The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-10-07
A ROYAL Luau.

The King entertained on Saturday a party of
about one hundred guests at a luau, at his resi-
denc Pualeilani, Waikiki. This place is now be-
come one of the most delightful retreats in the
suburbs of the city. The ancient ancestral cocoa
palms at this time tower above outrageous
groves of the algeroba, and beneath the light
feathery spray of these groves, the Bermuda
grass has covered the ground with close turf of
thickly intermatted heritage so that guests ram
BILE over broad, green, close sodded, lawns be-
meath an inviting shade of beautiful foliage.
Among His Majesty's guests were the Prin-
cess Liluokalani, His Excellency j. o. Dominis,
U. S. Minister, Mr.. Daggett, Premier Gibson,
Ministers j. E. Bush and E. Preston, Mrs.
Bush, Mrs. Preston, Miss Taylor, Hon. A.. S.
Cleghorn, H. 5. NJ. Commissioner Major
Wodehouse, Mrs. and Miss Wodehouse, Nom
sieur Feer, Commissioner of France, Madame
and Miles. Feer. Mon. Count de LouViere, Chan
cellor of French Legation, Madame Countess de
Louviere, Captain Belknap, q. S. S. Alaska,
Captain Clarke, H. B. Nj. S Sappho, Lieutenant
Commanders Nelson and Noell, Lieutenant
Hall, Master Foster, Ensigns Dombaugh, A.
Hall, Rogers, White, and Wood, Midshipman
Bryan, Surgeons Tyran and Whiting, Lieutenant
Pearson, Paynaster Woods, Engineer Power,
Sub Lieutenant Colesworth. d. Mckinley, Esq,
U. S. Consul, Mis-. Mckinley, Senior Canavarro,
Consul of Portugal, DIR. John S. and Mrs.
McGrew, Mrs. Hendrey, Mr.. and Mrs. A. T..
Atkinson, Captain and Mrs. Mist, Miss Mist,
Purvis. A. Rosa, Esq, Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis
Iaukea, VIM. G.. Irwin, Esq, c. o. Berger,
Esq, Mrs. Berger, Mrs. j. 1. Dowsett, Mr.. and
Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Haalelea, Mrs. Coney, Miss
Coney, Miss Sheldon, Captain and Mrs. Trip,
Mr. E. A. Pierce, Miss NJ. Richardson.
A dancing floor was laid upon a shaded retreat
in the lawn, and overhead was spread a royal
Hawaiian standard and a broad ensign of the
American stars and stripes. When the main
portion of the guests had assembled, about
ppm, His Majesty and Mrs. Wodehouse, Min
lister Daggett and the Princess Liliuokalani, and
Premier Gibson and Mrs. Hendry led the way to
the dancing floor, and here the assembled COM
pany enlivened by the sweet strains of a cotillion
band disported themselves in the quadrille, the
waltz, and the lancers. After a few sets, the
gay party, led again by His Majesty and Mrs.
Wodehouse, adjourned to the luau pavilion.
Here a choice collation. was arranged on a long,
low platform in horse shoe form, and only raised
about six inches from the ground--and beside
which the hundred guests sat on mats in the
recumbent, or cross-legged fashion which the
ancient Europeans must have observed ere the
invention of chairs for dining tables. On this
occasion some long limbed guests found it diff
cult to dispose of the superiuous portion of
their e1tremities, some knees being elevated
above the platform, and some feet were scattered
about in promiscuous directions. However, with
abundant courtesy, good humor, and jocularity
the guests adjusted themselves and partook
heartily of the Hawaiian luau or cold lunch, in
which poi and fish choice pond mullet In XII
leaves ohu, chicken salad, roast pig, soft crabs
and other appetizers abounded. After a bounte-
Gus repast which was associated with much con-
versational humor, quip and bon mot, in which
Minister Daggett takes a lively part, the COM
pany returned to the dancing floor. On this oc-
casion another company not formally invited,
but at the same time being there were pressed
with royal cordial hospitality to partake of the
superintendent bounties that remained. This
company was composed of the numerou cabbies
or expressmen assembled, and other followers of
the occasion. These outside guests toasted the
King and his Minister'S, and otherwise expressed
their satisfaction at the courteous and hospitable
treatment accorded at a royal luau to those who
usually have to wait outside with empty
stomachs on such occasions. The dance went
on joyously till a late hour in the afternoon, and
not until the suns low slantirg rays began to
throw the whole grounds into shade did the
company begin to disperse. And they went away,
we feel assured, full of kindly and grateful feel
ing towards a gentlemanly royal host who seeks
with a generous heart to make all who come to
partake of his hospitality enjoy themselves and
feel at home.