The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1886-04-28
RECEPTION At the Y. M. c. A.
HONOLULU CITIZENS AND BRITISH SAIL
oRs ENTERTAIN EACH OTHER.

HONOLULU CITIZENS AND BRITISH SAIL
oRs ENTERTAIN EACH OTHER. Z
The reception accorded the sail
ors of ii. Ii. Nj. steamships Satel-
lite and Heroine Tuesday evening
by the members and friends of the
Y. M. c. A. was grand success.
The greatest enthusiasm prevailed
from the opening to the close. At
half-past z o'clock, the ordinary
seating accommodation of the hall
was taken up, and for nearly half
an-hour after, the crowd kept press
ing up the stairway, while General
Secretary Fuller, with his active Hid
de-de-cdmp, Gonsolves, and several
Others were actively engaged carry
ing in extra chairs. After nearly
every square foot of chair space
had been taken up end occupied,
there still remained large crowd
resting on foot. Captain Abingdon,
Of the Satellite, and Captain Black
burne, of The Heroine, with number
of thei. officers were present. About
12O of the srews of b tn ships had
been invited, and occupied the
center and front rows. The pro-
gramme was introduced by Mr..
Thee. III. Davies in characteristic
ally Humorous speech, after which
a duet w'S given by the Misses Won
Hol., violin solo by Mr.. Yarndley,
songs by Miss Rhodes, Mr.. Holds
wo Ia, NJ. Starkey, Miss Hathaway,
NJ. Davies, and (wi:h violin obi
gato) by Miss Bernice Parke, Mrs.
Hanford and Mr.. Yarndley. Piano
Accomplishments were given by Mrs.
Walker, Mrs. landlord, Miss
Hecsie Dickson, Mr.. Byron Jones
and Misses Won Holt. An able
three-minute address, the keynote
of which was "homeward bound"
was delivered by General Secretary
Fuller. The first numler was en-
Enthusiastically encored, but the man
ager, Mr.. Davies, informed the
audience that owing to the
length of the programme, it would
be impossible 10 respond to recalls.
Every subsequent number was
greeted with loud protracted cheers
and applause. Part second of the
programme consisted of songs and
recitations 10y the men of the He
roine and Satellite, alternately. OF
the Heroine, Color Sergeant Jones
recited son the Prah," an incident
of the Zulu War; j. j. Jones, Com
mander of the meintop, sung ''For
the Land of the Free" and "Eva in
Heaven" Benz. Delves sang "Hur.
rah for the Navy" and "Volatile"
Elliott, boatswain's mate, recited
1.-The Quaker" SUNDAY at sea"
and sang "The Irishman's Choice
of banging" OF The satellite, Chas.
Bosworthick, gunler's mate, sang
"rhe Tar's FAREWELL" and "the
naughty little girls T. Doherty,
Royal marine, reci,ed "Marine Deco
ration" Gray, engine room artificer,
sang with piano accom- .animent by
Miss Walker, "Come cheer u? my
lads" and "The Four jolly Smiths. {"
A quartet, "Silver moonlight winds
are blowing" followed, and was well
rendered. The sailors performed
their parts in splendid style, some
of them receiving two encures. The
songs were chorused by their ship
mates, to the immense delight es-
pecially Of the juveniles in the audi
ence, so that the SPECTATORS forgot
at times but that they were on board
an eight thousand ton ironclad.
Every part was greeted with the
most enthusiastic cheers and APP
plause throughout, Elicit bringing
the enthusiasm of the audience to a
climax. Captains Blackburne and
: Abingdon thanked the ladies and
gentlemen present for their very
cordial reception and entertainment,
Captain Abingdon having led in
three rousing cheers FIR their Homo.
lulu friends, which were given with
q vim becoming the occasion, called
for "God Save the Queen" sung by
the sailors, closed the performs
ance by pronouncing an emphatic
ALOHA. Ice cream and cake were
then served, and the assembly dis