The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1886-11-16


nnaefo4s mirrors rejecting ami "a. seaest,
ing 'hF GriI.itUt scene Her sIajestu
boudoir is entered from one corner OF the
apartment, and Is 70 some extent a repro
duction IN miniature OF the foregoing The
bedchamber of II. r. II. the late Princess
hekauliki is likewise entirely renovated for
the accommodation OF the Young Princes
who are shortly expected from the United
states his latter operation is proceed
ING uhder the personal supervision OF II
4 IL the Princess PoomaikeIari. MANY
OF the appointments are IN japanese stvle.
and the same lavish disposal of embroid
cred satin Is observable. while q distinguish
ing feature Is a portrait OF His Majesty in
japanese costume. Both this apartment
and that OF Her Majesty are laid with Nj
hou mating, witch imparts refreshing
air Of GOODNESS.
The several Offices in the basement Of the
editice have had q change in honor Of the
occasion, a large portion OF the valuable
collection of oil paintings which were for
merly placed in the dining hall and else
where having been removed thither.
A capaclous lanai has been erected in the
Palace grounds at the approach to the
front entrance, for holding the luau. The
building, which is a temporary structure.
Is about 300 feet in length, and will be
deliberately decorated with the national
colorS An electric battery for lighting
purposes has been placed in position. and
the effect of the numerous and costly limo
vationS under the dazzling influence of this
great modern invention is one of peculiar
splendor, its brilliant rays both on the ex-
terror and interior OF the Palace search
ing out and presenting to the gaze every
nook and corner
CoMMENCEMENT OF THE FESTIVITIES.
At o'clock last evening the Nihoa So
ciety called at the Palace in a body to
present their respects to His Majesty
whom they presented with very hand
some present in the shape of caIabash of
native wood, silver mounted with a shield
bearing the dates 1886 and 1886 Depend
ant from the shield is pair of rare
feathers. Before leaving the members of
the society rendered several native songs.
At o'clock Mr.. Frank p Hastings.
Charge d Affaires Of the United States Le-
CATION was presented to His Majesty bv
the Minister of Foreign Affairs and de-
liyered, on behalf Of the President of the
United States, a congratuatorv address.
which appears in our by Authority
column.
His Excellency Mr.. Gibson waited upon
His Majesty during the evening and pre-
sented, with congratulations, a magnih-
cent pair of elephants tusks, each weigh
ing 5lK pounds. They are mounted on a
stand of koa and other descriptions of
fancy native woods, and suspended by a
chain is a silver tablet bearing on one side
the following inscription: "His Majesty
King Kalakaua, born November rs. 1895. |
ascended throne of Hawaii February - /
1874. In cOmmemoration of the fiftieth
birthday of His Majesty" On the reverse
side is the text, The Horns of the Right |
eOus Shall be Exalted"
Mr.. Gibson, weunderstand. has presented /
these tusls as symbols of royal authority /
and dominion. The Bible abounds in ref /
erence to the Specification of tusks of horn |
as signitying glory, honor and dominion. !
In one instance Ezekiel speaks of the pres
entation to ruler, saying: They brought /
for thee a present of horns of ivory"
And in a score of texts there is reference
VIZ NUNS VI Ctirho VI dillIildlS as SNlll- !
bOls of royal authority and dominion. But
the most noted instance in ancient history
of using horns as such symbols is illus
trated in the history of Alexander the
Great. When King of Macedonia he was
styled simply Alexander of Macedonia a
petty state of Greece, with no great extent
Of domain, But when he had overrun and
Asia, then there was invariably
attached to his profile two horns as sym
)ols of his increased power and dominion.
md he became styled D'oul Karnein, or the
At midnight the birthday of His Maj
esty was ushered in by Royal salute
If Il guns from the battery on the summit
If Punchbowl hill, from whence a row of
'onfires simultaneously shot their flames
ntO the heavens. Rockets were also fired
If at intervals, and the mountain was
illuminated, casting a ruddy
lare over the mauka side of the city. The
ells rang out a merry peal from the sew
raj churches conveying the alohas If each
eligiOus body to its Sovereign The fire
joined issue, and the residents
urned out on every hand To witness the
eioicings. Firecracllers resounded right
nd left, the whole, imposing though it
as, forming but prelude of what is vet
D come.