty
feet long and sixty iert wide. Iiis vas hand
somely decorated internally with the fronds of
the cocoa palm, male, ferns, etc., aud at the
ends and along part of the front of the tent walls
of the cocoa fronds hnt been arjistic.,liy con-
structed. When filled with m animated crowd
Of hofb .xa ,Li- .ra.t auolocura ,rasa1ta1 a
very striking appearance. Tables, in Hawaiian
style, raised about "a foot from the ground were
set out in the tent, four OF abont one hundred and
twenty feet each in length, with a cross table at
the head, fifty feet long. reserved for the hostess
and guests of distinction. These tables were
supplied with the favorite staples of a Hawaiian
meal in great profusion. The fashion of the
haOLe had been SO far followed that there was a
plate for each guest, and that the fish and various
minor delicacies of the feast were served on
earthenware dishes. But this Difference to for
eign fashion went no further knives, forks,
and spoons were not in the programme and
it was amusing to watch the perplexed faces
and bungling mannuvres of some of the guests
who were present at a Hawaiian luau for the first
time, and seemed to be mentally resolving that
it would also be the last. Beside each plate
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just as it had come from the oven, and weighing
at least three pounds evidently no one was to
starve at Her Royal Highness' table. Then
there was fish in plenty, but for the most part in
an uncooked state poi too In abundance and
dishes of a curious looking compound of kalo
and cocoanut, evidently greatly relished by Ha-
waiians and pronounced to be delicious by
hao,es who were adventurous enough 10 taste it.
Shrimps. Hmu or sea-weed and a pounded pre-
paration of kukui, or candle-nut, &c, We're there
in profusiOn-indeed when some four hundred
guests had lunched from these tables they
seemed still TO be as profuseiy covered with the
good things of Hawaiian life as ever, the cooked
fish being the only thing into the stores OF which
any serious inroad had been made. This dis
~cription serves for the long tables which ran the
lengthway of the marquee. At the cross table
reserved for His Majesty and certain other dis