The Hawaiian gazette., 1886-12-07


l fell in with my old friend, the Duke of
Hawaii had not seen him for over a
week-and he asked me to go and see the
hula" We went-that is, the Duke and
I-no difficulty in getting in. The Duke
sesame" and in we went. Pretty soon the
hula set in, and-well, you ought to have
been there-I thought we'll, | don't know
what l did think. 1t was high" as the
boys in Frisco say. 1t just overlappsd any
thing | ever saw. Talk about the Can
Cam" it is not patch on this dance. l did
notice some haoleS there. Some of the big
Iniuns I" looked hard at me, but a wink from
the Duke put things to rights, and had a
bully time there that night. l am going
again.
hear on the quiet that the Grand
Nizier" that's what you call him, isn't it?)
is pretty well tagged out" after the fes-
tiylties and intends taking rest" He
tells me he is going to Washington and
London. l "struck " him for the billet
of valley de cham
/ hear the kahuuas swear they will get
even" on Dole escaping them, and intend
going after Thurston. They are looking for
white pig to commence biz with.
l would advise the Myrtle boys to 90 into
rehearsal of the Grand Duke Gyubergdrink-
enstein' and bring it out at the Opera House.
l will guarantee them full house, and plenty
of coin as a reward
Nosbig, l hear is fearful that Won Boss
viii return before there is money enough in
the Treasury to enable him to take his little
trip abroad. This tower is important, the
roads and SUCH commonplace things can be
attended to afterwards. should there be any
money left.
saw my friend Freddy nny-in-law) off for
Lahaina on the last trip of the Hall. Freddy
looked rough and said he was off for crest
hunting for cash on Government claims.
Fred said that he was going to give the
Treasury a chance to get something IN be-
fore he came back.
saw de Horsey Cornbin Saturday evening,
just after having carefully read the act
burlesque, "The Duke of Gynbergdrinken-
stein" and he was slightly excited. 1 advised
him to keep his undergarment on and not get
in passion. Heep Savoy also tried to
mollify him, by saying "Haw, damme." 1t
was no use-de Horsey swore he would lay 6
to that he could spot" the fellow who
wrote that play. and clean him out, too.
l see by the Bulletin of the I'd, that cor.
respondent, over the signature of kama
7 aina," takes exceptions to your reporters
account of the "hnlas" at the Tableau1, on
Saturday evening, Nov. 9th. Now do you
know, think this kamaaina is an old friend
S6f mine, whom | fell in with at Makawao,
on my first visit to the Islands, some years
ago. l was behind the scenes at the theatre
that Saturday night, and thought reoog-
nized kamaaina as the "chief engineer" of
the affair, at least if not the chief, he had a
good deal to say about things generally. He
! was too busy to talk TO, and l have not seen
him since. "Kamaaina" thought your re-
porter was little rough on the hula part of
the show, and perhaps he was-I don't know.
Afterwards took seat in the audience and
witnessed this portion of the entertainment.
had genuine kamaaina alongside of me
who knew all about hulas,n and explained
the whole business in detail. He said the
hula girls we're well up in the dancing, and
that this was as fine an exhibition OF the
kind as he had ever witnessed-the genuine
thing. He also told me that when he was a
keiki he used to be present at the hulas
and sometimes took hand in them himself.
After the girls began to hula noticed q few
get up and go out-perbaps the dance may
have started them, L don't know, it didn't
start me. ELANEUR.