The Hawaiian gazette., 1888-05-29
Entertainment AT SpreckelsvIIIe

Nh. EDITOR Dear Sir: There was
a literary last evening at Mrs. Morri-
sons OF Spreckelsville, which will bear
reporting The railroad train had ar
ranged to take people over from this
part OF Maui; and Al . go We were at
the depot. and the ride over was accom-
plished in good time and without acct
dent We found numbers OF Makawao
people waiting. As the ear at the depot
was filled with the people Of Waikiki,
Waikapu and Waihee, another car was
attached at Kahului, which was also
filled with the elite OF that place
1t was near the .ull of the moon. and
the weather was pleasant The fitting
landscape was dim Y seen, and suggested
the spiritual nature IF the whole affair.
The company increased till there was
more than a house full. but the spacious
yerandas We're sufficient TO accommodate
those who could not find room within.
Hon. II. P. Baldwin performed in an
able manner the duties OF chairman;
and the exercise opened with a soloon the
piano by Rev A. D. BisSell After him
followed a recitation by Willie Dickey,
and an essay on Faith Cures" by Mr.
L2wes.
Then more solos and recitatfons.
among which Miss Paris gave The
Senator" and Mrs Wilder solo An
intermission OF twenty minutes followed,
which was proftably fiIlei up by chat
ting over an excellent cup of coffee and
sandwiches furnished 10y the hostess.
Then came the cream nj the evening;
tableau, or transparency, giving
spirited representation OF a love scene in
which feathers and horses figured; and
it seemed to result in an e.opement.
broken hearts, etc. although, as We
were behind the scene, we may not have
caught its full significance
The concluding exercise was indeed
the crowning o:is.
The hostess distributed over one hun
bred neatly printed catalogues OF her pic
ture gallery, to which the guests were
invited. 1t proved t. be a novel TT Of
art to some OF us; but it provoked I'M
bounded mirth and admiration when the
crowd had had time to realize the very
ingenious devices by which the subjects
were characterized The number OF sub
jects on the catalogue extended from to
1000, though I honestly doubt if all the
numbers between were filled. eight
hundred and eleven, Sake the poet, was
represented by some gunny bags; 202,
Burns, by a burning TALON candle; an
ancient king OF the Sandwich Islands, by
a king card set upon some sandwiches in
a dish OF water; and the Plains OF the
Red Sea, by some carpenters planes
near the letter c in scarlet; $50, The
Great American Desert, could only be
represented by pumpkin pie, OF course.
But it required a real sketch OF a bridge,
etc, 10 show prominent gentleman OF
Wailuku"
On the whole, this concluding half
hour was very pleasant; but it was
brought to an abrupt close by the wills
tie OF the train; to which We betook our
selves without delay, and were soon at
home. Whoever furnished that train
deserves special commentator and as
we bowled along through the glorious
landscape, We could not but remember
that those who toiled up the hill to Ma
kawao, or wended their drearv way to
Haiku, we're worthy Of our very quiet
administration Think OF forty wears
ago; here were ministers, a doctor,
teachers, planters and q large range OF
business men in an assembly set of by
beauty" and seasoned by age; whereas,
then, all around the fine dwelling OF the
hostess was a desert. B.
Waikiki, May 23d.