Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-10-04
SEPTEMBER ~ tss.
SATURDAY,,


Last Tuesday was the fifteenth birthday Of
Miss Irene ii, the winsome ward Of Chancellor
Judd, who gave luau in honor Of the occasion,
seconded by several Of the surviving retainers
Of Judge Ii, whose proudesl happiness is TO
acknowledge their fcality TO their dead chiefs
child Apart from any feeling Of loyalty,
moreover, there is no other duty to which your
true Hawaiian comes with so much alaciy as
70 the preparationand enjoyment OF n luau SO
when the chancellor told those Of his native
friends on whom his Office Of guardian gave
him the right to call that he would like their
assistance at luau for Mss Irene, the replies
we're as promptly spontaneous as the yeses oil
the average Office seeker. And when Tuesday
morning came, their arrived with It at Judge
Iudd's twelve stout kanakas and Two native wo.
men with tithes for their chicfess. Pigs and
chickens from Waipio and the Eva vicnage,
mullet and ava from the Waipio ponds Of 70
and Hanaloai sweet potatoes from Kalihi ii
leaves and MALE from the Manoa mountains
crabs from Kualoa And with the working
fourteen came others to look on and gossip and
SHIRE the feast. Long before noon they had
made ready the oven and prepared the extra
holes, and when the guests disposed themselves
around the luau mats, at four Of the
afternoon clock, there was set before
them such a feast as Sancho Panza might
have dreamed about for many year
after enjoying it. There had been cooked six
pigings and around each number OF chickens
10, a.. nd A.. ,f thAe. .aes
potatoes There was FISH Iawalu and fish raw
crabs boiled and crabs raw; squid rolled and
kneaded and bruised in salt and boiled for
three hours poi and bread for the staples and
limu kohu and very Spanish looking leeks for
Ielishes Later, when somewhat cloyed the
edge Of appetite" came salads and cakes and
coffee and the beverage that cheers most TEN.
pera,ely. Withal il was a pretty scene-"a
scene pr Egous pretty, by my faith" A
long and ample breadth Of canvas had beer
stretched under the added shade Of trees, and
strip Of carpet covered with ii leaves were
spread upon the ground beneath. All Miss
Irene's schoolmaes, her teachers and Judge
Judd's immediate neighbors, young and old
were invited and came-to the number o
nearly two hundred. Lcis OF flowers or lei,
OF MALE worn by many Of the guests
and bright light, warm weather dresses vert
the rule. Judge Judds convivial garb was thu
most picturesque on the grounds Anon.
those present were many to whom that lua,
was the FIRST they had ever attended. The,
could not have had better introduction. On,
OF the pre,ties, events Of the afternoon occurre,
before many Of the guests arrived. Irene
who attends Oahu College and lives ii
the family OF Rev G. NJ, Hyde, reache,
Judge judas about Pm. When sh
arrived the retainers ina kauwaI came forwar,
in body and kissed her hand in token O
their fealty-a touching instance OF the sur
vival Of feeling nearly extinct, Many pure
blooded Hawaiians ard many others Of mixet
parentage were present. mingling in perfec
frendliness with their white neighbors--,
gratifying evidence that Mr.. Gibson's coward
effort 10 array the brown skin against tn
white is no, yet entirely successful