Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-03-03
VINO rs RESPONSIBILITY

Among the many placards in regard to the
coronation festivities there appeared, in the
name of His Majesty's Lord High Chamber.
lain, general invitation to the people to
attend Man in the palace yard last Saturday.
Some people in their guileless simplicity may
have supposed that this was to be only an out
door feast in Hawaiian style; baked pigs and
sweet potatoes raw fish and sea moss, consti
tuting the delectable luxuries provided, to.
getheI with countless calabashes Of boi, fol
the entertainment Of the mixed multitude ex-
pected on such an occasion. But the knowing
ones had their curiosity aroused; for a different
sort of entertainment, it was whispered around
had been for months in course Of preparation.
Well, what harm is there in that
A whole night was to be given up TO the dane
ing and singing of the Hawaiian AnLaAnla
French and German, English and American
people, when they want good time socially
have their dances, cotillons, waltzes, polkas
why should not the Hawaiian people express
their joy at the coronation Of their King, il
their own style of dancing1 Who can properl,
object to the Hawaiian hnla9 1t is danced b,
professional performers; as proper preform
ance, you will say, as the ballet dances which
may be witnessed night after night in any of tn,
great cities of Europe and America. II tn,
haoe approves the German or the schottische
delights in the warm embrace and the flushing
whirl Of the blood as gay young couples postur,
and wheel to the tingling excitement Of tht
music of flute and violin, harp and piano, wh,
should not the Hawaiian indulge in what suit.
his taste and gratifies his senses in the hnkl
kin and the mele oil with the accompaniment
the nkfkf and the Jpn baitn?
Strange, is it not, that human nature shonlc
persist in perverting such good things to sucl
vile use. Who can tell where to draw the line
between the two, the innocent, blithesom,
dancing, and the first overstepping the limit,
Of propriety1 But in some way or othel
there is downward look, downward step, I
plunge, till such foul abandonment is witnessed
as travellers describe in the can-can OF tn,
French capital, OF the low dance houses Of tn,
large cities Of Christendom. Who shall draw
the line between the hula dancing Of Sa,urda,
afternoon and the horrible bcstialties that wer,
exhibited before crowd Of eager, impaiien
spectators as night came on1 Who will iii
the veil OF what skill in language can depict
in words fit for any ones peusal, the scene
witnessed in the palace yard last Saturda,
nightf We do but half disclose the awfu
blasphemy and the horrible filthiness Of tn
actions and the language when we say tina
msits were sung deibing with rite OF phalli
worship one in whose honor ~ these meks
were composed, and glorifying him most Of al
by representations Of vilest RIGHTEOUSNESS
With the faulty of unbridled depraviiy. thi
has been made matter Of record and what N
living lip Of common decency could be mad
to utter. the printed programme puts forth i
mute but damning testimony to some one
shameless vice and ribald profanity.
| We ask this community, II every one her
has no, lost all sense Of propriety and deceney
how far is this thing to be allowed to 20 on
Who is responsible fos the possibility Of sue
open, fragrant debaneheryl Who is responsible
for its unchecked. nay even Premeditaied an
applauded manifestations Shall this thin
stop here and nowi OF Is Honolulu to be "
worse ban Sodom2 {.