Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-06-14
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in tho hcsu OF town nat already there vct,
namstnu, Dog, q nnue, from palace and g.,
eminent htll ANIL private a semi pulll, build
ngs anil from the an,h1tei shipping The
No, vessels verc ,i,r,iy .ltss7el boz lhcir most
vlu,d hp,,p, The Nvtnsute. anchored rrluw
the mouth oflhr channel, was detkol ttnm stem
io stem In signal nlgs, standards, stream
on and p,nnants, with the Union lb,k o. The
mscu and ia, Hawaiian g1lot OF ihc
fore The Nutnr Was similarly dressed. snd
man, uf the merchantmen presented au np
p,imucr oi uvonlci galcly The more ~
hess pronounced patriotism Of the cswc,smcn
~, shown r Hawaiian 0aFs, lcis and aa,al
and md,lc garhul, The native, wore lc, 10
the aggantc extent ol several miles more
~ less
llcidtc O'Clock Honolulu had begun To-
move iovnrls kapuam Park Nut nl
Honolulu tor many IT The ,latd stayed. and
many ofthc ouho.los went pic mic Ing and
man, tuilcl un a, II this Vph l.day world
had uo need ut u. holidays lIui there wa, %
intrmhnpl stream IT humanity toward. I.cahi
tom the early hour just mentioned ull I'M
Nr A. fmul, Cookies steam launch ran
tom the loot NJ Font street at and lolo
/ AM Il va, 10 run Al 10 promptly and u very
Itlrgusicl crowd assembled 1T that hour Pan
Iofthc impatient hurried up town and found
! thom,clyc, Just too late lnt hus the result
/ being hat the launch passenger beat the hur
ucts u, hall VA bout There was not ~.
abundance VI gay color on the buses aud cN-
Iptessc, Wet the road was cnliycncd by more
/ than one cayaleadc II native women wearing
brilliant orange cootcd kihei., and riding lor
the u o,t pau At dashing gallon that was no
cnd nspirling
AZ NrERWctEn RfMlNlscFNct
In carly day, the passion lor flaming color,
particularly orange, was so pronounced that
when kihcis were invented one Of the trading
houses imported q large quantity OF orange
calico, some VI it with white stripe and some
with a white figure There was such rush
lor this new cloth that the natives named il
instantly pau he aho, "out OF breath, to
indicate their haste to secure it.
Most Of the kihes WON last Wednesday
were deep yellow, In the cNactest possible
imitation Of the old style. But few were
pink, and one OF two scarlet ones were noticed.
Apropos OF the kihe this is perhaps As
good place rs any pafcnthctically TO remark
that several white ladies u the town, one o
them prominent missonary's child, al that
are earnestly considering the practicablity %
adopting the lihei and riding aStride. There
! is much to he said in favor Of the idca--sc
? much that there will he no easy task befor,
him who tries TO put the practice down, aite
it once thoroughly obtains.
La those days the natives went IN great mum
bers there were then many more to so. Tn,
K ihe riders used to he out in force, as in tn
older days, 1t is interesting to remember tn,
origin Of this unique riding habit. Horses wer
not in general use by the natives Of these is
lands until tabouu thirty siN-the time tlbout
that the first carriage came to Honolulu, Horse
had multiplied on Hawaii and many began 1
be brought to Honolulu, the natives buyin
and learning to ride them. Horseback ridin,
became passion with them. The early mi,
sionarieS would have preferred that their dusl,
sisters rode decorously /; but there were sewers
objections There were few side saddles am
they were expensive. Many natives were abb
, to bft mems saddles -MeScan OF Californian
and not Australian, in those days-but few coul
afford to buy side. saddles. The native wone
and girls learned to ride astride bareback an
;, on their husbands or fathers or brolhers' sad
- dies, and so could not bring themselves /
= feel quite safe on women's saddles whe
: opportunity offered, About this time Il
y ladies Of the Holmes family invented the kin
II Mr.. Holmes was at time acting Unite
States Consul here and was married to
D. wealthy native girl by whom he had sever
d children they then occupied hne gra
is house, standing in lot about where the Cd
4. Fellows Hall is located. The Holmes famil
4. owned great many horses, the famous Is
Is dore among them, and the girls all rode lii
a, centaurs. But Mrs. Holmes was a good frier
is Of the good missionaries and would be exceed
= Jog proper. And so she invented the kihei
lie which some people call pau, and which
a. best styled kihci.pau. There be tho
n. who misunderstood or understand not at all Il
5. mechanism Of the kihe II is an exceeding
S, simple and yet somewhat complex garment
y. provokingly easy like Columbus egg, 5oEen o.
il understands H. |, consists of three or 70
C. widths OF calico sewed together in lengths un
n they attain the proportions of an eNaggerat,
n. sheet, from ten to twelve feet long This is taxi
he up by one edge and fastened around Il
-. 4.
ce per edge, the other edge falling to the fee
in Then the middle Of the lower edge is draw
up under the scat and fastened to the wais,
front. Both ends OF the kihei are tucked u
der the knees SO that the habit has the effe
all OF pair OF bloomerS, the lower corner und
the leg falling loosely towards the groun
h. and Of course streaming backward when I
horse is in rapid motion, like the lower fol
OF riding skirt, only on each side --doubtlc
NJ the most picturesque OF riding habits.
he Fourteen years agothe Honolulu Race Coui
was a half mile track located on the pai
Is mauka OF Beritania street and occupying
raj encircling enoroaching on the ground n,
occupied by Messrs. Hendry, Wilder, Babcoo
and Henry Maciarlane The'track was fenc
u" but the buildings were few and comparativ,
-, shabby. The turimen Of these days were \
y" mehameha V, John Cummins, the Meeks,
II. Judd, Allen Herbert, lanes |. Bows
the and few others.
ew Some OF the favorte horses Of those Tin
Of were CaIlotta and Garry the News 10 Ma
owned BY John Cummins Tom Ridley,
-, longing 10 c. II. Judd Come, lnow own
=. by A. I Atkinson) then owned by Al
~, Herbert and numerous horses with nat
on. '''''N' ~ '~''V-' pN' wv
Al IHf PARK.